Back in the really olden days, dinner was seldom a ceremonial event for U.S. families. Only the very wealthy had a separate… — Nancy Gibbs Back Copy Share Image
The millennials were raised in a cocoon, their anxious parents afraid to let them go out in the park to play. So… — Nancy Gibbs Afraid Copy Share Image
Be bored and see where it takes you, because the imagination's dusty wilderness is worth crossing if you want to sculpt your… — Nancy Gibbs Because Copy Share Image
As you probably know, I've written a lot about the presidency, so it's obviously exciting when you get to interview a president… — Nancy Gibbs About Copy Share Image
[Former chief executives] come away thinking that America needs a strong, functioning presidency to succeed, and they become very protective of that… — Nancy Gibbs America Copy Share Image
It's hard to think of any tool, any instrument, any object in history with which so many developed so close a relationship… — Nancy Gibbs Any Copy Share Image
“Lydon Johnson realized he really was President, that his identity had changed by President Kennedy's shocking death, when aides who had been… — Nancy Gibbs Air Copy Share Image
A typical smart phone has more computing power than Apollo 11 when it landed a man on the moon. — Nancy Gibbs Apollo Copy Share Image
George W. Bush, though a president's son, is cast as Reagan's heir even more than his father's. — Nancy Gibbs Bush Copy Share Image
For God to be kept out of the classroom or out of America's public debate by nervous school administrators or overcautious politicians… — Nancy Gibbs Administrators Copy Share Image
Pain is the most private experience, but its causes, whether natural or man-made, demand public accounting. — Nancy Gibbs Accounting Copy Share Image
On the court, Jason Collins is not a huge basketball star, but he has already claimed his place in civil rights history… — Nancy Gibbs Athlete Copy Share Image
When you are a media celebrity, every word you speak is dissected, as are those you choose not to speak. — Nancy Gibbs Celebrity Copy Share Image
If you want to humble an empire it makes sense to maim its cathedrals. They are symbols of its faith, and when… — Nancy Gibbs America Copy Share Image
Democracy presumes that we're all created equal; competition proves we are not, or else every race would end in a tie. — Nancy Gibbs Competition Copy Share Image
Some princes are born in palaces. Some are born in mangers. But a few are born in the imagination, out of scraps… — Nancy Gibbs Barack Copy Share Image
In his final remarks to the White House staff, on the day he resigned his office, Nixon applied a version of the… — Nancy Gibbs Finals Copy Share Image
Once there was a boy so meek and modest, he was awarded a Most Humble badge. The next day, it was taken… — Nancy Gibbs Awarded Copy Share Image
The battles after the wars are over can be the toughest; there's no longer the public interest that accompanies, for good and… — Nancy Gibbs Accompanies Copy Share Image
Death will never be pretty - its sights and smells too close and crude. And it will never come under our control:… — Nancy Gibbs Crude Copy Share Image
Most of us were probably less than immaculately honest as teenagers; it's practically encoded into adolescence that you savor your secrets, dress… — Nancy Gibbs Accidents Copy Share Image
High achievers, we imagine, were wired for greatness from birth. But then you have to wonder why, over time, natural talent seems… — Nancy Gibbs Achievers Copy Share Image
Maybe we adults idealize our own red-rover days, the hot afternoons spent playing games that required no coaches, eating foods that involved… — Nancy Gibbs Adult Copy Share Image
Once a conflict has dragged on for a decade, most people are tired of war - and the troubles that flow from… — Nancy Gibbs Conflict Copy Share Image