#graduation

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

#arts #back #bank #bank robbery #being

Develop and protect a moral sensibility and demonstrate the character to apply it. Dream big. Work hard. Think for yourself. Love everything you love, everyone you love, with all your might. And do so, please, with a sense of urgency, for every tick of the clock subtracts from fewer and fewer. ↗

— David McCullough Jr.

#graduation #inspirational #wellesley-high-school #dreams

I'm not impressed by someone's degree... I'm impressed by them making movies. ↗

— Richard King

#degree #i #impressed #making #movies

This man used to go to school with his dog. Then they were separated. His dog graduated! ↗

— Henny Youngman

#dog #go #graduated #his #man

So, kiss the girl. Buy the dress. Take a vacation. Join the circus. Order the fried frog legs. Try out for the play. Learn to snowboard. Do something that scares the shit out of you. Or something that makes you happy. Or something that makes you cry. Whatever it is, do something that makes you feel. Because feeling nothing is no way to go through life. ↗

— Valérie Thomas

#motivational #life

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

#irony #identity

I always wanted to have my own album released before I graduated from high school. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#album #always #before #graduated #high

My main objective is to prepare candidates for professional baseball; however, the majority of our graduates will go home as much better qualified amateurs. ↗

— Jim Evans

#baseball #better #candidates #go #go home

I have actually five honorary degrees. ↗

— Katherine Dunham

#actually #degrees #five #honorary #i

Never go to your high school reunion pregnant or they will think that is all you have done since you graduated. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#done #go #graduated #high #high school