K Baker > K's Quotes

“The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have. ”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Luck is where preparation meets opportunity. ”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“The questions are always more important than the answers.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“When we're connected to others, we become better people.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“People are more important than things.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“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.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“No job is beneath you.

You ought to be thrilled you got a job in the mailroom And when you get there, here's what you do: Be really great at sorting mail. ”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“I know you're smart. But everyone here is smart. Smart isn't enough. The kind of people I want on my research team are those who will help everyone feel happy to be here. ”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“We've placed a lot of emphasis in this country on the idea of people's rights. That's how it should be, but it makes no sense to talk about rights without also talking about responsibilities.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Put on your own oxygen mask before assisting others.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“If I work hard enough, there will be things I can do tomorrow that I can't do today.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“There are more ways than one to measure profits and losses.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“I was hugely impressed... was the ultimate example of a man who knew what he didn't know, was perfectly willing to admit it, and didn't want to leave until he understood. That's heroic to me.

I wish every grad student had that attitude.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“I've always admired people who are over-prepared.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“You've got to get the fundamentals down, because otherwise the fancy stuff is not going to work.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“No job should, be beneath us. And if you can't(or won't) sort mail, Where is the proof that you can do anything?”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“If you can find an opening, you can probably find a way to float through it.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Focus on other people, not on yourself.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Please don't die.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted .”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Not everything needs to be fixed.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“An injured lion wants to know if he can still roar.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“And even though I did not reach the NFL, I sometimes think I got more from persuing that dream, and not accomplishing it, then I did from many of the ones I did accomplish.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Look for the best in everybody”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Your patience will be both appreciated and rewarded”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“There's a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem. It's not something you can give; it's something they have to build.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“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, The Last Lecture

“Just because you're in the driver's seat, doesn't mean you have to run people over.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture