3 December 2020 R. Lee Ermey 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!
3 December 2020 R. Lee Ermey I disagree with a lot of those changes, however at the end of the day – I go down to recruit graduation at least once or twice a year.
3 December 2020 Parker Stevenson I could be happy doing something like architecture. It would involve another couple of years of graduate school, but that’s what I studied in college. That’s what I always wanted to do.
3 December 2020 Kenneth G. Wilson My graduate studies were carried out at the California Institute of Technology.
3 December 2020 Junior Seau I’m not retiring. I am graduating. Today is my graduation day. Retirement means that you’ll just go ahead and live on your laurels and surf all day in Oceanside. It ain’t going to happen.
3 December 2020 Patrick J. Kennedy For students today, only 10 percent of children from working-class families graduate from college by the age of 24 as compared to 58 percent of upper-middle-class and wealthy families.
3 December 2020 Claire Danes I took three years off. I differentiated myself from the industry. Found my identity – sort of… I haven’t graduated yet. I’m not legitimately educated yet, but maybe one day.
3 December 2020 Marian Wright Edelman Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.
3 December 2020 Laurie Anderson At the School of Visual Arts in New York, you can get your degree in Net art, which is really a fantastic way of thinking of theater in new ways.
3 December 2020 Daniel J. Evans I did graduate with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering in 1948.
3 December 2020 Erma Bombeck Never go to your high school reunion pregnant or they will think that is all you have done since you graduated.
3 December 2020 Scott Hamilton I graduated a the top of my class in the ’84 Olympic Games I won a gold medal.
3 December 2020 Irvine Welsh I think young writers should get other degrees first, social sciences, arts degrees or even business degrees. What you learn is research skills, a necessity because a lot of writing is about trying to find information.
3 December 2020 Daniel J. Evans I think I finally chose the graduate degree in engineering primarily because it only took one year and law school took three years, and I felt the pressure of being a little behind – although I was just 22.
3 December 2020 Christine Gregoire When nearly a third of our high school students do not graduate on time with their peers, we have work to do. We must design our middle and high schools so that no student gets lost in the crowd and disconnected from his or her own potential.
3 December 2020 Joe Baca 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.
3 December 2020 James D'arcy It was only when I finished the course and left my graduation diploma on the bus that I realised I’d become an actor.
3 December 2020 Ted Nelson In my second year in graduate school, I took a computer course and that was like lightening striking.
3 December 2020 Simon Newcomb In 1858 I received the degree of D. S. from the Lawrence Scientific School, and thereafter remained on the rolls of the university as a resident graduate.
3 December 2020 Bobby Scott It is virtually impossible to compete in today’s global economy without a college degree.
3 December 2020 Jon Secada Having a college degree gave me the opportunity to be… well-rounded. Also, the people I met at the university, most of them are still my colleagues now. People I’ve known for years are all in the industry together.
3 December 2020 James Stewart I was going to be an architect. I graduated with a degree in architecture and I had a scholarship to go back to Princeton and get my Masters in architecture. I’d done theatricals in college, but I’d done them because it was fun.
3 December 2020 Marc Garneau I went to military college in Canada and graduated as an officer in the Navy but also as an engineer.
3 December 2020 Tim Duncan I have the loving support of my girlfriend who still attends Wake Forest and is nearing graduation. She helps me cope with the everyday rigors of being an NBA player.
3 December 2020 Janelle Monae People in my family and camp who grew up listening to rap music love ‘We Are Young.’ I’ve heard it play at weddings. I’ve heard it in graduation parties. It’s a big idea and big song.
3 December 2020 Ed O'Neill In the summer we graduated we flipped out completely, drinking beer, cruising in our cars and beating up each other. It was a crazy summer. That’s when I started to be interested in girls.
3 December 2020 Jerry Moran One of the most difficult speeches to prepare is an address to a graduation class, which is why I don’t often do them.
