When I was younger, I told my mother that one day I'll make you proud. Well yes I did make her proud… — Simphiwe Scientist Dumi Copy Share Image
My husband worked on Wall Street and was an Ivy League graduate as well. In our world, we were the last couple… — Leslie Morgan Steiner Copy Share Image
As I was leaving graduate school in 1974, I was recruited to join a fledgling SETI project at the Hat Creek Observatory… — Jill Tarter Copy Share Image
“And the president, Dr. Ismail Lutfi, was—as he would proudly tell me—a graduate of a hardline Wahhabi institution, namely Riyadh’s Imam Muhammad… — John R. Bradley Copy Share Image
It was a myth that's often perpetuated at commencement that holds that only hope and promise lie beyond the halls of academe.… — Paul Tsongas Copy Share Image
I arrived at Princeton as a graduate student from the University of Manitoba in 1958. To my great good fortune, I fell… — Jim Peebles Copy Share Image
What first stuns the young writer emerging from college is that there is no clear-cut road for him to travel on. He… — Brad Gooch Copy Share Image
I was fortunate and worked hard to graduate top of my class as a primary school teacher and receive the Vere Foster… — Sinead Burke Copy Share Image
When I was going for my graduate degree, I decided I was going to make a feature film as my thesis. That's… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
I am terminally sentimental about graduations. They are more individual than weddings, more conscious than christenings, or bar mitzvahs or bat mitzvahs.… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
A lot of the time the experts, the people who are supposed to be able to tell you what to do, will… — Mark Zuckerberg Copy Share Image
I could be happy doing something like architecture. It would involve another couple of years of graduate school, but that's what I… — Parker Stevenson Copy Share Image
I had spent four months in Cedar City, Utah, right after graduation as an intern at the Utah Shakespearean Festival. It's a… — Stephen Karam Copy Share Image
Life is not about warming yourself by the fire, life is about building the fire. And generosity is the match...If you want… — Larry Lucchino Copy Share Image
Your families are extremely proud of you. You can't imagine the sense of relief they are experiencing. This would be a most… — Gary Bolden Copy Share Image
Congratulations to our dearest child. You are a graduate now. As for your future is concerned, aim for the stars because for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
At the end of four years' time, at graduation, we were down to 12. At our reunion that we had several years… — Peter Jurasik Copy Share Image
“Just look at the fellow, standing there like a bloody Greek god. Do you think she chose him because of his intellect?”… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
While I do commend the Administration on its commitment and focus on high school reform, I believe that we must focus on… — Ruben Hinojosa Copy Share Image
For a father of my generation, it will be a great great achivement if he succeeds in keeping his kids away from… — Reian Jain Copy Share Image
Choice of evils debates always produce extremism - people choose what they hope is the lesser evil, then call it good and… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
George W. Bush gave a commencement speech at Southern Methodist University this weekend. It was pretty inspirational. He said, 'As I like… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
Catholic school graduates exhibit a wide variety of qualities that will not only help them in their careers but also in their… — Joe Baca Copy Share Image
I was the daughter of an immigrant, raised to feel that I needed to get excellent, flawless grades and a full scholarship… — Susan Choi Copy Share Image
You grow up so fast in high school. It's not something you wait for, it just kind of happens. One day you'll… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A college education is not a quantitative body of memorized knowledge salted away in a card file. It is a taste for… — Alfred Whitney Griswold Copy Share Image
Let us have "sweet girl graduates" by all means. They will be none the less sweet for a little wisdom; and the… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Pursue whatever it is that you want to do with your life. It is the only secret to happiness that I know… — Lewis Black Copy Share Image
I've done so many commencement speeches at colleges and law schools, and I tell young women that there are no glass ceilings… — Pam Bondi Copy Share Image
In 1858 I received the degree of D. S. from the Lawrence Scientific School, and thereafter remained on the rolls of the… — Simon Newcomb Copy Share Image
By the time he arrived in Texas - via the red 1947 Studebaker Dad's parents gave him as a graduation gift -… — Dorothy Bush Koch Copy Share Image
Upon graduation, I hit a wall. All of my good friends from UCLA were taking on jobs they were passionate about, and… — Karen Fukuhara Copy Share Image
College graduates work in every sector of the American economy, and the research engines incubated within our universities generate a wealth of… — Gordon Gee Copy Share Image
The best of all things is to learn. Money can be lost or stolen, health and strength may fail, but what you… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
It is a success, you truly deserved. It is an achievement you have truly earned. I congratulate you on your success and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Try not to become a man of success, but a man of value. Look around at how people want to get more… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“Read. Read all the time. Read as a matter of principle, as a matter of self-respect. Read as a nourishing staple of… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
The purpose of a Christian education would not be merely to make men and women pious Christians: a system which aimed too… — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
I went to my son's graduation this weekend, and I heard a great quote I've never heard before from Albert Einstein. It… — Hamilton Jordan Copy Share Image
I was in Mumbai pursuing my graduation in mass media; I was not sure what to do. I tried my hand at… — Ishita Dutta Copy Share Image
