People often recommend, "Why do you ask?" as a good conversation stopper. But that really doesn't end the conversation, it just leaves the other person sputtering for a response. I like, "You'll be the first to know.". — Emily Yoffe Copy Share Image
As far as types preferring other types, people of the same type can understand each others' perspective very well, but also drive each other… — Emily Yoffe Copy Share
The sadness from reading letters that you know you can't help because it's a person who's in extremis and their problems are not soluble… — Emily Yoffe Copy Share
Obama's major accomplishment is himself. This can be an effective argument to make to undecided voters and something Obama has to artfully address. — Emily Yoffe Copy Share
Keep in mind that when you tell people to come see you, they might not get the idea about when it's time to leave. — Emily Yoffe Copy Share
When you have a life milestone happen, it's good to step back and reassess the things you thought you knew about yourself. — Emily Yoffe Copy Share
Love is not shown by giving your toddler a car. It's better demonstrated by clapping as she bangs on pots or singing to her… — Emily Yoffe Copy Share
Unless you work at the Republican National Committee or some other conservatively affiliated organization, people's personal political preferences should not be a criterion for… — Emily Yoffe Copy Share
I spent most of my 20s dating older men, and I really wish I had spent that time dating men my own age who… — Emily Yoffe Copy Share
There are some people who do not have a wild past because being wild would make them terribly self-conscious and uncomfortable. — Emily Yoffe Copy Share
Sometimes people have a wild past because they have an essentially wild nature, and that's how they plan to go through life. Sometimes such… — Emily Yoffe Copy Share
Extreme picky eaters may have what's called Selective Eating Disorder. People with this experience physical and psychological discomfort over certain tastes, smells, textures. — Emily Yoffe Copy Share
When my daughter left for college, I lost my in-house consultant to youth culture. There's just stuff I don't get. And there's something kind… — Emily Yoffe Copy Share
Sure, people talk about all kinds of stuff at the office, but surely everyone has better things to do than sound like they're auditioning… — Emily Yoffe Copy Share
