“Here's a viewer's guide to BP media briefings. Whenever you hear someone with a British accent talking about this on behalf of British Petroleum they are not telling you the truth. That's the bottom-line.” LinesTalkingMediaBottomBritishGuidesAccentsViewersBehalfBottom LinePetroleumBriefing Author:Anthony Weiner
“The gentleman will sit! The gentleman is correct in sitting!” SittingGentleman Author:Anthony Weiner
“Those of us whose parenting style can be described as "a series of reflexes, instincts, and minute-by-minute adjustments," as Julie of A Little Pregnant puts it, rather than as a philosophy, are less invested in our own practices. What we do is often less a matter of conviction than one of convenience. What we need to remember is that there is no need to apologize for that, even in the face of the most red-faced outrage.” NeedsLittlesMatterPhilosophyRememberFacesPracticeMinutesStyleRedSeriesInstinctConvictionPregnantApologizingConvenienceAdjustmentOutrageReflexesParenting Styles Author:Ayelet Waldman
“Whatever my intentions, whatever the truth of my claim, I had no business giving a lecture to a total stranger.” GivingClaimsIntentionStrangerLectures Author:Ayelet Waldman
“Why are the architects of the family-values agenda so eager to punish into the next generation? What is being served by seeking, quite literally, a tooth for a tooth?” ValuesNextGenerationsSeekingTeethAgendasArchitectNext GenerationFamily Values Author:Ayelet Waldman
“When I was 15, what I wanted in a boyfriend was just that confidence and swagger. I wanted someone who knew what he was doing, because I was just faking it. What I want for my daughter is the exact opposite.” WantWantedDaughterOppositesMy DaughterSwaggerFaking ItWanted Someone Author:Ayelet Waldman
“I'd written personal essays before, but never on this scale -- never so often and with such, er, honesty. (If by honesty I mean slashing my wrists and hemorrhaging all over the computer screen).” IfsMeanWrittenHonestyComputerScreensScalesEssaysWristsPersonal EssaysComputer Screen Author:Ayelet Waldman
“There is an inverse correlation between the cleanliness of a bathroom and my 3-year-old daughter's need to move her bowels.” NeedsYearsMovingDaughterBathroomCleanlinessCorrelationBowelsInverse Author:Ayelet Waldman
“While the collateral consequences of drugs such as cocaine are indisputably severe, they are not unlike those which flow from the misuse of other, legal, substances.” LawScienceResponsibilityKnowledgeDrugConsequenceFlowToleranceSubstanceSevereCocaineProhibitionMisuseCollateral Author:Byron White