Ellen Goodman Quotes

Most popular Ellen Goodman Quotes

Our "mistakes" become crucial parts, sometimes the best parts, of the lives we have made.
— Ellen Goodman in Washington Post

mistakes

Adolescence isn't a training ground for adulthood now; it is a holding pattern for aging youth.
— Ellen Goodman At Large

adolescence

My generation is the first in my species to have put fitness next to godliness on the scale of things.
— Ellen Goodman Making Sense

fitness

You can teach someone who cares to write columns, but you can't teach someone who can write columns to care.
— Ellen Goodman On Being a Writer

caring columnists

Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds.  The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe, aren't even aware of.
— Ellen Goodman Turning Points

tradition

Once upon a time we were just plain people. But that was before we began having relationships with mechanical systems. Get involved with a machine and sooner or later you are reduced to a factor.
— Ellen Goodman

technology machines

How many of the people I know—sons and daughters—have intricate abstract expressionist paintings of their mothers, created out of their own emotions, attitudes, hands.  And how many have only Polaroid pictures of their fathers.
— Ellen Goodman At Large

father

There's a trick to the Graceful Exit. It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage, a relationship is over—and to let go. It means leaving what's over without denying its validity or its past importance in our lives.