I believe that it is higher education's purpose and calling to keep open the door to the American dream.

When the fabric of the universe becomes unknown, it is the duty of the university to produce weavers.

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.

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.

Intellectual curiosity drove Einstein to some of the world's most important discoveries.

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.

So if a college education is indispensable, the challenge as I see it is how to make it more accessible.

To be sure, American higher education is a diverse ecosystem, comprising institutions of all sizes, price tags, and mission statements.

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.

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

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

Life is a book. We fill the pages.

You are not judged by your success, but rather, how you respond to your failures.

The unwelcome November rain had perversely stolen the day's last hour and pawned it with that ancient fence, the night.

People could live very happily without the Turner Prize, but they could not live without real communication and emotion.

Architecture is the reaching out for the truth.

Any new technology, if it's used by evil people, bad things can happen. But that's more a question of the politics of the technology.

If we make a great show of respect and love to God, in the outward actions, while there is no sincerity in the heart, it is but hypocrisy and practical lying unto the Holy One.

I urge all young people to go for their dreams. If they do, many of the world’s problems will be solved.

When you operate in an overbuilt metropolis, you have to hack your way with a meat ax.

We simply cannot afford to give the reigns of government so someone who will double down on trickle down