Best Of Randy Pausch's "The Last Lecture"
Here is a selection of memorable quotes from The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow Open media 1 in modal My colleague told me: "It took a long time, but I've finally figured it out. When it comes to men who are romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do." p. 146 Start-up companies often prefer to hire a chief executive with a failed start-up in his or her background. The person who failed often knows how to avoid future failures. The person who knows only success can be more oblivious to all the pitfalls. Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. And experience is often the most valuable thing you have to offer. p. 149 I usually didn't notice how I was coming off, in part because things seemed to be working out and I was succeeding academically. Andy van Dam, the school's legendary computer science professor, made me his teaching assistant....
