“The world might say you're not allowed to yet. I waited a long time out in the world before I gave myself permission to fail. Please don't even bother asking. Don't bother telling the world you are ready. Show it. Do it. What did Beckett say? Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again…”— Peter Dinklage, youtube.com
“Don't wait until they tell you you are ready. Get in there. Sing. Or quickly transfer to Bennington.”— Peter Dinklage, youtube.com
“Everyone you need is in this room. These are the shiny, more important people.”— Peter Dinklage, youtube.com
“The moments that define you have already happened. And they will already happen again.”— Peter Dinklage, youtube.com
“We didn't smell very good, but we had our youth! Youth gets old very quickly. You'll see.”— Peter Dinklage, youtube.com
“What I didn't have was cash, a bank account, a credit card, or an apartment. I just had debt. A big, hungry, growing larger every moment, debt.”— Peter Dinklage, youtube.com
“There are not shinier, more important people out there. Your fellow students, your friends sitting around you are as good as it gets.”— Peter Dinklage, youtube.com
“Okay, maybe I shouldn't talk to the graduates eager to their new lives about the end of the world.”— Peter Dinklage, youtube.com