I've never understood pity and self-pity as an emotion.
RANDY PAUSCH I don't know how to not have fun. I'm dying and I'm having fun, and I'm going to kee...
RANDY PAUSCH The particular way I'm going to die is not going to be particularly pleasant. It will probably b...
RANDY PAUSCH The metaphor I've used is... somebody's going to push my family off a cliff pretty soon, and...
RANDY PAUSCH We have a finite amount of time. Whether short or long, it doesn't matter. Life is to be lived.
RANDY PAUSCH If I don't seem as depressed or morose as I should be, sorry to disappoint you.
RANDY PAUSCH Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you.
RANDY PAUSCH I think that we all stand on the dartboard of life. Roughly 30,000 people a year are going to catch ...
RANDY PAUSCH Smelling a crayon takes you right back to childhood. When I need to go back in time, I put it under ...
RANDY PAUSCH Educators shouldn't be afraid of cliches. You know why? Because kids don't know most of them...
RANDY PAUSCH If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three ...
RANDY PAUSCH If you are hopeful, if you are optimistic, other people want to help you. And if you are down in the...
RANDY PAUSCH Work hard. I got tenure a year early. Junior faculty members used to say to me: 'Wow, what's...
RANDY PAUSCH I think the only advice I can give you on how to live your life well is, first off, remember... it&#...
RANDY PAUSCH You can't get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma. I believe in payb...
RANDY PAUSCH I'm hanging in there, trying to spend as much quality time with my wife and kids as possible, an...
RANDY PAUSCH I always thought every day was a gift, but now I am looking for where to send the thank you note.
RANDY PAUSCH Anyone who knows me well will tell you that arrogance is one of my flaws.
RANDY PAUSCH If you took one-tenth the energy you put into complaining and applied it to solving the problem, you...
RANDY PAUSCH If I only had three words of advice, they would be, Tell the Truth. If got three more words, I'd add...
RANDY PAUSCH Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. And experience is often the most val...
RANDY PAUSCH The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick wall...
RANDY PAUSCH Advice is very easy to give, and even easier not to follow, so I don't fool with it.
RANDY PAUSCH Your pasion must come from the things that fuel you from the inside. Honors and awards are nice thin...
RANDY PAUSCH You will not find your passion in things and you will not find your passion in money. The more thing...
RANDY PAUSCH You will need to find your passion. Don't give up on finding it because then all you're doing is wai...
RANDY PAUSCH There's an academic tradition called the 'Last Lecture.' Hypothetically, if you knew you...
RANDY PAUSCH Never, ever underestimate the importance of having fun.
RANDY PAUSCH Never lose the childlike wonder. Show gratitude... Don't complain; just work harder... Never giv...
RANDY PAUSCH An injured lion still wants to roar.
RANDY PAUSCH I am going to keep having fun every day I have left, because there is no other way of life. You just...
RANDY PAUSCH We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the game.
RANDY PAUSCH No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse.
RANDY PAUSCH Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls aren't there to keep us out. The brick walls...
RANDY PAUSCH If your kids want to paint their bedrooms, as a favor to me, let 'em do it.
RANDY PAUSCH We don't beat the Grim Reaper by living longer, we beat the Reaper by living well and living fully, ...
RANDY PAUSCH Complaining does not work as a strategy. We all have finite time and energy. Any time we spend whini...
RANDY PAUSCH The size of your audience doesn't matter. What's important is that your audience is listening.
RANDY PAUSCH The most difficult part of writing a book is not devising a plot which will captivate the reader. It...
RANDY PAUSCH Read at least one book a month. This is self-serving, obviously. It's a proven fact that people who ...
RANDY PAUSCH It's not the things we do in life that we regret on our death bed, it is the things we do not.
RANDY PAUSCH I have never thought of writing as hard work, but I have worked hard to find a voice.
RANDY PAUSCH Call home at least once a week. It's a proven fact that we call home less the older we get. And that...
RANDY PAUSCH Success is measured in months for me. When my health fails, it will fail quickly. Tumors grow on an ...
RANDY PAUSCH Chemo days make me tired, though it's hard to say that's because of the chemo when you have ...
RANDY PAUSCH I played in football games where you walk off the field and the scoreboard didn't end up the way...
RANDY PAUSCH I'm a professor. I know that people in research labs can do miraculous things if they're giv...
RANDY PAUSCH You can always change you plan, but only if you have one.
RANDY PAUSCH Its important to have specific dreams. Dream Big. Dream without fear.
RANDY PAUSCH You may not want to hear it, but your critics are often the ones telling you they still love you and...
RANDY PAUSCH People are more important than things.
RANDY PAUSCH A good apology is like antibiotic, a bad apology is like rubbing salt in the wound.
RANDY PAUSCH The questions are always more important than the answers.
RANDY PAUSCH Wait long enough and people will surprise and impress. When you're pissed off at someone and you're ...
RANDY PAUSCH Another way to be prepared is to think negatively. Yes, I'm a great optimist. but, when trying to ma...
RANDY PAUSCH When we're connected to others, we become better people.
RANDY PAUSCH Find the best in everybody. Just keep waiting no matter how long it takes. No one is all evil. Every...
RANDY PAUSCH When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, that means they've given up on you.
RANDY PAUSCH A lot of people want a shortcut. I find the best shortcut is the long way, which is basically two wo...
RANDY PAUSCH Too many people go through life complaining about their problems. I've always believed that if you t...
RANDY PAUSCH It's not how hard you hit. It's how hard you get hit...and keep moving forward.
RANDY PAUSCH Time is all you have and you may find one day that you have less than you think.
RANDY PAUSCH Look, I'm going to find a way to be happy, and I'd really love to be happy with you, but if I can't ...
RANDY PAUSCH The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is ...
RANDY PAUSCH When it comes to men who are romantically interested in you, it’s really simple. Just ignore every...
RANDY PAUSCH We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.
RANDY PAUSCH This is not some little crumb that got tossed. This is the most valuable intellectual property owned...
RANDY PAUSCH Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you want.
RANDY PAUSCH The new version that we're now beginning on will gradually morph into a more traditional Java progra...
RANDY PAUSCH There's a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem. It's not something you can give;...
RANDY PAUSCH Anybody out there who is a parent, if your kids want to paint their bedrooms,as a favor to me, let t...
RANDY PAUSCH When you’re screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore that means they’ve given up on y...
RANDY PAUSCH Give yourself permission to dream. Fuel your kids' dreams too. Once in a while, that might even mean...
RANDY PAUSCH I know you're smart. But everyone here is smart. Smart isn't enough. The kind of people I want on my...
RANDY PAUSCH All my adult life I've felt drawn to ask long-married couples how they were able to stay together. A...
RANDY PAUSCH The person who failed often knows how to avoid future failures. The person who knows only success ca...
RANDY PAUSCH Are you a Tigger or an Eyore?
RANDY PAUSCH There's a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem. It's not something you can give;...
RANDY PAUSCH No job is beneath you.

You ought to be thrilled you got a job in the mailroom And when yo...
RANDY PAUSCH Luck is where preparation meets opportunity.
RANDY PAUSCH Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other.
RANDY PAUSCH It's not about how to achieve your dreams, it's about how to lead your life, ... If you lead your li...
RANDY PAUSCH Don’t complain; just work harder.
RANDY PAUSCH We don't beat the reaper by living longer, we beat the reaper by living well and living fully.
RANDY PAUSCH Pretty much any time I got a chance to do something cool, I tried to grab for it, and that's whe...
RANDY PAUSCH I've always admired people who are over-prepared.
RANDY PAUSCH Never make a decision until you have to.
RANDY PAUSCH I've decided to tell my kids things like: 'I love the way each of you tilted back your heads...
RANDY PAUSCH If you can't (or won't) sort mail, where is the proof that you can do anything?
RANDY PAUSCH If she doesn't really love you, then it's over. And if she does love you, then love will win out.
RANDY PAUSCH It's not about the cards you're dealt, but how you play the hand.
RANDY PAUSCH When one knows at an early age that their gift, talent and direction is musical, one tends to focus ...
RANDY BACHMAN You see and work with many of the same people over and over again; they are all specialists in what ...
RANDY WEST That was the day I began cutting classes and returning to TV tapings; it ultimately led to a friends...
RANDY WEST Remember, while the work can sometimes appear to be simple to a viewer, the ability to perform exper...
RANDY WEST Over the long hours of taping 5, 6 or 7 episodes a day, we develop a great sense of family.
RANDY WEST Of course watching a particularly exciting game or a wonderful contestant is always a joy.
RANDY WEST Most producers I've known were writers first, and writing is a vital part of any game show. You ...
RANDY WEST It seems that no two people came to this specialized area of work via the exact same route.
RANDY WEST I'm always most excited about the job I'm doing at the present, and that's especially tr...
RANDY WEST I enjoy 'Supermarket Sweep' because of its adlib demands in following the fast action.
RANDY WEST I can say without hesitation that there is certainly no greater show to be a contestant on than '...
RANDY WEST From my years of work with so many game show production companies and their producers I'm probab...
RANDY WEST Because these show are live, script pages are being switched during the program and new commercial t...
RANDY WEST Because many of us have been in game shows for some time, there's always someone around who can ...
RANDY WEST At Johnny's suggestion I pursued a career in radio that eventually brought me to Los Angeles.
RANDY WEST Also at the top of the list was my three day appearance on 'Press Your Luck'. In addition to...
RANDY WEST 'What's My Line' 1971 was a magical experience as I was still in my teens, and it was my...
RANDY WEST If you have real passion for a career in game shows, be willing to serve an apprenticeship; it's...
RANDY WEST 'Press Your Luck' was probably the most exciting because of the unpredictability of the game...
RANDY WEST But day in and day out, the most stimulating part of the work is being a member of a team of so many...
RANDY WEST Yet as a team, we can pull together to do some incredible work.
RANDY WEST I've been lucky because Hollywood can be harsh and try to pigeonhole you. I've done TV, film...
RANDY WAYNE There are so many movies people make just to make money.
RANDY WAYNE I'm really a big fan of HBO and Showtime shows, so I wouldn't mind being on an edgy show... ...
RANDY WAYNE John Schneider's cool. I mean, he is the epitome of cool. To be that confident without any chip ...
RANDY WAYNE As an actor, I want to build a career as an actor. It's hard to even get a job sometimes, so as ...
RANDY WAYNE I'm very picky about what I'll do and the message the film has in it.
RANDY WAYNE When I was a postdoc, I jotted every fresh thought on a three-by-five card and kept them in a card c...
RANDY SCHEKMAN The night before the Nobel announcement every year, I've gone to bed feeling quite anxious. I wa...
RANDY SCHEKMAN Everything I did in high school was focused on microbiology, looking at things like algae under a mi...
RANDY SCHEKMAN I am a scientist. Mine is a professional world that achieves great things for humanity.
RANDY SCHEKMAN I was driven completely by a desire to understand how cells worked.
RANDY SCHEKMAN I got into science because I thought that, with inspiration and hard work, I could figure out how li...
RANDY SCHEKMAN Just as Wall Street needs to break the hold of the bonus culture, which drives risk-taking that is r...
RANDY SCHEKMAN The prevailing structures of personal reputation and career advancement mean the biggest rewards oft...
RANDY SCHEKMAN It is common, and encouraged by many journals, for research to be judged by the impact factor of the...
RANDY SCHEKMAN The idea that I could push the envelope using dedication and research and endless curiosity has prop...
RANDY SCHEKMAN Our cells engage in protein production, and many of those proteins are enzymes responsible for the c...
RANDY SCHEKMAN I've been loving music all my life.
RANDY SAVAGE Being a wrestler is like walking on the treadmill of life. You get off it and it just keeps going.
RANDY SAVAGE There are no tough guys in wrestling.
RANDY SAVAGE From wrestling to my hip-hop thing, I've just been able to do so much and meet so many crazy cha...
RANDY SAVAGE I used to hate old-timers who didn't praise the younger wrestlers, but you've got to pass th...
RANDY SAVAGE Every sport has its own cast of characters.
RANDY SAVAGE I love playing characters that are bigger than life and maybe have a darker side that they present t...
RANDY QUAID I would never walk off any show.
RANDY QUAID I've been racketeered on.
RANDY QUAID I love Canada.
RANDY QUAID I went through this delayed-adolescence thing. I didn't want to be tied down to a family.
RANDY QUAID Acting's more of a business for me now.
RANDY QUAID What I wish more than anything is that I could start getting press about my work as an actor. That i...
RANDY QUAID I would not do anything to besmirch my reputation any further than it has already been.
RANDY QUAID If you don't stick up for what's yours, and defend what's yours... what are you?
RANDY QUAID I'm not crazy. I play a lot of crazy characters, but I'm an actor.
RANDY QUAID My finances have been decimated by a group of people, such as my ex-attorney, my ex-business manager...
RANDY QUAID I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
RANDY QUAID Now with the Internet, a celebrity is fair game, and it's all designed to sell advertising space...
RANDY QUAID It's possible for people to gain control of every facet of your life.
RANDY QUAID Just about every actor wants to be a Disney cartoon voice at some point.
RANDY QUAID When I was a kid and the carnival would come to the shopping centre, I'd go down and talk to all...
RANDY QUAID I love my brother. I miss my brother.
RANDY QUAID I love writing songs. I love doing my radio show and talking to the fans and listening to what they ...
RANDY OWEN Our original name was Wild Country, but when we first went to The Bowery, they had the name of all 5...
RANDY OWEN For me, when I grew up playing music, I played music in church and people were shouting and having a...
RANDY OWEN As long as God lets me live, I want to do things that make a difference in the world besides play mu...
RANDY OWEN God has to let you be there, and then you just have to have good fortune for whatever reason. I'...
RANDY OWEN I can't not be who I am.
RANDY OWEN The Bowery was a place that would let us do original songs - not just covers - but we would have to ...
RANDY OWEN I feel very good and positive about my future. I look forward to seeing the fans and doing what I do...
RANDY OWEN The juices never stop flowing. I still write songs.
RANDY OWEN The writing part of my life never changes, because that's just when the inspiration comes.
RANDY OWEN I like Public Enemy a great deal.
RANDY NEWMAN I always thought my best album was 'Trouble in Paradise.' I was the happiest with that one.
RANDY NEWMAN I've worked with a band, and it's nice to have someone to travel around with, but I didn'...
RANDY NEWMAN 'Rednecks' always made me nervous to play, but I'm glad I wrote it and I continue to pla...
RANDY NEWMAN Mostly, I don't write overtly personal stuff.
RANDY NEWMAN What I'm most pleased about is that there's no particular decline. The songs I wrote 40 year...
RANDY NEWMAN But I don't want to sing everything out of the side of my mouth, I want people to understand wha...
RANDY NEWMAN I've written a song for Prince. I never showed it to Prince, but just to see if I could do it. A...
RANDY NEWMAN I don't remember ever having writer's block. If I sit in there for four hours, I'll usua...
RANDY NEWMAN I like the performing. And interviews, even. And the stuff that's not sitting in a room by yours...
RANDY NEWMAN It's very hard to get rich and famous at a young age and handle it well.
RANDY NEWMAN I started recording because I was always complaining about the records that I was getting of my song...
RANDY NEWMAN I once had dinner with Madonna and I wasn't nervous but within about a minute I found myself tal...
RANDY NEWMAN But if you're doing something, show up everyday, and something good might happen - it's not ...
RANDY NEWMAN Stay away from drugs. They're not worth it. I've tried, but there's none of them that...
RANDY NEWMAN I am not overlooking any mail. I'm looking at all of it. I even wrote back to the Viagra people.
RANDY NEWMAN I like science - geography, meteorology, cosmology.
RANDY NEWMAN I've always had a lot of respect from the people I respected.
RANDY NEWMAN Most of my songs are about insensitivity of some kind.
RANDY NEWMAN If we'd had another carefree 70's, I'd have been dead. It was a little too carefree, you...
RANDY NEWMAN I think the tax cut is ridiculous but so am I.
RANDY NEWMAN It's funny; people get so doctrinaire about music. It should be the last thing you don't hav...
RANDY NEWMAN Learn about the world, the way it works, any kind of science and anthropology, it's really an in...
RANDY NEWMAN I like the idea of taking a true classic written by a true genius and destroying it essentially! I l...
RANDY NEWMAN My music has a high irritation factor. I've always tried to say something. Eccentric lyrics abou...
RANDY NEWMAN Thank God for the potholes on memory lane.
RANDY NEWMAN The weekend brought good news for our friends in the cattle industry. At long last, Japan has taken ...
RANDY NEUGEBAUER At a time when we are dealing with unpredictable suppliers of energy abroad and higher gas costs at ...
RANDY NEUGEBAUER President Bush has a track record of making the right decisions when it comes to national security.
RANDY NEUGEBAUER We can fight the War on Terrorism in other places around the world or we can fight it here in Americ...
RANDY NEUGEBAUER For too long, Japan has been dragging its feet as it ignores the steps the U.S. has made to ensure a...
RANDY NEUGEBAUER Thousands of years and many civilizations have defined a marriage as the union between one man and o...
RANDY NEUGEBAUER Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the definition of a marriage as between one man and one woma...
RANDY NEUGEBAUER Clearly, border security has been the top domestic issue of the year, and rightly so. Securing our b...
RANDY NEUGEBAUER Small businesses are the number one job creators in America. Therefore, it is important that the fed...
RANDY NEUGEBAUER In addition to a soaring stock market, 6.6 million jobs have been created since tax relief measures ...
RANDY NEUGEBAUER Border security is a complex issue and will remain a top priority during the 2007 legislative year. ...
RANDY NEUGEBAUER When rough times have fallen upon our state in the past, Texans have always responded with generosit...
RANDY NEUGEBAUER