We have a finite amount of time. Whether short or long, it doesn’t matter. Life is to be lived
Randy Pausch
Born: October 23, 1960 Died: July 25, 2008
Dr. Randy Pausch (October 23, 1960 – July 25, 2008) was a Professor of Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, and Design at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States and a best-selling author, who achieved worldwide fame for his speech The Last Lecture at Carnegie Mellon University, after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and having only a few months to live.
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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 love her, support her.
Randy Pausch on time management:
Here's what I know:
Time must be explicitly managed, like money.
You can always change your plan, but only if you have one.
Ask yourself: Are you spending your time on the right things?
Develop a good filing system.
Rethink the telephone.
Delegate.
Take a time out.
Time is all you have. And you may find one day that you have less than you think.
if you offer wisdom from a third party, it seems less arrogant and more acceptable.
If you took one-tenth the energy you put into complaining and applied it to solving the problem, you'd be surprised by how well things can work out... Complaining does not work as a strategy. We all have finite time and energy. Any time we spend whining is unlikely to help us achieve our goals. And it won't make us happier.
"We can't change it. We just have to decide how we'll respond. We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand" - From The Last Lecture Randy Pauch
Smart isn’t enough. The kind of people I want on my research team are those who will help everyone else feel happy to be here.” p118
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When giving an apology, any performance lower than an A really doesn’t cut it.
On April 11, 1945, my father’s infantry company was attacked by German forces, and in the early stages of battle, heavy artillery fire led to eight casualties. According to the citation: “With complete disregard for his own safety, Private Pausch leaped from a covered position and commenced treating the wounded men while shells continued to fall in the immediate vicinity. So successfully did this soldier administer medical attention that all the wounded were evacuated successfully.” In recognition of this, my dad, then twenty-two years old, was issued the Bronze Star for valor. In the fifty years my parents were married, in the thousands of conversations my dad had with me, it had just never come up. And so there I was, weeks after his death, getting another lesson from him about the meaning of sacrifice — and about the power of humility.
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.
Fundamentals, fundamentals, fundamentals. You’ve got to get the fundamentals down because otherwise the fancy stuff isn’t going to work.
Have something to bring to the table, because that will make you more welcome.
Do not tell people how to live their lives. Just tell them stories and they will figure out how those stories apply to them.