If nobody ever worried about what was in other people's heads, we’d all be 33 percent more effective in our lives and our jobs.

A lot of people want a shortcut. I find the best shortcut is the long way, which is basically two words: work hard.

If you’re going to have childhood dreams you should have great parents who let you pursue them and express your creativity

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.

Your patience will be both appreciated and rewarded

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)

Sometimes you can't pay it back, so you just have to pay it forward.