Dickason Goodman Quotes

Which of us can say what the gods hold wicked? ~ Carol Goodman

Even a leaf in the wind settles sometimes. ~ Alison Goodman

Instant opinion is an oxymoron. You don't get real opinions in an instant. You get reactions. ~ Ellen Goodman

Education is a natural community function and occurs inevitably, since the young grow up on
the old, towards their activities, and into (or against) their institutions; and the old foster, teach,
train, exploit and abuse the young. Even neglect of the young, except physical neglect, has an
educational effect -- not the worst possible. ~ Paul Goodman

Ultimately, time is all you have and the idea isn't to save it, but to savour it. ~ Ellen Goodman

We saw a blatant example of this abuse in mid-2014 when a study published by researchers at Facebook and Cornell University revealed that social networks can manipulate the emotions of their users simply by algorithmically altering what they see in the news feed. In a study published by the National Academy of Sciences, Facebook changed the update feeds of 700,000 of its users to show them either more sad or more happy news. The result? Users seeing more negative news felt worse and posted more negative things, the converse being true for those seeing the more happy news. The study's conclusion: "Emotional states can be transferred to others via emotional contagion, leading people to experience the same emotions without their awareness. ~ Marc Goodman

For Social Security to be financially sound, the federal government should have $100 trillion - a sum of money six-and-a-half times the size of our entire economy - in the bank and earning interest right now. But it doesn't. And while many believe that Social Security represents our greatest entitlement problem, Medicare is six times larger in terms of unfunded obligations. ~ John C. Goodman

The roses bloomed, thousands of them in a floral amphitheater, blossoms shading from gold and coral at the top of the garden to scarlet and deep pink on tiers below. At the bottom, in the center of the rosy congregation, the palest apricots and ivories perfumed the air. ~ Allegra Goodman

Let's just say that global warming deniers are now on a par with Holocaust deniers. ~ Ellen Goodman

You have to make decisions - you know what you think. That doesn't mean the audience are aware of your decisions or what you think - the lines you're saying may have ambiguity. ~ Tom Goodman-Hill

The distance between me and Benny [Goodman], was that I was trying to play a musical thing, and Benny was trying to swing. Benny had great fingers; I'd never deny that. But listen to our two versions of 'Star Dust.' I was playing; he was swinging. ~ Artie Shaw

People have been writing premature obituaries on the women's movement since its beginning. ~ Ellen Goodman

Weakness begets evil ~ Jo Goodman

They cooked and washed dishes and scrubbed and mopped and dusted and wiped and cleaned the apartment from crack to crevice back to crack. ~ Matthew Aaron Goodman

There is only one curriculum, no matter what the method of education: what is basic and universal in human experience and practice, the underlying structure of culture. ~ Paul Goodman

If you're not losing some friends then you're not growing up. ~ Timothy Goodman

Politics makes estranged bedfellows. ~ Goodman Ace

There's a trick to the 'graceful exit.' It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage, or a relationship is over - and let it go. It means leaving what's over without denying its validity or its past importance to our lives. It involves a sense of future, a belief that every exit line is an entry, that we are moving up, rather than out. ~ Ellen Goodman

I wonder whether our adoption of Shrink-ese as a second language, the move from religious phrases of judgment to secular words of acceptance, hasn't also produced a moral lobotomy. In the reluctance, the aversion to being judgmental, are we disabled from making any judgments at all? ~ Ellen Goodman

Sometimes there is no good choice. Just the choice that has to be made. ~ Alison Goodman

But there is a chasm between what is known and what is said. ~ Alison Goodman

The first memory I have was my sisters dancing to the radio when they played records by Benny Goodman and Harry James and of the sort. But the record that got me was a record by Derek Sampson, who was a young guy, called 'Boogie Express,' and it was boogie-woogie. Really, it was on fire, and that got me. ~ Jerry Leiber

It's funny, though, speaking of fathers and sons, because me and John Goodman played father and son, like, five or six years ago in the film 'Death Sentence,' and I got back with him again in 'Inside Llewyn Davis.' ~ Garrett Hedlund

I am concerned, rather, that there should not be more things dreamt of in my philosophy than there actually are in heaven and earth. ~ Nelson Goodman

Independent media can go to where the silence is and break the sound barrier, doing what the corporate networks refuse to do. ~ Amy Goodman

The proper word for me," Robin Goodman says, "is me. ~ Ali Smith

As you get older, things conk out. It's a bit like a car. As long as it's something the mechanics can fix, you can chug on for a few more thousand miles. ~ Len Goodman

sealing the pores were undertaken, famously with a horse. The poor animal was carefully varnished all over with several layers of shellac (the same solution that is used to varnish furniture) to ensure a complete seal, and died within hours. It was assumed that it had asphyxiated, thus 'proving' that the skin played an important role in respiration as well as perspiration. ~ Ruth Goodman

People who are against hate are not a fringe minority, not even a silent majority, but are a silenced majority, silenced by the corporate media. ~ Amy Goodman

Either the Baby Boomers are not going to have the retirement life that they expect or taxpayers are going to be hit with a tremendously huge bill. Or both. ~ John C. Goodman

I'm just a lazy boy. I'd rather sit in my recliner and act. ~ John Goodman

of the land right away. Nora Ephron, Ellen Goodman, Jane Bryant Quinn, and Susan Brownmiller all started at Newsweek in the early 1960s, but left fairly quickly and developed very successful writing careers elsewhere. "I thought I'd work my way up - to the clip desk, to research, and eventually to writer - once I ~ Lynn Povich

Maybe this year, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives not looking for flaws, but looking for potential. ~ Ellen Goodman