Randy Pausch

Are you a Tigger or an Eeyore?

— Randy Pausch

Apologies are not pass/fail.

— Randy Pausch

Not everything needs to be fixed

— Randy Pausch

“Not everything has to be fixed.”

— Randy Pausch

“Please don't die.”

— Randy Pausch

Don’t complain; just work harder.

— Randy Pausch

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

— Randy Pausch

Sometimes, all you have to do is ask.

— Randy Pausch

I didn't know there was a dying-professor section at the bookstore.

— Randy Pausch

Believe nothing a man tells you and everything he shows you

— Randy Pausch

Luck is where preparation meets opportunity.

— Randy Pausch

We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the game.

— Randy Pausch

Your patience will be both appreciated and rewarded

— Randy Pausch

The person who failed often knows how to avoid future failures.

— Randy Pausch

Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.

— Randy Pausch

We keep what is valuable to us, what we cherish.

— Randy Pausch

A coach yells at the kid he thinks can improve but the coach will not yell at the kid who he/she knows…

— Randy Pausch

Just because you're in the driver's seat, doesn't mean you have to run people over.

— Randy Pausch

Make clear that people understand what your circumstances are. And looking for pity - that's a mistake.

— Randy Pausch

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

— Randy Pausch

If you want something bad enough, never give up (and take a boost when offered).

— Randy Pausch

Success is measured in months for me. When my health fails, it will fail quickly. Tumors grow on an exponential curve.

— Randy Pausch

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

— Randy Pausch

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

— Randy Pausch

“Temelji. To je bilo ono što nam je poklonio trener Graham. Temelji, temelji, temelji. Kao profesor uvidio sam da ovu lekciju mnogi…

— Randy Pausch

You can't get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get…

— Randy Pausch

Read at least one book a month. This is self-serving, obviously. It's a proven fact that people who read buy more books…

— Randy Pausch

What is the most appropriate thing to say to a friend who was about to die. He answered:”tell your friend that in…

— Randy Pausch

educators best serve students by helping them be more self-reflective. The only way any of us can improve—as Coach Graham taught me—is…

— Randy Pausch

The fact that fashion goes out of fashion and then comes back into fashion based solely on what a few people somewhere…

— Randy Pausch

I know you're smart. But everyone here is smart. Smart isn't enough. The kind of people I want on my research team…

— Randy Pausch

“Through the whole ordeal, I don't think we ever said to each other: "This isn't fair." We just kept going. We recognized…

— Randy Pausch

“Nismo mnogo kupovali, ali smo štošta znali. Moj otac je posjedovao zaraznu radoznalost prema tekućim događajima, povijesti, pa i našim životima. Odrastajući,…

— Randy Pausch

“Kada je konobarica donijela jelo, čestitao sam joj na trudnoći. - Mora da ste presretni - rekao sam. - Ne baš -…

— Randy Pausch

“Ako koristite novac za borbu protiv siromaštva to može biti jako korisno, ali još uvijek djelujete na marginama. Kada šaljete čovjeka na…

— Randy Pausch

“Moja kćerka ima samo osamnaest mjeseci pa joj ovo ne mogu reći sada, ali kad bude dovoljno zrela, volio bih da posluša…

— Randy Pausch

Whatever news we get about the scans, I’m not going to die when we hear it. I won’t die the next day,…

— Randy Pausch

“O krpenim sam životinjama govorio na svom posljednjem predavanju. Čak sam pokazao i slike. Mogu pretpostaviti što su pritom mislili tehnički navrnuti…

— Randy Pausch

Tradition, history and respect; that kind of qualities I admire, that I want to see preserved. Time is the only commodity that…

— Randy Pausch

“I ended up being allowed to take that sabbatical, and it was a fantasy come true. In fact, I have a confession.…

— Randy Pausch