Penn State Quotes

• Since its founding in 1854, Penn State has proven to be a leading institution of higher learning.

  Tim Holden

  States, Institutions, Higher Learning

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• Penn State University is also nationally recognized for the exceptional research and patient care provided at the College of Medicine, located in my Congressional District in Hershey, PA.

  Tim Holden

  College, Medicine, Research

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• They ask me what I'd like written about me when I'm gone. I hope they write I made Penn State a better place, not just that I was a good football coach.

  Joe Paterno

  Football, Writing, Gone

  Gene Collier, Joe Paterno (1997). “The Paterno Legacy”

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• Penn State has also continued to be a leader in Pennsylvania's largest industry: Agriculture.

  Tim Holden

  Agriculture, Leader, Pennsylvania

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  Believe deep down in your heart that you're destined to do great things.

  Joe Paterno

  Life, Uplifting, Running

  "We were..." by Wright Thompson, www.espn.com. November 24, 2011.

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• As reporters in State College, there was a joke. We used to call Penn State, the Kremlin.

  Rodney Erickson

  College, Used, States

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• From now on, anyone raped at Penn State should just tell Joe Paterno's statue. It couldn't help you any less than the real Joe would have.

  Jim Norton

  Real, Helping, States

  Twitter post from Jan 22, 2012

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• We can never be like it was at Penn State with Joe Paterno. That was an anomaly in an of itself.

  James Brown

  Anomalies, States

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• I'm hoping that Penn State will one day be able to find a cure for cancer. Being a part of THON means I'm doing my part to find that cure.

  James Wolfe

  Cancer, Mean, One Day

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• I have a graduate degree from Penn State. I studied at Penn State under a noted Hemingway scholar, Philip Young. I had an interest in thrillers, and it occurred to me that Hemingway wrote many action scenes: the war scenes in 'A Farewell to Arms' and 'For Whom the Bell Tolls' come to mind. But the scenes don't feel pulpy.

  David Morrell

  War, Farewell, Mind

  "Writer-to-Writer: A Conversation David Morrell, Master of the Modern Thriller". Interview with Mark Rubinstein, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 4, 2013.

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• We also want to make sure Penn State becomes a national leader in this whole area of child abuse prevention and treatment.

  Rodney Erickson

  Children, Leader, Abuse

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• When you want to know what Penn State is, and when you want to know what 'We Are' means, come to THON.

  Jay Paterno

  Mean, Want, States

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• As good as we were, we didn’t win a National Championship until 1993, mainly because we kept losing to Miami on missed kicks. I used to get mad because nobody else would play Miami. Notre Dame would play them, then drop them. Florida dropped them. Penn State dropped them. We would play Miami and lose by one point on a missed field goal, and it would knock us out of the National Championship. I didn’t want to play them, either, but I had to play them. That’s why I said, 'When I die, They’ll say, ‘At least he played Miami.'

  Bobby Bowden

  Winning, Florida, Play

  "The case for FSU's dynasty" by Mark Schlabach, www.espn.com. December 25, 2012.

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• I will put my Butkus (Award) in storage. I will put my Alamo Bowl MVP trophy in storage. Jerseys, anything Penn State, in storage. Wherever Tom Bradley goes, that's the school I will start to put memorabilia up in my home. I'm done. I'm done with Penn State. If they're done with us, I'm done with them.

  LaVar Arrington

  Home, School, Awards

  "Bill O’Brien Hire At Penn State Angers LaVar Arrington, Other Former Players Loyal To Tom Bradley" by Michael Klopman, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 6, 2012.

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• The environment in Canada is much more conducive to doing critical work, though Canada has its own set of problems, but nothing like those emerging in the United States. Unlike Penn State which was a huge recipient of Pentagon funds, and was hostile to any criticism of its connection to the military and intelligence services, McMaster is a very open university that takes its commitment to a quality education and function as a democratic sphere very seriously.

  Henry Giroux

  Military, Commitment, Intelligence Services

  "Higher Education Under Attack: An Interview With Henry A. Giroux". Interview with C. Cryn Johannsen, www.truth-out.org. April 22, 2011.

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