Ellen Goodman
Ellen Goodman
Ellen Goodmanis an American journalist and syndicated columnist who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1980. She is also a speaker and commentator...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth11 April 1941
CountryUnited States of America
prejudice statistics
She goes in with a prejudice and comes out with a statistic.
memories grandparent fleeting
It is, I suppose, the business of grandparents to create memories and the relative of memories: traditions. We want to lodge moments, like snapshots, in the fleeting video of time.
children divorce fire
You can fire your secretary, divorce your spouse, abandon your children. But they remain your co-authors forever.
ideas mindfulness savour
Ultimately, time is all you have and the idea isn't to save it, but to savour it.
holocaust global-warming climate-change
Let's just say that global warming deniers are now on a par with Holocaust deniers.
mean civility said
Civility, it is said, means obeying the unenforceable.
powerful mind tradition
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.
toothpaste middle persons
When you live alone, you can be sure that the person who squeezed the toothpaste tube in the middle wasn't committing a hostile act.
trendy items values
Values are not trendy items that are casually traded in.
adaptation ifs
Slowly we adjust, but only if we have to.
life life-is stage
It has begun to occur to me that life is a stage I'm going through.
children motherhood focus
The central paradox of motherhood is that while our children become the absolute center of our lives, they must also push us backout in the world.... But motherhood that can narrow our lives can also broaden them. It can make us focus intensely on the moment and invest heavily in the future.
thinking self conscious
I think most of us become self-critical as soon as we become self-conscious.
writing people movement
People have been writing premature obituaries on the women's movement since its beginning.