Wait long enough and people will surprise and impress you. He said, when you are pissed off at somebody, and you're angry at them, you just haven't given them enough time. Just give them a little more time — and they'll almost always impress you. And that really stuck with me. I think he's absolutely right on that one.

When Pausch spoke of "when you're screwing up and nobody's saying anything to you anymore, that means they gaveup." he was quoting Jon Snoddy - The Last Lecture (2007)