We don't beat the Reaper by living longer. We beat the Reaper by living well.

The best gift an educator can give is to get somebody to become self reflective.

Apologize when you screw up and focus on other people, not on yourself.

I don't suffer from an abundance of politeness.

No job should, be beneath us. And if you can't(or won't) sort mail, Where is the proof that you can do anything?

Call home at least once a week. It's a proven fact that we call home less the older we get. And that's wrong. It should be the other way around. As we get older, our parents get older.

Remember how quickly our field [computer science] changes. That's why you want to focus on learning things that don't change: how to work well with other people, how to carefully assess a client's real - as opposed to perceived - needs, and things like that.