Here are 107 of the best celebrity graduation quotes of all time for commencement speech season. Everyone from Will Ferrell to Bill Cosby to Whoopi Goldberg and everyone in between have given graduation speeches at universities for years. So here are some of the best celebrity graduation quotes that range from the funny to the inspirational to the flat out great advice. “Try putting your iPhones down every once in a while and look at people’s faces.” – Amy Poehler, Harvard University, 2011 “There’s few things that get you over your own crap more than working hard.” – Adam
The 107 Greatest Graduation Quotes Ever
"Being a musician is not something you chose to be, it is something you are, like tall or short or straight or gay. There is no choice, either you is or you ain’t."
- Billy Joel, Berklee College of Music, 1993