Randy Pausch Quotes - Page 6

We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand. If I don’t seem as depressed or morose as I should be, sorry to disappoint you.

What is the most appropriate thing to say to a friend who was about to die. He answered:”tell your friend that in his death, a part of you dies and goes with him. Whenever he goes, you also g. He will not be alone".

An injured lion wants to know if he can still roar.

Education best serves students by helping them be more self-reflective.

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.

One key factor in the downward spiral in our educational system is that there is too much stroking and too little real feedback.

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

Believe nothing a man tells you and everything he shows you

Complaining does not work as a strategy.

I've always admired people who are over-prepared.

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 you offer wisdom from a third party, it seems less arrogant and more acceptable.

It's easy to be smart when you are parodying smart people.

Get a feedback loop and listen to it... When people give you feedback, cherish it and use it.

I don't suffer from an abundance of politeness.

Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls aren't there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show us how badly we want things.

somehow, with the passage of time, and the dealines that life imposes, surrending became the right thing to do

Brick walls are there for reason. And once you get over them-- even if someone has practically had to throw you over-- it can be helpful to others to tell them how you did it.

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.

What he said was: "You obviously don't know where the bar should be, and you're only going to do a disservice by putting it anywhere." And boy was that good advice. Because what he said was, you obviously don't know where the bar should be, and you're only going to do them a disservice by putting it anywhere.

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

I also think my dad would be reminding me that kids — more than anything else — need to know their parents love them. Their parents don't have to be alive for that to happen.

I'm sorry. It's my fault. How do I make it right?

The fact that fashion goes out of fashion and then comes back into fashion based solely on what a few people somewhere think they can sell, well to me, that’s insanity.

Take Time Out. It's not a real vacation if you're reading email or calling in for messages.