"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."

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Source : "Peace, war, economy dominate graduation speeches" by Patricia McCormack, www.upi.com. May 29, 1982.

Garry Trudeau

#Graduation Quotes #College Quotes #World Quotes

“Itâ€™s the leftover humans. The survivors. Theyâ€™re the ones I canâ€™t stand to look at, although on many occasions I still fail. I deliberately seek out the colors to keep my mind off them, but now and then, I witness the ones who are left behind, crumbling among the jigsaw puzzle of realization, despair, and surprises. They have punctured hearts. They have beaten lungs. Which in turn brings me to the subject I am telling you about tonight, or today, or whatever the hour and color. Itâ€™s the story of one of those perpetual survivors â€“an expert at being left behind.”
“In Islamic theology, the phallic symbol is very important. Your biggest phallic symbol is New York City and your tallest building will be the phallic symbol they will hit.”
“Oceania was at war with Eurasia; therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia.”
“My sense is that the wonderful technology that we have to visualize the inside of the body often leaves physicians feeling that the exam is a waste of time and so they may shortchange the ritual.”
“There's going to be some joyful lifting for us if you will in terms of some of the tasks we have to do.”

Source : "Credo from Tomlin: Let's have fun" by Ed Bouchette, www.post-gazette.com. January 27, 2009.
“Fans always ask me to marry them so I'll have a lot of wives”
“I have a half an hour warm-up I do that my voice teacher gave me. I exercise at least for an hour during the day. I don't have any superstitious rituals or anything like that.”
“If I do become more successful, either as a producer or a rapper, I'm going to do everything I can to help whoever I can on the label.”

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