--- title: "10 Who Quotes By Nancy Gibbs" description: "10 Who quotes by Nancy Gibbs. Plus more from Nancy Gibbs and more Who sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be8/nancy-gibbs-2206_any_i-m-wondering-how-many-elected-figures-a_606070.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) > [Members of royal families are born into a world of indulgence and entitlement, and the princelings who grow up that way may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-gibbs/members-of-royal-families-are-born-into-a-world-of-indulgence-and-2/) [Nancy Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-gibbs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75c/nancy-gibbs-2206_any_members-of-royal-families-are-born-into_2773295.jpg) > [It's the experts in adolescent development who wax most emphatic about the value of family meals, for it's in the teenage years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-gibbs/it-s-the-experts-in-adolescent-development-who-wax-most-emphatic/) [Nancy Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-gibbs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ae/nancy-gibbs-2206_about_it-s-the-experts-in-adolescent-developme_1696979.jpg) > [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) > [America's presidents tend to die young. Maybe it is in the nature of the men who reach such heights, or of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-gibbs/america-s-presidents-tend-to-die-young-maybe-it-is-in-the-nature-of/) [Nancy Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-gibbs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/210/nancy-gibbs-2206_america_america-s-presidents-tend-to-die-young-m_2138874.jpg) > [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) > [It is actually the neuroscientists and evolutionists who do the best job of explaining the reasons behind the most unreasonable behavior.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-gibbs/it-is-actually-the-neuroscientists-and-evolutionists-who-do-the-best/) [Nancy Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-gibbs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bf/nancy-gibbs-2206_actually_it-is-actually-the-neuroscientists-and-e_1065234.png) > [A lot of camps and summer programs for kids seem to have discovered that among the most valuable things they offer is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-gibbs/a-lot-of-camps-and-summer-programs-for-kids-seem-to-have-discovered/) [Nancy Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-gibbs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c6/nancy-gibbs-2206_among_a-lot-of-camps-and-summer-programs-for-k_2167285.png) > [Runners exalt the marathon as a public test of private will, when months or years of solitary training, early mornings, lost weekends,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-gibbs/runners-exalt-the-marathon-as-a-public-test-of-private-will-when/) [Nancy Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-gibbs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/134/nancy-gibbs-2206_cheer_runners-exalt-the-marathon-as-a-public-t_1053056.png) > [High school is a haunted house in April, when seniors act up because the end is near. Even those who hate school…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-gibbs/high-school-is-a-haunted-house-in-april-when-seniors-act-up-because/) [Nancy Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-gibbs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef4/nancy-gibbs-2206_about_high-school-is-a-haunted-house-in-april_940640.png) ## Other authors on Who ## 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/who/nancy-gibbs/#itemlist", "name": "10 Who Quotes By Nancy Gibbs", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm wondering how many elected figures any of us could find who do not, in the front or back of their minds, remember who does them favors, who doesn't.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nancy Gibbs" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-gibbs/i-m-wondering-how-many-elected-figures-any-of-us-could-find-who-do/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be8/nancy-gibbs-2206_any_i-m-wondering-how-many-elected-figures-a_606070.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be8/nancy-gibbs-2206_any_i-m-wondering-how-many-elected-figures-a_606070.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be8/nancy-gibbs-2206_any_i-m-wondering-how-many-elected-figures-a_606070.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“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", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Members of royal families are born into a world of indulgence and entitlement, and the princelings who grow up that way may never have to develop any discipline.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nancy Gibbs" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-gibbs/members-of-royal-families-are-born-into-a-world-of-indulgence-and-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75c/nancy-gibbs-2206_any_members-of-royal-families-are-born-into_2773295.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75c/nancy-gibbs-2206_any_members-of-royal-families-are-born-into_2773295.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75c/nancy-gibbs-2206_any_members-of-royal-families-are-born-into_2773295.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Members of royal families are born into a world of indulgence and entitlement, and the princelings who grow…” — Nancy Gibbs", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's the experts in adolescent development who wax most emphatic about the value of family meals, for it's in the teenage years that this daily investment pays some of its biggest dividends.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nancy Gibbs" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-gibbs/it-s-the-experts-in-adolescent-development-who-wax-most-emphatic/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ae/nancy-gibbs-2206_about_it-s-the-experts-in-adolescent-developme_1696979.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ae/nancy-gibbs-2206_about_it-s-the-experts-in-adolescent-developme_1696979.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ae/nancy-gibbs-2206_about_it-s-the-experts-in-adolescent-developme_1696979.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's the experts in adolescent development who wax most emphatic about the value of family meals, for it's…” — Nancy Gibbs", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Most of us were probably less than immaculately honest as teenagers; 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