Top Ten Funny, Clever Graduation Quotes

It's that time of the year when we are invited to graduation ceremonies for kindergarten, high school and college. We're grateful when the speakers break up the long, often boring speeches with a little humor. I've compiled a list of ten funny and clever graduation quotes sure to make you laugh.

Funny Graduation Quote #1

"The tassel's worth the hassle." - Author unknown, from Quotegarden.com

Funny Graduation Quote #2

"You cannot get to the top by sitting on your bottom." - Proverb, from Goodquotes.com

Funny Graduation Quote #3

"I think sleeping was my problem in school. If school had started at 4:00 in the afternoon, I'd be a college graduate today." - George Foreman

Funny Graduation Quote #4

"We're going to have the best educated American people in the world!" - Dan Quayle

Funny Graduation Quote #5

"Education is a wonderful thing. If you couldn't sign your name you'd have to pay cash." - Author Rita Mae Brown

Funny Graduation Quote #6

"Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't." - Author Pete Seeger

Funny Graduation Quote #7

"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance." - Derek Bok, former president of Harvard University and author

Funny Graduation Quote #8

"A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad." - Theodore Roosevelt

Funny Graduation Quote #9

I have never let schooling interfere with my education." - Mark Twain

Funny Graduation Quote #10

"If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm." - Vince Lombardi