Randy Pausch Quotes

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

Sometimes it is better to delay.

The early bird may get the worm, but its the second mouse that gets the cheese.

Never do today what you can do tomorrow. Something may occur to make you regret your premature action.

When "Why not do it?" barely outweighs "Why do it?" — don't do it.

I've learned one thing in politics. You don't take a decision until you have to.

When you're having trouble making a decision you're making it too soon.

People who deliberate fully before they take a step will spend their lives on one leg

When in doubt, stand still.

Everybody has noticed the way cats stop and loiter in a half-open door. Hasn't everyone said to a cat: For heavens sake why don't you come in? With opportunity half-open in front of them, there are men who have a similar tendency to remain undecided between two solutions, at the risk of being crushed by fate abruptly closing the opportunity. The overprudent, cats as they are, and because they are cats, sometimes run more danger than the bold

I think that we should not delay for the sake of delay, but delay until questions are answered.

Sometimes if you have a difficult decisin to make, just stall until the answer presents itself.

He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.

I would rather stop too soon than too late.

The woman that deliberates is lost.

[Referring to Jimmy Carter:] Jimmy's basic problem is that he's super cautious. He looks before and after he leaps.

To delay action until there Is one hundred percent certainty Is always to postpone political action forever.

That's the one thing I don't like hearing, when someone says, 'We'll see what happens, see what happens here, see what happens there.' Forget all of that.

He who hesitates is sometimes wise.

When you're put in a position where you're having to decide, Is this a good decision? Is this the right decision for everybody involved? - it makes me feel a little unsteady, unsure.

...discussion is also a most excellent means to avoid -decision-

I'll be like Scarlett O'Hara-I'll think about it tomorrow.

When I'm tired and therefore indecisive, it can take half an hour to choose the book I am going to have with me while I brush my teeth.

Ponder and deliberate before you make a move.

It's better to stay too long than to leave too soon.