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" I believe that the future is determined by the great public universities. They educate 80 percent of the students and make the American Dream available. "

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" I did not want to go anywhere where I would be interim. "

" When the fabric of the universe becomes unknown, it is the duty of the university to produce weavers. "

" I think everyone needs to focus on the quality of the undergraduate experience. "

" College graduates work in every sector of the American economy, and the research engines incubated within our universities generate a wealth of ideas and innovations that have an enormous impact on our lives. "

" Intellectual curiosity drove Einstein to some of the world's most important discoveries. "

" I'm probably one of most quotable guys in America. "

" I believe being president of a private institution is a remarkable experience, but at Ohio State, it's a calling. "

" I love this university, and although I might be retiring from the presidency, my work with Ohio State will continue. "

" Everyone wrote our obituary but us and the coaches and the kids who stayed with us. The obit was, 'Vanderbilt will have to leave the Southeastern Conference. All the coaches are leaving, and all the students are transferring.' "

" If we make a difference in Ohio, we can make a difference on a national scale. "

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" Jewish students, by culture and by ability and by the very nature of their liveliness, make a university a much more habitable place in terms of intellectual life. "

" In a very complex world, you can no longer expect everyone to be great at everything. "

" Sitting on a corporate board is a hobby for me. "

" The arts, quite simply, nourish the soul. They sustain, comfort, inspire. There is nothing like that exquisite moment when you first discover the beauty of connecting with others in celebration of larger ideals and shared wisdom. "

" I am a bit odd. I am somewhat evangelical. But I am not crazy. "

" I joke that being a university president is akin to being a pinata. But there are also notions of redemption. "

" What I should do is go over to the surgical suites and get my foot extricated from my mouth. "

" I tend to deal with most issues with humor... always have and always will. "

" Every time I get a lot of money, I cry, and I got a lot of tears left. "

" My mouth is sore from continually extracting my foot from it. "

" I spent the first 18 years of my life in the pastoral town of Vernal, Utah, in the shadows of the Book Cliffs and the Uinta Mountains. "

" The Ohio State University has a rich - if quiet - heritage of the arts. "

" Online is ridiculous. Places like Ohio State bring people here together, and students teach each other. "

" I am trying to prioritize and keep everything in balance, which for me is not easy. "

" Continue to surprise those who would put you in a neat demographic. Be insistently curious. "

" At least for me, I believe that one learns from one's mistakes. And I made significant mistakes, and I learned from them. "

" We play very fine schools on any given day. "