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
dreams fuel letting means
Fuel your kids' dreams. Sometimes, that means letting them stay up past their bedtimes.
hard people
It's hard to raise awareness of pancreatic cancer - people who get it don't live long enough.
anyone
Anyone who knows me well will tell you that arrogance is one of my flaws.
reaper
We don't beat the reaper by living longer, we beat the reaper by living well and living fully.
wash
I'm attempting to put myself in a bottle that will one day wash up on the beach for my children.
chance cool grab solace time tried
Pretty much any time I got a chance to do something cool, I tried to grab for it, and that's where my solace comes from.
labs miraculous people
I'm a professor. I know that people in research labs can do miraculous things if they're given the resources.
choosing dying
I am dying soon, and I am choosing to have fun today, tomorrow and every other day I have left.
entirely family time
I've said my piece. My time now is entirely focused on family.
kids
If your kids want to paint their bedrooms, as a favor to me, let 'em do it.
grow health measured months success
Success is measured in months for me. When my health fails, it will fail quickly. Tumors grow on an exponential curve.
life
There's nothing about my life that I would have changed.
beat tried
I'm not going to beat the cancer. I tried really hard... but sometimes you're just not going to beat the thing... I wanted to walk off the stage and say anything I thought was important; I had my hour.
doctor great helps relish took
My mother took great relish in introducing me as 'This is my son - he's a doctor but not the kind that helps people.'