Randy Pausch Quotes

Never underestimate the importance of having fun. I'm dying and I'm having fun. And I'm going to keep having fun every day because there's no other way to play it.

I'm dying, and I'm having fun.

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.

People lie for lots of reasons, often because it seems like a way to get what they want with less effort.

A parent's job is to encourage kids to develop a joy for life and a great urge to follow their own dreams. The best we can do is to help thm develop a personal set of tools for the task.

You can't control the cards you're dealt, just how you play the hand.

Often think of the worst-case scenario, the "Eaten By Wolves" factor.

A coach yells at the kid he thinks can improve but the coach will not yell at the kid who he/she knows won't.

When you do something young enough and you train for it, it just becomes a part of you.

The best gift an educator can give is to get somebody to become self reflective.

Brick walls let us prove how badly we want our dream and they stop those who don't want it enough. Brick walls let us show our dedication.

It's a thrill to fulfill your own childhood dreams, but as you get older, you may find that enabling the dreams of others is even more fun.

Your patience will be both appreciated and rewarded

I always thought every day was a gift, but now I am looking for where to send the thank you note.

To-Do lists help us break life into small steps.

No job should, be beneath us. And if you can't(or won't) sort mail, Where is the proof that you can do anything?

We can't change it. We have to decide how we'll respond.

Find the best in everybody, no matter how long you have to wait for them to show it

If you’re going to have childhood dreams you should have great parents who let you pursue them and express your creativity

If you can find an opening, you can probably find a way to float through it.

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

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

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

Complaining does not work as a strategy.

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

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

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

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.

Not everything needs to be fixed

I don't suffer from an abundance of politeness.

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

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.

We need to make sure our students are exerting themselves. We need to praise them when they deserve it and to tell them honestly when they have it in them to work harder.

I have never thought of writing as hard work, but I have worked hard to find a voice.

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

it make no sense to talk about rights without also talking about responsibilities

And even though I did not reach the National Football League, I sometimes think I got more from pursuing that dream, and not accomplishing it, than I did from many of the ones I did accomplish.

I know that people in research labs can do miraculous things if they're given the resources.

It's interesting, the secrets you decide to reveal at the end of your life.

He had high hopes for society, and though his hopes were too often dashed, he remained a raging optimist.

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.

Apologies are not pass/fail.

Are you a Tigger or an Eeyore?

Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good talks. But being considered the best speaker in the computer science department is like being known as the tallest of the Seven Dwarfs.

All my adult life I've felt drawn to ask long-married couples how they were able to stay together. All of them said the same thing: "We worked hard at it.

I feel like I'm waiting on something that isn't going to happen Don't complain; just work harder.

It's not helpful if we spend every day dreading tomorrow ~Jai

Most people who have told a lie think they got away with it … when in fact, they didn’t