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Quotes About Penn State

It's one thing to be a cynic or an opponent of Jim Harbaugh if you're a fan of Ohio State or Michigan State or Penn State or an SEC school.
~ Kirk Herbstreit
Penn State has also continued to be a leader in Pennsylvania's largest industry: Agriculture.
~ Tim Holden
Jim Graham] had been a linebacker at Penn State, and was seriously old-school. I mean, really old-school; like he thought the forward pass was a trick play.
~ Randy Pausch
Fear turned to awe when I met my coach, Jim Graham, a hulking, six-foot-four wall-of-a-guy. He had been a line-backer at Penn State, and was seriously old-school. I mean, really old-school; like he thought the forward pass was a trick play. On
~ Randy Pausch
Boscow squinted. "We've played around on paper. Penn State, the Applied Research Lab, I mean. Wire guidance, or fiber optic, but there's that fucking jet back there.
~ David Poyer
The 150th anniversary of Penn State will highlight what is important and good about this distinguished institution and the fine people and research that it produces.
~ Don Sherwood
Since its founding in 1854, Penn State has proven to be a leading institution of higher learning.
~ Tim Holden
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
One of the advantages of having gone to Penn State was having had a scholar for a mentor - Philip Young. Also, a professional writer named Philip Klass taught there. He was a science fiction writer whose pseudonym was William Tenn. As a professional writer, he brought wisdom to teaching because he'd done it for a living.
~ David Morrell
I've had a wonderful experience here at Penn State.
~ Joe Paterno
At Penn State, I ran distance and cross country as a walk-on. I wound up running a lot of marathons, 30-plus. I was okay. I won one in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. I think it was around 2:30. I could crank those out all day.
~ Mark Parker
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
Lacrosse has a special place in my heart after starting my career as a lacrosse player at Penn State.
~ Chris Hogan
In College Bowl action, the University of Miami loses the national championship to Penn State when Vinny Testaverde, after selecting the "History" category, identifies World War II as "a kind of fish.
~ Dave Barry
We've been out of the country one time, in sophomore year, first game of the season versus Penn State, but it was in Ireland actually.
~ Shaquill Griffin