Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" 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. "

Related Quotes:

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

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

Make A Difference

" 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 believe everything learned in college is an answer to a question that someone has posed. Questions get posed differently and the answers that come back transport us to places we never knew existed. "

" 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.' "

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

" In tumultuous times, it's important to have a very mature leader. "

" 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. "

" The notion of the large, massive public university that can exist in isolated splendor is dead. "

" What do I know about college football? I look like Orville Redenbacher. I have no business talking about college football. "

" People look at me like I'm crazy when I say that our greatest partnership here at Ohio State should be with the community colleges. "

" I believe that it is higher education's purpose and calling to keep open the door to the American dream. "

" The strength of the American higher education system is that it is a multifaceted, multi-layered system, and that is what makes us very strong. "

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

" So if a college education is indispensable, the challenge as I see it is how to make it more accessible. "

" To be sure, American higher education is a diverse ecosystem, comprising institutions of all sizes, price tags, and mission statements. "

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

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

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

" The universities of the 21st century are going to be the smokestacks of the century. "

" I think what any student adds is the ideas they bring. "

" I often have said that to be a college president, you need a thick skin, a good sense of humor, and nerves like sewer pipes. "

" Poland not only has a capable military but also is strong economically and does not need money being raised for it. "

" Being president of a major public university is the most political nonpolitical office around. "

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "