We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.

No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse.

I don't believe in the no-win scenario

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.

Experience is often the most valuable thing you have to offer.

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)

Engineering isn't about perfect solutions; it's about doing the best you can with limited resources.