I was trying to put myself in a bottle that would one day wash up on the beach for my children. If I were a painter, I would have painted for them. If I were a musician, I would have composed music. But I am a lecturer. So I lectured.

Believe nothing a man tells you and everything he shows you

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.

No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse. At the same time, it is often within your power to make them better

We can't change it. We have to decide how we'll respond.

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

Time must be explicitly managed, like money.