Randy Pausch People Quotations

You can't get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth, by being earnest.

If you are hopeful, if you are optimistic, other people want to help you. And if you are down in the dumps, other people may still help you, but I've noticed that they're walking, not running, over to you.

Wait long enough and people will surprise and impress you.

Cancer didn't change me at all. I know lots of people talk about the life revelation. I didn't have that.

It's hard to raise awareness of pancreatic cancer - people who get it don't live long enough.

Make clear that people understand what your circumstances are. And looking for pity - that's a mistake.

I'm a professor. I know that people in research labs can do miraculous things if they're given the resources.

I think that we all stand on the dartboard of life. Roughly 30,000 people a year are going to catch a dart labeled pancreatic cancer, and that's unfortunate. It's not what I would have chosen. But I in no way feel like I deserved it.

Find your passion and follow it. You wont find that passion in things or money. Your passion must come from what fuels you from the inside. It will be grounded in the relationships you have with people and what they think of you when your time comes.

I know that people in research labs can do miraculous things if they're given the resources.

Let other people finish their sentences when they’re talking.

Most people who have told a lie think they got away with it … when in fact, they didn’t

Just because you're in the driver's seat, doesn't mean you have to run people over.

People lie for lots of reasons, often because it seems like a way to get what they want with less effort.

If nobody ever worried about what was in other people's heads, we’d all be 33 percent more effective in our lives and our jobs.

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.

Focus on other people, not on yourself.

I've always admired people who are over-prepared.

People are more important than things.

Get a feedback loop and listen to it... When people give you feedback, cherish it and use it.

Read at least one book a month. This is self-serving, obviously. It's a proven fact that people who read buy more books than people who don't read. In truth, I wish you'd read ten books a month, or at least buy that many.

It's easy to be smart when you are parodying smart people.

Remember how quickly our field [computer science] changes. That's why you want to focus on learning things that don't change: how to work well with other people, how to carefully assess a client's real - as opposed to perceived - needs, and things like that.

When you're frustrated with people, when they've made you angry, it just may be because you haven't given them enough time.

Too many people go through life complaining about their problems. I've always believed that if you took one tenth the enrgy you put into complaining and applied it to solving the problem, you'd be surprised by how well things can work out.

When we're connected to others, we become better people.

Do not tell people how to live their lives. Just tell them stories and they will figure out how those stories apply to them.