The Last Lecture Quotes

“So many graduating seniors have this notion that they should be hired because of their creative brilliance. Too many are unhappy with the idea of starting at the bottom.

My advice has always been: "You ought to be thrilled you get 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

“If other people owe you an apology, and your words of apology to them are proper and heartfelt, you still may not hear from them for a while. After all, what are the odds that they get to the right emotional place to apologize at the exact moment you do?”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“When it comes to men who are romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Instead of "I think we should do A, not B," try "What if we did A, instead of B?" That allows people to offer comments rather than defend one choice.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“I've also collected techniques for keeping unnecessary calls shorter. If I'm sitting while on the phone, I never put my feet up. In fact, it's better to stand when you're on the phone. You're more apt to speed things along. I also like to have something in view on my desk that I want to do, so I have the urge to wrap things up with the caller.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“And experience is often the most valuable thing you have to offer.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

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

“People are more important then thing.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“El trabajo duro es como el interés compuesto de los bancos. La recompensa se acumula más rápido.”
― Randy Pausch, La última lección

“El que ha fracasado sabe cómo evitar futuros fracasos.”
― Randy Pausch, La última lección

“la modernidad existe solo a corto plazo. La seriedad es a largo plazo.”
― Randy Pausch, La última lección

“Whether you think you can or can't, you're right.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“I knew for sure that I didn’t want the lecture to focus on my cancer. My medical saga was what it was, and I’d already been over it and over it.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

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

“you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Another way to be prepared is to think negatively.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“We don’t want to create things that people will want to destroy.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Almost everybody has a good side.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Meet people properly: It all starts with the introduction”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“The sane universities never went near this stuff, but Carnegie Mellon gave us explicit license to break the mold.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“A professor’s job is to teach students how to see their minds growing”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Time is all you have.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Ask yourself: Are you spending your time on the right things?”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“sometimes, the most impenetrable brick walls are made of flesh.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“every Disney story needs a villain, and mine happened to be a certain dean from the University of Virginia.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Hi, this is Randy. I waited until I was thirty-nine to get married, so my wife and I are going away for a month. I hope you don't have a problem with that, but my boss does." I then gave the names of Jai's parents and the city where they live. "If you call directory assistance, you can get their number. And then, if you can convince my new in-laws that your emergency merits interrupting their only daughter's honeymoon, they have our number.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Sports cut across boundaries of race and wealth.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“When you use money to fight poverty, it can be great value, but too often, you're working at the margins. When you're putting people on the moon, you're inspiring all of us to achieve the maximum of human potential, which is how our greatest problems will eventually be solved.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Time is all you have. And you may find one day that you have less than you think”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture