Ellen Goodman

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

— Ellen Goodman

#difference #hero #change

When we describe what the other person is really like, I suppose we often picture what we want. We look through the prism of our need. ↗

— Ellen Goodman

#i #like #look #need #often

I regard this novel as a work without redeeming social value, unless it can be recycled as a cardboard box. ↗

— Ellen Goodman

#cardboard #cardboard box #i #novel #recycled

In journalism, there has always been a tension between getting it first and getting it right. ↗

— Ellen Goodman

#been #between #first #getting #journalism

Most people do not consider dawn to be an attractive experience - unless they are still up. ↗

— Ellen Goodman

#consider #dawn #experience #most #people

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 value. ↗

— Ellen Goodman

#denying #exit #go #graceful #job

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

#deep #describe #driven #even #minds

Values are not trendy items that are casually traded in. ↗

— Ellen Goodman

#items #traded #trendy #values

We owned what we learned back there; the experience and the growth are grafted into our lives. ↗

— Ellen Goodman

#experience #grafted #growth #into #learned

You can fire your secretary, divorce your spouse, abandon your children. But they remain your co-authors forever. ↗

— Ellen Goodman

#children #divorce #fire #forever #remain