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title: "10 Came College Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [When you leave here, don't forget why you came. ( to college graduates)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adlai-e-stevenson-2/when-you-leave-here-don-t-forget-why-you-came-to-college-graduates/)

[Adlai E Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adlai-e-stevenson-2/)

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> [By the time I came out of college, I was fabulous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-cox/by-the-time-i-came-out-of-college-i-was-fabulous/)

[Patrick Cox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-cox/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddc/patrick-cox-16176_college_by-the-time-i-came-out-of-college-i-was_457782.jpg)

> [Even when Facebook came out, and I was in college, I found myself never putting anything on it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-mckinnon/even-when-facebook-came-out-and-i-was-in-college-i-found-myself-never/)

[Kate McKinnon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-mckinnon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef9/kate-mckinnon-8120_anything_even-when-facebook-came-out-and-i-was-in_689385.jpg)

> [I came out of high school, I wasn't the top-rated quarterback, came out of college, I wasn't drafted first.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geno-smith/i-came-out-of-high-school-i-wasn-t-the-top-rated-quarterback-came-out/)

[Geno Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geno-smith/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f56/geno-smith-6231_drafted_i-came-out-of-high-school-i-wasn-t-the-t_805068.jpg)

> [When I first came to college, it was a time that I was trying to figure out, 'Who am I? What makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindsey-stirling/when-i-first-came-to-college-it-was-a-time-that-i-was-trying-to/)

[Lindsey Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindsey-stirling/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be0/lindsey-stirling-9155_college_when-i-first-came-to-college-it-was-a-ti_807751.jpg)

> [I guess the best way to describe that would be to connect with the fact that I came out of college just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ella-baker/i-guess-the-best-way-to-describe-that-would-be-to-connect-with-the/)

[Ella Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ella-baker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21a/ella-baker-10989_best-way_i-guess-the-best-way-to-describe-that-wo_602730.jpg)

> [I'd had the quintessential liberal arts experience, and I came out of college not having a clue of what to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley/i-d-had-the-quintessential-liberal-arts-experience-and-i-came-out-of/)

[John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/714/john-wesley-1398_art_i-d-had-the-quintessential-liberal-arts_1871996.jpg)

> [I came to college with friends. And even though we go to different schools I know I'll be leaving college with those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-came-to-college-with-friends-and-even-though-we-go-to-different/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c53/anonymous-1_college_i-came-to-college-with-friends-and-even_2994029.jpg)

> [At last I came to college. I rushed for it with the outstretched arms of youth's aching hunger to give and take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anzia-yezierska/at-last-i-came-to-college-i-rushed-for-it-with-the-outstretched-arms/)

[Anzia Yezierska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anzia-yezierska/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e18/anzia-yezierska-21338_arms_at-last-i-came-to-college-i-rushed-for-i_1330926.jpg)

> [College was pivotal for me. It broadened my horizons, taught me to think and question, and introduced me to many things -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-e-ferling/college-was-pivotal-for-me-it-broadened-my-horizons-taught-me-to/)

[John E Ferling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-e-ferling/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c1/john-e-ferling-61093_art_college-was-pivotal-for-me-it-broadened_2185405.jpg)

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