I don't believe complete assimilation is possible, at least not for anyone who has an active, open mind. Every step, every entry… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Copy Share Image
Dont teach my boy poetry, an English mother recently wrote the Provost of Harrow. Dont teach my boy poetry; he is going… — John F. Kennedy 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
Nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks. Fall forward. Every failed experiment is one step closer to success. — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
In 1986, our commencement speaker was George Schultz, secretary of state, fourth in line to the president. You get me-basic cable's second… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." "Don't… — Dr. Seuss Copy Share Image
With whomsoever or wheresoever may rest the present causes of difficulty that apparently exist towards either the completion of the old engine,… — Ada Lovelace Copy Share Image
Death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life's change agent. It clears out the old to make… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
Commencement speeches were invented largely in the belief that outgoing college students should never be released into the world until they have… — Garry Trudeau Copy Share Image
It is to them [fossils] alone that we owe the commencement of even a Theory of the Earth ... By them we… — Georges Cuvier Copy Share Image
The way in which the persecution of Galileo has been remembered is a tribute to the quiet commencement of the most intimate… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
They who once engage in iniquitous designs miserably deceive themselves when they think that they will go so far and no farther;… — Robert Southey Copy Share Image
“The beginning seems bitter to you, but the end is sweeter for you. However, you can’t get through to the end without… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
One may decide that the nipple most nearly resembles a newly ripened raspberry (never, be it noted, the plonk of water on… — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
I have come to the realization that history is not a fixed thing, a collection of precise dates, facts and events (even… — Ken Burns 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
President Bush delivered a commencement speech at a university in Wisconsin. A very inspirational speech. Apparently Bush told the students, 'You can… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
My daughter went to the school, and it's a very, very progressive and liberal school, and my commencement speech was telling the… — Bobcat Goldthwait Copy Share Image
And so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life. — Anonymous Copy Share Image