Quotes by Randy Pausch

About Randy Pausch:

Randolph Frederick "Randy" Pausch was an American professor of computer science, human-computer interaction, and design at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Success is measured in months for me. When my health fails, it will fail quickly. Tumors grow on an exponential curve.

Randy Pausch

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

Randy Pausch

Cancer didn't change me at all. I know lots of people talk about the life revelation. I didn't have that.

Randy Pausch

Chemo days make me tired, though it's hard to say that's because of the chemo when you have kids who have inherited their dad's usual energy level.

Randy Pausch

Fuel your kids' dreams. Sometimes, that means letting them stay up past their bedtimes.

Randy Pausch

I'm hanging in there, trying to spend as much quality time with my wife and kids as possible, and though it's very frustrating to know I won't beat the cancer, there's a great satisfaction in knowing that I'm walking off the field with no regrets.

Randy Pausch

Are you a fun-loving Tigger or a sad-sack Eeyore? Pick a camp. I think it's clear where I stand on the great Tigger/Eeyore debate!

Randy Pausch

My mother took great relish in introducing me as 'This is my son - he's a doctor but not the kind that helps people.'

Randy Pausch

I think the only advice I can give you on how to live your life well is, first off, remember... it's not the things we do in life that we regret on our deathbed, it is the things we do not.

Randy Pausch

I think that we all stand on the dartboard of life. Roughly 30,000 people a year are going to catch a dart labeled pancreatic cancer, and that's unfortunate. It's not what I would have chosen. But I in no way feel like I deserved it.

Randy Pausch

I am going to keep having fun every day I have left, because there is no other way of life. You just have to decide whether you are a Tigger or an Eeyore.

Randy Pausch

We have a finite amount of time. Whether short or long, it doesn't matter. Life is to be lived.

Randy Pausch

There's nothing about my life that I would have changed.

Randy Pausch

Smelling a crayon takes you right back to childhood. When I need to go back in time, I put it under my nose and take another hit.

Randy Pausch

If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add, 'All the time.'

Randy Pausch

I've decided to tell my kids things like: 'I love the way each of you tilted back your heads when you laughed.' I will give them specific stuff they can grasp.

Randy Pausch

When men are romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.

Randy Pausch

Never lose the childlike wonder. Show gratitude... Don't complain; just work harder... Never give up.

Randy Pausch

Work hard. I got tenure a year early. Junior faculty members used to say to me: 'Wow, what's your secret?' I said: 'It's pretty simple. Call me any Friday night in my office at 10 o'clock, and I'll tell you.'

Randy Pausch

Author Bio

  • NameRandy Pausch
  • DescriptionAmerican professor of computer science, human-computer interaction and design
  • BornOctober 23, 1960
  • DiedJuly 25, 2008
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionMotivational Speaker; Computer Scientist; Writer; Scientist; Educationist
  • AwardsPresidential Young Investigator Award