第一篇：谷歌創(chuàng)始人拉里·佩奇密歇根大學(xué)畢業(yè)典禮演講中英雙字

拉里·佩奇(Larry Page，1973.03.26－)，全名勞倫斯·愛(ài)德華·佩奇(Lawrence Edward Page)，Google搜索引擎的創(chuàng)始人之一，2011年4月4日佩奇正式出任谷歌CEO。拉里·佩奇出生在美國(guó)密歇根州東蘭辛市的一個(gè)猶太家庭，為美國(guó)密歇根大學(xué)安娜堡分校的畢業(yè)生，擁有理工科學(xué)士學(xué)位；因其出色的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)才能獲得過(guò)多項(xiàng)榮譽(yù)，以獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)他對(duì)工學(xué)院的貢獻(xiàn)。他曾擔(dān)任密西根大學(xué)Eta Kappa Nu 榮譽(yù)學(xué)會(huì)的會(huì)長(zhǎng)。其指導(dǎo)教授是 Terry Winograd 博士。Google 就是由 Page 在斯坦福大學(xué)發(fā)起的研究項(xiàng)目轉(zhuǎn)變而來(lái)的。在斯坦福大學(xué)中，佩奇遇到了謝爾蓋·布林。吃了無(wú)數(shù)個(gè)閉門(mén)羹之后佩奇和布林決定自己創(chuàng)業(yè)，但他們手中僅有的一點(diǎn)現(xiàn)金都因購(gòu)買(mǎi)大量的數(shù)據(jù)盤(pán)和儲(chǔ)存器作研究而花光了。他們的一位教師，也是SUN微系統(tǒng)的創(chuàng)始人之一安迪·別赫托希姆在關(guān)鍵時(shí)刻給予他們很大幫助。別赫托希姆確是個(gè)很有遠(yuǎn)見(jiàn)的人，在看完他們的演示后，立馬開(kāi)了張10萬(wàn)美元的支票幫助成立Google公司。之后兩人又從家人朋友那里到處借錢(qián)，籌得100萬(wàn)美元作為最初投資。1998年9月7日，Google公司在加利福尼亞州的曼羅帕克成立。一個(gè)朋友租給佩奇和布林辦公的車(chē)庫(kù)在當(dāng)時(shí)看來(lái)已經(jīng)不錯(cuò)了，有一臺(tái)洗衣機(jī)，還有熱水器。他們雇用了第一位員工克雷格·希爾弗斯坦，現(xiàn)在希爾弗斯坦是Google公司的科技主管。1999年2月他們搬了新的辦公室，雖然條件仍然簡(jiǎn)陋，但比車(chē)庫(kù)好點(diǎn)，一張乒乓桌就作為正式的會(huì)議場(chǎng)所，8名員工在辦公室里都轉(zhuǎn)不過(guò)身，一個(gè)人要出門(mén)所有人都得起身挪開(kāi)凳子才能騰出地方。

布林和佩奇兩人合作得很好，并且吸引了一大批有能力且忠實(shí)的員工。創(chuàng)業(yè)之初辦公室雖然簡(jiǎn)陋，他們?nèi)员M可能為員工創(chuàng)造寬松的工作環(huán)境，他們?cè)谖萃獾牟萜荷戏N上蘑菇，養(yǎng)了條狗，專(zhuān)門(mén)請(qǐng)廚師為員工做飯，每星期舉行兩次曲棍球比賽。公司現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)擁有2000多名員工。布林說(shuō)，他們必須讓辦公室成為員工們樂(lè)意呆的地方，因此現(xiàn)在每天為員工提供什么餐點(diǎn)甚至都成了兩人的重大決策之一。

短短幾年Google就迅速發(fā)展成為目前規(guī)模最大的搜索引擎，并向雅虎、美國(guó)在線(xiàn)等其他目錄索引和搜索引擎提供后臺(tái)網(wǎng)頁(yè)查詢(xún)服務(wù)。目前Google每天處理的搜索請(qǐng)求達(dá)2億次，這一數(shù)字還在不斷增長(zhǎng)。通過(guò)對(duì)30多億網(wǎng)頁(yè)進(jìn)行整理，Google可為世界各地的用戶(hù)提供適合需求的搜索結(jié)果，而且搜索時(shí)間通常不到半秒鐘。

Class of 2009!I don't think I heard you.Class of 2009!First I want you to stand up and wave and cheer your supportive family and friends!I am sure you can find them out there.Show your love!It is a great honor for me to be here today。

09屆的同學(xué)們！來(lái)點(diǎn)激情給我個(gè)回應(yīng)。各位同學(xué)，我希望大家站起來(lái)向支持你們的親朋好友揮手致意。你們一定能在人群中找到他們，借此機(jī)會(huì)表達(dá)你們的愛(ài)吧！能站在這里我感到非常榮幸。

Now wait a second.I know:that's such a cliche.You're thinking: every graduation speaker says that-It's a great honor.But, in my case, it really is so deeply true being here is more special and more personal for me than most of you know.I'd like to tell you why.A long time ago,in this cold September of 1962,there was a Steven's co-op at this very university.That co-op had a kitchen with a ceiling that had been cleaned by student volunteers probably every decade or so。

等等，大家可能覺(jué)得有點(diǎn)矯情?！拔液軜s幸”這句話(huà)都說(shuō)爛了。但真的是大實(shí)話(huà)，大家不知道：我對(duì)密歇根大學(xué)有特殊的感情。很久以前，1962年9月，天很冷，在密歇根大學(xué)里有一家餐廳，學(xué)生志愿者負(fù)責(zé)打掃廚房的天花板，大約十年才會(huì)打掃一次。

Picture a college girl named Gloria,climbing up high on a ladder,struggling to clean that filthy ceiling.Standing on the floor, a young boarder named Carl was admiring the view.And that's how they met.They were my parents,so I suppose you could say I'm a direct result of that kitchen chemistry experiment, right here at Michigan.My Mom is here with us today,and we should probably go find the spot and put a plaqueup on the ceiling that says: “Thanks Mom and Dad!”

想象一下：有個(gè)叫格洛麗亞的女學(xué)生，爬上了高高的梯子，努力地打掃臟兮兮的天花板。而一個(gè)叫卡爾的寄宿生在下面偷窺，這是他倆的初次邂逅，他們就是我父母。所以說(shuō)，我是地地道道從密歇根大學(xué)廚房里造出來(lái)的，我母親今天也來(lái)了。我想找到當(dāng)年那個(gè)廚房，在天花板掛個(gè)匾上刻“感謝父母”！

Everyone in my family went here to Michigan:my brother, my Mom ,my Dad--all of us.My Dad actually got the quantity discount:He got all three and a half of his degrees here.His Ph.D.was in Communication Science because they thought Computers were just a passing fad when he earned it 44 years ago.He and Mom made a big sacrifice for that degree.They argued at times over pennies, while raising my newborn brother.Mom typed my Dad's dissertation by hand,kind of ironic of those computer science dissertation。

我的家人都畢業(yè)于密歇根大學(xué)：我哥、我父母、還有我。我爸在文憑數(shù)量上更勝一籌：他在這獲得了三個(gè)半學(xué)位，其中一個(gè)是通信工程的博士。44年前，他們認(rèn)為計(jì)算機(jī)火不了多久。為取得這個(gè)學(xué)位，爸媽做出了很大的犧牲。為了撫養(yǎng)剛出生的哥哥，省吃?xún)€用。堂堂計(jì)算機(jī)博士，論文是我媽逐字敲出來(lái)的，諷刺吧？

This velvet hood I'm wearing, this was my Dad's.This diploma, yeah,this diploma I have here that just like the one you are about to get this is my Dad's.And my underwear, oh never mind, sorry.My father's father worked in the Chevy plant in Flint, Michigan.He was an assemblyline worker.He drove his two children here to Anna Arbor,and told them: That is where you're going to go to college.I know it sounds funny now.Both of his kids actually did graduate from Michigan.That was the American dream。

我身上這套博士服是我爸的，還有這張畢業(yè)證，跟你們即將拿到手的一樣，也是我爸的。還有我的內(nèi)褲，呃……算了。我的祖父曾在雪佛蘭汽車(chē)廠(chǎng)工作，他曾開(kāi)車(chē)帶兩個(gè)孩子來(lái)到安娜堡。告訴他們：你們以后要上這所大學(xué)！聽(tīng)起來(lái)挺扯。不過(guò)兩個(gè)孩子確實(shí)都進(jìn)了密歇根大學(xué)，這就是我們家的“美國(guó)夢(mèng)”。

His daughter, Beverly, is also with us today.My Grandpa used to carry an “Alley Oop” hammer,a heavy iron pipe with a big hunk of lead melted on the end.The workers made them during the sit-down strikes to protect themselves.When I was growing up, we used that hammer whenever we needed to pound a stake or something into the yard.It is wonderful that most people don't need to carry a heavy blunt object for protection anymore.But just in case, I brought it with me.My Dad became a professor at uh…Michigan State,and I was an incredibly lucky boy.A professor's life is pretty flexible,and he was able to spend oodles of time raising me.Could there be a better upbringing than university brat?

我姑姑貝弗利今天也來(lái)了。爺爺以前經(jīng)?？钢粋€(gè)大鐵錘，鐵管上鑄著大鉛坨的那種。那是用來(lái)在靜坐罷工時(shí)，保護(hù)自己的武器。小時(shí)候，我們常用它在后院打樁子?，F(xiàn)在世道好了，大家不需要鐵錘保護(hù)自己了。但以防萬(wàn)一，我還是把它帶來(lái)了。后來(lái)我的父親成為了一名教授，密歇根州立大學(xué)的教授，我很走運(yùn)，因?yàn)榻淌诘墓ぷ鞅容^靈活，有大量的時(shí)間陪我。還有比這更棒的嗎？

What I'm trying to tell you is that this is way more than just a homecoming for me.It's not easy for me to express how proud I am to be here,with my Mom, my brother and my wife Lucy, and with all of you,at this amazing institution that is responsible for my very existence.I am thrilled for all of you,and I'm thrilled for your families and friends,as all of us join this great, big Michigan family I feel I've been a part of all of all my life.What I'm also trying to tell you is that I know exactly what it feels like to be sitting in your seat,listening to some old gasbag give a long-winded commencementspeech.Don't worry.I'll be brief.I have a story about following dreams.Or maybe more accurately, it's a story about finding a path to make those dreams real。

我想要告訴大家的是：這次回來(lái)，意義非凡！我不知道該如何表達(dá)我的喜悅之情。今天和家人還有你們相聚在此，我無(wú)比激動(dòng)！因?yàn)檫@里造就了我，我為你們感到驕傲，也為你們的家人和朋友感到驕傲，因?yàn)槲覀兌际敲苄蠹彝サ囊粏T，它是我生命中不可或缺的一部分。同時(shí)，我也知道你們現(xiàn)在坐在臺(tái)下的感受：聽(tīng)我們這些老家伙絮叨，老生常談。別擔(dān)心，我不是話(huà)癆。我給大家講個(gè)追夢(mèng)的故事，確切地說(shuō)是一個(gè)將夢(mèng)想變?yōu)楝F(xiàn)實(shí)的故事。

You know what it's like,to wake up in the middle of the night with a vivid dream?And you know how, if you don't have a pencil and pad by the bed it will be completely gone by the next morning.I had one of those dreams when I was 23.When I suddenly woke up, I was thinking:what if we could download the whole web,and just keep the links and… I grabbed a pen and started writing!Sometimes it is important to wake up and stop dreaming.I spent the middle of that night scribbling out the details and convincing myself it would work。

想想看：午夜你從美夢(mèng)中醒來(lái)，然后躺下接著睡回籠覺(jué)，第二天早上準(zhǔn)會(huì)把昨晚的美夢(mèng)忘個(gè)精光。我23歲時(shí)，就做過(guò)這樣的美夢(mèng)。我猛然驚醒，想把所有的網(wǎng)絡(luò)內(nèi)容下載下來(lái)，通過(guò)鏈接的方式保存。于是，我抓起筆就開(kāi)始寫(xiě)。還好我把握住機(jī)會(huì)，從夢(mèng)里及時(shí)醒來(lái)，花了一整晚研究出實(shí)現(xiàn)方案，自信滿(mǎn)滿(mǎn)。

Soon after, I told my advisor, Terry Winograd,it would take a couple of weeks for me to download the web-he nodded knowingly, fully aware it would take much longer but wise enough to not tell me.The optimism of youth is often underrated!Amazingly, at that time,I had no thought of building a search engine.The idea wasn't even on the radar.Much later we happened upon a better way of rankingand we made a really great search engine,and Google was born.When a really great dream shows up, grab it!When I was here at Michigan,I had actually been taught how to make dreams real!

我對(duì)導(dǎo)師Terry Winograd說(shuō)：下載整個(gè)網(wǎng)絡(luò)需要幾周時(shí)間。他點(diǎn)點(diǎn)頭，其實(shí)心里清楚需要更久。但他很明智，沒(méi)打擊我。年輕人的激情不可小視！不過(guò)那時(shí)，創(chuàng)造一個(gè)搜索引擎，對(duì)我而言是天方夜譚。我從沒(méi)動(dòng)過(guò)這個(gè)念頭。很久以后，我們偶然找到了更好的排序方式。做出了一級(jí)棒的搜索引擎，谷歌就這么誕生了。所以，當(dāng)夢(mèng)想閃現(xiàn)時(shí)，抓住它吧！我在這兒念書(shū)時(shí)，曾學(xué)過(guò)如何夢(mèng)想成真。

I know it sounds funny,but that is what I learned in a summer camp converted into a training program called Leadershape.Yes, we've got a few out there.Their slogan is to have a “healthy disregard for the impossible”.That program encouraged me to pursue a crazy idea at the time.I wanted to build a personal rapid transit system on campus to replace the buses.Yeah, you're still working on that I hear.It was a futuristic way of solving our transportation problem.I still think a lot about transportation you never lose a dream, it just incubates as a hobby.Many things that people labor hard to do now,like cooking, cleaning, and driving will require much less human time in the future.That is, if we “have a healthy disregardfor the impossible and actually build new solutions。

聽(tīng)起來(lái)有點(diǎn)扯，但我確實(shí)從 ”塑造領(lǐng)導(dǎo)力“夏令營(yíng)中得到了啟發(fā)。看，真的有人參加過(guò)的吧。我們的口號(hào)是“世上無(wú)難事只怕有心人“！我們被要求去實(shí)現(xiàn)自己看似瘋狂的夢(mèng)想。我想建立個(gè)人快速交通系統(tǒng)來(lái)替代公交，我知道你們還在研究。沒(méi)準(zhǔn)是今后解決交通問(wèn)題的好方法。我時(shí)不時(shí)還在考慮交通問(wèn)題，夢(mèng)想不會(huì)消失，會(huì)變成習(xí)慣！我們現(xiàn)在花費(fèi)精力做的事情，比如做飯、打掃、開(kāi)車(chē)，今后占用的時(shí)間會(huì)越來(lái)越少，這不是天方夜譚。世上無(wú)難事，只怕有心人！

I think it is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams.I know that sounds completely nuts.But, since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition.In fact, there are so few people this crazy that I feel like I know them all by first name.They all travel as if they are pack dogs and stick to each other like glue。

The best people want to work on the big challenges.That is what happened with Google.Our mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.How can that not get you excited?But we almost didn't start Google actually because my co-founder Sergey and I were too worried about dropping out of our Ph.D.program.None of you have that issue it seems.You are probably on the right track, if you feel like a sidewalk worm during a rainstorm!That is about how we felt after we maxed out three credit cards buying hard disks off the back of a truck.That was actually the first hardware for Google。

我認(rèn)為，自古精英出狂人。這話(huà)聽(tīng)起來(lái)挺沒(méi)溜，但正因?yàn)閯e人沒(méi)你瘋狂。你的對(duì)手就很少事實(shí)上，狂人屈指可數(shù)。碰巧我都認(rèn)識(shí)，他們比狗仔隊(duì)還忙，比親戚還走得近，樂(lè)于接受一個(gè)又一個(gè)挑戰(zhàn)。谷歌就有這樣一幫人，我們的任務(wù)是整合全世界的信息，使其隨手可得，隨時(shí)可用。碉堡吧？但谷歌差一點(diǎn)夭折，因?yàn)槲液臀业拇顧nSergey擔(dān)心丟了博士學(xué)位。好在你們已經(jīng)畢業(yè)。當(dāng)時(shí)我們堅(jiān)信自己是一只暴風(fēng)雨里的小小鳥(niǎo)，總有一天會(huì)飛得很高。即使刷爆了三張信用卡，買(mǎi)來(lái)谷歌的第一批硬盤(pán)，也不曾后悔。

Parents and friends:more credit cards always help.What is the one sentence summary of how you change the world?Always work hard on something uncomfortably exciting!As a Ph.D.student, I actually had three projects I wanted to work on.Thank goodness my advisor said,”why don't you work on the web for a while“.He gave me some seriously good advicebecause the web was growing with people and activity, even in 1995!Technology and especially the Internet can really help you be lazy.Lazy? What I mean is a group of three people can write software that millions can use and enjoy。

Can three people answer the phone a million times?Find the leverage in the world,so you can be truly lazy!Overall, I know it seems like the world is crumblingout there,but it is actually a great time in your life to get a little crazy, follow your curiosity, and be ambitious about it.Don't give up on your dreams.The world needs you all!

家長(zhǎng)們，同學(xué)們。事實(shí)證明：多幾張信用卡總是有用的，如果用一句話(huà)總結(jié)：如何改變世界。為了迷狂般的夢(mèng)想而奮斗終生！其實(shí)在讀博期間，我想?yún)⒓尤齻€(gè)項(xiàng)目。還好導(dǎo)師建議道：”為什么不先研究網(wǎng)絡(luò)呢？“這個(gè)建議實(shí)在太好了，因?yàn)?995年網(wǎng)絡(luò)就開(kāi)始了迅猛發(fā)展?？萍?，尤其是網(wǎng)絡(luò)確實(shí)能讓人順利變”懶“。你看三個(gè)人做的軟件，能解決上百萬(wàn)人的需求問(wèn)題，你讓三個(gè)接線(xiàn)員回答上百萬(wàn)人的問(wèn)題試試？只找到能撬起地球的杠桿，才能讓人成功變懶。世界正在瞬息萬(wàn)變，但對(duì)你而言，這是個(gè)絕佳的時(shí)機(jī)！你可以不顧一切地追尋奇思，實(shí)現(xiàn)妙想，不要放棄夢(mèng)想，世界需要你們！

So here's my final story:On a day like today, you might feel exhilarated —like you've just been shot out of a cannon at the circus and even invincible.Don't ever forget that incredible feeling.But also always remember that the moments we have with friends and family,the chances we have to do things that might make a big difference in the world,or even to make a small difference to the ones we love all those wonderful chances that life gives us,life also takes away.It can happen fast, and a whole lot sooner than you think.In late March 1996, soon after I had moved to Stanford for graduate school,my Dad had difficulty breathing and drove to the hospital.Two months later, he died.I was completely devastated.Many years later, after a startup, after falling in love,and after so many of life's adventures,I found myself thinking about my Dad.Lucy and I were far away in a steaming hot village walking through narrow streets。

我還想說(shuō)個(gè)故事：如果某天你如現(xiàn)在這般欣喜若狂，就像從馬戲團(tuán)的炮口轟了出來(lái)，一頭沖向藍(lán)天。請(qǐng)銘記那一刻的美妙，同時(shí)請(qǐng)銘記那些和家人朋友共處的時(shí)光，銘記每一個(gè)上天賦予你改造世界的機(jī)遇，銘記為所愛(ài)的人做出的改變，銘記生活賦予的一切美好，但生活也能輕易將它奪走。人生無(wú)常，1996年3月下旬，我到斯坦福大學(xué)讀研不久，我的父親便因呼吸困難住進(jìn)了醫(yī)院。兩個(gè)月以后，他去世了。我當(dāng)時(shí)幾乎崩潰，許多年后，我創(chuàng)業(yè)，戀愛(ài)。歷生命的種種后，我總會(huì)想起我的父親。我和Lucy去過(guò)一個(gè)偏遠(yuǎn)又炎熱的村莊，在狹窄的街道上散步。

There were wonderful friendly people everywhere, but it was a desperately poor place.People used the bathroom inside and it flowed out into the open gutter and straight into the river.We touched a boy with a limp leg, the result of paralysis from polio.Lucy and I were in rural India, one of the few places where Polio still exists.Polio is transmitted fecal to oral, usually through filthy water.Well, my Dad had Polio.He went on a trip to Tennessee in the first grade and he caught it.He was hospitalized for two months and had to be transported by military DC-3 back home his first flight。

那里的人很友好，卻極度貧窮。污水不經(jīng)處理就徑直流入飲水河道，我們遇到一個(gè)因小兒麻痹而瘸腿的小男孩。那是在印度村莊，少數(shù)還存在小兒麻痹癥的地方。這種病主要?dú)w罪于污染的水源，我的父親也有小兒麻痹癥，他一年級(jí)去田納西州旅行時(shí)患病，住院兩個(gè)月后，由軍用航班DC-3送回家，這是他第一次打飛的。

My Dad wrote,”Then, I had to stay in bed for over a year, before I started back to school.“That is actually a quote from his fifth grade autobiography.My Dad had difficulty breathing his whole life,and the Polio are what took him from us too soon.He would have been very upset,that Polio still persists even though we have a vaccine.He would have been equally upset that back in India we had polio virus on our shoes from walking through the contaminated gutters that spread the disease.We were spreading the virus with every footstep,right under beautiful kids playing everywhere.The world is on the verge of eliminating polio,with 328 people infected so far.Let's get it eradicated soon.Perhaps one of you will do that。

他在五年級(jí)的日記里寫(xiě)道：我必須在床上躺一年，不能上學(xué)。父親一輩子呼吸困難，小兒麻痹癥使他過(guò)早離開(kāi)我們?，F(xiàn)在即使有了疫苗，小兒麻痹癥依然肆虐，在印度腳上的鞋子也會(huì)傳播小兒麻痹癥，穿過(guò)那被污染的攜帶著病毒的水溝，每走一步都在傳播病毒，病毒橫行于孩子們玩耍的每個(gè)角落，人類(lèi)正在努力消滅小兒麻痹癥。到目前為止，還有328例感染病例。讓我們加速這一進(jìn)程吧，也許你們中就有人能夠?qū)崿F(xiàn)這個(gè)目標(biāo)。

My Dad was valedictorian of Flint Mandeville High School class of 1956 about 90 kids.I happened across his graduating speech recently, and it blew me away.53 years ago my Dad said: ”…we are entering a changing world,one of automation and employment change where education is an economic necessity.We will have increased periods of time to do as we wish,as our work week and retirement age continue to decline and we wish that were true.We shall take part in, or witness, developmentsin science, medicine, and industry that we can only dream of today.It is said that the future of any nation can be determined by the care and preparation given to its youth。

我父親曾作為學(xué)生代表在畢業(yè)典禮上致辭。我最近看到他的畢業(yè)演講，震住了。他說(shuō)，這是一個(gè)瞬息萬(wàn)變的時(shí)代，一個(gè)科學(xué)技術(shù)和人才就業(yè)在不斷變革的時(shí)代，教育成為發(fā)展的必需品。我們有更多的時(shí)間做想做的事，因?yàn)楣r(shí)減少，退休提前，我們期待這一刻的到來(lái)。參與或見(jiàn)證科學(xué)、醫(yī)學(xué)、工業(yè)的飛速發(fā)展。人們說(shuō)，一個(gè)國(guó)家的未來(lái)取決于對(duì)年輕人培養(yǎng)。

If all the youths of America were as fortunate in securing an education as we have been,then the future of the United Stateswould be even more bright than it is today."If my Dad were alive today,the thing I think he would be most happy about is that Lucy and I have a baby in the hopper.I think he would have been annoyed that I hadn't gotten my Ph.D.yet.thanks, Michigan!

如果所有美國(guó)青年能像我們一樣接受教育，美國(guó)的前景會(huì)更加光明；如果父親還在世，他會(huì)為即將出世的小孫子而高興，也我沒(méi)獲得博士學(xué)位而揪心。感謝密歇根大學(xué)！

Dad was so full of insights,of excitement about new things,that to this day, I often wonder what he would think about some new development.If he were here today.well, it would be one of the best days of his life.He'd be like a kid in a candy store.For a day, he'd be young again.Many of us are fortunate enough to be here with family.Some of us have dear friends and family to go home to.And who knows, perhaps some of you, like Lucy and I, are dreaming about future families of your own.Just like me, your families brought you here,and you brought them here。

他對(duì)于新事物總有著敏銳的觀察，并充滿(mǎn)熱情。我時(shí)?；孟?，他會(huì)如何看待現(xiàn)在的變化。如果他還在，這會(huì)是他人生中最美好的時(shí)光。他會(huì)像在糖果店的孩子那樣開(kāi)心，我們大部分人都很幸運(yùn)，有家人為伴，有朋友相隨，可能有些人正在憧憬和另一半的未來(lái)。當(dāng)初家人帶你來(lái)此讀書(shū)，如今他們見(jiàn)證你畢業(yè)。

Please keep them close and remember:they are what really matters in life.Thanks, Mom;Thanks, Lucy.And thank you, all, very much。

請(qǐng)務(wù)必珍惜！記住——他們才是你們生命中最重要的人！謝謝你媽媽?zhuān)≈x謝你 Lucy！謝謝大家！

第二篇：谷歌創(chuàng)始人密歇根大學(xué)畢業(yè)典禮演講全文

以下是演講全文：

09級(jí)的同學(xué)，首先我希望大家站起來(lái)，向支持你們的親朋好友揮手致意!展示你們的愛(ài)!

今天來(lái)到這里我很榮幸。

請(qǐng)等一下。我知道，剛才那句陳詞濫調(diào)，大家可能在想：每一位畢業(yè)典禮的演講人都會(huì)說(shuō)——很榮幸，但就我而言，的確字真意深，因?yàn)槲襾?lái)到這里，要比你們所知的大多數(shù)人都更為特別而親切。我想告訴大家個(gè)中緣由。

今天我們?nèi)叶紒?lái)到了密歇根大學(xué)：我、我哥、我父母親。我父親在密歇根大學(xué)獲得了三個(gè)半學(xué)位，他的博士學(xué)位是通信科學(xué)，因?yàn)樗麄冋J(rèn)為計(jì)算機(jī)只是一時(shí)熱門(mén)，他是44年前獲得的。他與我母親為之作出了巨大犧牲。在撫養(yǎng)我剛出生的哥哥時(shí)，他倆經(jīng)常一分錢(qián)掰成兩半使。母親用手敲出了父親的論文，我戴的這頂天鵝絨帽是我父親的。這張文憑，和你們即將拿到的一樣，是我父親的。

我的祖父在密歇根弗林特的雪佛蘭工廠(chǎng)工作，他是裝配線(xiàn)上的一名工人。他曾開(kāi)車(chē)帶著他的兩個(gè)孩子來(lái)到這里，并告訴他們：這是你們今后要上的大學(xué)。他的兩個(gè)孩子都是從密歇根大學(xué)畢業(yè)的，這就是“美國(guó)夢(mèng)”。他的女兒，貝芙麗，今天也和我們?cè)谝黄?。我的祖母?jīng)常扛著一個(gè)大鐵錘，那時(shí)工人們靜坐罷工用以保護(hù)自己。當(dāng)我小的時(shí)候的時(shí)候，我就用那個(gè)大鐵錘在地上砸樹(shù)樁什么的?，F(xiàn)在人們不再需要扛著個(gè)笨重的大家伙保護(hù)自己了，這很好。但今天萬(wàn)一出了狀況，反正我?guī)е鼇?lái)了。

我父親后來(lái)成為密歇根州立大學(xué)的教授，我也是個(gè)非常有運(yùn)氣的孩子。教授的生活是非常有彈性的，他有大量的時(shí)間培養(yǎng)我，哪里有比在學(xué)校培養(yǎng)孩子更好的地方呢?

我想告訴大家的是，我來(lái)這里不僅僅是回家看看。我難以表達(dá)我來(lái)這里的自豪感，與我母親、我哥哥、我的妻子露西，還有你們大家。我為你們感到驕傲，為你的親朋好友驕傲，我們都加入了偉大的、大密歇根家庭，我感覺(jué)它是我生命的一部分。

我想告訴大家的是，我很清楚你們坐在座椅上，聽(tīng)著一個(gè)老家伙廢話(huà)連篇地做畢業(yè)典禮演講的感受，不要急，我會(huì)簡(jiǎn)短地說(shuō)。

我有個(gè)關(guān)于追尋夢(mèng)想的故事，更準(zhǔn)確地說(shuō)是一個(gè)發(fā)現(xiàn)夢(mèng)想成真之路的故事。

你們知道，午夜甜夢(mèng)中醒來(lái)是什么感覺(jué)嗎?如果床邊沒(méi)有紙筆把夢(mèng)記下，而第二天一早忘個(gè)精光又會(huì)怎樣嗎?

當(dāng)我23歲的時(shí)候，我就做過(guò)這么一個(gè)夢(mèng)。我猛地醒來(lái)，我想：如果我能把整個(gè)互聯(lián)網(wǎng)下載下來(lái)，僅保存著鏈接......，我抓起一支筆開(kāi)始寫(xiě)，有時(shí)候從夢(mèng)中醒來(lái)是非常重要的。我花了一個(gè)午夜的時(shí)間描繪了細(xì)節(jié)，并確信它將所有作為。不久后，我就告訴我的導(dǎo)師，特里·溫諾格拉德(Terry Winograd)，要花兩周時(shí)間下載整個(gè)網(wǎng)絡(luò)，當(dāng)時(shí)他點(diǎn)了點(diǎn)頭，其實(shí)他完全知道要花更長(zhǎng)的時(shí)間，但他很睿智，并沒(méi)有告訴我。年輕人的樂(lè)觀主義通常不可低估!令人吃驚的是，我沒(méi)有想過(guò)要打造一個(gè)搜索引擎。這一概念甚至沒(méi)有進(jìn)入我腦海。但后來(lái)，我突然想到了更好的給網(wǎng)頁(yè)排序的方式，以形成真正的搜索引擎，谷歌

就這樣誕生了。當(dāng)有偉大的夢(mèng)想出現(xiàn)時(shí)，抓住它。

我在密歇根大學(xué)上學(xué)時(shí)，老師教導(dǎo)我如何夢(mèng)想成真。我知道這聽(tīng)起來(lái)有些滑稽可笑，但我是從一次名為領(lǐng)導(dǎo)力成長(zhǎng)的培訓(xùn)項(xiàng)目中得到了啟發(fā)。該項(xiàng)目的口號(hào)就是“漠視不可能”。這個(gè)項(xiàng)目激勵(lì)著我追尋一個(gè)瘋狂的想法：我想在校園內(nèi)建造一套個(gè)人快速運(yùn)輸系統(tǒng)以代替公交。這是這種解決我們交通問(wèn)題的未來(lái)方式。我直到現(xiàn)在還想著很多有關(guān)交通的問(wèn)題，你不要放任夢(mèng)想，而要把它當(dāng)作一種習(xí)慣去培育?，F(xiàn)在人們花大力氣干的很多事情，如做飯、保潔、開(kāi)車(chē)，今后只會(huì)占用很少的時(shí)間。也就是說(shuō)，如果我們“漠視不可能”，就能找到解決方案。

我認(rèn)為，實(shí)現(xiàn)雄心勃勃的夢(mèng)想更為容易，我知道這聽(tīng)起來(lái)是一派胡言。既然沒(méi)有人能瘋狂到做這件事情，你也不可能完成。但最優(yōu)秀的人就希望挑戰(zhàn)。這就是谷歌所面臨的。我們的使命就是組織全球的信息，并且讓它到處能接受，并發(fā)揮作用。這難道不會(huì)讓大家興奮嗎?但是我們真的不想啟動(dòng)谷歌，因?yàn)橹x林和我都太擔(dān)心拿不到博士學(xué)位。不過(guò)我們后來(lái)刷爆了三張信用卡，從一輛敞篷貨車(chē)中買(mǎi)了硬盤(pán)，這也是谷歌最早的硬件。如果用一句話(huà)總結(jié)，如何改變世界，那就是在某種極度興奮的事業(yè)上發(fā)奮努力。

當(dāng)我做博士的時(shí)候，我像做三個(gè)方面的項(xiàng)目。感謝我的導(dǎo)師，他對(duì)我說(shuō)，“為什么你不做做網(wǎng)絡(luò)呢?”他給了我一些非常好的建議，因?yàn)榧词乖?995年，網(wǎng)絡(luò)正隨著人們和活動(dòng)的增長(zhǎng)而增長(zhǎng)。技術(shù)和網(wǎng)絡(luò)能使你變懶。變懶?我的意思是三人組合寫(xiě)的軟件就可以讓數(shù)以百計(jì)的人使用并受益，但三個(gè)人可以一天接上百萬(wàn)次電話(huà)嗎?找到撬起地球的杠桿，你就能變得更懶。

總而言之，我知道這個(gè)世界看起來(lái)已支離破碎，但這是一個(gè)偉大的時(shí)代，在你的一生中可以瘋狂些，跟隨你的好奇心，積極進(jìn)取。不要放棄你的夢(mèng)想。世界需要你們。

如果我的父親能活到今天，我想他最開(kāi)心的莫過(guò)于看到我、露西和我們的孩子在一起。我向他會(huì)因?yàn)槲覜](méi)能拿到博士學(xué)位而惱怒。我的父親是一位對(duì)新事物充滿(mǎn)洞悉力和激情的人，如果他活到今天，他一定會(huì)有新的想法，如果他今天也能來(lái)到這里，將是他一生中最為榮耀的一天之一。

感謝媽媽?zhuān)兄x露西，感謝你們大家。

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第三篇：谷歌創(chuàng)始人拉里·佩奇密歇根大學(xué)畢業(yè)演講稿

如果看過(guò)谷歌的介紹,可能你會(huì)不由得想到一個(gè)詞—神話(huà)。這說(shuō)的不光是拉里·佩奇和謝爾蓋·布林兩個(gè)博士沒(méi)讀完的輟學(xué)生在硅谷的車(chē)庫(kù)里創(chuàng)業(yè),最后建成了市值超過(guò)IBM(甚至有人預(yù)測(cè)五年后會(huì)超越微軟)的IT巨擎的傳奇故事,說(shuō)的還是谷歌里面那令無(wú)數(shù)打工族垂涎萬(wàn)尺的企業(yè)文化:牛仔褲、T-shirt衫的隨意穿著,美餐、中餐、印度餐等一應(yīng)俱全的大食堂,免費(fèi)就醫(yī)、洗衣、洗車(chē)的服務(wù),甚至可以帶上狗狗和滑板車(chē)一起上班……

谷歌的故事,舉世矚目。創(chuàng)始人的生活也為人津津樂(lè)道。今年5月,拉里·佩奇獲邀在母校密歇根大學(xué)的畢業(yè)典禮上發(fā)表演講。雖然已是成功典范,但拉里并沒(méi)有夸夸其談,他用誠(chéng)摯的語(yǔ)言講述自己家庭背景和人生經(jīng)歷,告訴大家人生中最寶貴的兩樣?xùn)|西—夢(mèng)想和親友。

Class of 2009!First I’d like you to stand up, and wave and cheer your supportive family and friends!I’m sure you can find them out there.Show your love!

A long time ago, in this cold September of 1962, there was a Steven’s co-op at this very university.That co-op had a kitchen with a ceiling that had been cleaned by student volunteers probably every decade or so.picture a college girl named Gloria, climbing up high on a ladder, struggling to clean that filthy ceiling.Standing on the floor, a young boarder named Carl was admiring the view.And that’s how they met.They were my parents, so I suppose you could say I’m a direct result of that kitchen chemistry experiment, right here at Michigan.Everyone in my family went here to Michigan: my brother, my Mom, my Dad—all of us.My father’s father worked in the Chevy plant in Flint, Michigan.He was an assembly line worker.He drove his two children here to Ann Arbor, and told them: That is where you’re going to college.I know it sounds funny now.Both of his kids actually did graduate from Michigan.That was the American dream.What I’m trying to tell you, this is WAY more than a homecoming for me.I have a story about following dreams.Or maybe more accurately, it’s a story about finding a path to make those dreams real.You know what it’s like to wake up in the middle of the night with a vivid dream? And you know how, if you don’t have a pencil and 4)pad by the bed, it will be completely gone by the next morning?

Well, I had one of those dreams when I was 23.When I suddenly woke up, I was thinking: What if we could download the whole web, and just keep the links? And I grabbed a pen and started writing!Sometimes it’s important to wake up and stop dreaming.I spent the middle of that night scribbling out the details and convincing myself it would work.Soon after, I told my advisor, Terry Winograd, it would take a couple of weeks for me to download the web—he nodded knowingly, fully aware it would take much longer but wise enough not to tell me.The optimism of youth is often underrated!Amazingly, at that time, I have no thoughts building a search engine.The idea wasn’t even on the radar.But, much later we happened upon a better way of ranking and we made a really great search engine, and Google was born.When a really great dream shows up, grab it!

When I was here at Michigan, I had actually been taught how to make dreams real!I know it sounds funny, but that is what I learned in a summer camp converted into a training program called Leadershape.Their slogan is to have a “healthy disregard for the impossible”.That program encouraged me to pursue a crazy idea at the time: I wanted to build a personal rapid transit system on campus to replace the buses.I still think a lot about transportation—you never loose a dream, it just incubates as a hobby.Many things people labor hard to do now, like cooking, cleaning, and driving will require much less human time in the future.That is, if we “have a healthy disregard for the impossible” and actually build the solutions.I think it is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams.I know that sounds completely nuts.But, since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you’ll have little competition.The best people want to work on the big challenges.That is what happened with Google.Our mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.How can that not get you excited? But we almost didn’t start Google, actually, because my co-founder Sergey and I were too worried about dropping out of the pHD program.You are probably on the right track if you feel like a sidewalk worm during a rainstorm!That is about how we felt after we maxed out three credit cards buying hard disks off the back of a truck.That was actually the first hardware for Google.parents and friends: more credit cards always help.What is the one sentence summary of how you change the world? Always work hard on something uncomfortably exciting!

As a ph.D.student, I actually had three projects I wanted to work on.Thank goodness my advisor said, “Why don’t you work on the web for a while?” Technology and especially the Internet can really help you be lazy.Lazy? What I mean is a group of three people can write software that then millions can use and enjoy.Can three people answer the phone a million times? Find the everage in the world, so you can be truly lazy!

Overall, I know it seems like the world is crumbling out there, but it is actually a great time in your life to get a little crazy, follow your curiosity, and be ambitious about it.Don’t give up on your dream.The world needs you all!

So here’s my final story:

On a day like today, you might feel 12)exhilarated—like you’ve just been shot out of a cannon at the circus—and even invincible.Don’t ever forget that incredible feeling.But also: always remember that the moments we have with friends and family, the chances we have to do things that might make a big difference in the world, or even to make a small difference to the ones we love—all those wonderful chances that life gives us, life also takes away.It can happen fast, and a whole lot sooner than you think.In late March 1996, soon after I had moved to Stanford for grad school, my Dad had difficulty breathing and drove to the hospital.Two months later, he died.I was completely devastated.Many years later, after a startup, after falling in love, and after so many of life’s adventures, I found myself thinking about my Dad.If my Dad were alive today, the thing I think he would be most happy about is that Lucy and I have a baby in the hopper.If he were here today, well, it would be one of the best days of his life.Many of us are fortunate enough to be here with family.Some of us have dear friends and family to go home to.please keep them close and remember: They are what really matters in life.Thanks, Mom;Thanks, Lucy.And thank you, all, very much.

中文翻譯：

2009屆的同學(xué)們,首先我希望大家都站起來(lái),向支持你們的親朋好友揮手致意!我相信你們都能在人群中找到他們,把你們的愛(ài)表現(xiàn)出來(lái)吧!

很久以前,1962年的寒冷9月,這座校園里有一家史蒂文消費(fèi)合作社。此合作社有一間廚房,那里的天花板由學(xué)生志愿者打掃,大概每十來(lái)年才一次吧。想象一下,畫(huà)面上有位名叫格洛里亞的女大學(xué)生,爬上了高高的梯子,努力地打掃那臟兮兮的天花板。一位名叫卡爾的寄宿生站在地上,為該情景欽佩不已。這就是他倆的初次邂逅。他倆就是我的父母親。所以我想你們會(huì)說(shuō),我就是這里——密歇根大學(xué)那個(gè)“廚房化學(xué)實(shí)驗(yàn)”的直接成果。

我們家的所有成員都畢業(yè)于密歇根大學(xué):我哥哥、我媽媽和爸爸——我們?nèi)?。我的祖父在密歇根州弗林特的雪佛蘭汽車(chē)工廠(chǎng)工作,他是裝配線(xiàn)上的一名工人。他曾開(kāi)車(chē)把兩個(gè)孩子送到安娜堡這兒,并告訴他們:這是你們今后要上的大學(xué)。我知道現(xiàn)在聽(tīng)起來(lái)很好笑。他的兩個(gè)孩子也的確從密歇根大學(xué)畢業(yè)。這就是“美國(guó)夢(mèng)”。

我想告訴大家的是,來(lái)這兒對(duì)我的意義絕對(duì)不僅僅是重回舊地。我有個(gè)關(guān)于追尋夢(mèng)想的故事,或者更確切地說(shuō),這是一個(gè)找到夢(mèng)想成真之路的故事。

你們知道,午夜從一個(gè)逼真的夢(mèng)境中醒來(lái)是什么感覺(jué)嗎?你們知道如果床邊沒(méi)有紙筆,而第二天一早就忘個(gè)精光又會(huì)怎樣嗎?

喔,我23歲的時(shí)候,就做過(guò)一個(gè)那樣的夢(mèng)。我猛然驚醒,想著:如果我們能把整個(gè)網(wǎng)絡(luò)下載下來(lái),但僅保存鏈接會(huì)怎樣?然后我抓起一支筆寫(xiě)了起來(lái)。有時(shí)候別做夢(mèng),及時(shí)醒來(lái)是非常重要的。我花了一個(gè)午夜描畫(huà)出細(xì)節(jié),并確信那是可以做得到的。不久后,我告訴我的導(dǎo)師特里·溫諾格拉德,那要花幾周時(shí)間來(lái)下載整個(gè)網(wǎng)絡(luò)——他只是會(huì)意地點(diǎn)點(diǎn)頭,他完全知道要花的時(shí)間其實(shí)長(zhǎng)得多,但他很睿智,并沒(méi)有告訴我。年輕人的樂(lè)觀精神通常不可低估!令人驚訝的是,我當(dāng)時(shí)沒(méi)有想過(guò)要造一個(gè)搜索引擎。這一概念甚至沒(méi)有進(jìn)入我腦海。但很久以后,我們突然找到更好排列網(wǎng)頁(yè)的方法,并造出一個(gè)非常好的搜索引擎——谷歌就這樣誕生了。當(dāng)偉大的夢(mèng)想閃現(xiàn)時(shí),抓住它吧!

我在密歇根大學(xué)上學(xué)時(shí),其實(shí)就學(xué)過(guò)如何實(shí)現(xiàn)夢(mèng)想。我知道這聽(tīng)起來(lái)很可笑,但那是我從一個(gè)由夏令營(yíng)轉(zhuǎn)化而來(lái)的名為“塑造領(lǐng)袖”的培訓(xùn)項(xiàng)目中學(xué)到的。該項(xiàng)目的口號(hào)就是“理性地藐視不可能”。那個(gè)項(xiàng)目激勵(lì)著我追尋那時(shí)一個(gè)瘋狂的想法:我想在校園內(nèi)建立一套個(gè)人快速交通系統(tǒng)以代替公交。我直到現(xiàn)在還在思考很多有關(guān)交通的問(wèn)題—你永不要放走夢(mèng)想,而要把它當(dāng)作一種習(xí)慣去培育。現(xiàn)在人們花很大力氣干的很多事情,如做飯、清潔、駕駛,以后只會(huì)占用人們更少的時(shí)間。也就是說(shuō),如果我們“理性地藐視不可能”,并確實(shí)找到新的解決方案的話(huà)。

我認(rèn)為,通常追尋雄心萬(wàn)丈的夢(mèng)想更容易些。我知道這聽(tīng)起來(lái)完全是一派胡言。不過(guò),既然沒(méi)有別的人瘋狂到會(huì)做這件事情,你就沒(méi)有競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手了。優(yōu)秀的人愛(ài)接受大挑戰(zhàn)。這就是在谷歌發(fā)生的事情。我們的目標(biāo)就是組合全球的信息,使其隨手可得,隨處可用。那怎么能不讓大家興奮呢?但是我們那時(shí)幾乎啟動(dòng)不成谷歌,因?yàn)槲液吐?lián)合創(chuàng)始人謝爾蓋都太擔(dān)心拿不到博士學(xué)位。要是你覺(jué)得自己是暴風(fēng)雨下人行道上的一條蚯蚓,那很可能你就真的走對(duì)路了。那就是我們刷爆了三張信用卡,從一輛貨車(chē)的車(chē)尾買(mǎi)來(lái)硬盤(pán)后的感覺(jué)。那就是谷歌最早的硬件設(shè)備。家長(zhǎng)和朋友們:多點(diǎn)信用卡總是有用的。如何用一句話(huà)總結(jié)你該如何改變世界?那就是在那些讓人極度興奮的事情上發(fā)奮努力。

當(dāng)我在讀博士的時(shí)候,其實(shí)我有三個(gè)項(xiàng)目是想做的。謝天謝地,我的導(dǎo)師對(duì)我說(shuō),“為什么你不先做一會(huì)網(wǎng)絡(luò)的事呢?”科技,尤其是因特網(wǎng)真的能讓人變懶。變懶?我的意思是一個(gè)三人的小組可以寫(xiě)出讓數(shù)百萬(wàn)人喜愛(ài)使用的軟件程序。但三個(gè)人可以接上百萬(wàn)次電話(huà)嗎?找到撬起地球的杠桿,你就能真的懶起來(lái)。

總而言之,我知道這個(gè)世界看起來(lái)分崩離析,但這確是你們?nèi)松幸粋€(gè)偉大的時(shí)代,你們可以瘋狂一點(diǎn),追隨自己的好奇心,雄心勃勃地實(shí)現(xiàn)它。不要放棄你們的夢(mèng)想。世界需要你們所有人。

以下是我要說(shuō)的最后一個(gè)故事:

就像今天的某一日,你們可能感到欣喜若狂,就像你剛從馬戲團(tuán)的大炮口被射了出來(lái)——甚至更加所向無(wú)敵。絕不要忘了那種難以名狀的美妙感覺(jué),但同時(shí),也要永遠(yuǎn)記住和親朋好友相聚的時(shí)刻,記住我們得做些可能會(huì)為世界帶來(lái)巨變的事情的機(jī)會(huì),或者只是為你所愛(ài)的人帶來(lái)小變化的機(jī)會(huì)——所有生活給予我們美好機(jī)會(huì),也能將它們帶走。世事瞬息萬(wàn)變,比你設(shè)想的要快得多。

1996年3月下旬,就在我到斯坦福上研究生院不久,我爸爸呼吸出現(xiàn)困難,被送到醫(yī)院。兩個(gè)月后,他去世了。我當(dāng)時(shí)幾近崩潰了。許多年以后,在我重新振作后,在我談戀愛(ài)后,在我體驗(yàn)了如此多的人生經(jīng)歷后,我發(fā)現(xiàn)自己總是想起我的爸爸。

如果我爸爸能活到今天,我想他最開(kāi)心的莫過(guò)于看到露西和我即將擁有自己的孩子。如果他今天也能來(lái)到這里,噢,那將會(huì)是他人生中最美好的日子

之一。

我們中很多人都很幸運(yùn),能夠在這里和家人們一起。我們中的一些還可以和親友家人一起回家。請(qǐng)和他們保持親密,并且記住:他們才是生命中真正至關(guān)重要的。

感謝媽媽,感謝露西。

同時(shí),十分感謝大家。

第四篇：拉里佩奇演講稿

2009屆的同學(xué)們,首先我希望大家都站起來(lái),向支持你們的親朋好友揮手致意!我相信你們都能在人群中找到他們,把你們的愛(ài)表現(xiàn)出來(lái)吧!

很久以前,1962年的寒冷9月,這座校園里有一家史蒂文消費(fèi)合作社。此合作社有一間廚房,那里的天花板由學(xué)生志愿者打掃,大概每十來(lái)年才一次吧。想象一下,畫(huà)面上有位名叫格洛里亞的女大學(xué)生,爬上了高高的梯子,努力地打掃那臟兮兮的天花板。一位名叫卡爾的寄宿生站在地上,為該情景欽佩不已。這就是他倆的初次邂逅。他倆就是我的父母親。所以我想你們會(huì)說(shuō),我就是這里——密歇根大學(xué)那個(gè)“廚房化學(xué)實(shí)驗(yàn)”的直接成果。

我們家的所有成員都畢業(yè)于密歇根大學(xué):我哥哥、我媽媽和爸爸——我們?nèi)?。我的祖父在密歇根州弗林特的雪佛蘭汽車(chē)工廠(chǎng)工作,他是裝配線(xiàn)上的一名工人。他曾開(kāi)車(chē)把兩個(gè)孩子送到安娜堡這兒,并告訴他們:這是你們今后要上的大學(xué)。我知道現(xiàn)在聽(tīng)起來(lái)很好笑。他的兩個(gè)孩子也的確從密歇根大學(xué)畢業(yè)。這就是“美國(guó)夢(mèng)”。

我想告訴大家的是,來(lái)這兒對(duì)我的意義絕對(duì)不僅僅是重回舊地。我有個(gè)關(guān)于追尋夢(mèng)想的故事,或者更確切地說(shuō),這是一個(gè)找到夢(mèng)想成真之路的故事。

你們知道,午夜從一個(gè)逼真的夢(mèng)境中醒來(lái)是什么感覺(jué)嗎?你們知道如果床邊沒(méi)有紙筆,而第二天一早就忘個(gè)精光又會(huì)怎樣嗎?

喔,我23歲的時(shí)候,就做過(guò)一個(gè)那樣的夢(mèng)。我猛然驚醒,想著:如果我們能把整個(gè)網(wǎng)絡(luò)下載下來(lái),但僅保存鏈接會(huì)怎樣?然后我抓起一支筆寫(xiě)了起來(lái)。有時(shí)候別做夢(mèng),及時(shí)醒來(lái)是非常重要的。我花了一個(gè)午夜描畫(huà)出細(xì)節(jié),并確信那是可以做得到的。不久后,我告訴我的導(dǎo)師特里·溫諾格拉德,那要花幾周時(shí)間來(lái)下載整個(gè)網(wǎng)絡(luò)——他只是會(huì)意地點(diǎn)點(diǎn)頭,他完全知道要花的時(shí)間其實(shí)長(zhǎng)得多,但他很睿智,并沒(méi)有告訴我。年輕人的樂(lè)觀精神通常不可低估!令人驚訝的是,我當(dāng)時(shí)沒(méi)有想過(guò)要造一個(gè)搜索引擎。這一概念甚至沒(méi)有進(jìn)入我腦海。但很久以后,我們突然找到更好排列網(wǎng)頁(yè)的方法,并造出一個(gè)非常好的搜索引擎——谷歌就這樣誕生了。當(dāng)偉大的夢(mèng)想閃現(xiàn)時(shí),抓住它吧!

我在密歇根大學(xué)上學(xué)時(shí),其實(shí)就學(xué)過(guò)如何實(shí)現(xiàn)夢(mèng)想。我知道這聽(tīng)起來(lái)很可笑,但那是我從一個(gè)由夏令營(yíng)轉(zhuǎn)化而來(lái)的名為“塑造領(lǐng)袖”的培訓(xùn)項(xiàng)目中學(xué)到的。該項(xiàng)目的口號(hào)就是“理性地藐視不可能”。那個(gè)項(xiàng)目激勵(lì)著我追尋那時(shí)一個(gè)瘋狂的想法:我想在校園內(nèi)建立一套個(gè)人快速交通系統(tǒng)以代替公交。我直到現(xiàn)在還在思考很多有關(guān)交通的問(wèn)題—你永不要放走夢(mèng)想,而要把它當(dāng)作一種習(xí)慣去培育?，F(xiàn)在人們花很大力氣干的很多事情,如做飯、清潔、駕駛,以后只會(huì)占用人們更少的時(shí)間。也就是說(shuō),如果我們“理性地藐視不可能”,并確實(shí)找到新的解決方案的話(huà)。

我認(rèn)為,通常追尋雄心萬(wàn)丈的夢(mèng)想更容易些。我知道這聽(tīng)起來(lái)完全是一派胡言。不過(guò),既然沒(méi)有別的人瘋狂到會(huì)做這件事情,你就沒(méi)有競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手了。優(yōu)秀的人愛(ài)接受大挑戰(zhàn)。這就是在谷歌發(fā)生的事情。我們的目標(biāo)就是組合全球的信息,使其隨手可得,隨處可用。那怎么能不讓大家興奮呢?但是我們那時(shí)幾乎啟動(dòng)不成谷歌,因?yàn)槲液吐?lián)合創(chuàng)始人謝爾蓋都太擔(dān)心拿不到博士學(xué)位。要是你覺(jué)得自己是暴風(fēng)雨下人行道上的一條蚯蚓,那很可能你就真的走對(duì)路了。那就是我們刷爆了三張信用卡,從一輛貨車(chē)的車(chē)尾買(mǎi)來(lái)硬盤(pán)后的感覺(jué)。那就是谷歌最早的硬件設(shè)備。家長(zhǎng)和朋友們:多點(diǎn)信用卡總是有用的。如何用一句話(huà)總結(jié)你該如何改變世界?那就是在那些讓人極度興奮的事情上發(fā)奮努力。

當(dāng)我在讀博士的時(shí)候,其實(shí)我有三個(gè)項(xiàng)目是想做的。謝天謝地,我的導(dǎo)師對(duì)我說(shuō),“為什么你不先做一會(huì)網(wǎng)絡(luò)的事呢?”科技,尤其是因特網(wǎng)真的能讓人變懶。變懶?我的意思是一個(gè)三人的小組可以寫(xiě)出讓數(shù)百萬(wàn)人喜愛(ài)使用的軟件程序。但三個(gè)人可以接上百萬(wàn)次電話(huà)嗎?找到撬起地球的杠桿,你就能真的懶起來(lái)。

總而言之,我知道這個(gè)世界看起來(lái)分崩離析,但這確是你們?nèi)松幸粋€(gè)偉大的時(shí)代,你們可以瘋狂一點(diǎn),追隨自己的好奇心,雄心勃勃地實(shí)現(xiàn)它。不要放棄你們的夢(mèng)想。世界需要你們所有人。

以下是我要說(shuō)的最后一個(gè)故事:

就像今天的某一日,你們可能感到欣喜若狂,就像你剛從馬戲團(tuán)的大炮口被射了出來(lái)——甚至更加所向無(wú)敵。絕不要忘了那種難以名狀的美妙感覺(jué),但同時(shí),也要永遠(yuǎn)記住和親朋好友相聚的時(shí)刻,記住我們得做些可能會(huì)為世界帶來(lái)巨變的事情的機(jī)會(huì),或者只是為你所愛(ài)的人帶來(lái)小變化的機(jī)會(huì)——所有生活給予我們美

好機(jī)會(huì),也能將它們帶走。世事瞬息萬(wàn)變,比你設(shè)想的要快得多。

1996年3月下旬,就在我到斯坦福上研究生院不久,我爸爸呼吸出現(xiàn)困難,被送到醫(yī)院。兩個(gè)月后,他去世了。我當(dāng)時(shí)幾近崩潰了。許多年以后,在我重新振作后,在我談戀愛(ài)后,在我體驗(yàn)了如此多的人生經(jīng)歷后,我發(fā)現(xiàn)自己總是想起我的爸爸。

如果我爸爸能活到今天,我想他最開(kāi)心的莫過(guò)于看到露西和我即將擁有自己的孩子。如果他今天也能來(lái)到這里,噢,那將會(huì)是他人生中最美好的日子

之一。

我們中很多人都很幸運(yùn),能夠在這里和家人們一起。我們中的一些還可以和親友家人一起回家。請(qǐng)和他們保持親密,并且記住:他們才是生命中真正至關(guān)重要的。

感謝媽媽,感謝露西。

同時(shí),十分感謝大家。

Class of 2009!First I’d like you to stand up, and wave and cheer your supportive family and friends!I’m sure you can find them out there.Show your love!

A long time ago, in this cold September of 1962, there was a Steven’s 1)co-op at this very university.That co-op had a kitchen with a ceiling that had been cleaned by student volunteers probably every decade or so.Picture a college girl named Gloria, climbing up high on a ladder, struggling to clean that

2)filthy ceiling.Standing on the floor, a young 3)boarder named Carl was admiring the view.And that’s how they met.They were my parents, so I suppose you could say I’m a direct result of that kitchen chemistry experiment, right here at Michigan.Everyone in my family went here to Michigan: my brother, my Mom, my Dad—all of us.My father’s father worked in the Chevy plant in Flint, Michigan.He was an assembly line worker.He drove his two children here to Ann Arbor, and told them: That is where you’re going to college.I know it sounds funny now.Both of his kids actually did graduate from Michigan.That was the American dream.What I’m trying to tell you, this is WAY more than a homecoming for me.I have a story about following dreams.Or maybe more accurately, it’s a story about finding a path to make those dreams real.You know what it’s like to wake up in the middle of the night with a vivid dream? And you know how, if you don’t have a pencil and 4)pad by the bed, it will be completely gone by the next morning?

Well, I had one of those dreams when I was 23.When I suddenly woke up, I was thinking: What if we could download the whole web, and just keep the links? And I grabbed a pen and started writing!Sometimes it’s important to wake up and stop dreaming.I spent the middle of that night 5)scribbling out the details and convincing myself it would work.Soon after, I told my advisor, Terry Winograd, it would take a couple of weeks for me to download the web—he nodded knowingly, fully aware it would take much longer but wise enough not to tell me.The 6)optimism of youth is often underrated!Amazingly, at that time, I have no thoughts building a search engine.The idea wasn’t even on the radar.But, much later we happened upon a better way of ranking and we made a really great search engine, and Google was born.When a really great dream shows up, grab it!

When I was here at Michigan, I had actually been taught how to make dreams real!I know it sounds funny, but that is what I learned in a summer camp 7)converted into a training program called Leadershape.Their slogan is to have a “healthy disregard for the impossible”.That program encouraged me to pursue a crazy idea at the time: I wanted to build a personal rapid transit system on campus to replace the buses.I still think a lot about transportation—you never loose a dream, it just 8)incubates as a hobby.Many things people labor hard to do now, like cooking, cleaning, and driving will require much less human time in the future.That is, if we “have a healthy disregard for the impossible” and actually build the solutions.I think it is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams.I know that sounds completely nuts.But, since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you’ll have little competition.The best people want to work on the big challenges.That is what happened with Google.Our mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally 9)accessible and useful.How can that not get you excited? But we almost didn’t start Google, actually, because my co-founder Sergey and I were too worried about dropping out of the Ph.D.program.You are probably on the right track if you feel like a sidewalk worm during a rainstorm!That is about how we felt after we maxed out three credit cards buying hard disks off the back of a truck.That was actually the first hardware for Google.Parents and friends: more credit cards always help.What is the one sentence summary of how you change the world? Always work hard on something uncomfortably exciting!

As a Ph.D.student, I actually had three projects I wanted to work on.Thank goodness my advisor said, “Why don’t you work on the web for a while?” Technology and especially the Internet can really help you be lazy.Lazy? What I mean is a group of three people can write software that then millions can use and enjoy.Can three people answer the phone a million times? Find the

10)leverage in the world, so you can be truly lazy!

Overall, I know it seems like the world is

11)crumbling out there, but it is actually a great time in your life to get a little crazy, follow your curiosity, and be ambitious about it.Don’t give up on your dream.The world needs you all!

So here’s my final story:

On a day like today, you might feel 12)exhilarated—like you’ve just been shot out of a cannon at the circus—and even invincible.Don’t ever forget that incredible feeling.But also: always remember that the moments we have with friends and family, the chances we have to do things that might make a big difference in the world, or even to make a small difference to the ones we love—all those wonderful chances that life gives us, life also takes away.It can happen fast, and a whole lot sooner than you think.In late March 1996, soon after I had moved to Stanford for grad school, my Dad had difficulty breathing and drove to the hospital.Two months later, he died.I was completely 13)devastated.Many years later, after a startup, after falling in love, and after so many of life’s adventures, I found myself thinking about my Dad.If my Dad were alive today, the thing I think he would be most happy about is that Lucy and I have a baby 14)in the hopper.If he were here today, well, it would be one of the best days of his life.Many of us are fortunate enough to be here with family.Some of us have dear friends and family to go home to.Please keep them close and remember: They are what really matters in life.Thanks, Mom;Thanks, Lucy.And thank you, all, very much.

第五篇：蘋(píng)果CEO庫(kù)克在華盛頓大學(xué)2015年畢業(yè)典禮演講 中英雙語(yǔ)

蘋(píng)果CEO庫(kù)克在華盛頓大學(xué)2015年畢業(yè)典禮演

（2015-05-20）

5月18日，蘋(píng)果首席執(zhí)行官蒂姆·庫(kù)克（Tim Cook）參加了美國(guó)喬治華盛頓大學(xué)畢業(yè)典禮，并發(fā)表了題為《總會(huì)有人改變世界的——這個(gè)人可能就是你》（someone has to change the world — it might as well be you）的主題演講。

與十年前喬布斯的“求知若饑，虛心若愚”遙相呼應(yīng)，庫(kù)克這次面對(duì)喬治華盛頓大學(xué)即將走向社會(huì)的畢業(yè)生講出的“金句”也是頻頻發(fā)人深省。

公平是一種權(quán)利！畢業(yè)生要與不公平抗?fàn)?/p>

庫(kù)克發(fā)表演講的地方是在華盛頓國(guó)家廣場(chǎng)，那里距離華盛頓紀(jì)念碑不遠(yuǎn)。華盛頓大學(xué)宣稱(chēng)，當(dāng)時(shí)有2.5萬(wàn)人參加此次畢業(yè)典禮，包括6000名畢業(yè)生。庫(kù)克稱(chēng)：“正是在這里，金挑戰(zhàn)所有美國(guó)人，讓民主的觀念深入人心。正是在這里，里根總統(tǒng)號(hào)召我們相信自己，相信我們能夠做出偉業(yè)。大學(xué)畢業(yè)生應(yīng)該堅(jiān)守自己的信念，他還說(shuō)自己一路奮斗走來(lái)，讓他愈發(fā)覺(jué)得，公平是一種權(quán)利，而作為畢業(yè)生要勇于與不公平做抗?fàn)??！?/p>

·與州長(zhǎng)見(jiàn)面不是我的榮譽(yù)，握著他的手就像是對(duì)我信仰的背叛

演講剛開(kāi)始，庫(kù)克就講述了美國(guó)近代史的一些故事。他說(shuō)，他心中的英雄是馬丁路德金和總統(tǒng)肯尼迪，因?yàn)樗麄儗⒄x和民主帶到現(xiàn)實(shí)中來(lái)。16 歲時(shí)庫(kù)克因?yàn)楂@得一次論文大賽的獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)，時(shí)任阿拉巴馬州州長(zhǎng) George Wallace 親自接待了庫(kù)克以及其他獲獎(jiǎng)的小伙伴。而庫(kù)克為 Wallace 的“接見(jiàn)”感到恥辱，因?yàn)楹笳咴七M(jìn)種族隔離，并禁止黑人上大學(xué)。他說(shuō)：”與州長(zhǎng)見(jiàn)面不是我的榮譽(yù)，握著他的手就像是對(duì)我信仰的背叛。”

·畢業(yè)生們不光要吃飽飯 也要堅(jiān)持夢(mèng)想 你不必在“做正確的事”和“好的生活”中作抉擇。若說(shuō)喬布斯的那次演講代表著一往無(wú)前的勇氣，庫(kù)克的理念則更接地氣，他希望同學(xué)們?cè)诔燥柖亲拥那疤嵯聢?jiān)持夢(mèng)想。

·總會(huì)有人改變世界，可能就是你

他還鼓勵(lì)學(xué)生：“不要害怕挑戰(zhàn)，也不要一味憤世嫉俗或批評(píng)別人，歷史從來(lái)都不是由一個(gè)人寫(xiě)下的，但也從來(lái)不會(huì)忘記一個(gè)人的貢獻(xiàn)，這個(gè)寫(xiě)下歷史的人可能就是你，那個(gè)人應(yīng)該就是你，那個(gè)人必須就是你。”

·我遇到的第一個(gè)讓我開(kāi)始質(zhì)疑一切的人就是史蒂夫·喬布斯

庫(kù)克談到，當(dāng)時(shí)他年近40，渾渾噩噩，正如當(dāng)時(shí)的蘋(píng)果公司。直到喬布斯邀請(qǐng)他去改變世界，讓他所有關(guān)于未來(lái)的假設(shè)被顛覆。當(dāng)時(shí)的庫(kù)克覺(jué)得改變世界很好，但是與工作無(wú)關(guān)，而喬布斯認(rèn)為這就應(yīng)該是同一件事。

·你必須找到你的北斗星（價(jià)值觀），那意味著你必須做出選擇

“我們認(rèn)為一個(gè)具有價(jià)值觀并真心為其付出的公司真的可以改變世界。個(gè)人也是一樣。這可能是你，也一定是你。畢業(yè)生們，你們的價(jià)值觀十分重要。它們是你的北極星。否則，它就只是一個(gè)工作，對(duì)于工作來(lái)說(shuō)人生太短了……尋找你的北極星。讓它指導(dǎo)你在生活和工作，或者說(shuō)你一生奉獻(xiàn)的工作……”庫(kù)克說(shuō)。

·將強(qiáng)大的技術(shù)轉(zhuǎn)變成容易使用的工具。這些工具可幫助人們實(shí)現(xiàn)自己的夢(mèng)想，更好地改變世界

史蒂夫創(chuàng)造了一個(gè)成功的公司，然后被趕走。當(dāng)他再回來(lái)時(shí)，公司已是一座廢墟。他正打算把一生奉獻(xiàn)給公司，盡管當(dāng)時(shí)并不知道蘋(píng)果將達(dá)到無(wú)人能想象的高度。很多人不記得，當(dāng)時(shí)的蘋(píng)果放任自流、群龍無(wú)首，但史蒂夫相信蘋(píng)果能再次變得偉大。他問(wèn)我是否愿意加入。他對(duì)蘋(píng)果的愿景是把強(qiáng)大的科技變成好用的工具，用這些工具幫助人們實(shí)現(xiàn)夢(mèng)想，并把世界變的更好?！な澜缧枰愕哪芰俊崆?，和你躁動(dòng)的努力

你們不用從“做對(duì)的事情”和“過(guò)好的生活”中抉擇，這根本不是一個(gè)抉擇，尤其在今天。工作應(yīng)該是：讓你付起房租，吃飽肚子，然后做正確、正當(dāng)?shù)暮檬?。無(wú)論你從事什么工作，都會(huì)有批評(píng)者和憤世者打擊你，同時(shí)也有很多沉默的好心人。仍有人在被迫害，仍有疾病需要治療，世界需要你的能量、熱情，和你躁動(dòng)的努力。

·在硅谷，人們相信任何問(wèn)題都能被解決，無(wú)論它有多么困難

在演講結(jié)束前，庫(kù)克還提及蘋(píng)果和硅谷的價(jià)值觀。庫(kù)克說(shuō)，在硅谷，人們相信任何問(wèn)題都能被解決，無(wú)論它有多么困難。這是非常真誠(chéng)的樂(lè)觀精神。蘋(píng)果也信奉類(lèi)似價(jià)值觀。他說(shuō)：“我在蘋(píng)果的一個(gè)朋友喜歡這樣說(shuō)：解決問(wèn)題的最好方式就是走出滿(mǎn)是蘋(píng)果工程師的房間，遠(yuǎn)離‘這不可能’的論調(diào)。取得重大進(jìn)展是可能的，無(wú)論你做出何種選擇，總是有冷眼旁觀者和批評(píng)者，同時(shí)好心卻無(wú)貢獻(xiàn)者也對(duì)實(shí)現(xiàn)目標(biāo)毫無(wú)意義?！?/p>

·加入蘋(píng)果17年來(lái)，我從未后悔過(guò)

庫(kù)克表示，他當(dāng)時(shí)依然忠于自己的價(jià)值觀，但只在工作中堅(jiān)持它們。他說(shuō)：“我覺(jué)得工作就是工作。在工作中保持專(zhuān)業(yè)性和謙遜態(tài)度非常重要。但喬布斯是個(gè)理想主義者，他讓我相信：如果我們努力工作，制作出更好產(chǎn)品，我們也能改變世界。我接受了他的邀請(qǐng)，這改變了我的生活。17年來(lái)，我從未后悔過(guò)?！?/p>

離開(kāi)講臺(tái)前，庫(kù)克還拿出自己的iPhone 6，拍攝了一張眾多畢業(yè)生的照片。這種至今為止只有蘋(píng)果才會(huì)締造出的社會(huì)價(jià)值在即將畢業(yè)的莘莘學(xué)子面前講述是再適合不過(guò)的了。

這是一種最好的廣告，也是一份最平常的“炫耀”。

Thank you very much President Knapp for that kind intro.Alex, trustees, faculty and deans of the university, my fellow honorees, and especially you the class of 2015.Yes.Congratulations to you, to your family, to your friends that are attending today's ceremony.You made it.It's a privilege, a rare privilege of a lifetime to be with you today.And I think thank you enough for making me an honorary Colonial.Before I begin today, they asked me to make a standard announcement.You’ve heard this before.About silencing your phones.Those of you with an iPhone, just place it in silent mode.If you don't have an iPhone, please pass it to the center aisle.Apple has a world-class recycling program.You know, this is really an amazing place.And for a lot of you, I’m sure that being here in Washington, the very center of our democracy, was a big draw when you were choosing which school to go to.This place has a powerful pull.It was here that Dr.Martin Luther King challenged Americans to make real the promises of democracy, to make justice a reality for all of God's children.And it was here that President Ronald Reagan called on us to believe in ourselves and to believe in our capacity to perform great deeds.I'd like to start this morning by telling you about my first visit here.In the summer of 1977--yes, I’m a little old--I was 16 years old and living in Robertsdale, the small town in southern Alabama that I grew up in.At the end of my junior year of high school I’d won an essay contest sponsored by the National Rural Electric Association.I can't remember what the essay was about, what I do remember very clearly is writing it by hand, draft after draft after draft.Typewriters were very expensive and my family could not afford one.I was one of two kids from Baldwin County that was chosen to go to Washington along with hundreds of other kids across the country.Before we left, the Alabama delegation took a trip to our state capitol in Montgomery for a meeting with the governor.The governor's name was George C.Wallace.The same George Wallace who in 1963 stood in the schoolhouse door at the University of Alabama to block African Americans from enrolling.Wallace embraced the evils of segregation.He pitted whites against blacks, the South against the North, the working class against the so-called elites.Meeting my governor was not an honor for me.My heroes in life were Dr.Martin Luther King, and Robert F.Kennedy, who had fought against the very things that Wallace stood for.Keep in mind, that I grew up, or, when I grew up, I grew up in a place where King and Kennedy were not exactly held in high esteem.When I was a kid, the South was still coming to grips with its history.My textbooks even said the Civil War was about states’ rights.They barely mentioned slavery.So I had to figure out for myself what was right and true.It was a search.It was a process.It drew on the moral sense that I’d learned from my parents, and in church, and in my own heart, and led me on my own journey of discovery.I found books in thepublic library that they probably didn't know they had.They all pointed to the fact that Wallace was wrong.That injustices like segregation had no place in our world.That equality is a right.As I said, I was only 16 when I met Governor Wallace, so I shook his hand as we were expected to do.But shaking his hand felt like a betrayal of my own beliefs.It felt wrong.Like I was selling a piece of my soul.From Montgomery we flew to Washington.It was the first time I had ever been on an airplane.In fact it was the first time that I traveled out of the South.On June 15, 1977, I was one of 900 high schoolers greeted by the new president, President Jimmy Carter, on the south lawn of the White House, right there on the other side of the ellipse.I was one of the lucky ones, who got to shake his hand.Carter saw Baldwin County on my name tag that day and stopped to speak with me.He wanted to know how people were doing after the rash of storms that struck Alabama that year.Carter was kind and compassionate;he held the most powerful job in the world but he had not sacrificed any of his humanity.I felt proud that he was president.And I felt proud that he was from the South.In the space of a week, I had come face to face with two men whoguaranteed themselves a place in history.They came from the same region.They were from the same political party.They were both governors of adjoining states.But they looked at the world in very different ways.It was clear to me, that one was right, and one was wrong.Wallace had built his political career by exploiting divisions between us.Carter's message on the other hand, was that we are all bound together, every one of us.Each had made a journey that led them to the values that they lived by, but it wasn't just about their experiences or their circumstances, it had to come from within.My own journey in life was just beginning.I hadn't even applied for college yet at that point.For you graduates, the process of discovering yourself, of inventing yourself, of reinventing yourself is about to begin in earnest.It's about finding your values and committing to live by them.You have to find your North Star.And that means choices.Some are easy.Some are hard.And some will make you question everything.Twenty years after my visit to Washington, I met someone who made me question everything.Who upended all of my assumptions in the very best way.That was Steve Jobs.Steve had built a successful company.He had been sent away and he returned to find it in ruins.He didn't know it at the time, but he was about to dedicate the rest of his life to rescuing it, and leading it to heights greater than anyone could ever imagine.Anyone, that is, except for Steve.Most people have forgotten, but in 1997 and early 1998, Apple had been adrift for years.Rudderless.But Steve thought Apple could be great again.And he wanted to know if I’d like to help.His vision for Apple was a company that turned powerful technology into tools that were easy to use, tools that would help people realize their dreams.And change the world for the better.I had studied to be an engineer and earned an M.B.A.I was trained to be pragmatic, a problem solver.Now I found myself sitting before and listening to this veryanimated 40-something guy with visions of changing the world.It was not what I had expected.You see, when it came to my career, in 1998, I was also adrift.Rudderless.I knew who I was in my personal life, and I kept my eye on my North Star, myresponsibility to do good for someone else, other than myself.But at work, well I always figured that work was work.Values had their place and, yes, there were things that I wanted to change about the world, but I thought I had to do that on my own time.Not in the office.Steve didn't see it that way.He was an idealist.And in that way he reminded me of how I felt as a teenager.In that first meeting he convinced me if we worked hard and made great products, we too could help change the world.And to mysurprise, I was hooked.I took the job and changed my life.It's been 17 years and I have never once looked back.At Apple we believe the work should be more than just about improving your own self.It's about improving the lives of others as well.Our products do amazing things.And just as Steve envisioned, they empower people all over the world.People who are blind, and need information read to them because they can't see the screen.People for whom technology is a lifeline because they are isolated by distance or disability.People whowitness target=_blank class=infotextkey>witness injustice and want to expose it, and now they can because they have a camera in their pocket all the time.Our commitment goes beyond the products themselves to how they’re made.To our impact on the environment.To the role we play in demanding and promoting equality.And in improving education.We believe that a company that has values and acts on them can really change the world.And an individual can too.That can be you.That must be you.Graduates, your values matter.They are your North Star.And work takes on new meaning when you feel you are pointed in the right direction.Otherwise, it's just a job, and life is too short for that.We need the best and brightest of your generation to lead in government and in business.In the science and in the arts.In journalism and in academia.There is honor in all of these pursuits.And there is opportunity to do work that is infused with moral purpose.You don't have to choose between doing good and doing well.It's a false choice, today more than ever.Your challenge is to find work that pays the rent, puts food on the table, and lets you do what is right and good and just.So find your North Star.Let it guide you in life, and work, and in your life's work.Now, I suspect some of you aren't buying this.I won't take it personally.It's no surprise that people are skeptical, especially here in Washington.Where these days you’ve got plenty of reason to be.And a healthy amount of skepticism is fine.Though too often in this town, it turns to cynicism.To the idea that no matter who’s talking or what they’re saying, that their motives are questionable, their character is suspect, and if you search hard enough, you can prove that they are lying.Maybe that's just the world we live in.But graduates, this is your world to change.As I said, I am a proud son of the South.It's my home, and I will always love it.But for the last 17 years I’ve built a life in Silicon Valley;it's a special place.The kind of place where there’s no problem that can't be solved.No matter how difficult or complex, that's part of its essential quality.A very sincere sort of optimism.Back in the 90s, Apple ran an advertising campaign we called “Think Different.” It was pretty simple.Every ad was a photograph of one of our heroes.People who had the audacity to challenge and change the way we all live.People like Gandhi and Jackie Robinson, Martha Graham and Albert Einstein, Amelia Earhart and Miles Davis.These people still inspire us.They remind us to live by our deepest values and reach for our highest aspirations.They make us believe that anything is possible.A friend of mine at Apple likes to say the best way to solve aproblem is to walk into a room full of Apple engineers and proclaim, “this is impossible.”

I can tell you, they will not accept that.And neither should you.So that's the one thing I’d like to bring to you all the way from Cupertino, California.The idea that greatprogress is possible, whatever line of work you choose.There will always be cynics and critics on the sidelines tearing people down, and just as harmful are those people with good intentions who make no contribution at all.In his letter from the Birmingham jail, Dr.King wrote that our society needed to repent, not merely for the hateful words of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people.The sidelines are not where you want to live your life.The world needs you in the arena.There are problems that need to be solved.Injustices that need to be ended.People that are still being persecuted, diseases still in need of cure.No matter what you do next, the world needs your energy.Your passion.Your impatience with progress.Don'tshrink from risk.And tune out those critics and cynics.History rarely yields to one person, but think, and never forget, what happens when it does.That can be you.That should be you.That must be you.Congratulations Class of 2015.I’d like to take one photo of you, because this is the bestview in the world.And it's a great one.Thank you very much.