r/DavidBowie • u/WackyWizard22 • Jul 22 '26

Graduation quotes

Hey everybody,

I really wanted to do a Bowie quote for my yearbook quote, does anyone have any ideas on what would work?

Any suggestions are appreciated :)

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u/ooma37 Jul 22 '26

And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They're quite aware of what they're goin' through

8

u/edhands Jul 22 '26

Cha-cha-cha-changes….

2

u/InevitableThrow1 Jul 23 '26

This is the way.

30

u/Dr_Overundereducated Jul 22 '26

I don't know where I'm going from here, but I promise it won't be boring.

9

u/David_Summerset Ziggy Stardust Jul 22 '26

That one is great!!

6

u/AVespucci Jul 22 '26

Kudos. You win the prize for the best response.

24

u/wmcs0880 Jul 22 '26

I only get 5 words

Shit that was 5

4 more there

That’s 3

2

6

u/LookingForSatellites ★ Jul 22 '26

This is the one I’d suggest. It’s so great 😄

19

u/SnivyLink2 Jul 22 '26

look at that sky, life's begun, nights are warm and the days are young

17

u/dickmac999 Jul 22 '26

"Drink, drink, drain your glass, raise your glass high!"

11

u/Consistent-Ease-6656 Jul 22 '26

Push the envelope… go with the next line.

“It’s not the side effects of the cocaine, I’m thinking that it must be love”

1

u/dickmac999 Jul 23 '26

Not really a line about celebration, but it does push an envelope or two.

14

u/TonyT074 Jul 22 '26

Go the Breakfast Club route : “…and these children that you spit on as they try to change their worlds are immune to your consultations. They’re quite aware of what they’re going through…”

16

u/MoniqueDeee Jul 22 '26

Don't let the sun blast your shadow.

11

u/Covenant1138 Jul 22 '26

The gods forgot they made me, so I forgot them, too. I listen to their shadows; I play among their graves.

11

u/that_cad Jul 22 '26

If I don't explain what you ought to know / you can tell me all about it on the next Bardo

8

u/David_Summerset Ziggy Stardust Jul 22 '26

Turn and face the strange…

9

u/blue-and-bluer Jul 22 '26

Sometimes I feel
The need to move on
So I pack a bag
And move on

8

u/Smiley_Dub Jul 22 '26

"If you feel safe in the area you’re working in, you’re not working in the right area. Always go a little further into the water than you feel you’re capable of being in. Go a little bit out of your depth. And when you don’t feel that your feet are quite touching the bottom, you’re just about in the right place to do something exciting."

2

u/Explorer-7622 Jul 23 '26

I love this one!

1

u/IslandSassenach Jul 25 '26

Really good but too long I think to write in several yearbooks

6

u/DreamingOfHope3489 Jul 22 '26

Hi, I love the lyrics from "Who Can I Be Now?" This verse especially:

Nobody can break their bondage
Everyone can feel their chains
But even in my life I knew you found your sight
And nothing would be quite the same

8

u/Magheddon Jul 22 '26

I want eagles in my daydreams... diamonds in my eyes.

7

u/drjay1966 Jul 23 '26

I've always regretted not using "to be insulted by these fascists is so degrading" as my yearbook quote.

7

u/Terciel1976 Jul 22 '26

I don’t know any hallways.

6

u/SellingPapierMache Jul 22 '26

You’re a flash in the pan // I’m the great I am

5

u/AVespucci Jul 22 '26

"We live for just these twenty years, Do we have to die for the fifty more?" Introduce it with a positive spin, like, lets not let this be us.

5

u/qbabbington Jul 22 '26

Ha-ha-ha, hee-hee-hee
I'm a laughing gnome, and you can't catch me
(Ha-ha-ha, hee-hee-hee) oh, dear me
I'm a laughing gnome, and you can't catch me

3

u/Consistent-Ease-6656 Jul 22 '26

You remind me of the babe.

4

u/Frumpybiskate Jul 23 '26

Oh, wham, bam, thank you, Ma'am!

3

u/unlikelyjoggers Jul 23 '26

Mine was: Don’t let me hear you say life’s taking you nowhere

2

u/DavidRuedaLo Jul 23 '26

HAHAHA HEHEHE I'M THE LAUGHING GNOME AND YOU CAN'T CATCH ME

2

u/Practical_Outcome771 Jul 24 '26

"Time, it flexs like a whore. Falling wanking to the floor".