If you want to humble an empire, it makes sense to maim its cathedrals. They are symbols of its faith, and when they crumple and burn, it tells us we are not so powerful and we can't be safe. — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Adolescence, that swampy zone between safety and power, is best patrolled by adults armed with sense and mercy, not guns and a badge. — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Back in the really olden days, dinner was seldom a ceremonial event for U.S. families. Only the very wealthy had a separate dining room.… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
The millennials were raised in a cocoon, their anxious parents afraid to let them go out in the park to play. So should we… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Be bored and see where it takes you, because the imagination's dusty wilderness is worth crossing if you want to sculpt your soul. — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
As you probably know, I've written a lot about the presidency, so it's obviously exciting when you get to interview a president and write… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
[Former chief executives] come away thinking that America needs a strong, functioning presidency to succeed, and they become very protective of that office. Democrats… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
It's hard to think of any tool, any instrument, any object in history with which so many developed so close a relationship so quickly… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
“Lydon Johnson realized he really was President, that his identity had changed by President Kennedy's shocking death, when aides who had been like family… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
A typical smart phone has more computing power than Apollo 11 when it landed a man on the moon. — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
George W. Bush, though a president's son, is cast as Reagan's heir even more than his father's. — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
For God to be kept out of the classroom or out of America's public debate by nervous school administrators or overcautious politicians serves no… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Pain is the most private experience, but its causes, whether natural or man-made, demand public accounting. — 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 as the… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
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