4 Time June 17, 2019
For the Record‘Ask for it,
and if you
don’t get what
you need, ask
for it again.’STACEY ABRAMS, former
Georgia house minority
leader and 2018 Georgia
gubernatorial candidate,
at American University’s
School of Public Affairs in
Washington, D.C.‘Life is going
to give you a
bad turn ...
It’s just a
test. And
look at all
the tests you
passed just
to get here.’CYNDI LAUPER, singer, at
Northern Vermont University
in Johnson, Vt.‘Nowadays
we, by that
I mean you,
are going to
have to steer
our spaceship,
take charge
of Earth.’BILL NYE, host of
Bill Nye the Science Guy,
at Goucher College
in Towson, Md.‘Wherever life takes you,
take a servant’s attitude.’MIKE PENCE, Vice President of the United States,
at Taylor University in Upland, Ind.‘No matter how tough youmay be, everybody needsto ask for help at somepoint in their lives.’J.J. WATT, Houston Texans defensive end,
at the University of Wisconsin–Madison‘There is no beginning without an
end, no day without night, no life
without death. Our whole life
consists of the difference, the space
between beginning and ending.’ANGELA MERKEL, Chancellor of Germany, at Harvard University‘If you wantto savethe world,you don’tneed to beJames Bond.’PIERCE BROSNAN, actor, at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa.‘Who said
that all
of who you
are has to
be good?
All of who
you are is
who you are.’VIOLA DAVIS, actor, at Barnard
College’s commencement
at Radio City Music Hall in
New York City‘Don’t usea fake IDto buy wineand then tryto pay witha check.’KATIE HOLMES, actor, at the
University of Toledo in OhioCOMMENCEMENT 2019 Along with longer days and warmer nights, springtime
in the U.S. brings an opportunity for big names to offer big advice to the nation’s
graduates. Here are some of this year’s best words of wisdom—and whimsy—so far: