I live in a dumb house. Which is not to say that I don't love its quirky charm, its drafty windows and leaky fireplaces and an electrical system that protests when too many people are trying to vacuum and microwave at the same time. But charm is not always user-friendly.
Tags: live, people, time, love

Other Quotes by "Nancy Gibbs"

Rarely has a new player on the world stage captured so much attention so quickly - young and old, faithful and cynical - as has Pope Francis.
Tags: young, attention, new, world
Years later, nothing makes me more grateful as a parent than my daughters' encounters with classroom wizards.
Tags: parent, nothing, grateful, me
War is being waged all across the country against the invasive plant and animal species - some 50,000 of them - now spreading across the U.S.
Tags: country, animal, plant, war
Twenty-first century war adds new risks: more and more often there are no front lines, no central command, no rules of engagement - only a chaotic collision of politics, power, faith and bloodlust. Victims are as likely to be civilians as soldiers.
Tags: power, war, politics, faith
As a candidate, Obama disdained the game of politics, a self-conscious contrast to all the tireless political athletes named Clinton.
Tags: candidate, political, game, politics
View More by "Nancy Gibbs"