Commencement Quote by Paul Tsongas Download Open image “A commencement is a time of joy. It is also a time of melancholy. But then again, so is life.” — Paul Tsongas ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Commencement Graduation Joy Life Melancholy Time
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Graduating college will be a happy/sad moment just like graduating high school! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Life is my university, and I hope to graduate from it with some distinction. — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
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It was a myth that's often perpetuated at commencement that holds that only hope and promise lie beyond the halls of academe. Don't worry,… — Paul Tsongas Copy Share Image
You are Americans. You love this country. Together we are entrusted with the principles that represent mankind's greatest political and social achievement. — Paul Tsongas Copy Share Image
Breaststroke is an athletic event; butterfly is a political statement. — Paul Tsongas Copy Share Image
Thinking in generations also means enabling our young to have a decent standard of living. — Paul Tsongas Copy Share Image
This land, this water, this air, this planet - this is our legacy to our young. — Paul Tsongas Copy Share Image
You can't have employment and despise employers ... No goose, no golden eggs. — Paul Tsongas 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. Don't worry,… — Paul Tsongas Copy Share Image
Journey with me to a true commitment to our environment. Journey with me to the serenity of leaving to our children a planet in… — Paul Tsongas Copy Share Image
Let's try winning and see what it feels like. If we don't like it, we can go back to our traditions. — Paul Tsongas Copy Share Image
In this era of the global village, the tide of democracy is running. And it will not cease, not in China, not in South… — Paul Tsongas Copy Share Image
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The whole point of a commencement speech is to say something encouraging. — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
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The commencement speech is not, I think, a wholly satisfactory manifestation of our culture. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
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