- @cnnbrk
- Followers: 63,961,800
Buckingham Palace releases a photo of the ledger stone featuring Elizabeth II's name within St. George's Chapel attwitter.com/i/web/status/1…XB
- @cnnbrk
- Followers: 63,961,800
Launch of Artemis I moon mission delayed again because of concerns about a tropical storm headed toward Florida cnn.it/3dFx8wV
- @cnnbrk
- Followers: 63,961,800
Post-tropical cyclone Fiona makes landfall in Canada, bringing severe winds and rain to the country's Atlantic coast cnn.it/3Scs9CR
- @cnnbrk
- Followers: 63,961,800
Arizona judge rules state can enforce 1901 near-total abortion ban, effectively outlawing the procedure except whentwitter.com/i/web/status/1…NT
- @cnnbrk
- Followers: 63,961,800
Roger Federer, 20-time grand slam tennis champion, lost his last match while playing doubles alongside his longtimetwitter.com/i/web/status/1…xr
- @cnnbrk
- Followers: 63,961,800
Dow plunges to its lowest level since 2020 to end another dismal week cnn.it/3dAvsVB
- @cnnbrk
- Followers: 63,961,800
Prosecutors have recommended against charging Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz in a sex-trafficking investigation, a sourcetwitter.com/i/web/status/1…ii
CNN POLITICS ON FACEBOOK » | CNN POLITICS ON TWITTER »
Conan O'Brien delivers advice to Dartmouth graduates in 2011.
May 15th, 2012
12:02 PM ET
Gotta Watch: Best commencement speeches
It’s graduation time, which means high-profile celebrities and politicians are delivering commencement speeches at some of the country’s most prestigious colleges and universities. First lady Michelle Obama cheered the Hokies at Virginia Tech’s 2012 graduation, while President Obama encouraged the 2012 graduating class of all-female Barnard College in New York to shape their destiny.
Graduation time reminds us at CNN.com of some of the funnier commencement speeches that we’ve seen over the years. Here are some of our favorites.
On Twitter
Just as AI image generators have already unnerved some artists, Fabian Stelzer’s experiment offers an early exampletwitter.com/i/web/status/1…B5Yd
"I certainly learned about the condition more than I wanted to learn."
cnn.it/3fijWP3
"it’s not a matter of whether the Earth will be hit again. It’s a matter of when," writes Don Lincoln | Opincnn.it/3r2s74JXKl3
Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge broke his own world record, lowering the mark to 2:01:09, as he powered to victory at the Betwitter.com/i/web/status/1…zv06
Tropical Storm Ian is forecast to rapidly intensify as it barrels through the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico befotwitter.com/i/web/status/1…24
On Twitter
Just as AI image generators have already unnerved some artists, Fabian Stelzer’s experiment offers an early exampletwitter.com/i/web/status/1…B5Yd
"I certainly learned about the condition more than I wanted to learn."
cnn.it/3fijWP3
"it’s not a matter of whether the Earth will be hit again. It’s a matter of when," writes Don Lincoln | Opincnn.it/3r2s74JXKl3
Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge broke his own world record, lowering the mark to 2:01:09, as he powered to victory at the Betwitter.com/i/web/status/1…zv06
Tropical Storm Ian is forecast to rapidly intensify as it barrels through the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico befotwitter.com/i/web/status/1…24
@cnnbrk on Twitter
Buckingham Palace releases a photo of the ledger stone featuring Elizabeth II's name within St. George's Chapel attwitter.com/i/web/status/1…XB
Launch of Artemis I moon mission delayed again because of concerns about a tropical storm headed toward Florida cnn.it/3dFx8wV
Post-tropical cyclone Fiona makes landfall in Canada, bringing severe winds and rain to the country's Atlantic coast cnn.it/3Scs9CR
Arizona judge rules state can enforce 1901 near-total abortion ban, effectively outlawing the procedure except whentwitter.com/i/web/status/1…NT
Roger Federer, 20-time grand slam tennis champion, lost his last match while playing doubles alongside his longtimetwitter.com/i/web/status/1…xr
Yes Triumph... You are in fact a hose-head. Now run along. Someone is waiting for you in a bathroom stall.
The best commencement speech ever made is the one never heard.
@ Triumph
Looks like middle school let the kids out early again today.
where the heck is steve job's speech on this list.
Where did Steve Jobs speak this year? Did he come back as a zombie, or was it a hologram like Tupac?
Stuck in the pile of unfunny commencement speeches.
The most famous Commencement Speech that Winston Churchill delivered at, Cambridge University. It consisted of only 9 words: “Never give up. Never give up. Never give up.”
Words of Wisdom:
"Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never — in nothing, great or small, large or petty — never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense."
No leader in history, perhaps, matched Churchill's capacity for blurring the lines between speech and battle cry. This is one of his best. It's an urban legend that the "Never give in" exhortation comprised the totality of his address; Churchill went on for several more paragraphs. But there's no question that this, far and away, was what Harrow's students remembered.
That is 3 words times 3. Very Masonic. 🙂
I can do it in 2: Serenity Now
Graduation-
A buncha people standing around in the same robes, getting similiar degrees, from the same professors/teachers, in the same auditorium, all marching in single file, all while a person stands at a podium and tells them individuality is the key to success
Wear sunscreen.
Never pursue any investment that will not give equal or greater return....oops should have told you that before paying 4 years of tuition.
In the immortal words of a Monty Python film......."Try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations."
I watched Conan's Dartmouth speech last year. It really is hysterical all the way through. The reactions of the school prez are fantastic by themselves.
I'm not a celebrity or high profile person, but I think I had a good commencement speech: bit.ly/classorator. Would love to hear your thoughts!
This years New Mexico Tech commencement started with a poem written and read by one of the Professors-in Klingon! Truly one of the great Nerd/Geek schools in America!
Didja all miss that Triumph was on Conan's show? Pedo bear, you're one to talk!
I am a survivor of sxeual abuse at the young innocent age of 5 until I was 17. I am 48. I speak publicly at colleges, inmates, events, all that I can to educate and bring awareness about this still silent epidemic! My voice is open to speak if needed. Looking forward to working with the Darkness to Light to educate further. My story was featured in Western Massachusettes Women's Magazine. I will be on Jon Leiberman show April 28th. Jon was reporter/producer of America's Most Wanted with John Walsh. I am working on passing Erin's Law in Massachusetts to mandate a curriculum for pre-k to 5th graders be educate on sxeual abuse in school. We need to educate the children the correct way not have the perpatrators educate their way which is teaching Keep silent, keep it a secret, don't tell Thank you
You really make it apeapr so easy along with your presentation but I in finding this matter to be really something which I think I would never understand. It kind of feels too complex and extremely extensive for me. I am looking ahead on your subsequent post, I'll try to get the hang of it!Vlad recently posted..