It's easy to be smart when you are parodying smart people.

Anybody out there who is a parent, if your kids want to paint their bedrooms,as a favor to me, let them do it. It'll be OK.

If she doesn't really love you, then it's over. And if she does love you, then love will win out.

If you want something bad enough, never give up (and take a boost when offered).

I'll take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short-term, earnest is long term.

I’d compare college tuition to paying for a personal trainer at an athletic club. We professors play the roles of trainers, giving people access to the equipment (books, labs, our expertise) and after that, it is our job to be demanding.

I'm a professor - there should be some lessons learned - and how you can use the stuff you hear today to enable your dreams or enable the dreams of others. And as you get older you may find that enabling-the-dreams-of-others thing is even more fun.