I know you're smart. But everyone here is smart. Smart isn't enough. The kind of people I want on my research team are those who will help everyone feel happy to be here.

Believe nothing a man tells you and everything he shows you"....(Taken from a farewell video from a dying father to his infant daughter on dating)

If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy?

Complaining does not work as a strategy.

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.

Find the best in everybody, no matter how long you have to wait for them to show it

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