Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kevin Spacey

After graduation, I was floundering in L.A., doing stand-up comedy and working in a shoe store in the Valley.

Gwen Davis

After graduation I want to be a dentist.

African-American student-athletes graduate at a 59 percent rate. Over the last 15 years, there's been a remarkable increase and we're making significant progress.

Nowadays, kindergarten is more like first grade used to be.

Actually, it looks a lot harder than it is. It has a very gradual incline.

There was a lot of pressure on us tonight. We went up their last year and lost. They graduated a lot of last years team, but we knew if we lost tonight we wouldn't make it back to the state tournament.

Margaret Spellings

At all grade levels, all subjects and all kids, we know where we need to work,

Albert Camus

At each of those moments when he leaves the heights and gradually sinks toward the lairs of the gods, he is superior to his fate, ... He is stronger than his rock.

Heather Williams

A lot of graduate students have no idea that they can even get money from the SA.

This is something that's going to happen gradually over time.

They self-soothe. But gradually they'll accommodate for what real life is.

It's tough to be 7-5 in a Grade 1 race and get that kind of trip, to be six wide like he was.

For in our high schools today,a young person can graduate from most of our high schools with but two years of math and two years of science.

This past year over 300 graduates went to work for P.A.M. Trucking, ... Over 300 graduates went to work for USA Trucking and over 100 went to work for Star Transportation.

You're sending out graduates who might not be industry-ready.

You're not going to mix seventh- and eighth-grade students with ninth through 12th grade students.

Sugar Ray Leonard

Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities.

Steve Jobs

Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

Mike Krzyzewski

When I was in sixth grade, I wanted to become a priest.

Peter Farrelly

Don't ever rob a bank. Enjoy life. Have fun. Choose to be happy now; don't wait until you're 'successful,' because honestly, I was as happy when we were unemployed and scrounging around for a buck.

Peter Gallagher

I was about to get a degree in economics when I accepted that I'd be a lousy businessman, and if I didn't give acting a try I'd regret it for the rest of my life.

Peter Jurasik

At the end of four years' time, at graduation, we were down to 12. At our reunion that we had several years ago, only 1 out of the 52 actually made it to ordination and priesthood. So there you go, there's your numbers.

Plato

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.

Shannon Lucid

I was really desperate. I don't know if you can remember back that far, but when I went to graduate school they didn't want females in graduate school. They were very open about it. They didn't mince their words. But then I got in and I got my degree.

Leonard Orr

If you are willing to discipline yourself, the physical universe won't need to discipline you.

Leonard Nimoy

What mark will I leave behind? How will anyone know I have been here? What sign will tell the future traveler I existed? 'I am here! Today... I exist'. I believe the deepest impression is made in those moments when I can say 'I care, I love'.

Lee Pace

A month before graduation I got an off-Broadway job. Then I did some commercials, including one for MCI. You can only see half of me, but it paid well. Thank God for commercials.

Marc Garneau

I went to military college in Canada and graduated as an officer in the Navy but also as an engineer.

Sheryl Sandberg

I've seen over and over how much self-belief drives outcomes. And that's why I force myself to sit at the table, even when I am not sure I belong there - and yes, this still happens to me. And when I'm not sure anyone wants my opinion, I take a deep breath and speak up anyway.

Tig Notaro

When anything huge happens to me, I always think, this isn't my moment, this is a moment.

Tom Brokaw

Think of it as your ticket to change the world.

Tobias Wolff

I teach one semester a year, and this year I'm just teaching one course during that semester, a writing workshop for older students in their late 20s and early 30s, people in our graduate program who are already working on a manuscript and trying to bring it to completion.

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.