Fundamentals, fundamentals, fundamentals. You’ve got to get the fundamentals down because otherwise the fancy stuff isn’t going to work.

Find your passion and follow it. You wont find that passion in things or money. Your passion must come from what fuels you from the inside. It will be grounded in the relationships you have with people and what they think of you when your time comes.

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

People are more important than things.

The questions are always more important than the answers.

Follow your passions, believe in karma, and you won't have to chase your dreams, they will come to you.

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.