Child Quotes · Page 167

I guess you're not gonna be happy til' it's for real. Four year old kids, doing drive-bys on Big Wheels.

— Big Daddy Kane

It's essential that a part of you not grow up. Childhood wonder gives us our spark and beauty.

— Robin Quivers

“ I was a child of wealth, expected to do nothing but everything.”

— Alessandra Torre

The modern child will answer you back before you've said anything.

— Laurence J. Peter

“Too bad children don't know how profound their thoughts are.”

— Darnell Lamont Walker

Don't give up on the child. Give the child an education. Give them daily love.

— Chris Burke

Parents must get across the idea that "I love you always, but sometimes I do not love your behavior."

— Amy Vanderbilt

“You know you have succeeded as a parent when you find yourself taking advice from your children.”

— Raymond C. Nolan

You need to let kids be kids and why are you so protective over the girls more we want to be free…

— Ritu Ghatourey

I think the arts are absolutely necessary for children to be creative and express themselves because every child is different.

— Kym Whitley

Having a kid motivates you to really take stock of yourself and how much of yourself you want to be reflected back…

— Cory Barlog

I think happiness comes from self-acceptance. We all try different things, and we find some comfortable sense of who we are. We…

— Jamie Lee Curtis

It doesn't matter how your child comes to you. I've never felt such joy and such love. It's the most beautiful delicious…

— Anonymous

I am excited to share my archive pictures and footage. I'll also share announcements about current events and success stories from the…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

Parenting, as an unpaid occupation outside the world of public power, entails lower status, less power, and less control of resources than…

— Nancy Chodorow

We must imbue our children with principles of the higher-self, principles which see all people as true equals, and above all, which…

— Anonymous

Child of woe is wane and delicate... sensitive and on the quiet side, she loves the picnics and outings to the underground…

— Charles Addams

“A woman's body is a sacred temple. A work of art, and a life-giving vessel. And once she becomes a mother, her…

— Suzy Kassem

I started when I was three, and on some courses they wouldn't let me play because they said I was too little.…

— Matteo Manassero

If the idea of the universe is presented to the child in the right way, it will do more for him than…

— Maria Montessori

Children that have been petted and waited upon, always expect it; and if their expectations are not met, they are disappointed and…

— Ellen G. White

“During the months after a child’s first birthday, I recommend doing time-outs several times a week. That helps your tot learn your…

— Harvey Karp

“For it is the role of the parent to express his concerns and then take three steps back. Not one, mind you,…

— Amor Towles

“A message To the children who have read this book. When you grow up and have children of your own, do please…

— Roald Dahl

There was a child went forth every day, And the first object he looked upon, that object he became...

— Walt Whitman

“To some believers, being on the pill or using a condom is a nonverbal way of telling God to go to hell.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Children, to me, are of the utmost importance. They're really the future, aren't they?

— Nicolas Cage

It is the parents duty to intervene when they see wrong choices being made.

— M. Russell Ballard

A scout troop consists of twelve little kids dressed like schmucks following a big schmuck dressed like a kid.

— Jack Benny

One day I would want to be an Egyptologist, the next day an ornithologist. I was an exhausting child.

— Sue Perkins

I was happy as an only child, but I've always wanted to be part of a bigger family.

— Benedict Cumberbatch

I think the best thing a parent can do, when raising a child, is simply get out of their way.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Parents should talk to their children, even when they are babies and can't talk back.

— Robert Winston

It's crazy how people just don't care sometimes about the kids they have.

— Paul Pierce

From a very young age, parents are pushing their boys to achieve in a way they don't always do for girls.

— Alice Roberts

“A parent is inexcusable who does not personally teach her child to think.”

— Elizabeth Gilbert

We never know the love of our parents for us till we have become parents.

— Henry Ward Beecher

When children come into contact with nature, they reveal their strength.

— Maria Montessori

“is managed can have an enormous impact on the way a child feels about herself and about the world.”

— Ellyn Satter

As adults feign disinterest in science - children can grab hold of it to distinguish themselves.

— Norman Macleod