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" I graduated from the University of Whatever. "

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" So in my uncertainty, I went to graduate school and there it all happened. "

" The morning after my high-school graduation found me up early job hunting. The dream of college I put on the back burner. "

" I have a good cry once in a while; it's such a great release. Or it could be a cry of joy - watching your child being born or your child walking across a graduation stage. "

Raheem DeVaughn

" I went to Legoland in Denmark when I was five, I think, but I went to Germany when I was 17 to have a little adventure after graduation. "

" Adults tell students that it gets better, that the world changes after school, that being 'different' will pay off sometime after graduation. But no one explains to them why. "

Alexandra Robbins

" I fell in love with theater there, and after graduation I moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting. "

" It's very interesting, if you look at a study that was done by the Brookings Institute back in 2009, they determined that if Americans do three things, they can avoid poverty. Three things. Work, graduate from high school, and get married before you have children. "

" We had an argument, and he told me to be home at midnight, and I said no. And so when I did come home, the door was locked. And I had gotten a set of luggage for graduation that day, and it was on the front porch, packed. He thought that he was going to prove a point and I was going to say, 'Oh, I'm sorry, Daddy, I'm sorry'. "

" You know what has made me the happiest I've ever been? Seeing my son and daughter graduate from college. More than wanting them to be educated, I wanted them to be nice people. To see that they have become both is just a wonderful thing. "

Gil Scott-Heron

" I was given a new coat as a high school graduation gift. "

" I know a lot about Jewish comedians. "

" Truancy rates are directly correlated to low graduation rates. "

" I was on the yearbook staff, so I would take out film cameras and Nikons and take photos around school and at sporting events and things like that. We had a darkroom as well. I just loved it. I also saved up for a video camera to video my friends and cut and paste the videos together and I gave them to all of my friends for graduation. "

" Upon graduation, believe it or not, I had no job. I had no interviews. I had no prospects. I had no worries. What I did have, I had passion. I had enormous passion. I had passion for financial markets. I had fallen in love with financial markets. "

" Mentors provide professional networks, outlets for frustration, college and career counseling, general life advice, and most importantly, an extra voice telling a student they are smart enough and capable enough to cross the stage at graduation and land their first paycheck from a career pathway job. "

Gerald Chertavian

" I'm greedy, and I have a house to pay for and a wife. She has a job of her own, but I bleed her dry. She's on her third shift right now. "

" I commuted to the prestigious Hibiya High School from my uncle's home in Tokyo. During the high school years, I developed an interest in chemistry, so upon graduation, I chose to take an entrance examination for the Department of Chemistry of the University of Kyoto, the old capital of Japan. "

Susumu Tonegawa

" I did get a degree in special education. "

" This man used to go to school with his dog. Then they were separated. His dog graduated! "

" It is soooooo necessary to get the basic skills, because by the time you graduate, undergraduate or graduate, that field would have totally changed from your first day of school. "

Leigh Steinberg

" I loved school, was an exceptional student, and found a passion for math and science that led me to Vanderbilt University, where I discovered the world of electrical engineering. I did well in college, loved the work I was doing, and soon found myself climbing the corporate ladder after graduation. I was one of the lucky ones. "

Kimberly Bryant

" Everyone has a right to a university degree in America, even if it's in Hamburger Technology. "

" I woke up on May 15, 1991, the day of my Barnard graduation, and I said to myself, 'By the end of today you will decide what you want to do with the rest of your life.' "

Alexandra Guarnaschelli

" For many, graduation marks the end of formal student life - the end of long spring breaks and of thinking that a 10 A.M. class is far too early. "

Alexa Von Tobel

" It is virtually impossible to compete in today's global economy without a college degree. "

" I dropped out of school for a semester, transferred to another college, switched to an art major, graduated, got married, and for a while worked as a graphic designer. "

James Green Somerville

" Bullying is something every kid in public, parochial, or private school has witnessed by graduation. While unfortunate, it is part of growing up. "

" My first jobs after graduation in 1955 were as a project engineer for G.E. and later with the U.S. government in Washington, D.C., where I met and married my wife, Dolores Celini. "

Oliver E. Williamson

" I took three years off. I differentiated myself from the industry. Found my identity - sort of... I haven't graduated yet. I'm not legitimately educated yet, but maybe one day. "

" I have a 4-year-old and a 14-year-old, and think I missed a recital and a graduation, and they were like 'It's OK mommy, we'll take pictures.' It was my upset, though... they were just fine! I just give them a kiss and a hug and let them know that I love them every day. "