Graduation is the time for parents to whoop it up, and sibs and pals to offer high-fives. And from the mouths of everyone fly pellets of advice. Each commencement season has its pearls of wit and weirdness. Here, in handy form, are true gems of guidance—for the new graduate, each with a hilarious illustration. The excerpts come from high school, college and professional school graduation speeches, making this the perfect gift for new high school or university graduates.
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Quotes from real graduation speeches in WISDOM & WACK FOR THE GRADUATE (each amplified with a brilliant full-color Neil Shapiro cartoon).
"Everyone has a weird roommate. If you don't have a weird roommate,then you're the weird roomate." --Conan O'Brien, Stuyversant High School, N.Y.C.
"So what's it like in the real world? Well, the food is better, but beyond that, I don't recommend it." --Bill Watterson, creator of "Calvin & Hobbes" Kenyon College, Ohio.
"Wear comfortable shoes. You never know when you may have to run for yourlife." --Callie Khouri creator of "Thelma & Louise", Sweet Briar College, Virginia.
"Listen to your mother."---George W. Bush, Louisiana State U.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By T. P. Sutin
Format:Hardcover
I picked this up at a bookstore. My cousin was going to be graduating, but I wanted to read it before I gave it to her. It has all these really great lines from commencement speeches. A lot of them are funny (Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Conan O'Brien, Kermit the Frog) and it's weird because they're not all by people you'd think were funny, like Kofi Annan and Colin Powell. My favorite advice in the book is from Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips, "Avoid jellyfish." I ended up keeping my copy and getting another one for my cousin.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Hey Dude, this is the book we should have been asked to compare and contrast
May 31, 2007
By Nan Tuckett
Format:Hardcover
I just got this as a graduation gift and it is so wack. Really funny excerpts from graduation speeches with hilarious illustrations. I plan to put a few on my bathroom wall...if I ever get my own bathroom.
By Sammy
Format:Hardcover
This book is a lot of fun. It has something for everyone, poignant and hilarious the perfect graduation gift. I give it to anyone I can.
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