72 Quotes by Linda Ellerbee

People are pretty much alike. It’s only that our differences are more susceptible to definition than our similarities.

It’s not brain surgery. It’s not nuclear physics. It’s television. It’s only television.

And so it goes.

What I like most about change is that it’s a synonym for ‘hope’.

When there is good news, and it is news, we do report it, but usually news is a record of human failure. Those wanting to celebrate human accomplishment are, as someone said, advised to go to the sports section.

A few weeks after my surgery, I went out to play catch with my golden retriever. When I bent over to pick up the ball, my prosthesis fell out. The dog snatched it, and I found myself chasing him down the road yelling “Hey, come back here with my breast!”

It’s not just the cheerleading thing I have a problem with, it’s the whole jock enchilada. I’m all for a good game of basketball in teh driveway or a killer bike ride. But when there’s tackling and grunting involved – no thanks.

Styles, like everything else, change. Style doesn’t.

Just because it’s a rat race doesn’t mean it’s okay to be a rat.