You know, I used to warm the thermometer on the light bulb... I was really good at being sick. I could forge my mother's signature on a sick note so well I was hardly ever at school. Graydon Carter bulbforgegood Change image and share on social
There is a certain ancient civility about tailors that is welcome - especially in modern London, which is now very much an international city, not an English city. They're still a little vessel of Englishness in what is otherwise a pretty rambunctious place. Graydon Carter ancientcitycivility share on social
You have to give kids something to rebel against. You can't like their music - you have to call it noise. It's incumbent on a parent. Graydon Carter callgiveincumbent Change image and share on social
Those who remember New York in the 1970s, as I do, look back on a city that had hit a very rough patch - decaying, bankrupt, and crime-ridden. But fun. Graydon Carter 1970sbackbankrupt Change image and share on social
What do you call an electorate that seems prone to acting out irrationally, is full of inchoate rage, and is constantly throwing fits and tantrums? You call it teenaged. Graydon Carter actcallconstantly Change image and share on social
Magazine stories, the best ones anyway, are generally a combination of three elements: access, narrative, and disclosure. Graydon Carter accesscombinationdisclosure Change image and share on social
The last thing businessmen want to do is sit in a room filled with other businessmen. A room full of money is a pretty boring sight - unless it's yours, of course. Graydon Carter borebusinessmanfill Change image and share on social
Americans who grew up in the 1930s or 1940s still have some fleeting memory of what the country was like before it became the steroidal superpower it is today. Graydon Carter 1930s1940samerican Change image and share on social
In the Digital Age, recorders also tend to be oversharers, and with Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Pinterest, they can do so on a grand scale. Graydon Carter agedigitalfacebook Change image and share on social
The fact is that movie stars are as insecure as the rest of us - if not more so. Many live in a luxurious bubble in which their best friends are their trainer, their hairdresser, their publicist, and their Kabbalah instructor. Graydon Carter bubblefactfriend share on social
