Quote

Call home at least once a week. It's a proven fact that we call home less the older we get. And that's wrong. It should be the other way around. As we get older, our parents get older.

Randy Pausch

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Randy Pausch
Age: 47 †
Born: 1960
Born: October 23
Died: 2008
Died: July 25
Computer Scientist
Motivational Speaker
Pedagogue
Professor
University Teacher
Writer
Baltimore
Maryland
Randy Frederick Pausch
Randy F. Pausch
Less
Proven
Fact
Older
Facts
Parents
Around
Week
Home
Least
Way
Parent
Call
Wrong

More quotes by Randy Pausch

Image
Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls aren't there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show us how badly we want things.
Randy Pausch
Image
I'm dying, and I'm having fun.
Randy Pausch
Image
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse.
Randy Pausch
Image
somehow, with the passage of time, and the dealines that life imposes, surrending became the right thing to do
Randy Pausch
Image
Experience is often the most valuable thing you have to offer.
Randy Pausch
Image
The fact that fashion goes out of fashion and then comes back into fashion based solely on what a few people somewhere think they can sell, well to me, that’s insanity.
Randy Pausch
Image
Proper apologies have three parts: 1) What I did was wrong. 2) I feel badly that I hurt you. 3) How do I make this better?
Randy Pausch
Image
Often think of the worst-case scenario, the Eaten By Wolves factor.
Randy Pausch
Image
Find the best in everybody. Just keep waiting no matter how long it takes. No one is all evil. Everybody has a good side, just keep waiting, it will come out.
Randy Pausch
Image
I'm sorry. It's my fault. How do I make it right?
Randy Pausch
Image
We have a finite amount of time. Whether short or long, it doesn't matter. Life is to be lived.
Randy Pausch
Image
if you offer wisdom from a third party, it seems less arrogant and more acceptable.
Randy Pausch
Image
Most people who have told a lie think they got away with it … when in fact, they didn’t
Randy Pausch
Image
I know that people in research labs can do miraculous things if they're given the resources.
Randy Pausch
Image
Brick walls let us prove how badly we want our dream and they stop those who don't want it enough. Brick walls let us show our dedication.
Randy Pausch
Image
The questions are always more important than the answers.
Randy Pausch
Image
If I was able to tell my story with the passion I felt, my lecture might help others find a path to fulfilling their own dreams.
Randy Pausch
Image
A parent's job is to encourage kids to develop a joy for life and a great urge to follow their own dreams. The best we can do is to help thm develop a personal set of tools for the task.
Randy Pausch
Image
If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy?
Randy Pausch
Image
What he said was: You obviously don't know where the bar should be, and you're only going to do a disservice by putting it anywhere. And boy was that good advice. Because what he said was, you obviously don't know where the bar should be, and you're only going to do them a disservice by putting it anywhere.
Randy Pausch