The commencement speech is not, I think, a wholly satisfactory manifestation of our culture. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
“Most of us only find our own voice after sounding like a lot of other people” — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Changing the world doesn't happen all at once. It isn't a big bang. It's an evolution, the sum of a billion tiny… — Katie Couric 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
I'm an artist. And I'm happy that I was there at the commencement of this music, this Jamaican music, to put my… — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share Image
Whatever you choose, however many roads you travel, I hope that you choose not to be a lady. I hope you will… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
Play is a sacred thing, a divine ordinance, for developing in the child a harmonious and healthy organism, and preparing that organism… — J. G. Holland Copy Share Image
The stunning part was that one time Neil McElroy the Secretary of Defense who was the father of one of our classmates… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
“If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. [Commencement Address at American… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
At his Philadelphia alma mater, Temple University, Cosby gave commencement addresses and attended games. He served on the university's board of trustees… — Chaka Fattah Copy Share Image
As an innovation... the establishment of Free Schools was the boldest ever promulgated, since the commencement of the Christian era... Time has… — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
It's just like when Trump made his speech, his commencement speech at Liberty University, I saw something that I've never seen. ABC… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I grew up very differently than a lot of other people in my hometown in Mississippi. But I can't imagine my life… — Taylor Spreitler 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
I need scarcely say that the beginning and maintenance of life on earth is absolutely and infinitely beyond the range of all… — Lord Kelvin 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
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
There is an essential difference between the decease of the godly and the death of the ungodly. Death comes to the ungodly… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
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
“innocence is ignorance; ignorance is illusion; and Commencement, while it certainly is a metaphor, is no illusion. Commencement's for the disillusioned, not… — John Barth Copy Share Image
“The most perfect life develops as a circle, and terminates in its beginning, making it impossible to say, This is the commencement,… — Lew Wallace Copy Share Image
From the very commencement the student should set out to witness the progress and effects of sickness and ought to persevere in… — Robert James Graves Copy Share Image
Chemistry, unlike other sciences, sprang originally from delusions and superstitions, and was at its commencement exactly on a par with magic and… — Thomas Thomson Copy Share Image
I never expected to join the ranks of commencement speakers, especially at my alma mater. I had a tough time there, left… — Stephanie Ruhle Copy Share Image
“Take for example the commencement address he [James Garfield] delivered at his alma mater Hiram College in the summer of 1880. ...… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
If you think that happiness means total peace, you will never be happy. Peace comes from the acceptance of the part of… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
What kind of a world are we going to leave the next generation? I, at least, want my children to look back… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
It is clear the future holds great opportunities. It also holds pitfalls. The trick will be to avoid the pitfalls, seize the… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
President Obama and Mitt Romney both gave commencement speeches over the last few days. Obama was like, 'You can be whatever you… — Jimmy Fallon 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
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
The whole of that part of Southern Africa which is controlled by racial minorities is experiencing either consistent and regular guerilla activity… — Joe Slovo Copy Share Image
I was pretty sure I lacked the wisdom to be the commencement speaker, but after stewing over the idea for about 48… — Anders Holm Copy Share Image
Now we allow that life begins with conception, because we contend that the soul also begins from conception; life taking its commencement… — Tertullian Copy Share Image
Commencement oratory must eschew anything that smacks of partisan politics, political preference, sex, religion or unduly firm opinion. Nonetheless, there must be… — John Kenneth Galbraith 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
Delight is the secret. Learn of pure delight and thou shalt learn of God. What then was the commencement of the whole… — Sri Aurobindo 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
Habits, though in their commencement like the filmy line of the spider, trembling at every breeze, may in the end prove as… — Lydia Sigourney 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
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