You are now entering a world filled to the brim with idiots. Since there are so many idiots out there, you may actually start to think you're crazy. You are not. They are idiots.
speech graduation wisdom
Lewis Black
UC San Diego Thurgood Marshall College Commencement 2013, 2013
Pursuing your dream, I believe, is the path you should follow. If you follow that road, you might not end up at your dream, but you will end up doing something that gives you immense satisfaction.
speech graduation passion
Lewis Black
UC San Diego Thurgood Marshall College Commencement 2013, 2013
Make no mistake about it, you are dumb. You're a group of incredibly well-educated dumb people. There are some screwups headed your way. It's a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.
speech graduation failure
Aaron Sorkin
Syracuse University Commencement 2012, 2012
Relax, dude! You just finished college at Harvard. You worked so hard. Trust me, you're gonna kill it.
speech graduation success
Andy Samberg
Harvard University Class Day 2012, 2012
Make good art. Husband runs off with a politician? Make good art. Leg crushed and then eaten by mutated boa constrictor? Make good art.
speech graduation creativity
Neil Gaiman
University of the Arts Philadelphia Commencement 2012, 2012
Take your risks now. As you grow older, you become more fearful and less flexible. And I mean that literally — I hurt my knee on the treadmill this week and it wasn't even on.
speech graduation courage
Amy Poehler
Harvard University Class Day 2011, 2011
Thankfully, dreams can change. If we'd all stuck with our first dream, the world would be overrun with cowboys and princesses.
speech graduation growth
Stephen Colbert
Northwestern University Commencement, 2011, 2011
Ask for guidance before you commit the crime. Trust me, it is much less embarrassing to ask for help privately than to beg for forgiveness at graduation.
speech graduation wisdom
Jimmy Tingle
Harvard University Commencement 2010, 2010
If I could get the help I needed to get a B minus in statistics at graduate school at Harvard, there is hope for world peace.
speech graduation empathy
Jimmy Tingle
Harvard University Commencement 2010, 2010
Listen to that inner voice. It's always a good move to listen to that inner voice... if it doesn't lead to a crime.
speech graduation follow your heart
Lisa Kudrow
Vassar College Commencement 2010, 2010
When you try to please everybody, you're going to lose your ass.
speech graduation independence
Bobby Knight
Trine University Commencement 2010, 2010
Life is too short to have anything but delusional notions about yourself.
speech graduation ambition
Jarl Mohn
USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism Commencement 2009, 2009