Best Graduation Speeches Quotes & Sayings

Commencement speeches were invented largely in the belief that outgoing college students should never be released into the world until they have been properly sedated. — Garry Trudeau

What I like about graduation speeches is that they're an opportunity for someone to make sense of their life and to impart that wisdom to someone else. It's like a sanctioned self-help moment. — Bruce Eric Kaplan

I love graduation speeches. I have always loved them; I will always love them. — Bruce Eric Kaplan

One of the most difficult speeches to prepare is an address to a graduation class, which is why I don't often do them. — Jerry Moran

Graduation speeches force you to reflect. They are about consciousness. Nothing is better than consciousness. — Bruce Eric Kaplan