--- description: There's been a lot of hoopla over commencement season this year. Protests have sent some would-be speakers packing in a huff. And, at the moment,... title: This Is the Only Commencement Speech Anybody Needs to Hear Ever image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Is the Only Commencement Speech Anybody Needs to Hear Ever by [Matt Vella](/author/matt-vella/) ## Matt Vella Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 19, 2014 1:47 PM CUT by [Matt Vella](/author/matt-vella/) ## Matt Vella Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 19, 2014 1:47 PM CUT There’s been a lot of hoopla over commencement season this year. Protests have sent some would-be [speakers packing in a huff](http://ti.me/1lqlptM "undefined"). And, at the moment, many people (on the island of Manhattan anyway) are wondering what the recently departed _New York Times_ editor Jill Abramson is going to say during [her speech at Wake Forest today](http://mashable.com/2014/05/19/watch-live-jill-abramsons-speech-at-wake-forest-commencement/ "undefined"). But, for its content and clarity, this 2005 Stanford commencement by the legendary Steve Jobs remains hugely popular. Here’s the full video above and a transcript, [courtesy of Stanford](http://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html "undefined"), below. --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/104599/steve-jobs-commencement/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/104599/steve-jobs-commencement/"},"headline":"This Is the Only Commencement Speech Anybody Needs to Hear Ever","datePublished":"2014-05-19T13:47:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:55:07.125Z","description":"There's been a lot of hoopla over commencement season this year. Protests have sent some would-be speakers packing in a huff. And, at the moment,...","url":"https://time.com/104599/steve-jobs-commencement/","keywords":["Apple","Steve Jobs","Stanford","Commencement"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Matt Vella","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/matt-vella/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/104599/steve-jobs-commencement/","name":"This Is the Only Commencement Speech Anybody Needs to Hear Ever"}}]}] ```