Famous Quotes & Sayings

Billy Graham

People are the stocks into which we are to invest our time ... the best of all investments you can make is to help people come to know Jesus as their Lord and Savior. You can make a commitment right here and now ... I'm asking you today not to graduate but commence a new life for God every step of the way.

Frederica Mathewes-Green

After I graduated from college, while traveling around Europe, hitchhiking, doing the tourist thing, I went into a church in Dublin.

Madeleine Albright

Real leadership comes from the quiet nudging of an inner voice. It comes from realizing that the time has come to move beyond waiting to doing.

B. F. Skinner

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.

Bill Cosby

People will frighten you about a graduation.... They use words you don't hear often: And we wish you Godspeed." It is a warning, Godspeed. It means you are no longer welcome here at these prices."

Bill Cosby

It is a warning, Godspeed. It means you are no longer welcome here at these prices.

Bill Cosby

When you graduate from college, they tell you to follow your dreams. Does anyone say you have to wake up first?

Bill Cosby

People will frighten you about a graduation....They use words you don't hear often...

Ridley Scott

I think there's nothing worse than inertia. You can be inert and study your navel, and gradually fall off the chair. I think the key is to keep flying.

KPMS moved 5th grade from primary to middle school dismissal.

I see a lot of them from third grade right through sixth grade. What I like most is seeing them return each year with more confidence.

Jim Davis

That allows our graduates to hit the ground running.

Michelle Paver

My thirties merged into my forties, and I sort of gradually realised that I don't really want children. Now I'm glad I don't have them. Part of that is because I have my books.

Frank Gore

My mom is a tough woman, ... She's been on dialysis (awaiting a kidney transplant) since I was in the 11th grade and raising three kids as a single woman, and now it's my time (to support the family).

My Ph.D. is in operations research. I was interested in making things work better and using mathematics to help do that. So operations research is what I studied as an undergraduate and graduate student.

I think most of the staffing implications have already been taken on board. It has been happening gradually over a period of time.

It is not surprising in the least that a president from Texas would nominate an SMU graduate to the Supreme Court, ... It would have been surprising for JFK.

Jalal Talabani

It is legitimate for you to think about withdrawing your troops, but it must be done gradually and in consultation with the Iraqi government.

Immanuel Kant

Reason does not work instinctively, but requires trial, practice, and instruction in order to gradually progress from one level of insight to another

Bill Gates

We can make market forces work better for the poor if we can develop a more creative capitalism-if we can stretch the reach of market forces so that more people can make a profit, or at least make a living, serving people who are suffering from the worst inequities. ... You have more than we had; you must start sooner, and carry on longer.

Bill Gates

I've been waiting more than 30 years to say this: 'Dad, I always told you I'd come back and get my degree.' I want to thank Harvard for this honor. I'll be changing my job next year and it will be nice to finally have a college degree on my resume!

Solange Knowles

We are already paying bills, having responsibilities most people don't have even when they're 24 and haven't graduated from college.

Eric Porter

We could have kids that have graduated in here or kids from other schools, ... This will help teachers identify students.

We know that we have a big responsibility to the parents, to the students, and to the public taxpayers to make sure that our students are having the opportunity to graduate in a timely fashion.

John Entwistle

We were gradually playing larger venues and in the early days PA systems were kind of non-existent. So to play loud, we had to use louder equipment. The PA systems back then didn't mic the instruments - only the vocals.

We're very pushed to have our grades on target so we can play. We have to make sure all our homework is done.

Usually they're in the ballpark. Seldom do you have a third-round grade and the guy is picked in the first, and seldom do you have a second-round grade and he's picked in the sixth.

Jerry Sloan

We hang or heads over missed shots just so much it is like we are grade school again. You can't let those things take you out of the game.

We jumped from our seats and applauded. It was a happy moment. To practice law in any state, you must graduate from an accredited law school.

Charles R. Swindoll

Go God's way! His is the most reliable route to follow when life gets complicated. It will have its tough moments, but you will never regret it.

That's what it's all about. No one knows what's going on right away. You don't know grades or transfers or graduations, so that's why we play these games.

We have a team that graduated 60 percent of its offense from last year and our younger guys have to step up into some roles that were left open. Our guys are trying; we're just not seeing a lot of success.

We haven't been able to stretch him out, so we're trying to gradually increase him.