Emphatic and reiterated assertion, especially during childhood, produces in most people a belief so firm as to have a hold even over… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
My whole childhood, I'd been dreaming of this two-point-four children, living in the country - everything was just going to fall into… — Lily Allen Copy Share Image
I had an exciting, interesting childhood, to be sure, with all of the challenges that ghetto life provides - but had loving… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
Being with a kid always takes you to being a kid somehow, and they really are showing me a childhood I might… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
Only one in five children in the U.S. lives within walking distance of a park. Many more lack access to a quality… — Darell Hammond Copy Share Image
I was born in Africa but brought up in the north-east of England. Most of my childhood was spent living on a… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
During my childhood in Cyprus, the British talked about the Cypriots as if the Cypriots were outsiders in their own country. And… — Angela Bowie Copy Share Image
“Some stories are rooted in adventure, some in strife. Others are born of the heart, and the horrors and the joys locked… — David E. Hilton Copy Share Image
We say 'forest' but this word is made of the unknown, the unfamiliar, the unencompassed. The earth. Clods of dirt. Pebbles. On… — Witold Gombrowicz Copy Share Image
childhood was not a time in a person's life, but a country, a country under siege, from which certain individuals were taken… — Kate Green Copy Share Image
“I lit a cigarette, using the matches I always carried in my left pocket, the song playing inside hit the backdoor and… — Sanne van Dolder Copy Share Image
When I look back, there are various things I did that make me cringe. But then I'm sure that in my sixties… — Gillian Anderson Copy Share Image
The years between thirty-five and sixty-five revolve before the passive mind as one unexplained, confusing merry-go-round. True, they are a merry-go-round of… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days; that can recall to the old man… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
A father must lead his children; but first he must learn to follow. He must laugh with them but remember the ache… — June Masters Bacher Copy Share Image
“Kaffman (2009) described childhood victimization as a "silent epidemic", and Finkelhor, Turner, Ormrod, and Hamby (2010) reported that children are the most… — Christine A. Courtois Copy Share Image
I went through my rebellious phase, not in my teenage years, but around age 12. The year I decided I didn't want… — Jessica White Copy Share Image
We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we have stopped saying 'It got lost,' and say, 'I… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
My virginity, that from my childhood kept me company, is heavier than I can endure to bear. Forgive me, Cupid, for thou… — Francis Beaumont Copy Share Image
“The perception of a child who has not yet learned to protect itself by developing the tunnel vision that keeps out ninety… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“I wondered about my inner child. In fact, I was troubled. Did I even have an inner child, I asked myself, given… — Sol Luckman Copy Share Image
Childhood is not dead. Children were worse off when we were hunter-gatherers; they were threatened in medieval times and exploited during the… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
I think most of my childhood, adolescence, and teenage years, I was struggling to feel validated - which led to a lot… — Sobhita Dhulipala Copy Share Image
Don't seek God in temples. He is close to you. He is within you. Only you should surrender to Him and you… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
I didn't have a good childhood because I never could get along with other kids. I was the child that sat in… — Jolene Blalock Copy Share Image
At the age of twelve I was finding the world too small: it appeared to me like a dull, trim back garden,… — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
Among adults there are few saved because of sins of the flesh. With the exception of those who die in childhood, most… — Saint Remigius Copy Share Image
It's been a habit of mine since childhood to always be looking around. When I go shopping, I have more fun observing… — Akira Toriyama Copy Share Image
I remember seeing war hero Jimmy Doolittle fly a Gee Bee racer there. He was my childhood hero. Many years later, I… — Wally Schirra Copy Share Image
Sure, my childhood was unusual. All these eccentric, wild people frequented our home: rock stars, drag queens, models, bikers, freaks. But I… — Liv Tyler Copy Share Image
I wore out the VHS of the 'Les Mis' 10th anniversary. Lea Salonga played a big part in my childhood; I was… — Carrie Hope Fletcher Copy Share Image
It feels as if childhood sexual abuse or domestic abuse of women in the home has increased but actually if you ask… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
How is it possible not to feel that there is communication between our solitude as a dreamer and the solitudes of childhood?… — Gaston Bachelard Copy Share Image
My brother, a businessman, is the main cook in his home and my sister teaches cookery. Good food and good music were… — Ainsley Harriott Copy Share Image
Psychology doesn't like to talk about evil. It likes to talk about bad childhoods. But I very much believe that some people… — Laura Schlessinger Copy Share Image
Childhood was very nice. The only thing wrong was that I was so introverted, everything became a big deal... 'Oh, no, here… — Steven Wright Copy Share Image
I've messed with Ouija boards. And I've snuck into the basement of an abandoned mental hospital that's supposed to be haunted, that… — Ti West Copy Share Image
“These were the moments that would stick in her memory for years to come, those instants of perfect bliss that nothing else… — Francesca Marciano Copy Share Image
I focus on supporting high quality early childhood health care and education. By betting my resources on very young children, I know… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The nearer people approach old age the closer they return to a semblance of childhood, until the time comes for them to… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
