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
dream sometimes asks
Sometimes all you have to do is ask, and it can lead to all your dreams coming true.
people focus last-lecture
Focus on other people, not on yourself.
suffering abundance politeness
I don't suffer from an abundance of politeness.
pitfalls persons knows
The person who failed often knows how to avoid future failures.
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.
sorry hands play
We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand. If I don’t seem as depressed or morose as I should be, sorry to disappoint you.
way looks last-lecture
Look, I'm going to find a way to be happy, and I'd really love to be happy with you, but if I can't be happy with you, then I'll find a way to be happy without you.
dying bookstores professors
I didn't know there was a dying-professor section at the bookstore.
dream creativity should-have
If you’re going to have childhood dreams you should have great parents who let you pursue them and express your creativity
ice-cream ice fields
until you got ice cream spilled on you, you’re not doing field work
careers computer academic
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.
fundamentals fancy stuff
Fundamentals, fundamentals, fundamentals. You’ve got to get the fundamentals down because otherwise the fancy stuff isn’t going to work.
dream fun lesson-learned
there should be some lessons learned and how you can use the stuff you hear today to achieve your dreams or enable the dreams of others. And as you get older, you may find that “enabling the dreams of others” thing is even more fun.
success cards-youre-dealt complaining
Don’t complain; just work harder.