Diploma Quotations

From 1949 to 1953, I studied towards the diploma in Natural Sciences at the Swiss Polytechnical School in Zurich. It is in the last year of this study that I made my first contacts with fundamental research, when working on the isolation and characterization of a new isomer of Cl34 with a half-life of 1.5 seconds.

More than ever, a college diploma unlocks economic opportunity, provides students with a wealth of new skills and knowledge, and encourages innovation and growth. But more than ever, it also comes with a mountain of student loan debt.

It may be tripe, but it's my tripe - and I do urge other authors to resist encroachments on their brain-children and trust their own judgment rather than that of some zealous meddler with a diploma in creative punctuation who is just dying to get into the act.

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.

I was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on June 15, 1916. My father, an electrical engineer, had come to the United States in 1903 after earning his engineering diploma at the Technische Hochschule of Darmstadt, Germany.

When it was availed to me that I had free time, I chose to go to cooking school every day, six hours a day, like a diploma program. I wanted to learn something new.

As a high school dropout, I understand the value of education: A second chance at obtaining my high school diploma through the G.I. Bill led me to attend college and law school and allowed me the opportunity to serve in Congress.

My school almost lost its accreditation. If that had happened, my diploma wouldn't have been worth anything.

A BMW can't take you as far as a diploma.

Who's going to ask a painter to see a diploma? They'd say, 'Can I see your paintings?', wouldn't they?

An arts degree is like a diploma in origami. And about as much use.

I'll show you Obama's birth certificate when you show me Sarah Palin's high school diploma.

When you design a program without proper academic credentials and rigor, what you have is a diploma mill.

Now, you don't have to have a high school diploma to go to community college. Kids can go to tech schools. They might be called a dropout when they're not.

I came to Ryerson in 2001 for a diploma in arts, but I was interested in photography at the time and didn't even know new media existed. When I found out about the department and the digital revolution, I just fell into it.

I feel so strongly that it's critical that we keep these kids in school and get a high school diploma for them.

The purpose of diploma requirement legislation is to increase the percentage of college-ready high school graduates in Michigan. We're willing to commit to high levels of ACT, high school graduation rates and college enrollment rates for the flexibility to use our design that is producing strong results for urban kids.

I think this plan is really exciting. It really makes the high school diploma more than just getting out of school.

I went to Northampton College of Further Education. I left there - when I was 16, I left Kingsthorpe Upper - and I went and did a diploma in performing arts, so it was my start in the training process to becoming an actor.

Our message to students is very clear: Your high school diploma is essential to opening doors for future economic opportunity and wage-earning.

We do students a disservice to send the message that it is acceptable to drop out of school when they are 16 years old. A high school diploma is a minimum requirement for future success, and we will continue to press for changing the compulsory school attendance age.

We would argue that it's more unfair to hand them a diploma that doesn't mean anything and doesn't arm them with the skills and knowledge they'll need.

What's alleged in that case ought to be of concern in everyone in the country. It relates to the quality of the diplomas students receive. Athletes continue to be a small percentage of this problem; other students are taking advantage of diploma mills. It's a bigger problem than something for the sports page.

You got kids cheating their way to a diploma and a degree. They're building a fairly shaky academic foundation.

There's no way to say, 'Yes, taking this special diploma is going to help you; not taking it is going to hurt you,' so long as you've made choices that demonstrate your intellectual strengths.

Seeing kids who didn't think they were going to get a diploma actually get one -- most of them are really appreciative, ... I never thought at this stage of my life I would be doing something like this in my thirty-sixth year (of teaching). I thought I would be sitting back in my rocking chair.

Awarding a student a diploma without the necessary skills and knowledge does a great disservice to that student.

For every 10 students who start high school in Ohio, only seven will earn a diploma, only five will enroll is post-secondary institution and of those, fewer that three out of 10 will complete a bachelor's degree within 10 years, ... Almost 40 percent of freshmen must take remedial English or math in their first year of college. A high school diploma should mean that a student is prepared to succeed in college.

It's made a chapter in my life complete. You know, there was a page missing and this page of getting this diploma is what made this chapter complete, so I can finish my book.

It's important to keep one core principle front and center: awarding a student a diploma without the skills and knowledge to back it up does the student a disservice.

The NBA almost forces you to put your name in. But he's going to be very careful and do everything by the book. If he's not a first-round pick, then it's not worth it to go now. He'll get a diploma and that's worth something, too.

Every umpire hired into the major leagues came from the minors. It's like being paid to go to school for the diploma and training you need for the chance at a very well-paid job.

In our school, every single student will receive all the credits necessary to meet diploma requirements, but we hope to integrate the curriculum in such a way that a student's learning becomes more relevant.

I received my high school baccalaureate diploma in Latin and Science in 1928, then my two baccalaureate diplomas in Mathematics and Philosophy in 1929.

I hope 100 percent of students on the diploma track pass.

In my view, this is the end of the political process. The only way these kids will get a diploma now is if a judge orders an injunction.

He's outstanding. He's had a great career. I've said to him before that I want to show up at graduation and give him his diploma just to make sure he's not coming back.

That's what life is, just one learning experience after another, and when you're through with all the learning experiences you graduate and what you get for a diploma is, you die.

Socrates gave no diplomas or degrees, and would have subjected any disciple who demanded one to a disconcerting catechism on the nature of true knowledge.

You know what GED stands for? Good Enough Diploma.

I pissed on my diploma, smell the aroma.

A high school diploma shows that a student has completed coursework (successfully) in all discipline areas, ... The GED (general education diploma) is a test of knowledge that shows you have the knowledge and can pass a test. It doesn't necessarily show work ethic.

A governor's school is great, because it really stretches the students to the limit. And when it comes time to compete for spots in higher education, having a governor's school seal on your diploma has real clout.

The goal is for them to have a diploma in the spring of 2007.

The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match, each one of you is a fuse

A man's worth isn't measured by a bank register or diploma... It's about integrity

At the moment of death we will not be judged according to the number of good deeds we have done or by the diplomas we have received in our lifetime. We will be judged according to the love we have put into our work.

At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done. We will be judged by "I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat, I was naked and you clothed me. I was homeless, and you took me in.