James D'arcy Quotes

Mum eventually graduated with a City & Guilds certificate that hung proudly on our living room wall throughout my childhood.

Receiving my first degree was one of the most important days of my life.

Having a school really is the fulfillment of a longtime dream of mine.

I keep three framed photographs on my desk: the latest school picture of my daughter; a photo of my wife getting her diploma from the University of Chicago; and Lytton Strachey, looking serenely self-possessed.

When you start a new job or a particular journey, you really don't know what to expect. I mean, you hear about your name being on the bestsellers list, but it doesn't really mean anything. Like, really, what does that translate to?

My concentration was really on getting to university and becoming a doctor. My parents let me know that school marks were important. Achievement was something which came by hard work.

At graduation, I assumed I'd be in publishing, but first I went to England and got a master's degree in English Literature. And then I came back to New York and had a series of publishing jobs, the way one does.

I did graduate with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering in 1948.

I accomplished so many things, so early in my career.

I've finally graduated from 'I don't give a hoot.'

You know what has made me the happiest I've ever been? Seeing my son and daughter graduate from college. More than wanting them to be educated, I wanted them to be nice people. To see that they have become both is just a wonderful thing.

I'm not retiring. I am graduating. Today is my graduation day. Retirement means that you'll just go ahead and live on your laurels and surf all day in Oceanside. It ain't going to happen.

If I had been at a University I don't think I would have been able to have the experience I had in my Smithsonian work. I don't think I have been as successful.

Now I am ready to set new goals and start a new career for myself outside of the ring.

When I graduated from Santa Monica High in 1927, I was voted the girl most likely to succeed. I didn't realize it would take so long.

Almost 50 years old now, some 30 years after graduation, I look at my Caltech classmates and conclude that math whizzes do not take over the world.

Graduation speeches force you to reflect. They are about consciousness. Nothing is better than consciousness.

You know, 10 years ago I never thought I'd be in this position. It's a dream and I don't even know if I dreamed this big.

I started out as a music teacher; I never planned on becoming an actress.

Jews were asked when life begins. For them it's when they finally graduate medical school.

Blacks gave me a standing ovation when they put the cap and gown on me, and that was the proudest I've ever been.

There's a lot of entrepreneurs out here who are in school, who just don't know what's next, or can't figure out what direction they should go in. And me graduating motivates them.

I made the right choice to come to Chelsea.

I didn't have any fixed goals when I joined the film industry. I don't particularly feel 'successful,' but I am grateful that my career is going well.

By the time I came out of college, I was fabulous.