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.

somehow, with the passage of time, and the dealines that life imposes, surrending became the right thing to do

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?

Better to fail spectacularly than do something mediocre.

Believe nothing a man tells you and everything he shows you

I've always admired people who are over-prepared.

Time must be explicitly managed, like money.