Inspirational College Graduate Quotes & Sayings

IGNOMINIOUS means shamefully weak and ineffective. Oliver Twist saying, "Please sir, might I have some more?" would be ignominious, except that he isn't shameful, just sort of pathetic. This book has ignominious illustrations. They are shamefully weak because the person who drew them is not an artist. — Lois Lowry

I think the grandfather of the set is the director. He needs to have authority, to do what people want. A warm grandfather; he needs to know his job, to be open. — Jacqueline Bisset

A man's own heart must ever be given to gain that of another. — Oliver Goldsmith

In far from equilibrium conditions, the concept of probability that underlies Boltzmann's order principle is no longer valid if the structures we observe do not correspond to a maximum of complexions — Ilya Prigogine

They might in the future more than ever before engage in hunting beavers. — Samuel De Champlain

That the stars guide us, but do not compel us. It is our free will that determines the outcome of all things. God does impose his will on us, rather he makes it known and allows us to choose if we will follow it. — Kathleen McGowan

There comes a time when the body takes over the life. There comes a time when the body's urges, the body's needs,
dictate the life. You have no idea you are giving the body the key. But you hand it over. And then it's in control. You mess with the wiring and the wiring takes charge. — David Levithan

The 'Police Academy' stuff was all hyper-slapsticky. — Adam McKay

My family, in a way, gives me a reference as to who I am as an individual, and my work gives me a reference as to who I am as a Homo sapiens. I think that's a very perfect match, in my view. — Zeresenay Alemseged

The true free-will ain't a matter of choosing one of many choices ...
but of creating variety of options, then deciding the best choice of all. — Toba Beta