No graduation speaker will ever tell you that the future is anything but uncertain. It never is. But graduations need not only be obsessed with looking ahead; a graduation can be a day on which we turn back and trace our steps to see how we ended up where we are. Taylor Mali aheadbackday share on social
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 bigboydecide share on social
North Dakota State. What do you have to do there to graduate? Milk a cow with your left hand? Bobby Heenan cowdakotagraduate Change image and share on social
The essays in The Great Taos Bank Robbery were my project to win a Master of Arts degree in English when I quit being a newspaper editor and went back to college. Tony Hillerman artbackbank Change image and share on social
I was the first boy in the Kennedy family to graduate from college. Mark Kennedy boycollegefamily Change image and share on social
The college graduate is presented with a sheepskin to cover his intellectual nakedness. Robert M. Hutchins collegecovergraduate Change image and share on social
Americans in particular are myopic. They're not traveling as much. When you were a college student, the next thing you would do on graduation was to take a year off and travel. That's what I did. I went to Indonesia. Julie Taymor americancollegegraduation share on social
High levels of homeownership have been shown to foster greater involvement in school and civic organizations, higher graduation rates, and greater neighborhood stability. Ben Bernanke civicfostergraduation Change image and share on social
For many, graduation marks the end of formal student life - the end of long spring breaks and of thinking that a 10 A.M. class is far too early. Alexa Von Tobel breakclassearly Change image and share on social
I've told my children that when I die, to release balloons in the sky to celebrate that I graduated. For me, death is a graduation. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross ballooncelebratechild Change image and share on social
