Randy Pausch Quotes

If I have the choice between experience and talent, I'm taking talent every time.

I think I have a lot to offer.

I know what I can bring to the table wherever it is.

I don't think there's any substitute for experience.

Having only wisdom and talent is the lowest tier of usefulness.

Experience is a valuable thing. It enables us to recognize mistakes when we repeat them.

Experience alone can give, even to the greatest talent, that confidence in having done all that could be done.

Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation.

Those whom books will hurt will not be proof against events. Events, not books, should be forbid.

Age is never a factor if talent is there.

Experience is a good teacher.

It doesn't matter what you look like. Experience is the key.

The most important thing is knowing what you are good at.

Experience trumps brilliance.

Experience seems to be the only thing of any value that's widely distributed.

Be good at something. It makes you valuable.

Experience is a dear teacher but he delivers th' goods.

Experience is the highest authority.

I've done a lot of that kind of work before, anyway, and I was in good hands.

There is no change - I'm as deep or as shallow as I ever was. What's new is on-the-job experience. This is what you gain with years.

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

We're playing at our level of ability.

I think it now comes down to whether you have the skills or not.

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.