--- title: "3 Steven Sample Quotes - Famous Engineer" description: "President of the University of Southern California (1940–2016)... | Steven Browning Sample was the 10th president of the University of Southern Californ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b133/author-steven-sample-87732.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Steven Sample](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b133/author-steven-sample-87732.jpg) # Steven Sample (1940–2016) Engineer **3** quotes in **39** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Steven Sample was an engineer. ## Quick Facts About Steven Sample Born November 29, 1940 Died March 29, 2016 Profession Engineer ## About Steven Sample President of the University of Southern California (1940–2016)... \| Steven Browning Sample was the 10th president of the University of Southern California (USC). He became president in 1991 and was succeeded by C. L. Max Nikias on August 3, 2010. Prior to his presidency at USC, Sample was the 12th president of the University at Buffalo (UB) in the State University o ## Quotes by Steven Sample > [Congenital naysayers are among the greatest stumbling blocks to thinking free. Rather than imagining how a new idea might possibly work, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-sample/congenital-naysayers-are-among-the-greatest-stumbling-blocks-to/) [Steven Sample](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-sample/) [Amount](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amount/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fb/steven-sample-87732_amount_congenital-naysayers-are-among-the-great_963459.png) > [A college president is like the lawn mower at a cemetary: he has a lot of people under him, but they don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-sample/a-college-president-is-like-the-lawn-mower-at-a-cemetary-he-has-a-lot/) [Steven Sample](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-sample/) [Attention](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attention/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3e/steven-sample-87732_attention_a-college-president-is-like-the-lawn-mow_2159015.png) > [The average person suffers from three delusions: 1) That he is a good driver 2) That he has a good sense of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-sample/the-average-person-suffers-from-three-delusions-1-that-he-is-a-good/) [Steven Sample](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-sample/) [Average](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/average/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ff/steven-sample-87732_average_the-average-person-suffers-from-three-de_2651288.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-sample/#itemlist", "name": "Steven Sample Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Congenital naysayers are among the greatest stumbling blocks to thinking free. 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