Department: Quotes

I was the first woman in lots of positions at Texas. That was in some ways a tougher environment than here.

I want my first impression to be as a student, and sooner or later, the cat will be out of the bag that I’m an athlete as well.

I just refuse to let anyone feel as if they don’t belong.

I didn’t want to burn down Maury Hall–I was trying to protect Shannon and his family.

We do take preparedness very seriously to empower people and to minimize suffering, and I’m very proud of that.

I don’t aspire to be a university president, generally, but I am intensely interested in being the president of UVA.

The recent Charlottesville events bring these difficult questions to the fore, and existing law provides little guidance.

What I tell them from the get-go is that what I do is the opposite of magic, because the point of every demonstration is to convey understanding—to give away all the secrets.

We used to get 150 dozen doughnuts delivered every weekend, and by Sunday they would all be gone.

It’s very different from living in an off-Grounds apartment. You have to not just live for yourself. You have to actually think about others every day, because if you don’t, they’ll remind you.