Jerry Seinfeld | Duke's 2024 Commencement Address

Jerry Seinfeld, award-winning comedian, actor, producer and author, delivered the commencement address during Duke's 2024 university-wide commencement ceremony in Wallace Wade Stadium on May 12, 2024. Seinfeld urged graduates to remember to laugh and navigate life with humor. "All of you here, without question, are the best of the best. Just don't lose your humor. It’s not an accessory. It's your Stanley Cup water bottle on the brutal, long hike of life," said Seinfeld.

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[jackieferrarimusic]

We’re embarrassed about things we should be proud of and proud of things we should be embarrassed about. Man that pretty much sums up our world today.

[antknee]

“…Don’t, think about having, think about becoming…” well said!

[asdfghjkl]

"not enough of life makes sense for you to be able to survive it without humour". Incredible.

[ShadyS-]

Jerry was, is, and will always be, one of the best! In time, those kids will come to realize how lucky they were to have been a part of this.

[kynthos]

"Humor is the most powerful, most survival essential quality you will ever have or need to navigate through the human experience."

[waatup]

I was one of the students there. Glad that I wasn't lazy enough to skip this or foolish enough to walk out on this amazing speech!

[TaylorBoldt-lqfw]

The fact he just preached instead of reading off of a paper is amazing. 100 percent real.

[pablorages]

"We’re embarrassed about things we should be proud of and proud of things we should be embarrassed about" ... everyone should hear this !

[walterjnajarro]

I learnt something today “don’t lose your humour”. Great reminder.

[michael]

I like what Jerry says about enjoying the little things. Makes me feel a lot better about enjoying my coffees, my waterman pens, my hobonichi diaries, and my Diesel jeans. If you are happy with the little things, the energy transmits to other areas of life creating a positive flywheel effect.

[christinesparangis]

I was there. Thank you, Jerry. We saw our goddaughter graduate with her masters. Your speech was very funny, yet so point on. :)

[sidlikeslasaga]

My life has taken many twists and turns. I wanted to work in radio and now I enforce laws. I love my job, my wife, my dogs and our first home. So much can change in life. Just keep going. Great speech Jerry.

[craigdavidson]

Congrats to Duke! You made an excellent decision to have Jerry give the commencement address.

[gpntevm]

no looking down at a script no teleprompter this is from the heart

[Jules-dnjl]

When you hear truth spoken, it just resonates. This speech totally resonated with me. Very grateful for Jerry's 70 years of wisdom distilled into that talk.

[RARAGEMI]

I love Jerry Seinfeld. He's generous with this speech. I wish I met someone giving me this speech when I graduated. He's talking about values here which I wished I had in my 20s.❤❤❤

[atulcharasiya]

This video came in my feed and being the Jerry fan that I am, I clicked on it. I love speeches made by comedians, especially him. 3-4 minutes into the video I realised I'm sitting on my bed in my dorm room and this is my last day of college. It is! I'm going to pack my bags after this. A cab is going to drop me off 220 km away tomorrow afternoon. This is my last day of college, night rather, I realised, and I listened to the rest of the speech with that realisation. I spent this day being jealous, regretful, and fixing problems with my phone at a shop, and attempting to return this booklet I had, at which I failed btw. I listened to this after eating. I just thought it was beautiful.

[jeffmiller]

Amen, Jerry Seinfeld. Whatever you think is cool, is cool. Just go for whatever you think is cool.

[melindavanfleet]

BRILLIANT. As a 53 year old- I hope this lands for the younger generation. Thank you Duke and Jerry! 🎤🔥❤

[MrCaryGrant]

"Hey kids, what's the deal with homework? You're not working on your home!" -Jerry Seinfeld