All Nancy Gibbs Quotes
- The millennials were raised in a cocoon, their anxious parents afraid to let them go out in the park to play. So should we be… Afraid
- If boomers were always looking to shock, millennials are eager to share. Always Looking
- All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together. Acts
- High achievers, we imagine, were wired for greatness from birth. But then you have to wonder why, over time, natural talent seems to ignite in… Achievers
- There may be no less original idea than the notion that our hearts hold dominion over our heads. Dominion
- It is actually the neuroscientists and evolutionists who do the best job of explaining the reasons behind the most unreasonable behavior. Behavior
- Emotional life grows out of an area of the brain called the limbic system, specifically the amygdala, whence come delight and disgust and fear and… Amygdala
- Whatever people thought the first time they held a portable phone the size of a shoe in their hands, it was nothing like where we… Accustomed
- A typical smart phone has more computing power than Apollo 11 when it landed a man on the moon. Apollo
- Americans are grateful for the connection and convenience their phones provide, helping them search for a lower price, navigate a strange city, expand a customer… American
- Maybe we adults idealize our own red-rover days, the hot afternoons spent playing games that required no coaches, eating foods that involved no nutrition, getting… Adult
- All our efforts to guard and guide our children may just get in the way of the one thing they need most from us: to… All
- In the case of the classic Western helicopter parent, it starts with Baby Einstein and reward charts for toilet training, and it never really ends,… Alone
- Some people are born strong or stretchy, or with a tungsten will. Born
- Adolescence, that swampy zone between safety and power, is best patrolled by adults armed with sense and mercy, not guns and a badge. Adolescence
- We want laws to be applied predictably. Applied
- I have two daughters: One an open book, one a locked box. So the question of privacy is a challenging one. How much do kids… Book
- Anyone with the right mix of parental paranoia and entrepreneurial moxie can make a fortune by selling parents the equipment we think will keep us… Ahead
- Our children will outwit us if they want; for when it comes to technology, they hold the higher ground. Unlike other tools passed carefully and… Better
- Back in the really olden days, dinner was seldom a ceremonial event for U.S. families. Only the very wealthy had a separate dining room. For… Ceremonial
- Family dinner in the Norman Rockwell mode had taken hold by the 1950s: Mom cooked, Dad carved, son cleared, daughter did the dishes. Carved
- Making distinctions is part of learning. So is making mistakes. Distinctions
- In modern warfare, journalists are among the first responders, seeking out truth in the turmoil and wreckage, wherever it takes them. Among
- Twenty-first century war adds new risks: more and more often there are no front lines, no central command, no rules of engagement - only a… Adds
- When U.S.-based editors and columnists parachute into a news storm, it is often the stringers who keep us out of trouble, helping us glimpse the… Based