I don't believe in the no-win scenario
It's interesting, the secrets you decide to reveal at the end of your life.
Luck is indeed where preparation meets opportunity.
Apologize when you screw up and focus on other people, not on yourself.
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.
Be good at something. It makes you valuable.
We need to make sure our students are exerting themselves. We need to praise them when they deserve it and to tell them honestly when they have it in them to work harder.
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.
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.
I know that people in research labs can do miraculous things if they're given the resources.
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.
I'm dying and I'm having fun. And I'm going to keep having fun every day I have left.
Randy Pausch on time management: Here's what I know: Time must be explicitly managed, like money. You can always change your plan, but only if you have one. Ask yourself: Are you spending your time on the right things? Develop a good filing system. Rethink the telephone. Delegate. Take a time out. Time is all you have. And you may find one day that you have less than you think.
I feel like I'm waiting on something that isn't going to happen Don't complain; just work harder.
Time must be explicitly managed, like money.
Sometimes, all you have to do is ask.
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