Gordon Gee Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“A truly great university is a nucleus of artistic expression. It fosters creative, critical thought, and serves as a platform for civil discourse.”

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

“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 Uinta Mountains.”

“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 that have an enormous impact on our lives.”

“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.”

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

“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.”