No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse. At the same time, it is often within your power to make them better

No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse.

Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good talks. But being considered the best speaker in the computer science department is like being known as the tallest of the Seven Dwarfs.

It's not about how to achieve your dreams, it's about how to lead your life, ... If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself, the dreams will come to you.

I also think my dad would be reminding me that kids — more than anything else — need to know their parents love them. Their parents don't have to be alive for that to happen.

One key factor in the downward spiral in our educational system is that there is too much stroking and too little real feedback.

If you have a question, then find the answer.