“I love all three of my kids completely and differently. And I want them to know that I will love them for as long as they live. I will.”

“Kids need to know their parents love them. Their parents don’t need to be alive for that to happen.”

“I’m aware that Chloe may have no memory of me at all. She’s too young. But I want her to grow up knowing that I was the first man ever to fall in love with her.”

“But I want her to grow up knowing that I was the first man ever to fall in love with her. I'd always thought the father/daughter thing was overstated. But I can tell you, sometimes, she looks at me and I just become a puddle.”

“Anybody out there who is a parent, if your kids want to paint their bedrooms,as a favor to me, let them do it. It'll be OK.”

“If I only had three words of advice, they would be, Tell the Truth. If got three more words, I'd add, all the time.”

“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. ”