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You can’t trust those damn Catholics.
I got all sorts of great Nebraska jokes.
Sitting on a corporate board is a hobby for me.
I think what any student adds is the ideas they bring.
I did not want to go anywhere where I would be interim.
My mouth is sore from continually extracting my foot from it.
I am a bit odd. I am somewhat evangelical. But I am not crazy.
In tumultuous times, it's important to have a very mature leader.
Every time I get a lot of money, I cry, and I got a lot of tears left.
The Ohio State University has a rich - if quiet - heritage of the arts.
Let me just be very clear: I'm just hopeful the coach doesn't dismiss me.
We're going to make certain that we set a very high standard for ourselves.
I simply take serious issues seriously, but I do not take myself seriously.
If we make a difference in Ohio, we can make a difference on a national scale.
I think everyone needs to focus on the quality of the undergraduate experience.
I am trying to prioritize and keep everything in balance, which for me is not easy.
The universities of the 21st century are going to be the smokestacks of the century.
Intellectual curiosity drove Einstein to some of the world's most important discoveries.
Continue to surprise those who would put you in a neat demographic. Be insistently curious.
What I should do is go over to the surgical suites and get my foot extricated from my mouth.
Being president of a major public university is the most political nonpolitical office around.
The notion of the large, massive public university that can exist in isolated splendor is dead.
When the fabric of the universe becomes unknown, it is the duty of the university to produce weavers.
I've been president of Brown and chancellor of Vanderbilt, where they have very high completion rates.
Online is ridiculous. Places like Ohio State bring people here together, and students teach each other.
I believe that it is higher education's purpose and calling to keep open the door to the American dream.
So if a college education is indispensable, the challenge as I see it is how to make it more accessible.
I joke that being a university president is akin to being a pinata. But there are also notions of redemption.
I believe being president of a private institution is a remarkable experience, but at Ohio State, it's a calling.
Poland not only has a capable military but also is strong economically and does not need money being raised for it.
I love this university, and although I might be retiring from the presidency, my work with Ohio State will continue.
I think we can be competitive on and off the field and create a model where our athletes are scholars and learners, too.
At least for me, I believe that one learns from one's mistakes. And I made significant mistakes, and I learned from them.
What do I know about college football? I look like Orville Redenbacher. I have no business talking about college football.
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.
As one of the country's largest land-grant universities, Ohio State must play a critical role in moving our country forward.
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 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.
To be sure, American higher education is a diverse ecosystem, comprising institutions of all sizes, price tags, and mission statements.
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'm the seventh chancellor at Vanderbilt; Bobby Johnson is the 25th head football coach. That shows a lack of commitment to attract and retain.
A truly great university is a nucleus of artistic expression. It fosters creative, critical thought, and serves as a platform for civil discourse.
If people want to pigeon hole you then just view it as an opportunity to prove them wrong and show that you are different to what they think you are.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.