Caught Quote by Sydney J. Harris

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

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

— Pamela Druckerman

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

The question I have is out of all these commencement speeches that are happening, what's the really worthwhile advice that a 21, 22 year…

— David Corn

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

I'd been invited to deliver the commencement address to the Class of 2017 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Speaking live…

— Brooke Baldwin

“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

“For a few unfortunate kids, winter did not spell the end of the school year. There were the so-called voluntary winter courses. No kid…

— Khaled Hosseini

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

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

People will frighten you about a graduation…They use words you don't hear often.

— Bill Cosby