Anybody out there who is a parent, if your kids want to paint their bedrooms,as a favor to me, let them do it. It'll be OK.

Randy Pausch on time management: Here's what I know: Time must be explicitly managed, like money. You can always change your plan, but only if you have one. Ask yourself: Are you spending your time on the right things? Develop a good filing system. Rethink the telephone. Delegate. Take a time out. Time is all you have. And you may find one day that you have less than you think.

We don't beat the Reaper by living longer. We beat the Reaper by living well.

He had high hopes for society, and though his hopes were too often dashed, he remained a raging optimist.

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

Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.

Go out and do for others what somebody did for you.