“No graduation speaker will ever tell you that the future is anything b...” — Taylor Mali Quote

“No graduation speaker will ever tell you that the future is anything but uncertain. It never is. But graduations need not only be obsessed with looking ahead; a graduation can be a day on which we turn back and trace our steps to see how we ended up where we are.”

“The best teachers that I had were always the ones I never wanted to disappoint.”

“Teachers today are breaking down obstacles, finding innovative ways to instill old lessons, proving that greatness can be found in everyday places.”

“I love graduation speeches. I have always loved them; I will always love them.”

“After graduation, I was floundering in L.A., doing stand-up comedy and working in a shoe store in the Valley.”

“The essays in The Great Taos Bank Robbery were my project to win a Master of Arts degree in English when I quit being a newspaper editor and went back to college.”