Top 147 Quotes by Nancy Gibbs

I would like to see every newspaper and every magazine have a network of bureaus all over the world, gathering news.

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 some people and dim in others.

Rooting from the sidelines is the most democratic of sporting rites: no skyboxes, no tickets required, just an unabashed will to holler and wave.

Pain is the most private experience, but its causes, whether natural or man-made, demand public accounting.

Power is a tool, influence is a skill; one is a fist, the other a fingertip.

Adolescence, that swampy zone between safety and power, is best patrolled by adults armed with sense and mercy, not guns and a badge.

As a candidate, Obama disdained the game of politics, a self-conscious contrast to all the tireless political athletes named Clinton.

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 naturally.

My husband and I don't have sons, so we never had to ask ourselves how we'd have felt about them playing football.

As long as people have been making little people, they've wanted to know how not to.