Alec Baldwin

As my friend said to me, when you have children, typically in a second marriage, when you're older and you get married again to a woman who would have children, you must always remember that you make sure the children attend a college where the commencement ceremonies are held in a facility with a wheelchair accessible ramp.

American Actor

Sam Houston

For Texas, a wise and prudent administration in the commencement of her national existence will be universally expected, imposing upon me the difficult and delicate task of setting in complete and successful operation a political body based upon principles so hazardously asserted and so gloriously maintained.

American Politician

Chang-Rae Lee

I don't believe complete assimilation is possible, at least not for anyone who has an active, open mind. Every step, every entry into the flows of existence can be seen as a beginning, a commencement of a brand new way of seeing oneself in the world. This is the case for everyone.

South Korean Novelist

Bernie Siegel

God wants us to know that life is a series of beginnings, not endings. Just as graduations are not terminations, but commencements. Creation is an ongoing process, and when we create a perfect world where love and compassion are shared by all, suffering will cease.

American Writer

Bob Beckel

As a life-long liberal who has engaged in protests against the government and for civil rights, I am saddened at efforts by some of my fellow liberals to silence commencement speakers with whom they might disagree on some issues.

American Journalist

Confucius

How to play music may be known. At the commencement of the piece, all the parts should sound together. As it proceeds, they should be in harmony while severally distinct and flowing without break, and thus on to the conclusion.

Chinese Philosopher

Angela Duckworth

One of the challenges of commencement speeches is that you have this older, wiser person who is accomplished talking to young, not-yet-so-wise, not-yet-accomplished adults or, in high school or middle school, even younger.

American Psychologist

Garry Trudeau

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.

American Cartoonist

Stephanie Ruhle

I never expected to join the ranks of commencement speakers, especially at my alma mater. I had a tough time there, left eagerly, and returned rarely.

Paul Tsongas

A commencement is a time of joy. It is also a time of melancholy. But then again, so is life.

Use 'commencement' to talk about the exact time when something new begins.

Starting Point

'Commencement' often implies an important or formal beginning of a significant event.

Momentous Occasions

Avoid using 'commencement' for routine starts or non-significant beginnings.

Not for Routines

'Commencement' is a formal term for graduation events in universities or colleges.

Educational Milestone

In North America, 'commencement' refers to graduation ceremonies, while other places may use 'graduation'.

North American Term

'Commencement' ceremonies are formal; participants often wear special attire.

Formal Celebration

In law, 'commencement' refers to when a law or regulation starts to apply.

Legal Kick-off

Use 'commencement' to indicate the specific day a new policy takes effect.

Policy Starting Date

'Commencement' suggests a fixed or planned start time for legal or formal events.

Fixed Beginnings

 Now education is a field the secular world really believes in. When we think about how we're going to make the world a better place, we think education; that's where we put a lot of money. Education is going to give us, not only commercial skills, industrial skills, it's also going to make us better people. You know the kind of thing a commencement address is, and graduation ceremonies,

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