Ellen Goodman quotes

" Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe and aren't even aware of. " # Tradition # Mind # Power

" You can fire your secretary, divorce your spouse, abandon your children. But they remain your co-authors forever. " # Writers and Writing # Divorce # Marriage

" I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people who are convinced they are about to change the world. I am more awed by those who struggle to make one small difference after another. " # Change

" The central struggle of parenthood is to let our hopes for our children outweigh our fears. " # Parents and Parenting

" All in all, I am not surprised that the people who want to unravel the social contract start with young adults. Those who are urged to feel afraid, very afraid, have both the greatest sense of independence and the most finely honed skepticism about government. " # Skepticism

" In journalism, there has always been a tension between getting it first and getting it right. " # Journalism and Journalists

" You can teach someone who cares to write columns, but you can’t teach someone who writes columns to care. " # Writers and Writing

" I would like to say we're at a point where global warming is impossible to deny. Let's just say that global warming deniers are now on a par with Holocaust deniers, though one denies the past and the other denies the present and future. " # Pornography # World Affairs # The future

" Values are not trendy items that are casually traded in. " # Quotations