All Gail Collins Quotes
- Natural Texas politicians make terrible, terrible presidential candidates. Phil Gramm, I remember the 'Phil Gramm for President' campaign. I thought that was the worst thing… Campaign
- Now my poor hometown is being castigated as the center of an IRS scandal. Humble workers at the Cincinnati office targeted Tea Party groups and… Applied
- Once you're done being president, you tend to want to defend your record more than plumb your inner feelings. I find it hard to imagine… Boehner
- One line I'd draw would be on raising the eligibility age for Social Security and Medicare. It sounds fair, since people are living longer. But… Age
- One very clear memory I have of college is that I never learned anything in the big lectures. I have a feeling I'd have done… Been
- Personally, I'd be really glad to have a national conversation about whether to outlaw most forms of birth control. For once, the kids and their… Birth
- Sarah Palin is an heir to the women's movement. She has not been constrained by gender. At no point in her life has she thought,… Been
- Sarah Palin is treated like a bimbo sometimes, but she has never given the public the respect they deserve. She acts silly and doesn't know… Acts
- Take Hispanic voters. They favor Democrats because they like the party's programs, from health care reform to government spending on education. It's not because the… Big
- Texas has no income tax, which is a big draw for corporate executives who do business there. But it's hardly tax-free. The property taxes are… Big
- The high point was that the people are really nice - despite the crazy politics - and I loved being there. The hardest part was… Crazy
- The history of American women is about the fight for freedom, but it's less a war against oppressive men than a struggle to straighten out… Accepted
- The IRS targeting certain groups for harassment because of their politics would be unfair. If we found out the NSA was keeping special tabs on… Bible
- The middle of 'America's Women' is about the Civil War, and how women, black and white, confronted slavery and abolition. As in every other period… Abolition
- The whole student loan thing drives me completely nuts. If it wasn't possible for 18-year-olds to sign themselves up for tens of thousands of dollars… Bills
- There are competing studies on how much crime drops or doesn't drop when there are strict rules on gun possession and sale. I don't think… Any
- There have been tons of politicians who were slow to accept equal rights when it meant changes in the established social order. Many eventually came… Accept
- There's always been that theory that if a candidate can't run a decent campaign, he probably can't run a decent presidency. That might be true,… Admit
- There's more student debt than credit card debt! Everywhere I go, I run into young people trying to build careers while they keep shelling out… Build
- Until Eleanor Roosevelt, there was only one or two First Ladies in all of American history who made an impact, who people could even have… All
- What naturally you want to do if you were a prominent person in the public light and you are disgraced, you want to make a… Abandoned
- When the simple word processors came in, writing became crisper, less dense - just because of the way we could instantly edit on the screen.… Ability
- When the women's movement began, it was a middle-class phenomenon. Certainly, black women had other stuff to think about in the '60s besides a women's… Began
- When the women's movement started in the 1960s, there was a vision of a future where women didn't wear makeup or worry about how their… Absolute
- Women in America will have to find an answer for the pressures of work and family, but if you really care about women's issues you… Africa