Walls aren't put in our life to stop us, they are there to test how much we really want somthing.

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.

To be cliché, death is a part of life and it's going to happen to all of us. I have the blessing of getting a little bit of advance notice and I am able to optimize my use of time down the home stretch.

Time is all you have and you may find one day that you have less than you think.

Look for the best in everybody

Advice is very easy to give, and even easier not to follow, so I don't fool with it.

Don't bail; the best pieces of gold are at the bottom of the barrel of crap.