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" Poland not only has a capable military but also is strong economically and does not need money being raised for it. "
Gordon Gee
Strong
Need
Money
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" Continue to surprise those who would put you in a neat demographic. Be insistently curious. "
Gordon Gee
Curious
Neat
Surprise
" We play very fine schools on any given day. "
Gordon Gee
Day
Fine
Play
" As one of the country's largest land-grant universities, Ohio State must play a critical role in moving our country forward. "
Gordon Gee
Ohio
Play
Country
" I'm the seventh chancellor at Vanderbilt; Bobby Johnson is the 25th head football coach. That shows a lack of commitment to attract and retain. "
Gordon Gee
Coach
Lack
Head
" The universities of the 21st century are going to be the smokestacks of the century. "
Gordon Gee
21st Century
Universities
Going
" I did not want to go anywhere where I would be interim. "
Gordon Gee
Want
Anywhere
Would
" I got all sorts of great Nebraska jokes. "
Gordon Gee
Nebraska
Jokes
Got
" What do I know about college football? I look like Orville Redenbacher. I have no business talking about college football. "
Gordon Gee
Know
Football
Look
" I joke that being a university president is akin to being a pinata. But there are also notions of redemption. "
Gordon Gee
President
Joke
University
" Every time I get a lot of money, I cry, and I got a lot of tears left. "
Gordon Gee
Time
Money
Cry
" 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.' "
Gordon Gee
Students
Conference
Everyone
" When the fabric of the universe becomes unknown, it is the duty of the university to produce weavers. "
Gordon Gee
Universe
Unknown
Duty
" I believe we have the best football coach in the country in Urban Meyer. I had the privilege of hiring him, as you know, and I think he is doing fabulous work. "
Gordon Gee
Think
Believe
Best
" The Ohio State University has a rich - if quiet - heritage of the arts. "
Gordon Gee
Quiet
Arts
University
" I think everyone needs to focus on the quality of the undergraduate experience. "
Gordon Gee
Focus
Experience
Quality
" 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. "
Gordon Gee
Book
Life
Mountains
" 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. "
Gordon Gee
Life
Culture
Place
" If we make a difference in Ohio, we can make a difference on a national scale. "
Gordon Gee
Make A Difference
Ohio
Difference
" Founded when Abraham Lincoln believed education could lead the nation out of its darkest days, Ohio State now provides a powerful platform of interdisciplinary academic programs, world-class scholars, outstanding students, and extensive research capabilities. "
Gordon Gee
Research
Nation
Powerful
" 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. "
Gordon Gee
American Dream
American
Future
" Let me just be very clear: I'm just hopeful the coach doesn't dismiss me. "
Gordon Gee
Me
Just
Just Be
" You have great athletic directors, you let them run it; you keep yourself informed, but I'm not the athletic director. I'm the president of the university. "
Gordon Gee
Director
You
Run
" 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. "
Gordon Gee
Education
Strength
Strong
" In tumultuous times, it's important to have a very mature leader. "
Gordon Gee
Important
Very
Times
" I am not a scientist. I have never analyzed the far reaches of the solar system through the lens of a telescope nor scrutinized cancer cells under a microscope. "
Gordon Gee
I Am
Cancer
Lens
" What I should do is go over to the surgical suites and get my foot extricated from my mouth. "
Gordon Gee
Get
Foot
Go
" The notion of the large, massive public university that can exist in isolated splendor is dead. "
Gordon Gee
Large
University
Exist
" I have a passion for academic life, a passion for students and for the ability and the narrative of a university to make a difference in the world in which they reside. "
Gordon Gee
World
Make A Difference
Passion
" I've been president of Brown and chancellor of Vanderbilt, where they have very high completion rates. "
Gordon Gee
Where
Been
Completion
" Online is ridiculous. Places like Ohio State bring people here together, and students teach each other. "
Gordon Gee
People
Students
Bring