• "The essays in The Great Taos Bank Robbery were my project to win a Master of Arts degree in English when I quit being a newspaper editor and went back to college." - Tony Hillerman Tweet
• "A few months after graduation I was working in films. It took off pretty quick." - Moira Kelly Tweet
• "It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree." - John F. Kennedy Tweet
• "While I do commend the Administration on its commitment and focus on high school reform, I believe that we must focus on graduation as the key accountability measure." - Ruben Hinojosa Tweet
• "I thought I should go to New York because it was the place to go to study. I went and tried to get an application from the Juilliard School but they wouldn't even give me one because I didn't have my high school graduation." - Maureen Forrester Tweet
• "We don't stop going to school when we graduate." - Carol Burnett Tweet
• "I received $100 per week when I started working at the Globe after graduation." - Will McDonough Tweet
• "Catholic school graduates exhibit a wide variety of qualities that will not only help them in their careers but also in their family and community lives." - Joe Baca Tweet
• "The morning after my high-school graduation found me up early job hunting. The dream of college I put on the back burner." - Martha Reeves Tweet
• "Since graduation, I have measured time in 4-by-5-inch pieces of paper, four days on the left and three on the right. Every social engagement, interview, reading, flight, doctor's appointment, birthday and dry-cleaning reminder has been handwritten between metal loops." - Sloane Crosley Tweet