Child Quotes · Page 158

...there is a fine line between wishing to produce child-like astonishment and treating people like infants.

— Derren Brown

Our children are like mirrors, they reflect our attitudes in life.

— Anonymous

My parents encouraged thought. You'll get through life better if you learn how to think.

— Holly Near

“If children don’t push the edges now and again, what’s the point of being a child?”

— J.D. Robb

When I was a child, I saw my father diving to the deepest point in the ocean with the U.S. Navy.

— Bertrand Piccard

What better can parents and children give to each other than respectful, understanding attention.

— Richard L. Evans

Nothing about human beings ever had the power to move me as a child. Black Beauty now ... !

— Nancy Mitford

“Our children are ever both joy and bane, are they not?”

— Carole Cummings

I am always suspicious of those who impose 'rules' on child rearing. Every child is different in terms of temperament and learning,…

— Siri Hustvedt

Babies are wonderful, important things. Having kids, even the thought of having kids, is a big emotional deal. But sometimes it can…

— Dave Ramsey

Becoming a parent expands you as a human being. I am having the most wonderful time. You've married, but the addition of…

— Kyle MacLachlan

Kids, they are always hurting themselves. It's like, "Quick, get me to casualty quick!" while your doing something important like sitting down…

— Dylan Moran

“What if instead we said, “Look at how you …” That would simply turn children’s attention to the process and away from…

— Peter H. Johnston

You just hope that your kids find what they love to do and abide by the law and make good decisions. The…

— Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

Not much about California, on its own preferred terms, has encouraged its children to see themselves as connected to one another.

— Joan Didion

To hear my mother say, 'Michael is dead,' to feel and hear the tone in her voice to say her child is…

— Jermaine Jackson

I ain't gonna lie: when you have a kid, it could throw your confidence off like you looking different and stuff. But…

— Sexyy Red

“The most insidious of the premature responsibilities that may be foisted onto some children is the expectation that the child is somehow…

— Sheldon B. Kopp

Christopher Reeve so completely inhabited the character Superman when he was in that costume, and that had such a huge effect on…

— Gary Frank

I love child things because there's so much mystery when you're a child. When you're a child, something as simple as a…

— David Lynch

If you tell your own story to your children - that includes your positive moments and your negative moments, and how you…

— Bruce Feiler

“If you’re treading quicksand in the swamp of what-might- have-been, you can be sure that’s the message your child gets. You’re a…

— Ellen Notbohm

I think being a parent is the most challenging thing you do. That's why we're here. It's at the heart of what…

— Michael Sheen

“Stan and Rudy are grown men. It's too late to shape their minds, to teach them values and a sense of compassion.…

— Tom Perrotta

A child is a person who can't understand why someone would give away a perfectly good kitten.

— Doug Larson

It's great meeting children because you never know what they will say.

— Roddy Doyle

I grew up watching films. Film has been part of my life since I was a child.

— Liya Kebede

“I’m a kid at heart, and that is the very thing without which I would not have a heart.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

I could be an extrovert but I was also this anxious, introverted child.

— Rebecca Front

An honest man is always a child. [Lat., Semper bonus homo tiro est.]

— Socrates

“That girl is a grade one a-hole with a severe attitudinal problem.”

— Wild Child

It's interesting to think that my children know more about the process than many mature critics.

— William Monahan

When I was a child, I had it in my head to play in the Champions League and win it.

— Lucas Moura

It is, of course, traditional in children's literature to get rid of the parents.

— Anthony Horowitz

Children often have a much stronger concept of morality than adults.

— Nina Bawden

“We often don't realize the passing of years until we see them in a child.”

— Chris Burkmenn

I was probably tall as a child, but I just stopped growing.

— Kevin Hart

Children have a way of forcing you back into the present moment.

— Lorna Luft

The child begins to perceive the world not only through his [or her] eyes but also through his [or her] speech

— Lev S. Vygotsky

Parenting is about being competent and responsible. It's not about gender, necessarily.

— Dan Savage