Gordon Gee Quotes

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• When the fabric of the universe becomes unknown, it is the duty of the university to produce weavers.
• A truly great university is a nucleus of artistic expression. It fosters creative, critical thought, and serves as a platform for civil discourse.
• As one of the country's largest land-grant universities, Ohio State must play a critical role in moving our country forward.
• Being president of a major public university is the most political nonpolitical office around.
• I am a bit odd. I am somewhat evangelical. But I am not crazy.
• 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.
• 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…
• Intellectual curiosity drove Einstein to some of the world's most important discoveries.
• 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.
• The Ohio State University has a rich - if quiet - heritage of the arts.
• To be sure, American higher education is a diverse ecosystem, comprising institutions of all sizes, price tags, and mission statements.
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• So if a college education is indispensable, the challenge as I see it is how to make it more accessible.
• I believe that it is higher education's purpose and calling to keep open the door to the American dream.
• Continue to surprise those who would put you in a neat demographic. Be insistently curious.

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