Commencement Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith

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

— Pamela Druckerman

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

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

As a life-long liberal who has engaged in protests against the government and for civil rights, I am saddened at efforts by some of…

— Bob Beckel

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

— Kamala Harris

Speech is civilization itself.

— Thomas Mann

“Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice." [ Stanford University commencement speech , 2005]”

— Steve Jobs

“is speech a subject's very constitution and assembly, which then makes experience possible.”

— Erin Moure

“Speech in its essence is not neutral.”

— Kenneth Burke

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

A great speech can make you remember something about what you believe, about who you are, about who you want to be. It's rare…

— Jon Lovett