Gail Collins Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“I picked up my college copy of 'The Great Gatsby' in an attempt to recover from the movie and was interested to find out what I'd underlined. The answer was basically: everything.”

“Personally, I'd be really glad to have a national conversation about whether to outlaw most forms of birth control. For once, the kids and their grandparents would find themselves on the same side.”

“Conservatives were sure that if you eliminated welfare for single moms, it would eliminate - or at lease greatly reduce - single motherhood. So in 1996 we had welfare reform. Did not change the trend in the least. Soon half of all babies will be born out of wedlock.”

“My own dream is that we discover that the NSA has been secretly keeping files on members of the National Rifle Association.”

“The idea that 'if you don't like how things are going, you can just leave' is so ingrained in Texas, the secession movement is no surprise.”

“Downplaying their faults is pretty much the point of campaigns. But we do count on them living with the constant terror of public rejection.”

“When people say this isn't the America they grew up in, they're right. Nobody gets to grow old in the America they grew up in.”

“Women are needed in the military because there aren't enough soldiers, and we're seeing more women serve.”

“You can hit as many revolutions as you want, but women are always going to wear uncomfortable shoes that look good.”

“My only thought about Margaret Thatcher is the same one I had about Ronald Reagan. I hated a lot of what they did, but once in a while a country just needs a change.”