“Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”
Robert Louis Stevenson
“American universities are organized on the principle of the nuclear rather than the extended family. Graduate students are grimly trained to be technicians rather than connoisseurs. The old German style of universal scholarship has gone.”
Camille Paglia
“I used to tell women graduate students, half-seriously, that the role of slightly rebellious daughter was one of the better roles for women living in patriarchy.”
Carol Gilligan
“In general, many people spend more time planning a graduation day or wedding day than planning their retirement. And that's only one day. People should spend time planning for their retirement.”
Dave Reed
“Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.”
Henry David Thoreau
“Think about it. If you are single, after graduation there isn't one occasion where people celebrate you. ... Hallmark doesn't make a "congratulations, you didn't marry the wrong guy" card. And where's the flatware for going on vacation alone?”
Sarah Jessica Parker