Ellen Goodman Quotes

“Alternative Lifestyles, the emotional fly-drive packages of our times, come equipped with a set of clothes, a choice of authors, a limited menu of sports and a discount coupon book of clichés.”

“Even if every program were educational and every advertisement bore the seal of approval of the American Dental Association, we would still have a critical problem. It's not just the programs but the act of watching television hour after hour after hour that's destructive.”

“I don't know exactly why the notion of homeownership has such a grasp on the American imagination. Perhaps as descendants of landless immigrants we turn our plots into symbols of stability.”

“It has begun to occur to me that life is a stage I'm going through.”

“Most people do not consider dawn to be an attractive experience – unless they are still up.”

“Saving time, it seems, has a primacy that's too rarely examined.”

“The average parent may, for example, plant an artist or fertilize a ballet dancer and end up with a certified public accountant. We cannot train children along chicken wire to make them grow in the right direction. Tying them to stakes is frowned upon, even in Massachusetts.”

“Ultimately, time is all you have and the idea isn't to save it, but to savour it.”