Randy Pausch Quotes - Page 5

Engineering isn't about perfect solutions; it's about doing the best you can with limited resources.

Want to have a short phone call with someone? Call them at 11:55 a.m., right before lunch. They'll talk fast. You may think you are interesting, but you are not more interesting than lunch.

Not everything needs to be fixed

A good apology is like antibiotic, a bad apology is like rubbing salt in the wound.

Find the best in everybody, no matter how long you have to wait for them to show it

If nobody ever worried about what was in other people's heads, we’d all be 33 percent more effective in our lives and our jobs.

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

Never make a decesion until you have to". He'd also warn me that even if I was in a position of strenght, whether at work or in a relationship, I had to play fair. "Just because you're in the driver's seat, doesn't mean you have to run people over.

Experience is often the most valuable thing you have to offer.

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

Brick walls are there for a reason. They give us a chance to show how badly we want

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.

Advice is very easy to give, and even easier not to follow, so I don't fool with it.

The best way to teach somebody something is to have them think they're learning something else.

If you can find an opening, you can probably find a way to float through it.

Never make a decision until you have to.

No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse.

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.

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

There's a limit to how many times you can read how great you are and what an inspiration you are, but I'm not there yet.

Remember brick walls let us show our dedication. They are there to separate us from the people who don't really want to achieve their childhood dreams.

The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people!

Never underestimate the importance of having fun. I'm dying and I'm having fun. And I'm going to keep having fun every day because there's no other way to play it.

Let other people finish their sentences when they’re talking.

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