We were brought up in a very happy family and I can't whinge about my childhood because it was idyllic. — Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall Copy Share Image
“Do Not Dictate a Child through Someone, it Ruins the Child's Experience.” — Vineet Raj Kapoor Copy Share Image
I lost my childhood. I didn't play football or video games. Or have birthdays or the love of a family. — Emmanuel Jal Copy Share Image
Doctor Who was a big part of my childhood so it was a great honour to be in it. — Simon Pegg Copy Share Image
Childhood itself is scarcely more lovely than a cheerful, kindly, sunshiny old age. — Lydia M. Child Copy Share Image
I didn't have a normal background - I was completely demented from a very early age! — Bill Paxton Copy Share Image
I always thought I had a difficult childhood 'til I saw the film 'Angela's Ashes'. — Roland Orzabal Copy Share Image
“I'm in my 40s and I'm constantly surprised by how much my childhood still plays a part in my life.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Even as a kid I would find the one person whose attention I didn't have and I would zone in on that… — Justin Timberlake Copy Share Image
“Tentei não fazer nada na minha vida que envergonhasse a criança que fui. Quando me for deste mundo, partirão duas pessoas. Sairei… — José Saramago Copy Share Image
I am no longer haunted by my dead father. I am no longer haunted by childhood home. There's so many things I've… — Guy Maddin Copy Share Image
Anything new is a sort of adventure - as a child, I think I was quite bad at tackling new experiences, like… — Mini Grey Copy Share Image
I had a really good childhood up until I was nine years old. Then a classic case of divorce really affected me… — Kurt Cobain Copy Share Image
Old age is never honored among us, but only indulged, as childhood is; and old men lose one of the most precious… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
This is the first great problem of modern democracy...how to get a fair living by reasonable hours of work leaving enough leisure… — John R. Commons Copy Share Image
When we suffer anguish we return to early childhood because that is the period in which we first learnt to suffer the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I really love the Olympics: Daley Thompson's back-flip, Derek Redmond's father helping him finish the 400m after his hamstring snapped at the… — Giles Duley Copy Share Image
My parents never referenced Ethiopia that much, largely because of the circumstances under which we left. We left during a time of… — Dinaw Mengestu Copy Share Image
Policy is formed by preconceptions, by long implanted biases. When information is relayed to policy-makers, they respond in terms of what is… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
I came from a very loving home, had a happy life with no great aspirations, but going to the seminary changed me.… — Johnny Vegas Copy Share Image
“Do you remember the books from our childhood? Those were you could decide yourself what the character should do next? I always… — Lena Goetz Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of old, classic American musclecars like a Shelby GT or the '69 Dodge Charger, cars that inspired me… — Ricky Whittle Copy Share Image
'Courtney' is a more punk-rock kids' book. It has this precious veneer that Courtney's terrible behavior trashes. And it's basically about how… — Ted Naifeh Copy Share Image
“He didn’t care if he would be a villain in Alastor’s eyes. He had made peace with the fact a long time… — Gauri Sharma Copy Share Image
