What do I want to take home from my summer vacation? Time. The wonderful luxury of being at rest. The days when… — Ellen Goodman Analyzing Copy Share Image
We have become a nation of Kodachrome, Nikon, Instamatic addicts. But we haven't yet developed a clear idea of the ethics of… — Ellen Goodman Addict Copy Share Image
I rewrite a great deal. I'm always fiddling, always changing something. I'll write a few words - then I'll change them. I… — Ellen Goodman Add Copy Share Image
I regard this novel as a work without redeeming social value, unless it can be recycled as a cardboard box. — Ellen Goodman Books Copy Share Image
It is, I suppose, the business of grandparents to create memories and the relative of memories: traditions. We want to lodge moments,… — Ellen Goodman Business 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
The things we hate about ourselves aren't more real than things we like about ourselves. — Ellen Goodman Hate Copy Share Image
When I was at 'Newsweek' magazine - which, you know, this really sounds like I walked four miles in the snow to… — Ellen Goodman Act Copy Share Image
The things we hate about ourselves arent more real than things we like about ourselves. — Ellen Goodman Loving yourself Copy Share Image
We spend January 1st walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to… — Ellen Goodman Balance Copy Share Image
Most people do not consider dawn to be an attractive experience - unless they are still up. — Ellen Goodman Dawn Copy Share Image
How many of the people I know - sons and daughters - have intricate abstract expressionist paintings of their mothers, created out… — Ellen Goodman Abstract Copy Share Image
Even if every program were educational and every advertisement bore the seal of approval of the American Dental Association, we would still… — Ellen Goodman Advertisements Copy Share Image
Without even knowing it, we are assaulted by a high note of urgency all the time. We end up pacing ourselves to… — Ellen Goodman Ability Copy Share Image
My father used to say that if a man fools you once, he's a jerk. If he fools you twice, you're a… — Ellen Goodman Father Copy Share Image
“..what the next generation will value most is not what we owned, but the evidence of who we were and the tales… — Ellen Goodman Family Copy Share Image
“There’s a trick to the 'graceful exit.' It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage, or a… — Ellen Goodman Closure Copy Share Image
All in all, I am not surprised that the people who want to unravel the social contract start with young adults. Those… — Ellen Goodman Adults Copy Share Image
Let's just say that global warming deniers are now on a par with Holocaust deniers. — Ellen Goodman Climate change Copy Share Image
People have been writing premature obituaries on the women's movement since its beginning. — Ellen Goodman Has beens Copy Share Image
I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people convinced they are about to change the world. I am more… — Ellen Goodman Change Copy Share Image
It is not that fathers are better or worse, not that they are more loved or criticized, but rather that they are… — Ellen Goodman Excess Copy Share Image
Every thing, even the so-called timesaving device and energy-efficient machine, comes these days with an elaborate set of instructions for its care… — Ellen Goodman Buying Copy Share Image
Everyone who deals with teens seems to agree that the most important and toughest job is staying in connection and conversation ...… — Ellen Goodman Adolescence Copy Share Image
We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many… — Ellen Goodman Chemistry Copy Share Image
