Creative process Quote by Neil Gaiman

“When you are eighty years old, and in a quiet moment of reflection narrating for only yourself the most personal version of your life…

— Brad Stone

I've done so many commencement speeches at colleges and law schools, and I tell young women that there are no glass ceilings because those…

— Pam Bondi

“In a now famous commencement speech at Stanford University, Steve Jobs urged the graduating class to “stay hungry. Stay foolish.” Never let go of…

— Sophia Amoruso

“I was sitting with the rest of my college graduating class listening to the commencement speaker prepare us for life after graduation, and he…

— Doug Lansky

“But then I got into Joseph Campbell—The Power of Myth and The Hero with a Thousand Faces. Joseph Campbell was the first person to…

— Timothy Ferriss

“Too often we hold fast to the clichés of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the…

— John F. Kennedy

To make a commencement requires a mental effort.

— Seneca the Younger

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

A commencement is a time of joy. It is also a time of melancholy. But then again, so is life.

— Paul Tsongas

“we have each had a commencement, and each stumbled and tottered on the threshold, and had our teachers scorned, instead of aiding us, we…

— Emily Brontë

“I graduated on a May afternoon. When the director of ceremonies ended her speech, I had no desire to triumphantly fling my graduation cap…

— Ken Ilgunas

“Graduations are full of joy and celebration, but they are also full of broken hearts. It is one of those days when you miss…

— Susan Estrich