Funny senior quotes
Serious and funny senior quotes for high school and college graduation.
In the phrase senior quotes we have an example of "two nations separated by a common language", as George Bernard Shaw said about Britain and America.
Senior quotes means graduation quotes in America. In the UK the equivalent to graduation quotes is final year undergraduate quotes. In both countries, senior quotes can mean "quotes for a senior citizen".
Senior Quote from Mark Twain
A senior quote, from Mark Twain, uses both senses of the word "senior":
- Senior quotes #1: "When I went to college, my father was a fool. When I came back four years later, I was amazed how much wiser he'd become!" - Mark Twain.
Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer, humorist, and lecturer was the creator of stories of boyhood adventure, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), Life on the Mississippi (1883), and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884).
Senior Quotes by and for Senior Citizens
#2: "You have been working at least 15 hours a day, everyday for almost 50 years. Don't you think it's time for a vacation?" Gandhi replied, "I am always on vacation.".
- Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) was the leader of the Indian nationalist movement against British rule. Gandhi is most famous for his idea of non-violent protest to achieve political ends (ahimsa). This partly originated from his upbringing as a follower of the Hindu god Vishnu, which also inspired his vegetarianism, fasting, and religious tolerance.
#3: "With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding." - Job. Job gives his name to a book of the Old Testament. Job was subjected to unmerited suffering and tried to understand why God had allowed this to happen. But, ultimately, God does not help Job gain any understanding of the reasons for his suffering. Job concludes that God's treatment of man remains mysterious and inscrutable.
"The commencement speech is not, I think, a wholly satisfactory manifestation of our culture."; - John Kenneth Galbraith, senior quotes #4.
"Of course there's a lot of knowledge in universities: the freshmen bring a little in; the seniors don't take much away, so knowledge sort of accumulates." - Abbott Lawrence Lowell (President of Harvard from 1909 to 1933), senior quotes #5.
