Advice Quote by David Corn

One of the challenges of commencement speeches is that you have this older, wiser person who is accomplished talking to young, not-yet-so-wise, not-yet-accomplished adults…

— Angela Duckworth

I've had the honor of speaking at many commencements.

— Kamala Harris

One of the most difficult speeches to prepare is an address to a graduation class, which is why I don't often do them.

— Jerry Moran

Commencement speeches were invented largely in the belief that outgoing college students should never be released into the world until they have been properly…

— Garry Trudeau

The whole point of a commencement speech is to say something encouraging.

— Pamela Druckerman

There happen to be whole large parts of adult American life that nobody talks about in commencement speeches. One such part involves boredom, routine,…

— David Foster Wallace

Commencement oratory must eschew anything that smacks of partisan politics, political preference, sex, religion or unduly firm opinion. Nonetheless, there must be a speech:…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

The problem with speeches isn't so much not knowing when to stop, as knowing when not to begin.

— Frances Rodman

There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish…

— Dale Carnegie

No one has ever asked me to give a graduation speech. But in my years of working with aspiring entrepreneurs, many of them in…

— Marc Randolph

“The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw…

— Neil Gaiman

I was pretty sure I lacked the wisdom to be the commencement speaker, but after stewing over the idea for about 48 hours, I…

— Anders Holm