Commencements That Honor Quotes & Sayings

People need to stop accepting the evidence of reality, and start questioning it. — Lionel Suggs

Five GOP representative candidates this session have shocked me to my soul at how blatant they have trivialized rape. My prayers were answered in their defeat! — Diane Chamberlain

Clinton took very tough decisions on the economy. — Sidney Blumenthal

We have, on the whole, more liberty and less equality than Russia has. Russia has less liberty and more equality. Whether democracy should be defined primarily in terms of liberty or equality is a source of unending debate. — Reinhold Niebuhr

Already old, the question Who shall die? Becomes unspoken Who is innocent? — Karl Shapiro

We are never separated. Our hearts are connected with a threadless garland called love. — Debasish Mridha

I like Fidel Castro and his beard. — Bob Dylan

My activism has to do with my conscience; I cannot let certain things slide without doing something. My public speaking is part of an art form that is cultural. — Lee Maracle

One Man's Dream Is Another Man's Nightmare ... It's All About Your Prospective People! — Timothy Pina

Princess Leia's baby, he knows, will have a good life. The best life. — Chuck Wendig

What is contrary to women's nature to do, they never will be made to do by simply giving their nature free play. — John Stuart Mill

To Western eyes and ears, Sharia law seems devoid of respect for differences of opinion or complex moral thinking. Certainly the American idea of separation between church and state is lost in Sharia-style governance. — Jay Parini

I think if you are truly convinced of why you're writing something, if it's a strong enough dream of yours to share this vision and see it realized, you can almost always find a way motivate yourself, to keep going back to the drawing board and trying new things and approaches. — Diane Drake