--- title: "10 Us Quotes By Nancy Gibbs" description: "10 Us quotes by Nancy Gibbs. Plus more from Nancy Gibbs and more Us sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cf/nancy-gibbs-2206_always_sure-we-want-to-know-what-a-president-be_2165894.png" --- > [Sure, we want to know what a president believes in... but that doesn't always mean he should tell us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-gibbs/sure-we-want-to-know-what-a-president-believes-in-but-that-doesn-t/) [Nancy Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-gibbs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cf/nancy-gibbs-2206_always_sure-we-want-to-know-what-a-president-be_2165894.png) > [It is faith that drives us to build, a belief that we cannot be limited by lack of nerve or airspace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-gibbs/it-is-faith-that-drives-us-to-build-a-belief-that-we-cannot-be/) [Nancy Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-gibbs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1a/nancy-gibbs-2206_belief_it-is-faith-that-drives-us-to-build-a-be_2496682.png) > [Professor Obama has at least talked to us like we're adults.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-gibbs/professor-obama-has-at-least-talked-to-us-like-we-re-adults/) [Nancy Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-gibbs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bee/nancy-gibbs-2206_adult_professor-obama-has-at-least-talked-to-u_2919572.png) > [I'm wondering how many elected figures any of us could find who do not, in the front or back of their minds,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-gibbs/i-m-wondering-how-many-elected-figures-any-of-us-could-find-who-do/) [Nancy Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-gibbs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be8/nancy-gibbs-2206_any_i-m-wondering-how-many-elected-figures-a_606070.png) > [Anyone with the right mix of parental paranoia and entrepreneurial moxie can make a fortune by selling parents the equipment we think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-gibbs/anyone-with-the-right-mix-of-parental-paranoia-and-entrepreneurial/) [Nancy Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-gibbs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c9/nancy-gibbs-2206_ahead_anyone-with-the-right-mix-of-parental-pa_1307950.png) > [When U.S.-based editors and columnists parachute into a news storm, it is often the stringers who keep us out of trouble, helping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-gibbs/when-u-s-based-editors-and-columnists-parachute-into-a-news-storm-it/) [Nancy Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-gibbs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e80/nancy-gibbs-2206_behind_when-u-s-based-editors-and-columnists-pa_1600378.png) > [If you want to humble an empire, it makes sense to maim its cathedrals. They are symbols of its faith, and when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-gibbs/if-you-want-to-humble-an-empire-it-makes-sense-to-maim-its-cathedrals-2/) [Nancy Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-gibbs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36c/nancy-gibbs-2206_burn_if-you-want-to-humble-an-empire-it-makes_1514875.jpg) > [Our children will outwit us if they want; for when it comes to technology, they hold the higher ground. Unlike other tools…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-gibbs/our-children-will-outwit-us-if-they-want-for-when-it-comes-to/) [Nancy Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-gibbs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b36/nancy-gibbs-2206_better_our-children-will-outwit-us-if-they-want_2564822.png) > [Most of us were probably less than immaculately honest as teenagers; it's practically encoded into adolescence that you savor your secrets, dress…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-gibbs/most-of-us-were-probably-less-than-immaculately-honest-as-teenagers/) [Nancy Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-gibbs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/491/nancy-gibbs-2206_accidents_most-of-us-were-probably-less-than-immac_437152.png) > [All our efforts to guard and guide our children may just get in the way of the one thing they need most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-gibbs/all-our-efforts-to-guard-and-guide-our-children-may-just-get-in-the/) [Nancy Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-gibbs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa7/nancy-gibbs-2206_again_all-our-efforts-to-guard-and-guide-our-c_2097587.jpg) ## Other authors on Us ## More by Nancy Gibbs > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-gibbs/back-in-the-really-olden-days-dinner-was-seldom-a-ceremonial-event/) [Nancy Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-gibbs/) > [The millennials were raised in a cocoon, their anxious parents afraid to let them go out in the park to play. So should we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-gibbs/the-millennials-were-raised-in-a-cocoon-their-anxious-parents-afraid/) [Nancy Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-gibbs/) > [Be bored and see where it takes you, because the imagination's dusty wilderness is worth crossing if you want to sculpt your soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-gibbs/be-bored-and-see-where-it-takes-you-because-the-imagination-s-dusty/) [Nancy Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-gibbs/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-gibbs/as-you-probably-know-i-ve-written-a-lot-about-the-presidency-so-it-s/) [Nancy Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-gibbs/) > [ \[Former chief executives\] come away thinking that America needs a strong, functioning presidency to succeed, and they become very protective of that office. Democrats… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-gibbs/former-chief-executives-come-away-thinking-that-america-needs-a/) [Nancy Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-gibbs/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-gibbs/it-s-hard-to-think-of-any-tool-any-instrument-any-object-in-history/) [Nancy Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-gibbs/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-gibbs/lydon-johnson-realized-he-really-was-president-that-his-identity-had/) [Nancy Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-gibbs/) > [A typical smart phone has more computing power than Apollo 11 when it landed a man on the moon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-gibbs/a-typical-smart-phone-has-more-computing-power-than-apollo-11-when-it/) [Nancy Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-gibbs/) > [George W. Bush, though a president's son, is cast as Reagan's heir even more than his father's.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-gibbs/george-w-bush-though-a-president-s-son-is-cast-as-reagan-s-heir-even/) [Nancy Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-gibbs/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-gibbs/for-god-to-be-kept-out-of-the-classroom-or-out-of-america-s-public/) [Nancy Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-gibbs/) > [Pain is the most private experience, but its causes, whether natural or man-made, demand public accounting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-gibbs/pain-is-the-most-private-experience-but-its-causes-whether-natural-or/) [Nancy Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-gibbs/) > [On the court, Jason Collins is not a huge basketball star, but he has already claimed his place in civil rights history as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-gibbs/on-the-court-jason-collins-is-not-a-huge-basketball-star-but-he-has/) [Nancy Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-gibbs/) > [When you are a media celebrity, every word you speak is dissected, as are those you choose not to speak.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-gibbs/when-you-are-a-media-celebrity-every-word-you-speak-is-dissected-as/) [Nancy Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-gibbs/) > [If you want to humble an empire it makes sense to maim its cathedrals. They are symbols of its faith, and when they crumple…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-gibbs/if-you-want-to-humble-an-empire-it-makes-sense-to-maim-its-cathedrals/) [Nancy Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-gibbs/) > [“The wand is mighter then the sword.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-gibbs/the-wand-is-mighter-then-the-sword/) [Nancy Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-gibbs/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/us/nancy-gibbs/#itemlist", "name": "10 Us Quotes By Nancy Gibbs", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sure, we want to know what a president believes in... but that doesn't always mean he should tell us.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nancy Gibbs" }, "url": 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