Commencement Quotes

A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that 'individuality' is the key to success.
Robert Orben

Success, Graduation, Students

The commencement speech is not, I think, a wholly satisfactory manifestation of our culture.
John Kenneth Galbraith

Culture, Speech, Wholly

Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next summer; this is how commencement speakers are caught.
Sydney J. Harris

Nothing, Easy, Next

From the very commencement the student should set out to witness the progress and effects of sickness and ought to persevere in the daily observation of disease during the whole period of his studies.
Robert James Graves

Daily, Whole, Progress

The whole of that part of Southern Africa which is controlled by racial minorities is experiencing either consistent and regular guerilla activity or is faced with advanced preparation for its commencement.
Joe Slovo

Whole, Either, Africa

Commencement speeches were invented largely in the belief that outgoing college students should never be released into the world until they have been properly sedated.
Garry Trudeau

College, Until, Belief

The year 1826 was remarkable for the commencement of one of those fearful droughts to which we have reason to believe the climate of New South Wales is periodically subject.
Charles Sturt

Reason, Year, Subject

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, be happy. Everything is fine.
Paul Tsongas

Hope, Happy, Lie

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

Life, Time, Joy

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