“Her problem is with pretty,” Tennyson said. "She thinks I’ll need all these dresses in college. Like I would ever in a… — Laura Anderson Kurk Copy Share Image
I've whipped the Harvard graduate's ass. Nothing against Harvard - it's a hell of a school - but there I was, twenty… — Don King Copy Share Image
Graduates, your values matter. They are your north star. And work takes on new meaning when you feel you're pointed in the… — Tim Cook Copy Share Image
At the end of your lives you will not be judged by academic successes, the degrees or diplomas earned, the positions held,… — Howard W. Hunter Copy Share Image
You will be wounded many times in your life. You'll make mistakes. Some people will call them failures but I have learned… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
My graduation was an amazing moment for my family, my community. In my early childhood, we lived on a subsidized income, with… — Lecrae 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
At Columbia Law School, my professor of constitutional law and federal courts, Gerald Gunther, was determined to place me in a federal… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
“The best university in the world is neither Oxford nor Harvard. The best university is "youniversity". YOU got the lecture halls of… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
You are about to start the greatest improvisation of all. With no script. No idea what's going to happen, often with people… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
I studied at Cathedral School, where a lot of kids go abroad after Class XII. But I was clear that I wanted… — Kiara Advani Copy Share Image
“Yes, we know you are a graduate with PhD. But when was the last time you chase after a book shop to… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
When nearly a third of our high school students do not graduate on time with their peers, we have work to do.… — Christine Gregoire Copy Share Image
Oh my God, the graduate shows in London are so important! I still remember going to see John Galliano's graduate collection -… — Mario Testino Copy Share Image
“It's not surprising that we are all craving for the diplomas, degrees and masters. I strongly believe that journey began with your… — Mwanandeke Kindembo Copy Share Image
School is temporary. Education is not. If you want to prosper in life: find something that fascinates you and jump all over… — James Marcus Bach Copy Share Image
When I was in college I was offered Kannada film 'Suryakaanti' and I took it up. That's when I realised that I… — Regina Cassandra Copy Share Image
People will frighten you about a graduation… They use words you don't hear often: And we wish you Godspeed." It is a… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
I started training at a local gym in New Jersey, and the day of my high school graduation, I packed up everything… — Sonya Deville Copy Share Image
Because as tough as things have been, I am convinced you are tougher. I've seen your passion and I've seen your service… — Barack Obama 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
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
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
“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
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
“And so the circle of life, the real circle of life, continues. Birth, life, “death”, then born into a new life, over… — D. L. Kline Copy Share Image
I could tell you that when you have trouble making up your mind about something, tell yourself you'll settle it by flipping… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
