Bill Gates Quotes

For me specifically, it was important to graduate. In my family, I was one of the first graduates. My mom did not have a college degree. My dad did not have a college degree.

I was the first person to go to university from my family.

As far as I could tell, I was the first person anywhere in my family tree to go to university.

No one in my family graduated from college until my brother did, and then I did.

Having a college degree gave me the opportunity to be... well-rounded. Also, the people I met at the university, most of them are still my colleagues now. People I've known for years are all in the industry together.

My youngest uncle Randy and I were the first members of our entire family to ever go to college.

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

I was the first boy in the Kennedy family to graduate from college.

Eventually, I want to finish my degree.

Being the first in my family to go to college, I believe, is my greatest accomplishment. It's not my accomplishment; it's my family's accomplishment.

I was the first one in the family, on either side, to go to college - much less graduate school.

It took me 10 years to get a four-year degree, but I graduated.

After graduation from high school, I attended the university entrance examination, and fortunately, I was accepted by the Department of Pharmacy and became a student at the Medical School of Peking University.

I loved school, was an exceptional student, and found a passion for math and science that led me to Vanderbilt University, where I discovered the world of electrical engineering. I did well in college, loved the work I was doing, and soon found myself climbing the corporate ladder after graduation. I was one of the lucky ones.

I do intend to achieve my education goals and obtain my college degree through distance programs.

I was the first person in my family to go to university so it was quite a big deal for us.

Our family story here is one that we're proud of, and that is that, as the ninth of 10 kids in our family, I was the first who, right out of high school, was able to go to four-year college... it was a big moment in our family's life.

After I did my graduation in mechanical engineering, I got a scholarship to go to the U.S. to do my master's. So I did that. I also worked there for a while. After my master's, I did a course in Film Appreciation.

Today, you have achieved something special, something only 92 percent of Americans your age will ever know: a college diploma. That’s right, with your college diploma you now have a crushing advantage over 8 percent of the workforce. I'm talking about dropout losers like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Mark Zuckerberg.

Most people go to college to get a job, and here I am sitting in class with a job, making exponentially more than whoever's teaching me, you know what I'm saying? At the end of the day, I wanted to finish what I started, and make my mom proud. A lot of people put a lot of hard work and investment to allow me to go to school, and for me not to finish would have been like a slap in the face to my family and those people.

I definitely would like to go to university.

School days were very special to me as I never found the time to complete my graduation.

I did graduate early and even received my master's degree in political science before I turned 22.

I went so far with school, so I might as well just finish. Getting my degree is something I'll be really happy about.

Getting a degree from Duke University is an amazing accomplishment for me.