Some people drink from the fountain of knowledge, others just gargle. 鈥� Robert Anthony
鈥淲hy not鈥� is a slogan for an interesting life. 鈥� Mason Cooley
Luck is being ready for the chance. 鈥� James Frank Dobie
A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad. 鈥� Theodore Roosevelt
People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. 鈥� Isaac Asimov
Experience is what you get when you didn鈥檛 get what you wanted. 鈥� Italian proverb
So, what鈥檚 it like in the real world? Well, the food is better, but beyond that, I don鈥檛 recommend it. 鈥� Bill Watterson
You will find the key to success under the alarm clock. 鈥� Benjamin Franklin
The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces. 鈥� Will Rogers
Follow your passion, stay true to yourself. Never follow someone else鈥檚 path unless you are in the woods, and you鈥檙e lost, and you see a path, then by all means you should follow that. 鈥� Ellen DeGeneres
Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together. 鈥� Napoleon Hill
The best advice I can give anybody about going out into the world is this: Don鈥檛 do it. I have been out there. It is a mess. 鈥� Russell Baker
If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito. 鈥� Bette Reese
You will never have more energy or enthusiasm, hair, or brain cells than you have today. 鈥� Tom and Ray Magliozzi
Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction. 鈥� Al Bernstein
Your families are extremely proud of you. You can鈥檛 imagine the sense of relief they are experiencing. This would be a most opportune time to ask for money. 鈥� Gary Bolding
Now that you鈥檝e graduated, just remember: Bosses don鈥檛 usually accept notes from your mother. 鈥� Melanie White
To those who received honors, awards, and distinctions, I way 鈥渨ell done.鈥� And to the C students, I say, you, too, may be president of the United States. 鈥� George W. Bush
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
I have learned to use the word impossible with the greatest caution. 鈥� Wernher von Braun
There鈥檚 a time for departure even when there鈥檚 no certain place to go. 鈥� Tennessee Williams
Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. 鈥� Gail Sheehy
What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do. 鈥� Aristotle
A professor is one who talks in someone else鈥檚 sleep. 鈥� W.H. Auden