“A child, left to play alone, says of quite an easy thing, 'Now I am going to to do something very difficult'.… — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
When I was little, I wanted to be a mother, because that's who I saw. I saw my mom caring for me.… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Let children have tales of the imagination, scenes laid in other lands and other times; heroic adventures, hairbreadth escapes, delicious fairy tales,… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
A child has little defense against the sight of a parent laid low. Parents, like the earth beneath our feet and the… — Rick Yancey Copy Share Image
“Happiness was different in childhood. It was so much then a matter simply of accumulation, of taking things--new experiences, new emotions--and applying… — John Banville Copy Share Image
We lost a baby at 11 weeks when I was 34, and we got married expecting we would have no trouble having… — Annastacia Palaszczuk Copy Share Image
In limits, there is freedom. Creativity thrives within structure. Creating safe havens where our children are allowed to dream, play, make a… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
I was born into a Catholic family. I grew up in West Belfast. Faith was very important to us eight children and… — Mairead Corrigan Copy Share Image
I drew laughing, high-breasted girls aquaplaning without a care in the world, as a result of being amply protected against such national… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
O, to be sure, we laugh less and play less and wear uncomfortable disguises like adults, but beneath the costume is the… — Leo Rosten Copy Share Image
God waits for you to communicate with Him. You have instant, direct access to God. God loves mankind so much, and in… — Wesley L Duewel Copy Share Image
The times talk to us of so much poverty in the world and this is a scandal. Poverty in the world is… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I can't just sit on my daughter's bed and just say 'n---' all night and then put her to sleep. I just… — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
If we might reverently imagine ourselves scheming beforehand what kind of book the Book of God ought to be, how different would… — Henry Parry Liddon Copy Share Image
If children really want to learn something, and have the opportunity to learn it in use, they do so even if the… — Seymour Papert Copy Share Image
For those who use their intelligence and their study as a weapon, the Rosary is most effective. Because that apparently monotonous way… — Josemaria Escriva Copy Share Image
We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It's easy to say "It's not my child, not my… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
“Isaiah 9:6–7 says, “For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given; and the government shall be upon… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
It's very fashionable to talk about human trafficking, in this fantastic A-C hall. It's very nice for discussion, discourse, making films and… — Sunitha Krishnan Copy Share Image
Korean children get a lot of fuss made over them, I guess because life was tough in the old country, and it… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
“As Mary Grannon, the beloved Mary of The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s ‘Just Mary’ hour says: So many parents are clinging to some… — Judith C. Waller Copy Share Image
“from wealthy backgrounds. In the UK, for example, only 7% percent of children attend private schools. But roughly half of the country’s… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's love for your parents, your family, your spouse, your partner, your friends, but the nature of the connection you have with… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
I thank God that America still has one party that reaches out their hands in love to lift up all of God's… — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
Travel by air is not travel at all, but simply a change of location; so my wife and daughter and I went… — Andre Dubus Copy Share Image
“In the classic children’s story The Velveteen Rabbit, a stuffed animal becomes “real” because of a child’s love. Tamagotchis do not wait… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
“In my old age, I see that life itself is often more fantastic and terrible than the stories we believed as children,… — Eowyn Ivey Copy Share Image
It seems like I don't have a lot of time for all the things I need to do. I'm spreading myself fairly… — Diana Ross Copy Share Image
Everywhere there was somewhere and everywhere there they were men women children dogs cows wild pigs little rabbits cats lizards and animals.… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
Being in front of a class full of kids, you are giving a performance. You have to get their attention. You've got… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
Yes, it is worse than thrown away, because every fair minded man must admit that the expenditure of this sum of money… — Thomas Jordan Jarvis Copy Share Image
“In families in which parents are overbearing, rigid, and strict, children grow up with fear and anxiety. The threat of guilt, punishment,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Thus if we know a child has had sufficient opportunity to observe and acquire a behavioral sequence, and we know he is… — Urie Bronfenbrenner Copy Share Image
“Dear Mother Dark, do you look down upon me, now? Do you see me, your child? Do you smile, to see me… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
Even though I'm a writer and I love books and writing books is my favorite thing to do, when you teach, and… — David Bianculli Copy Share Image
Since free men cannot judge for themselves what endangers their freedom if they believe it is never in danger, it is the… — Walter Karp Copy Share Image
I don't mind being an only child; never have. I am lucky, though, that I have my friend Emily, who grew-up very… — Jennifer Ehle Copy Share Image
I was a pretty scrappy, tough kid; I got in all sorts of fights at school. I defended myself - boys didn't… — Amy Adams Copy Share Image
(We are on a bus) I'm extremely silent facing the window...My friend raquel was talking to jack and she said to me… — Jasmine Copy Share Image
The story of 'Mirror Mirror' is in many ways a story about evolution. It's about the evolution of a child into an… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image