Randy Pausch
Randy Pausch
Randolph Frederick "Randy" Pauschwas an American professor of computer science, human–computer interaction, and design at Carnegie Mellon Universityin Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTeacher
Date of Birth23 October 1950
CityBaltimore, MD
CountryUnited States of America
pitfalls persons knows
The person who failed often knows how to avoid future failures.
suffering abundance politeness
I don't suffer from an abundance of politeness.
believe winning dont-believe
I don't believe in the no-win scenario
lying thinking people
Most people who have told a lie think they got away with it … when in fact, they didn’t
two culture world
If you can find your footing between two cultures, sometimes you can have the best of both worlds.
appreciated
Your patience will be both appreciated and rewarded
lions want stills
An injured lion wants to know if he can still roar.
next-day news want
Whatever news we get about the scans, I’m not going to die when we hear it. I won’t die the next day, or the day after that, or the day after that. So today, right now, well this is a wonderful day. And I want you to know how much I’m enjoying it.” I thought about that, and about Jai’s smile. I knew then. That’s the way the rest of my life would need to be lived.
kids parent alive
Kids need to know their parents love them. Their parents don’t need to be alive for that to happen.
educational kids parenting
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.
decision
Never make a decision until you have to.
cant-change
We can't change it. We have to decide how we'll respond.
kids thinking coaches
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.
dream fun childhood
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.