“His manner somehow friendly and courtly at the same time.” — Nancy Gibbs Gracefulness Copy Share Image
“If compassion and mercy are not compatible with politics," Ford said, "then something is the matter with politics.” — Nancy Gibbs Compassion Copy Share Image
Dwight Eisenhower was candid in private, but he was circumspect in public. — Nancy Gibbs Candid Copy Share Image
There was a time when researchers imagined that Plan B, or the morning-after pill, might become not an emergency form of contraception… — Nancy Gibbs Become Copy Share Image
I come from a family of teachers, and I believe ideas matter; the good ones deserve reverence, and the bad ones, defiance. — Nancy Gibbs Bad Copy Share Image
Americans sometimes ask what the government does and where their tax money goes. Among other things, it pays for all kinds of… — Nancy Gibbs American Copy Share Image
After 9/11, whatever the evidence of intelligence failures, many people still saw that attack as almost unimaginable, so brutal and brazen an assault. — Nancy Gibbs After 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 Burn Copy Share Image
Accidents at power plants are bad enough. But a leak from a bioreactor could be worse, since bacteria can learn new tricks… — Nancy Gibbs Accidents Copy Share Image
A good president needs a big comfort zone. He should be able to treat enemies as opportunities, appear authentic in joy and… — Nancy Gibbs Able Copy Share Image
While many alien species are harmless, others pose expensive threats to seas and fields and forests. — Nancy Gibbs Alien Copy Share Image
When U.S.-based editors and columnists parachute into a news storm, it is often the stringers who keep us out of trouble, helping… — Nancy Gibbs Behind Copy Share Image
What cultural DNA remains from those first Puritan forays onto American soil may be our love of a fresh start. — Nancy Gibbs American Copy Share Image
It's funny how things change slowly, until the day we realize they've changed completely. — Nancy Gibbs Change Copy Share Image
The Reverend Jeremiah Wright would baptize Obama, perform his marriage to Michelle LaVaughn Robinson, baptize their daughters, and draw him into the… — Nancy Gibbs Before Copy Share Image
There are many things that matter much more than an editor's gender in shaping the direction of the leadership. — Nancy Gibbs Direction Copy Share Image
It's the experts in adolescent development who wax most emphatic about the value of family meals, for it's in the teenage years… — Nancy Gibbs About Copy Share Image
Of all ennobling sentiments, patriotism may be the most easily manipulated. On the one hand, it gives powerful expression to what is… — Nancy Gibbs Belligerence Copy Share Image
When I was coming out of college, storytelling was very much something you did with pencil and paper, so the technological platform… — Nancy Gibbs College Copy Share Image
New Orleans lives by the water and fights it, a sand castle set on a sponge nine feet below sea level, where… — Nancy Gibbs Able Copy Share Image
Calling Rand Paul 'the most interesting man in politics' is an invitation to an argument - but one we suspect he'd love… — Nancy Gibbs Argument Copy Share Image
We will never know if any other president approached Nixon in paranoia, profanity or potential criminality, since only his conversations were captured,… — Nancy Gibbs Any Copy Share Image
