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

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

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.

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.

Keep trusting God. He will lead you in every step of the journey.

Heart language is logic set on fire.

If you burn away my bones, my love for him would remain, tattooed in the air.

You know, ” he says, voice still low.“I have had nothing but trouble since you walked into my life.” “I’d walk straight back out of it if only you’d let me.

In your life there are a few places, or maybe only the one place, where something happened, and then there are all the other places.

Well I loved the idea of playing a girl who dresses up like a dude.

The advance of technology, like the growth of population and industry, has also been proceeding exponentially.

I've got the brain of a four year old. I'll bet he was glad to be rid of it.

Fortunately, I don't talk about politics on stage.

I accept the resurrection of Easter Sunday not as an invention of the community of disciples, but as a historical event.