6 Quotes by Richard Levin

Global education is not a zero-sum game. The rise of universities in Asia will be a benefit to the entire world.

He was a forceful advocate for causes he believed in, ... Sometimes he regarded himself as the conscience of the University.

I think that my job is more to set direction, define objectives and develop strategies for reaching them, ... One takes account of the various constituencies in both shaping that agenda and persuading people about it, but if the primary goal were just balancing off the different interests of people, that would make the job pretty uninteresting.

Managing university finances is very tricky business. We're nonprofits. We're not supposed to accumulate large surpluses.

Water is free of charge. Why then do people drink Evian?

These are incredibly talented people who do wonderful work and enter careers that are not high-paying, ... Even members of the great symphony orchestras don't make a lot of money.