God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars. Elbert Hubbard on graduation
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 on graduation
Never go to your high school reunion pregnant or they will think that is all you have done since you graduated. Erma Bombeck on graduation
Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the simplest datum and say this we know. T. S. Eliot on graduation
You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world. Tom Brokaw on graduation
I learned law so well, the day I graduated I sued the college, won the case, and got my tuition back. Fred Allen on graduation
It makes little difference how many university courses or degrees a person may own. If he cannot use words to move an idea from one point to another, his education is incomplete. Norman Cousins on graduation
For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences. Miguel de Cervantes on graduation
Life is the most exciting opportunity we have. But we have one shot. You graduate from college once, and that's it. You're going out of that nest. And you have to find that courage that's deep, deep, deep in there. Every step of the way. Andrew Shue on graduation
I always wanted to have my own album released before I graduated from high school. Christina Aguilera on graduation
This man used to go to school with his dog. Then they were separated. His dog graduated! Henny Youngman on graduation
I was never a Certified Public Accountant. I just had a degree in accounting. It would require passing a test, which I would not have been able to do. Bob Newhart on graduation
In this outward and physical ceremony we attest once again to the inner and spiritual strength of our Nation. As my high school teacher, Miss Julia Coleman, used to say: 'We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.' Jimmy Carter on graduation
Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree. Marian Wright Edelman on graduation
Even though I disagree with many of the changes, when I see the privates graduate at the end of the day, when they walk off that drill field at the end of the ceremony, they are still fine privates outstanding, well motivated privates. R. Lee Ermey on graduation
Earlier today, Arnold Schwarzenegger criticized the California school system, calling it disastrous. Arnold says California's schools are so bad that its graduates are willing to vote for me. Conan O'Brien on graduation
When I was going for my graduate degree, I decided I was going to make a feature film as my thesis. That's what I was famous for-that I had my thesis film be a feature film, which was 'You're a Big Boy Now.' Francis Ford Coppola on graduation
Catholic school graduates exhibit a wide variety of qualities that will not only help them in their careers but also in their family and community lives. Joe Baca on graduation
It is soooooo necessary to get the basic skills, because by the time you graduate, undergraduate or graduate, that field would have totally changed from your first day of school. Leigh Steinberg on graduation
We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on! R. Lee Ermey on graduation