Home / Topics / Syracuse Quotes

Syracuse Quotes

Browse 22 quotes about Syracuse.

Syracuse Quotes

“Terre Hill received an official nod by the United States Coast And Geodetic Survey, USC&GS, or just simply CGS, in the form of a permanent bronze marker in 1934. The Terre Hill survey markers have been officially recovered, or found, only four times since 1934. Unofficially the station has been logged three more times by geocachers using the NGS datasheets for reference.”

New York Essays Clay Syracuse Terre Cny

Book:Terre Hill, Woodard, New York State: Surrounding History & Exploration

Source: Terre Hill, Woodard, New York State: Surrounding History & Exploration

“My grandmother got her law degree from Syracuse University in roughly 1911 and later co-founded with her husband an investment banking firm on Wall Street known as Lebenthal & Co.”

Law Known Streets Wall Husband Degrees Investment University Firm Grandmother My Grandmother Banking Investment Banking Syracuse

Author:Buzz Bissinger

“My father was one of 11. He was an attorney. My mother worked for the Syracuse newspaper as a columnist before she became a stay-at-home mother.”

Home Mother Father Newspapers Attorney Stay At Home Columnists Syracuse

Author:Siobhan Fallon Hogan

“It seems to us unwise to have insisted on teaching geometry to the younger Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, in order to make him a good king, but from Plato's point of view it was essential. He was sufficiently Pythagorean to think that without mathematics no true wisdom is possible.”

Thinking Seems Order Views History Teaching Kings Essentials Mathematics Point Of View Tyrants Plato Geometry Unwise True Wisdom Plato S Good Kings Syracuse

Book:History of Western Philosophy: Collectors Edition

Source: History of Western Philosophy: Collectors Edition

“People didn't know certain things about me, which... I was out of creative writing class in school, Syracuse University; had a B.A. in English and wanted to write the great American novel but I also loved rock and roll. I was in bar bands all through college, playing fraternities and have to know all the songs in the top 10. That kind of thing.”

“I think the greatest all-around athlete ever was Jim Brown. He played lacrosse, basketball and ran track at Syracuse. He played professional football for the Browns.”

Thinking Inspirational Football Basketball Athlete Track Ran Brown Lacrosse Syracuse

Author:Will McDonough

“I would like somebody to be hated more than I am.”

Author:Dionysius I of Syracuse

“The color and spectacle of Mexico's streets sparked my interest in community driven space and experience, a passion that I began to develop while studying architecture at Syracuse University and then at the Architectural Association School in London. Having been immersed in such a diverse array of lively environments, it would be impossible for me not to use these memories and experiences as inspiration for my work.”

“As a kid I said 'Bob Costas went to Syracuse, I'm going to Syracuse'”

Said Kids Bob Syracuse

Author:Ian Eagle

“One of the proudest things I see is, now, 25 years after I graduated, when I go to a Syracuse sporting event, there's a senior or a junior from WAER broadcasting sports just the way we did, and just the way it happened a couple generations before us. That's a great legacy for the university and a great tradition that still continues to this day, and makes those of us who were a small part of it very very proud.”

Way Years Stills Sports Generations Happened Events Proud Couple Tradition University Legacy This Day Senior Juniors Small Parts Broadcasting Sporting Events Syracuse

Author:Mike Tirico

“Your peers are people in the business who are going to push you forward. So I think it's one of the reasons that Syracuse students come out truly ready for the industry because we've been rubbing elbows with people who are likeminded and just as 'pushy' or as ready to go as we are.”

People Thinking Reason Students Ready Industry Peers Elbows Pushy Syracuse

Author:Mike Tirico

“In presidential campaign I released a 65-page file from the Syracuse University College of Law that showed poor grades, back in college, also. If I were plagiarizing consistently, my grades would have been better.”

Ifs Has Beens Law Poor College Pages University Campaigns Presidential Grades Consistently Files Presidential Campaign Syracuse

Author:Joe Biden

“I'm reading George Saunders's story collection, "Tenth of December." He was my mentor at the University of Syracuse. The stories are mind-blowing like everyone says.”

Mind Stories Reading University Collections Mentor December Mind Blowing Syracuse

Author:Cheryl Strayed

“Too much sun after a Syracuse winter does strange things to your head, makes you feel strong, even if you aren't.”

Ifs Feels Doe Strong Sun Too Much Strange Spring Winter Strange Things Syracuse

Book:Speak

Source: Speak

“Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.”

Wisdom Silence Speech Silent Presentation Public Speaking Presenting Speaking In Public Syracuse Fear Of Public Speaking

Author:Dionysius I of Syracuse

“There were riots in just about every game we played with Syracuse.”

Games Basketball Riot Syracuse

Author:Bob Cousy

“There's a late-night scene in every town, and everyone has something going on, ... I've heard good stories about (Syracuse); this is a very good party town, a good drinking place. I definitely would like to come back and check it out further. Do some more research, as I call it.”

Stories Humor Funny Night Party Heard Scene Late Research Towns Drinking Very Good Checks Good Story Late Night Good Drinking Syracuse Good Party

Author:Dave Attell

“There are some cities that I did take time out to study, 'cause I love history and one of them was Boston, and of course Rome and all of those places like that. But, in Syracuse or Rochester, or any of those places, no.”

Courses Causes Cities Study Rome Take Time Boston Rochester Syracuse

Author:Connie Francis

“You'd have to live in a cave not to know about the Carrier Dome. It put Syracuse on the map.”

Knows Maps Caves Carrier Domes Syracuse

Author:Dick Vitale

“Rome wasn't built in a day, and neit'er was Syracuse.”

Built Rome Watersheds Syracuse

Author:Shemp Howard

“All roads lead to Wall Street, but we feel the effects of Wall Street on every street corner. Certainly in Syracuse, N.Y., where I live.”

Feels Streets Effects Wall Corners Street Corners Syracuse

Author:Dana Spiotta

“Because I was single, there was a chance I was a homosexual. Because I went to Syracuse, wherever that was, then I was probably a Communist. Or worse, a Liberal. Because I was from Memphis, I was a subversive intent on embarrassing Ford County.”

Chance Communist Homosexual Embarrassing County Subversive Memphis Syracuse

Book:The Last Juror

Source: The Last Juror