“Ted had the uneasy sense that the child was spinning them out as a way of filling the time, distracting them both… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
To sing with the voice of angels as we do the work of angels. To laugh with the laugh of Buddha as… — Hugh Prather Copy Share Image
“You tell your daughter everything?” “Yes.” “Everything?” “Yes.” Will leaned in and brushed his lips over hers. Before she could react, before… — Sophie Moss Copy Share Image
“Wine came from grapes and grapes were fruit. If you were going to judge every wine connoisseur, you would also have to… — Eric Dimbleby Copy Share Image
I try to keep a balance. I actually believe that children want normal parents, they don't want celebrities or important parents or… — Linda Hamilton Copy Share Image
“They are almost like mentally challenged children who go on playing with teddy bears even as they age. Your teddy bears can… — Osho Copy Share Image
For just a few dollars a dose, vaccines save lives and help reduce poverty. Unlike medical treatment, they provide a lifetime of… — Seth Berkley Copy Share Image
As individuals, and as a society, we can choose to take responsibility for ourselves. In doing so we have to accept that… — Gever Tulley Copy Share Image
If we practice hard enough, we can become thoroughly interested in even the simplest things of daily life, the way a child… — John Dickerson Copy Share Image
“For you, a thousand times over." "Children aren't coloring books. You don't get to fill them with your favorite colors." "...attention shifted… — Khalid Hosseini Copy Share Image
“You don’t know that my books do good?’ ‘No, I don’t know. I know that men are already getting past “novels” without… — M.P. Shiel Copy Share Image
“You can understand and relate to most people better if you look at them - no matter how old or impressive they… — Leo Rosten Copy Share Image
“When we are children, when we are young, it is natural to love our friends, to be generous to them, to forgive… — Mario Puzo Copy Share Image
I'll bet every great thinker and leader we've got Could see all kinds of things other people could not! So then why… — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
I've been married too many times. How terrible to change children's affiliations, their affections - to give them the insecurity of placing… — Elizabeth Taylor Copy Share Image
For life is the best thing we have in this existence. And if we should desire to believe in something, it should… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
We need to make sure we're making a distinction between violent felons who are in this country illegally and children who were… — Eric Greitens Copy Share Image
“I have the idea that we grandmothers are meant to play the part of protective witches; we must watch over younger women,… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
“Meditation is one of the most serious things; you do it all day, in the office, with the family, when you say… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“Art is love-times-love; the creator loves it and his audience adores it. To miss the sensation of loving art is to miss… — Vincent Price Copy Share Image
My alter egos have changed a lot over the years. When I was a child, I was a black horse called Storm.… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
Darkness falls, demons everywhere, people scream, evil rises,people die, and you cant save them. The swings start to swing themselves, wind blows… — Jazzy Copy Share Image
Suppose that every prospective parent in the world stopped having children naturally, and instead produced clones of themselves. What would the world… — Nathan Myhrvold Copy Share Image
One of the biggest gifts you can give a child is confidence, because confidence will take you miles - more than talent,… — Rafe Spall Copy Share Image
There's only one test of a great children's book, or a great children's film, and that is this: If it can be… — Chuck Jones Copy Share Image
Why is it important that you are with God and God alone on the mountain top? It's important because it's the place… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
When a child can be brought to tears, not from fear of punishment, but from repentance for his offence, he needs no… — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
“Empath children are highly influenced by the energy of the household, including the energy of you as a parent. This means that… — Mateo Sol Copy Share Image
I think brown marks a reunion of peoples, an end to ancient wanderings. Rival cultures and creeds conspire with Spring to create… — Richard Rodriguez Copy Share Image
“Miss Morstan and I stood together, and her hand was in mine. A wondrous subtle thing is love, for here were we… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
The Scriptures have been misused to defend bloody crusades and inquisitions; to support slavery, apartheid, and segregation; to sanction the physical and… — Mel White Copy Share Image
I don't think America knows what a gay parent looks like. I am the gay parent. America has watched me parent my… — Rosie O'Donnell Copy Share Image
“In Shanghai's prime, no city in the Orient, or the world for that matter, could compare with it. At the peak of… — Stella Dong Copy Share Image
When I was a child, my behavior was far from being what most people would label 'intelligent.' It was often limited, repetitive… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
“Hold childhood in reverence, and do not be in any hurry to judge it for good or ill. Leave exceptional cases to… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
~My instinct is to protect my children from pain. But adversity is often the thing that gives us character and backbone. It's… — Nicole Kidman Copy Share Image
“Emotional honesty, not perfection, is what children truly need from their parents. Children are always observing how you feel anger, joy, frustration,… — Jessica Joelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“Mary was the only daughter who remained at home; and she was necessarily drawn from the pursuit of accomplishments by Mrs. Bennet's… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Bringing a child into the world makes sense only if this child is wanted consciously and freely by its two parents. If… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
The New Kids took some hits for, you know, not writing their own music. But on a songwriting standpoint, I mean, I'd… — Joey McIntyre Copy Share Image
