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

Do not tell people how to live their lives. Just tell them stories and they will figure out how those stories apply to them.

You just have to decide if you're a Tigger or an Eeyore.

Call home at least once a week. It's a proven fact that we call home less the older we get. And that's wrong. It should be the other way around. As we get older, our parents get older.

Whatever news we get about the scans, I’m not going to die when we hear it. I won’t die the next day, or the day after that, or the day after that. So today, right now, well this is a wonderful day. And I want you to know how much I’m enjoying it.” I thought about that, and about Jai’s smile. I knew then. That’s the way the rest of my life would need to be lived.

When you're frustrated with people, when they've made you angry, it just may be because you haven't given them enough time.

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