Phrasal Verb - Go to

Real English Examples

And 17 years later I did go to college.

2005 Stanford Commencement Address ~ Steve Jobs

She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would go to college.

2005 Stanford Commencement Address ~ Steve Jobs

And what's happening is, is that the Macs and the PCs as you know them today are all going to be just like this-- hold up your PowerBook.

Steve Jobs President & CEO, NeXT Computer Corp and Apple. MIT Sloan Distinguished Speaker Series

He's a pretty good guy, went to Cyprus for a year and a half, and then came to NeXT.

Steve Jobs President & CEO, NeXT Computer Corp and Apple. MIT Sloan Distinguished Speaker Series

So I think that's not going to be a stumbling block.

Steve Jobs President & CEO, NeXT Computer Corp and Apple. MIT Sloan Distinguished Speaker Series

Now, that doesn't mean that Apple is not going to be successful.

Steve Jobs President & CEO, NeXT Computer Corp and Apple. MIT Sloan Distinguished Speaker Series

So we go to these companies that use Suns and take two years to write their apps-- or are thinking about using Suns, and they can write their apps in about 90 days on a NeXT.

Steve Jobs President & CEO, NeXT Computer Corp and Apple. MIT Sloan Distinguished Speaker Series

I think certain segments of the Mac market are not going to be targeted for future growth.

Steve Jobs President & CEO, NeXT Computer Corp and Apple. MIT Sloan Distinguished Speaker Series

And that's, I think, going to be the next new thing.

Steve Jobs President & CEO, NeXT Computer Corp and Apple. MIT Sloan Distinguished Speaker Series

He said, I'm not going to look at the hits.

Seth Godin - Akimbo - Hitsville

So what are they going to stock?

Seth Godin - Akimbo - Hitsville

It turns out that if you go to a theater, maybe half the people in that theater.

Seth Godin - Akimbo - Hitsville

AND I COME BOUNDING IN, AND, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST--I'M GOING TO SAVE THE WORLD.

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

I WENT TO IMAGINEERING, SWEETNESS AND LIGHT, AND ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL.

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

"IF WE CAN'T WORK THIS OUT, "I'M GOING TO TAKE AN UNPAID LEAVE OF ABSENCE, AND I'M JUST GOING TO GO THERE, AND I'M GOING TO DO THIS THING."

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

"THAT PEOPLE PERCEIVE YOU AS SO ARROGANT, "BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO LIMIT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IN LIFE."

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO ANYTHING THAT'S PIONEERING, YOU WILL GET THOSE ARROWS IN THE BACK, AND YOU JUST HAVE TO PUT UP WITH IT.

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

THIS IS A TERRIBLE JOKE, BUT I'M GOING TO USE IT

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

AND THE DEAN SAID, "AND I'M GOING TO REMEMBER THIS WHEN YOUR TENURE CASE COMES UP."

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

AND SO HE SAID, "YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO CARNEGIE MELLON, NO PROBLEM."

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

AND THERE'S AN ARTICLE IF YOU GO TO YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY WHERE THEY STILL HAVE COPIES OF THE "WORLD BOOK."

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

AND HE SAID, "RIGHT, SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON WHAT THOSE OTHER 21 GUYS ARE DOING."

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

[laughter] AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN ACHIEVING YOUR CHILDHOOD DREAMS.

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

I SAY, "STEVE, I'M SORRY, BUT YOUR WORLD HAS CRASHED, AND WE'RE GOING TO GO TO VIDEOTAPE."

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

WE'RE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT MY WIFE.

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT CAITLIN KELLEHER, BUT SHE'S GRADUATED WITH HER PhD AND IS AT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, AND SHE'S GOING TO BE TAKING THIS UP A NOTCH AND GOING TO MIDDLE SCHOOLS WITH IT.

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

SO ALL-TIME BEST HEAD FAKE AWARD GOES TO CAITLIN KELLEHER'S DISSERTATION.

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

WE CAN'T CHANGE IT, AND WE JUST HAVE TO DECIDE HOW WE'RE GOING TO RESPOND TO THAT.

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

I WENT TO THE OTHER SCHOOLS.

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

HE SENT ME SOME STUFF, AND I SAID, "HEY, I'M GOING TO BE OUT IN THE AREA "FOR A CONFERENCE SHORTLY.

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

AND I SAID TO TOMMY, "YOU KNOW THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO MAKE THOSE NEXT MOVIES."

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

BUT I WOULD GO TO NEPTUNE TO HAVE LUNCH WITH YOU."

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION.

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

THAT'S NOT GOING TO FLY EITHER."

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

[laughter] AND THAT WAS EXACTLY THE RIGHT ADVICE, BECAUSE WHAT HE SAID WAS, "YOU OBVIOUSLY DON'T KNOW WHERE THE BAR SHOULD BE, "AND YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO DO THEM

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

HE SAYS, "PEOPLE ARE PERCEIVING YOU THIS WAY," AND HE SAYS, "THE DOWNSIDE IS, IT'S GOING TO LIMIT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH."

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

ALL MY GOOD STUDENTS GO TO CARNEGIE MELLON."

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

ALL RIGHT, I'M DYING, AND I'M HAVING FUN, AND I'M GOING TO KEEP HAVING FUN EVERY DAY I HAVE LEFT, BECAUSE THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO PLAY IT.

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

YOU'VE GOT TO GET THE FUNDAMENTALS DOWN, BECAUSE OTHERWISE THE FANCY STUFF ISN'T GOING TO WORK.

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

[laughter] AT A CERTAIN POINT, YOU JUST REALIZE THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU ARE NOT GOING TO DO, SO MAYBE YOU JUST WANT TO STAND CLOSE TO THE PEOPLE.

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

AND DEAN WORMER LOOKS AT THE PAPERWORK, AND HE SAYS, "WELL, IT SAYS THEY'RE GOING TO OWN YOUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY."

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

"IF WE CAN'T WORK THIS OUT, "I'M GOING TO TAKE AN UNPAID LEAVE OF ABSENCE, AND I'M JUST GOING TO GO THERE, AND I'M GOING TO DO THIS THING."

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

"YOU'RE GOING TO CARNEGIE MELLON.

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

IF YOU GO TO MY PARENT'S HOUSE, IT'S STILL THERE.

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

WITHOUT NAMING THEM BY NAME-- BERKELEY, CORNELL-- THEY MANAGED TO BE SO UNWELCOMING THAT I FOUND MYSELF SAYING TO ANDY, "YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO GET A JOB."

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

AND THEY SAID, "WHAT DOCUMENTS ARE YOU GOING TO FAX US?"

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

AND I SAID, "I DON'T KNOW, BUT IF I'M GOING TO HELL, I'M DUE SIX YEARS FOR TIME SERVED."

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

"I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT THE IP IN YOUR HEAD ALREADY, "AND MAYBE THEY'RE GOING TO SUCK IT OUT OF YOU, SO

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

YOU'RE GOING TO SAY, "WELL, IT'S LIKE A CIRCUS."

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

And I sat there for quite some time going, "How am I going to get off this rock and go home?

Looking Past Limits ~ Caroline Casey

And on my seventeenth birthday, I accompanied my little sister in complete innocence, as I always had all my life -- my visually impaired sister -- to go to see an eye specialist.

Looking Past Limits ~ Caroline Casey

And he said, "So what are you going to do to celebrate?"

Looking Past Limits ~ Caroline Casey

And I set up Kanchi, because my organization was always going to be named after my elephant, because disability is like the elephant in the room.

Looking Past Limits ~ Caroline Casey

And you know, when you go to a global consulting firm, they put a chip in your head, and you're like, "I love Accenture.

Looking Past Limits ~ Caroline Casey

And then I went to business school.

Looking Past Limits ~ Caroline Casey

"Don't do music, you're not going to be a musician; don't do art, you won't be an artist."

Do schools kill creativity? ~ Sir Ken Robinson

Being sent to bed by his dad, to Shakespeare, "Go to bed, now!"

Do schools kill creativity? ~ Sir Ken Robinson

If you’re going to be bringing new partners and new ideas into your organization, you need a process to do it.

Understanding business development ~ Seth Godin

Here’s a simple way to widen your net: start a blog and go to conferences to speak.

Understanding business development ~ Seth Godin

But with incomes falling and so many unemployed, who is the money going to come from?

How The Economic Machine Works ~ Ray Dalio

Just like buyers and sellers go to the market to make transactions, so do lenders and borrowers.

How The Economic Machine Works ~ Ray Dalio

Or just going to a different restaurant to eat your lunch.

I Increased My Productivity 10x - By Turning My Life Into a Game by Better Than Yesterday

When we eat healthy for 1 week straight and we go to the gym 5 times during that period, sure, we deserve a reward.

I Increased My Productivity 10x - By Turning My Life Into a Game by Better Than Yesterday