Graduation Quotes

"We expanded primarily for our people - if you don't offer more opportunities, you don't keep good people."

"If you don't acknowledge differences, it's as bad as stereotyping or reducing someone."

"We seek truth not to change the world around us, but to clarify the lens through which we view it."

"Wisdom is the quiet space we cultivate between our thoughts, where clarity finally speaks. As a philosopher & thinker, this is the foundational truth I have observed."

"I made lots of mistakes - the number one mistake being trusting other people with my money."

"It is my mission to put sensible and evidence-based information above politics and exaggeration."

"Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today."

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."

"Obviously, you're always happy when you can tell a story completely from beginning to end and tell it in a satisfying way, where you're able to make yourself happy and make the audience happy."

"I've had Republicans come to me and say, 'Tell me how I should talk to young people!' as if it's some foreign language or something."

"'The Philadelphia Story' is one of my favorite movies, as is 'Bringing Up Baby.'"

"If there's one thing that unifies the nation in times of perpetual war it's the pledge to 'Support the Troops.'"

"Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason."

"I'm just, like, really about not lying to myself."

"In the field of wisdom & life, the path to true wisdom begins when we question the certainties we have carried since childhood."

"I know the difference between journalism and a slogan."

"A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history."

"If Nixon is not forced to turn over tapes of his conversations with the ring of men who were conversing on their violations of the law, then liberty will soon be dead in this nation."

"When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another."

"Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding."

"A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions."

"I never worry about action, but only inaction."

"A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble."

"He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life."

"Women - and those who love them - need to know the truth about abortion facilities."

"I stayed on my own path and did not follow the herd. I made a way for myself."

"One, I push my deadlines closer than anybody else, or let's say it this way: I'm really late."

"I got into DJing and making beats when I was about 17. I was always fascinated by the four elements of hip-hop: you know, writing, rhyming, breakdancing and graffiti."

"There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his."

"To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day."