I didn't trust adults because I thought they were all kind of corrupted. I thought children were pure and innocent, and that… — Mara Wilson Copy Share Image
“I have, to begin with, an incurably romantic imagination. The practice of throwing a bottle into the sea with an important document… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
As a child, I lived with being punier than other boys in class. The only consolation was my parents' empathy - they… — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
There is a scene that I wrote with the line, 'It's a terrible day when a man's daughter brings a boy home… — Ol Parker Copy Share Image
“As children grow, they have an increasing need to orient: to have a sense of who they are, of what is real,… — Gordon Neufeld Copy Share Image
“She looks to be about three, the same age as his daughter at home in California...the girl's eyes are open. She seems… — Evan Wright Copy Share Image
“Since the 1980s, Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) has been on the rise, not just among children, but now among the adult population… — Jeff Davidson Copy Share Image
I believe you came into the world to accomplish something, and that the something you came to accomplish is not small or… — Paul Solomon Copy Share Image
Most aspiring child actors or child stars have a passion for it. But as easy as it is for me to say… — Nick Cannon Copy Share Image
We have opted for petty determinisms - childhood trauma, genetic inheritance, social conditioning, etc. - that have made us comparatively passive. We… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
“Analogy of scientist who try to reach the higher speed: A child ant is tired after the long walk in a body… — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
I love the fact that little kids think I'm a witch. A mum might come over and say 'I'm sorry to disturb… — Natalia Tena Copy Share Image
Come into our home, daughters of Earth; dwell in our tunnels, harvest our fields; what we cannot do, you are now our… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
We have a society that monumentally conspires against the pursuit of health. We have wave after wave of labor-saving technology that says… — David Katz Copy Share Image
When I started to paint, I painted children because I just felt that I wanted to take their side. What always upset… — Gottfried Helnwein Copy Share Image
I don't think it's a coincidence that comic books appeal so strongly to children. Not that it negates any of their power… — Seth Copy Share Image
Your children are your retirement plan. Because of that, all parents want their children, their only children, to do really well financially,… — Jenova Chen Copy Share Image
The main challenge is what to do in the face of double standards. Those who should be rendered accountable under international criminal… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
“Is there anyone I can level with? Anyone I dare tell that I am benevolent and malevolent, chaste and randy, compassionate and… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Are you worried that, when you go to hell, you'll only be taking the local and not be on the express? Why… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
As a child, I was always a sucker for anything in miniature, and it didn't have to be a dress: a desk,… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
My love for the child asleep in the crib, the child's need for me, for my vigilance, had made my life valuable… — Alice McDermott Copy Share Image
“The twinkle that softens the review; the martyr's super-logic and the child's intuition; the fact that a fragment of moss can pull… — Beatrice Warde Copy Share Image
I think we owe it to children to let them dig their knowledge, of whatever subject, for themselves out of the "fit"… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
When it comes to developing character strength, inner security and unique personal and interpersonal talents and skills in a child, no institution… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
“Having a child is to show an absolute accord with mankind. If I have a child, it's as though I'm saying: I… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
My first three-sisters novel in a while, 'Sandcastles' tells the story of the Sullivan family - two passionate artists and their three… — Luanne Rice Copy Share Image
I lived in a plenty tough neighborhood. When somebody called me a 'dirty little Guinea', there was only one thing to do-break… — Frank Sinatra Copy Share Image
“Adopted children are self invented because we have to be. There's an absence, a void, a question mark at the very beginning… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
The problem is that the way [President] Bush has done it over the last eight years is to take out a credit… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“I don't know how these couples do it, spend hours each night tucking their kids in, reading them books about misguided kittens… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
Do not count the days, do not count the miles. Count only the Germans you have killed. Kill the German - this… — Ilya Ehrenburg Copy Share Image
“Normally I don't approve of children staying up late,' he said finally, 'unless they are reading a very good book, seeing a… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
It used to be said that this country was a child-centered one. Nothing could be further from the truth. Children have been… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
I grew up looking at the Grammys. It was a childhood infatuation with these people walking around with gold statues. I felt… — The-Dream Copy Share Image
I don't like to design single objects. I like my pieces to have a relationship to each other. They can be mother… — Eva Zeisel Copy Share Image
Take the example of my daughter. A lot of people were speaking out about education when the Taliban were bombing schools in… — Ziauddin Yousafzai Copy Share Image
She either confused me with a much older child or else she glimpsed deep inside my soul and perceived a hole that… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
The problem with using force in our lives is that we always create a counterforce. For example, If you're with a child… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
What drew me to Batman in the first place was Bruce Wayne's story, and that he's a real character whose story begins… — Christopher Nolan Copy Share Image