Randy Pausch Quotes

Treat the Disease, Not the Symptom.

Randy Pausch

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• I noticed there were so many people, especially women, who would come up to me having recognized me from TV and say, 'I heard you were a math person, why math? Oh my gosh, I could never do math!' I could just see their self-esteem crumbling; I thought that was silly, so I wanted to make math more friendly and accessible.

  

  Danica McKellar
  • People
  • Up
  • Women

• It's a vanity to think that a legitimate shamanistic experience can be purchased.

  

  J. Tillman
  • Experience
  • Think
  • Vanity

• Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions.

  

  Edgar Cayce
  • Today
  • Dreams
  • Questions

• I don't really go out at night in terms of noisy, busy places; I prefer more of a quiet corner somewhere.

  

  Karl Pilkington
  • Night
  • Quiet
  • Busy

• Personally, I think universities are finished. So much rubbish gets taught.

  

  A. N. Wilson
  • Think
  • Universities
  • Rubbish

• I have won the most national titles as a German, so what should I do after that? Lay back and take it easy? That's not how I am.

  

  Bastian Schweinsteiger
  • German
  • National
  • Titles

• We're more familiar with what economists call an English auction - prices start low and rise as people bid. However, there is also the Dutch auction, where prices start high and go lower until somebody bites. Movies are sold to the audience via a very slow Dutch auction, where each phase between price drops can last weeks or months.

  

  Nathan Myhrvold
  • People
  • High
  • English

• I really am a feminist, though I never used to call myself that.

  

  Jackee Harry
  • Myself
  • Never
  • Feminist

• I am an arm hitter. When you snap the bat with your wrists just as you meet the ball, you give the bat tremendous speed for a few inches of its course. The speed with which the bat meets the ball is the thing that counts.

  

  Zack Wheat
  • Speed
  • Ball
  • Course

• Some nights, I was so good that I could have become an egotist.

  

  Ted Lindsay
  • Good
  • Become
  • Some

• There are not many companies in China that dare to say in public, 'We don't offer bribes', or companies that operate only by market rules.

  

  Wang Jianlin
  • Rules
  • China
  • Dare

• Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.

  

  Calvin Coolidge
  • Important
  • Business
  • Own

• I'm a person who has always been clear about my love of music and vocal about trying to live in a way that lends itself to health.

  

  Kaskade
  • Music
  • Live
  • Trying

• I want to have the fun of doing anime and I love anime, but I can't do storyboards because I can't really draw and that's what they live and die on.

  

  Quentin Tarantino
  • Live
  • Love
  • Fun

• When I was young, watching historical movies made me feel absolutely sublime. But the first few times I visited costume museums, I was really disappointed because it was not at the level I saw in movies. It was not the level of the image I'd imagined.

  

  Olivier Theyskens
  • Movies
  • Young
  • Historical

• He who aims at making an entire and perfect oblation of himself, in addition to his will, must offer his understanding, which is a further and the highest degree of obedience.

  

  Saint Ignatius
  • Perfect
  • Understanding
  • Will

• Look at the average American diet: ice cream, butter, cheese, whole milk, all this fat. People don't realize how much of this stuff you get by the end of the day. High blood pressure is from all this high-fat eating.

  

  Jack LaLanne
  • People
  • American
  • High

• I couldn't believe this could be true in the 21st century.

  

  AnnaSophia Robb
  • Believe
  • True

• It is an unfortunate personal tragedy. However, when compared to the vast ocean of the collective tragedy faced by my people, my illness is merely a pebble. I am deeply sad that I am crippled by this illness, unable to contribute anything substantial towards the alleviation of the immense suffering and oppression of my people.

  

  Anton Balasingham
  • People
  • Suffering
  • Contribute

• I am a big fan of Chad Johnson. I think that I would compare myself to him as well.

  

  Jacoby Jones

• If there are two kinds of people in the world - DC Comics people and Marvel Comics people - what kind am I? Well, to be honest... I'm a Wildstorm kinda guy. In the interest of full and fair disclosure, I write for Wildstorm. But even if I didn't, I'd love what they do. No, seriously, I'd love their stuff.

  

  John Ridley
  • People
  • World
  • Guy

• Of course there are a lot of books that are interesting to make movies out of, but on the other hand, I think video games are also kind of like bestselling books for the younger generation, and the younger generation is the one going to the theaters.

  

  Uwe Boll
  • Thinking
  • Book
  • Interesting

• Treat the Disease, Not the Symptom.

  

  Randy Pausch