Sheryl Sandberg at Harvard Business School Class Day 2012
Sheryl Sandberg: Chief Operating Officer at Facebook
Favorite quotes:
“If you’re offered a seat on a rocketship, don’t ask what seat. Just get on.
“Before this, I did my career like everyone else does it - I never told anyone I was a girl. Shh, don’t tell.
“Keep in touch via Facebook. This is critical to your future success.
Talk given at Harvard University - Baker Lawn, Cambridge, Mass. on May 23, 2012
Neil Gaiman at The University of the Arts Commencement 2012
Neil Gaiman - author and graphic novelist
Favorite Quotes:
“The rules on what is possible and impossible in the arts were made by people who had not tested the bounds of the possible by going beyond them. And you can. If you don’t know it’s impossible it’s easier to do. And because nobody’s done it before, they haven’t made up rules to stop anyone doing that particular thing again.
“I tended to do anything as long as it felt like an adventure, and to stop when it felt like work, which meant that life did not feel like work.“Make good art.
Talk given at The University of the Arts - Academy of Music, Philadelphia, Pa. on May 17, 2012.
Link to text of speech at uarts.edu
Chris Sacca at University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management Commencement 2011
Chris Sacca: startup investor and principal at Lowercase Capital.
Favorite quotes:
“You will never feel richer, than when you’re worth zero dollars”
“Today, you can push CTRL+ALT+DELETE and start all over again”
“…be your weird self. It takes too much energy to be anything but your weird self.
“…you’ve all busted your collective asses to get here and all the while maintained your trademark Minnesota humility and niceness.
Talk given at the University of Minnesota - Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis, Minn. on May 16, 2011
Andy Samberg at Harvard Class Day 2012
Andy Samberg - Saturday Night Live castmember, one third of The Lonely Island, would-be movie star.
Favorite quotes:
I’m as honored to be here today as I am unqualified.
…the following majors are apparently useless as of tomorrow … pretty much anything that ends with ‘Studies’
…I’ll steal the legendary Gutenberg bible and return it to it’s rightful owner - Steve Guttenberg
My advice to you is simple: relax, dude! You just finished college at Harvard. You worked so hard, trust me: you’re going to kill it. I went to Santa Cruz, then I transferred to film school and I’m rich.
Talk given at Harvard University - Tercentenary Theatre, Cambridge, Mass. on May 23, 2012
