Zitat des Tages von Randy Pausch:
Success is measured in months for me. When my health fails, it will fail quickly. Tumors grow on an exponential curve.
I didn't know there was a dying-professor section at the bookstore.
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.
If your kids want to paint their bedrooms, as a favor to me, let 'em do it.
Chemo days make me tired, though it's hard to say that's because of the chemo when you have kids who have inherited their dad's usual energy level.
When men are romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.
Educators shouldn't be afraid of cliches. You know why? Because kids don't know most of them! They're a new audience. And they're inspired by cliches.
Cancer didn't change me at all. I know lots of people talk about the life revelation. I didn't have that.
I'm dying, and I'm having fun.
I've never understood pity and self-pity as an emotion.
An injured lion still wants to roar.
There's an academic tradition called the 'Last Lecture.' Hypothetically, if you knew you were going to die and you had one last lecture, what would you say to your students? Well, for me, there's an elephant in the room. And the elephant in the room, for me, it wasn't hypothetical.
I'm a professor. I know that people in research labs can do miraculous things if they're given the resources.
Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you.
It's hard to raise awareness of pancreatic cancer - people who get it don't live long enough.
Never lose the childlike wonder. Show gratitude... Don't complain; just work harder... Never give up.
If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add, 'All the time.'
Pretty much any time I got a chance to do something cool, I tried to grab for it, and that's where my solace comes from.
I've decided to tell my kids things like: 'I love the way each of you tilted back your heads when you laughed.' I will give them specific stuff they can grasp.
Work hard. I got tenure a year early. Junior faculty members used to say to me: 'Wow, what's your secret?' I said: 'It's pretty simple. Call me any Friday night in my office at 10 o'clock, and I'll tell you.'
I am going to keep having fun every day I have left, because there is no other way of life. You just have to decide whether you are a Tigger or an Eeyore.
I'm attempting to put myself in a bottle that will one day wash up on the beach for my children.
If I don't seem as depressed or morose as I should be, sorry to disappoint you.
My mother took great relish in introducing me as 'This is my son - he's a doctor but not the kind that helps people.'
I will take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short-term, earnest is long-term.
Make clear that people understand what your circumstances are. And looking for pity - that's a mistake.
