I am a member of a small, nearly extinct minority group, a kind of urban lost tribe who insist, in the face… — Ellen Goodman Appointments Copy Share Image
This packrat has learned that what the next generation will value most is not what we owned, but the evidence of who… — Ellen Goodman Ends Copy Share Image
Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work, driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying… — Ellen Goodman Car Copy Share Image
Women have gained access to the institutions, but not enough power to overhaul them. — Ellen Goodman Access Copy Share Image
Alternative Lifestyles, the emotional fly-drive packages of our times, come equipped with a set of clothes, a choice of authors, a limited… — Ellen Goodman Alternatives Copy Share Image
I am a political recidivist. An incorrigible, repeat voter. A career lever-pusher. My electoral rap sheet is as long as your arm.… — Ellen Goodman Arms Copy Share Image
There's a trick to the Graceful Exit. It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage, a relationship… — Ellen Goodman Dreams Copy Share Image
Maybe at 20 you can write well, but I don't think you could do what I do. Some things have to happen… — Ellen Goodman Firsts Copy Share Image
Our 'mistakes' become our crucial parts, sometimes our best parts, of the lives we have made. — Ellen Goodman Crucial Copy Share Image
It has begun to occur to me that life is a stage I'm going through. — Ellen Goodman Inspirational Copy Share Image
I wonder whether our adoption of Shrink-ese as a second language, the move from religious phrases of judgment to secular words of… — Ellen Goodman Acceptance Copy Share Image
We may never know why Joe Ellis fabricated a heroic past. But we know that the life he embellished has deeply diminished… — Ellen Goodman Heroic Copy Share Image
women who once aspired to the image of superwoman now worry about becoming superdrudge. Those who wanted to have it all now… — Ellen Goodman Asks Copy Share Image
There is so much more information about the scientific world than there was a generation ago that we have all increased our… — Ellen Goodman Complexes Copy Share Image
I vote because it's what small-d democracy is about. Because there are places where people fight for generations and stand for hours… — Ellen Goodman Ballots Copy Share Image
The great myth of our work-intense era is 'quality time.' We believe we can make up for the loss of days or… — Ellen Goodman Attention Copy Share Image
Taboos are falling across our culture like dominoes. What was unspeakable yesterday dominates talk shows today. — Ellen Goodman Culture Copy Share Image
The average parent may, for example, plant an artist or fertilize a ballet dancer and end up with a certified public accountant.… — Ellen Goodman Accountants Copy Share Image
we have made an extraordinary transition. From moral absolutes to moral relativism. ... Moral problems become medical ones and yesterday's sinners become… — Ellen Goodman Absolutes Copy Share Image
Parents remain our touchstones, fellow travelers, even after death. They are both missing and present. — Ellen Goodman After death Copy Share Image
Kerry asks Americans to look at the evidence. Bush asks people to believe. — Ellen Goodman Asks Copy Share Image
You can fire your secretary, divorce your spouse, abandon your children. But they remain your co-authors forever. — Ellen Goodman Abandon Copy Share Image
