Ideas Quote by Gail Collins

The Bushes were certainly part of Texas in their mind, but they didn't have the kind of political flavor that you normally find in…

— Gail Collins

The work-family divide is the biggest issue for American women. But in some ways it's amazing how adjusted society has become to it. In…

— Gail Collins

I don't think the folks in the low-tax states really want to go into a fairness discussion. Residents of Connecticut and New York would…

— Gail Collins

I would walk a thousand miles To feel your hugs and see your smiles But then one day we had to part The hardest…

— Gail Collins

“One law prohibited blacks from testifying against whites in court, and carefully defined “negro” as anyone who had one nonwhite grandparent.”

— Gail Collins

“An estimated 400 women disguised themselves as men to fight in the Civil War. Many were like Amy Clarke, who enlisted so she could…

— Gail Collins

Billy Jean King could not get credit when her husband was in law school and she was winning the Wimbledon, because he had to…

— Gail Collins

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…

— Gail Collins

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…

— Gail Collins

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…

— Gail Collins

The idea that 'if you don't like how things are going, you can just leave' is so ingrained in Texas, the secession movement is…

— Gail Collins

I admired the way McCain worked on campaign finance reform. I admired the way Nancy Pelosi stiffened the Democrats' spine during the health care…

— Gail Collins