Randy Pausch Quotes

By climbing a steeper road, the value and appreciation Delaware State students took and continue to take from their education and their experiences is just as great, if not greater, than students attending ivy league schools.

I would counsel people to go to college, because it's one of the best times in your life in terms of who you meet and develop a broad set of intellectual skills.

Going to college is neither necessary nor sufficient to be well-educated.

A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated.

Education is for growth and fulfillment.

A good education should leave much to be desired.

I have an education, I went to college, you know?

Children themselves know they are being cheated. Ultimately we owe it to our children. They are in school for 190 days a year. Every moment they spend learning is precious. If a year goes by and they are not being stretched and excited, that blights their life.

It is commonly said that a teacher fails if he has not been surpassed by his students. There has been no failure on our part in this regard considering how far they have gone.

A college education shows a man how little other people know.

Harvard has played an important role in my life. I was a student, Class of 1936, and I've been on the board of overseers. My experiences there shaped who I am.

I visited the Gymnasium in The Hague and passed my final examination (in the sciences section) in 1943.

I wonder whether if I had an education I should have been more or less a fool that I am.

The college that takes students with modest entering abilities and improves their abilities substantially contributes more than the school that takes very bright students and helps them develop only modestly.

I probably didn't put forth the effort I should have put forth, didn't realize the value of education until I went to college.

Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability.

The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.

College had little effect on me. I'd have been the same writer if I'd gone to MIT, except I'd have flunked out sooner.

College was just so essential for my sense of self and my development.

When I was young I didn't care about education, just money and box office.

You have to stay in school. You have to. You have to go to college. You have to get your degree. Because that's the one thing people can't take away from you is your education. And it is worth the investment.

I think college has helped me.

Stop being childish. Use your time better - better yourself. Read a book, or do a workout exercise on YouTube.

A college degree does not lessen the length of your ears; it only conceals it.

College is something you complete. Life is something you experience.