Quotes tagged ‘Graduation’

“Got that piece of paper, ya dig?”

— Bashir Salahuddin, Diallo Riddle, Sultan Salahuddin, Simon James, Sultan Salahuddin, imdb.com

“I just always thought my first suit would be for, like high-school graduation, or, like, something sick, like the Winter X Games, or like the regular X Games. Or, like my funeral. Not for lame-ass court.”

— Jess Meyer, Dylan Maxwell, Jimmy Tatro, imdb.com

“If you ask me, celebrating a dance that brings more snakes into the world is like toasting a law school graduation.”

— Anne Flett-Giordano, Chuck Ranberg, Roz Doyle, Peri Gilpin, imdb.com

“Maggie Malone Seaver: Four pages that are typed. Dr. Jason Seaver: Researched. Maggie Malone Seaver: Footnoted. Dr. Jason Seaver: With bibliography. Maggie Malone Seaver: That you should have been working on for four weeks. Dr. Jason Seaver: And it is due tomorrow. And... Maggie Malone Seaver: Accor…”

— Christopher Ames, Carolyn Shelby, Dr. Jason Seaver, Alan Thicke, imdb.com

“She might've let you hold her hand in school but I’m-a show you how to graduate.”

— Ariana Grande, open.spotify.com

“In life, finding a voice is speaking and living the truth. Each of you is an original. Each of you has a distinctive voice. When you find it, your story will be told. You will be heard.”

— John Grisham, forbes.com

“To those of you graduates sitting out there who have a pretty good idea of what you’d like to do with your life: Congratulations. For many of you who maybe don’t have it all figured out, it’s okay. That’s the same chair that I sat in. Enjoy the process of your search without succumbing to the pressu…”

— Will Ferrell, slashfilm.com

“The future is a huge trigger for you. You hate when people ask you what your plans are for the next five years, and it will cause you to retreat. Graduating from high school and college for most people is very exciting, but for you it can be incredibly daunting and scary. You hate when people talk a…”

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, thoughtcatalog.com

“What advice would you give to a person who is just graduating high school?”

— Tatiana, pairedlife.com

“When we graduate from school, we leave behind the only lives we have ever known, ones that have been neatly packaged in semester-sized chunks with goals nestled within. Suddenly, life opens up and the syllabi are gone.”

— Meg Jay, amazon.com

“I feel that the main thing to get out of college is a thirst for knowledge. College should teach you how to be curious. Most people think that college is the end of education, but it isn't. The ceremony of giving you the diploma is called commencement. And that means you are fit to commence learning…”

— Vincent Price, amazon.com

“Every year, many, many stupid people graduate from college. And if they can do it, so can you.”

— John Green, books.google.com

“Don't ever forget that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world. It's the only thing that ever has.”

— Aaron Sorkin, syr.edu

“Life is sometimes hard. Things go wrong, in life and in love and in business and in friendship and in health and in all the other ways that life can go wrong. And when things get tough, this is what you should do.Make good art.I'm serious. Husband runs off with a politician? Make good art. Leg crush…”

— Neil Gaiman, uarts.edu

“Being smart is not enough to achieve results. Plenty of smart people get beaten by others who are more hungry, take calculated risks, work harder, have better people skills, can execute better, or have more common sense. Recognize what you need in that total package to succeed.”

— David Cote, unh.edu

“When you have trouble making up your mind about something, tell yourself you’ll settle it by flipping a coin. But don’t go by how the coin flips; go by your emotional reaction to the coin flip. Are you happy or sad it came up heads or tails?”

— David Brooks, graduationwisdom.com

“It’s not what happens to you. It’s what you do with what happens to you.”

— Chris Waddell, middlebury.edu

“I do not wish you an easy path, because—trust me—you would be oh-so-quickly bored by that. You’d like it today and hate it tomorrow. Instead, I wish you a path filled with impediment and ambiguity and struggle and joy. With plenty of time to be alone, and then plenty of time to be with others, where…”

— Julia Keller, scribd.com

“You get to make your own luck. 80% of success in your career will come from just showing up. The world is run by those who show up, not those who wait to be asked.”

— Steve Blank, steveblank.com

“Do not give into this world and let the world set your measure of what is great; let the world set your standards. You have genius, you have greatness, you have glory, you have power inside of you that must be unleashed into the community. Do not settle. Do not yield. You have a truth that must be t…”

— Cory Booker, graduationwisdom.com