Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988.
NUMBER:
2748
AUTHOR:
W Willard Wirtz, US Secretary of Labor
QUOTATION:
Commencement speakers have a good deal in common with grandfather clocks: Standing usually some six feet tall, typically ponderous in construction, more traditional than functional, their distinction is largely their noisy communication of essentially commonplace information.
ATTRIBUTION:
Commencement address at University of Iowa, Time 19 Jun 65
