There are many things that matter much more than an editor's gender in shaping the direction of the leadership. — Nancy Gibbs Direction Copy Share Image
If boomers were always looking to shock, millennials are eager to share. — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
It's funny how things change slowly, until the day we realize they've changed completely. — Nancy Gibbs Change Copy Share Image
The typical white American woman in 1800 gave birth seven times; by 1900, the average was down to 3.5. — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
I've been grateful that 'Time's' reach and mandate is so broad; anything you're interested in, you can usually write about. — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Power is a tool, influence is a skill; one is a fist, the other a fingertip. — Nancy Gibbs Fist Copy Share Image
There's something very Nixonian about the idea of keeping an enemy's list. — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
If anything, the power of the cover of 'Time' has increased as the media landscape has atomized. — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
I'm wondering how many elected figures any of us could find who do not, in the front or back of their minds,… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Right now, doctors can test for about 2,500 medical conditions, but they only can treat about 500 of those. So what do… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
On the court, Jason Collins is not a huge basketball star, but he has already claimed his place in civil rights history… — Nancy Gibbs Athlete Copy Share Image
Photographer James Nachtwey has spent his professional life in the places people most want to avoid: war zones and refugee camps, the… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
When U.S.-based editors and columnists parachute into a news storm, it is often the stringers who keep us out of trouble, helping… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Inflicting emotional distress has typically been treated as a civil action. How 'substantial' does the distress have to be for it to… — Nancy Gibbs Action Copy Share Image
Once there was a boy so meek and modest, he was awarded a Most Humble badge. The next day, it was taken… — Nancy Gibbs Awarded Copy Share Image
America's presidents tend to die young. Maybe it is in the nature of the men who reach such heights, or of the… — Nancy Gibbs America Copy Share Image
“Kennedy may not have cared what Ike had to say. But he knew he at least had to appear to. If nothing… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
What is it about summer that makes children grow? We feed and water them more. They do get more sun, but that… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
In his final remarks to the White House staff, on the day he resigned his office, Nixon applied a version of the… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Even if it wasn't always morning in America during the years of his presidency, Reagan's eagerness to insist that it was tapped… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Rand Paul does not like being compared to his father Ron any more than sons named Bush like to dance in their… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
In 2001, President George W. Bush was condemned for politicizing science with his decision to limit federal funding for stem-cell research; in… — Nancy Gibbs Arguably Copy Share Image
Maybe we adults idealize our own red-rover days, the hot afternoons spent playing games that required no coaches, eating foods that involved… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Nixon urged Clinton to maintain his relationship with Yeltsin but make contact with other democrats in Russia. He warned Clinton away from… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
In many parts of the world, more people have access to a mobile device than to a toilet or running water. — Nancy Gibbs Access Copy Share Image
Bill Clinton left office with a more than 60% approval rating. — Nancy Gibbs Approval Copy Share Image
A typical smart phone has more computing power than Apollo 11 when it landed a man on the moon. — Nancy Gibbs Apollo Copy Share Image
As long as people have been making little people, they've wanted to know how not to. — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
When you are a media celebrity, every word you speak is dissected, as are those you choose not to speak. — Nancy Gibbs Celebrity Copy Share Image
Presidents make their hard decisions and then abide forever with their mistakes and regrets. — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
For the truly faithful, no miracle is necessary. For those who doubt, no miracle is sufficient. — Nancy Gibbs Doubt Copy Share Image
Democracy presumes that we're all created equal; competition proves we are not, or else every race would end in a tie. — Nancy Gibbs Competition Copy Share Image
There may be no less original idea than the notion that our hearts hold dominion over our heads. — Nancy Gibbs Dominion Copy Share Image
On a normal day, we value heroism because it is uncommon. On Sept. 11, we valued heroism because it was everywhere. — Nancy Gibbs Heroism Copy Share Image
Years later, nothing makes me more grateful as a parent than my daughters' encounters with classroom wizards. — Nancy Gibbs Children Copy Share Image
I come from a family of teachers, and I believe ideas matter; the good ones deserve reverence, and the bad ones, defiance. — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
In the weeks after 9/11, out of the pain and the fear there arose also grace and gratitude, eruptions of intense kindness… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
We are bombarded with reasons to stay inside: we're afraid of mosquitoes because of West Nile and grass because of pesticides and… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
