Explore Quotes by Randy Pausch

When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, that means they've given up on you.

When we're connected to others, we become better people.

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

Follow your passions, believe in karma, and you won't have to chase your dreams, they will come to you.

A lot of people want a shortcut. I find the best shortcut is the long way, which is basically two words: work hard.

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.

It's not about how to achieve your dreams, it's about how to lead your life, ... If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself, the dreams will come to you.

Find the best in everybody. Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you. It might even take years, but people will show you their good side. Just keep waiting.

When there’s an elephant in the room introduce him.

Be good at something. It makes you valuable. Have something to bring to the table, because that will make you more welcome.

Fundamentals, fundamentals, fundamentals. You’ve got to get the fundamentals down because otherwise the fancy stuff isn’t going to work.

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.

The questions are always more important than the answers.

There are more ways than one to measure profits and losses.

You may not want to hear it, but your critics are often the ones telling you they still love you and care about you, and want to make you better.

Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other.

Give yourself permission to dream. Fuel your kids' dreams too. Once in a while, that might even mean letting them stay up past their bedtimes.

The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have.

Time is all you have and you may find one day that you have less than you think.

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

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