Time must be explicitly managed, like money.

until you got ice cream spilled on you, you’re not doing field work

Anybody can get chewed out. It's the rare person who says, oh my god, you were right. As opposed to, no wait, the reason is... We've all heard that

It is not the things we do in life that we regret on our death bed. It is the things we do not.

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.

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

There's a limit to how many times you can read how great you are and what an inspiration you are, but I'm not there yet.