All Nancy Gibbs Quotes
- When I was coming out of college, storytelling was very much something you did with pencil and paper, so the technological platform versatility, I think,… College
- Power is not just political. It can be cultural; it can be spiritual. Cultural
- I like the fact that glass ceilings are breaking all over. All
- Teaching sometimes seems like not one profession, but every profession. We ask them to be doctor and diplomat, calf-herder, map-maker, wizard and watchman, electricians of… Ask
- Barack Obama wants teacher service scholarships. Barack
- Hillary Clinton wants to leave behind No Child Left Behind. Behind
- Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth were slaves by birth, freedom fighters by temperament. Birth
- Time is valuable; people are busy. Busy
- I come from a family of teachers, and I believe ideas matter; the good ones deserve reverence, and the bad ones, defiance. Bad
- Once there was a boy so meek and modest, he was awarded a Most Humble badge. The next day, it was taken away because he… Awarded
- Rarely has a new player on the world stage captured so much attention so quickly - young and old, faithful and cynical - as has… Attention
- The Catholic Church is one of the oldest, largest and richest institutions on earth, with a following 1.2 billion strong, and change does not come… Billion
- When you are a media celebrity, every word you speak is dissected, as are those you choose not to speak. Celebrity
- At times, it seems as if the only women effortlessly balancing their jobs, kids, husbands and homes are the ones on TV. Balancing
- Progress is seldom simple; it comes with costs and casualties, even challenges about whether a change represents an advance or a retreat. Advance
- We know what the birth of a revolution looks like: A student stands before a tank. A fruit seller sets himself on fire. A line… Arms
- In sub-Saharan Africa, fewer than 1 in 5 girls make it to secondary school. Africa
- The leading cause of death for girls 15 to 19 worldwide is not accident or violence or disease; it is complications from pregnancy. Girls under… Accident
- The typical white American woman in 1800 gave birth seven times; by 1900, the average was down to 3.5. American
- There was a time when researchers imagined that Plan B, or the morning-after pill, might become not an emergency form of contraception but a routine… Contraception
- Members of royal families are born into a world of indulgence and entitlement, and the princelings who grow up that way may never have to… Any
- Enter politics, and you enter the glass house; there are no secrets and no places to hide. Enter
- Bill Clinton left office with a more than 60% approval rating. Approval
- What cultural DNA remains from those first Puritan forays onto American soil may be our love of a fresh start. American
- When National Guardsmen shot four unarmed students at Kent State, virtually the entire system of higher education shuddered and stopped. Education