Randy Pausch Quotes

I’d compare college tuition to paying for a personal trainer at an athletic club. We professors play the roles of trainers, giving people access to the equipment (books, labs, our expertise) and after that, it is our job to be demanding.

There's a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem. It's not something you can give; it's something they have to build.

If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy?

I don't believe in the no-win scenario

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

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

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

Walls aren't put in our life to stop us, they are there to test how much we really want somthing.

If you have a question, then find the answer.

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

Not everything needs to be fixed

Well, you can’t have just some of me, Jai,” I told her. “You appreciate the part of me that didn’t get angry because two ‘things’ we own got hurt. But the flip side of that is my belief that you don’t repair things if they still do what they’re supposed to do. The cars still work.
Let’s just drive ’em.

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

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.