Children Quotes · Page 386

You might as well answer the door, my child, the truth is furiously knocking.

— Lucille Clifton

Barrabas came to us by sea, the child Clara wrote in her delicate calligraphy.

— Isabel Allende

Fulfilling your ultimate childhood wish is a surreal experience.

— James Haskell

I could be an extrovert but I was also this anxious, introverted child.

— Rebecca Front

I may be boring, but it would be to wake up by my dog and then my daughter.

— Izabella Scorupco

An honest man is always a child. [Lat., Semper bonus homo tiro est.]

— Socrates

For children, Christmas is anticipation. For adults, Christmas is memory.

— Eric Sevareid

We understand why children are afraid of darkness ... but why are men afraid of light?

— Plato

“We as authors sign a pact with our readers; they'll go on reading because they trust us to play fair with them…

— Pamela Glass Kelly

I, talking about my children, of course I wanted them to succeed in life, they have to choose whatever job or occupation…

— Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

“After thirty-nine years of being alive, I had forgiven my own parents for not knowing how to care for a child, but…

— Gary Shteyngart

The more we shelter children from every disappointment, the more devastating future disappointments will be.

— Anonymous

“Indeed, the responsibility for the world the child grows to understand lies in the collective impressions that the village provides.”

— Nora Bateson

I'm also the father of three beautiful children and I've been married to my wife for 18 years, and we've been together…

— Greg Bryk

We've had four or five casts in three years. There was a point when I thought the Department of Children and Family…

— Julie Bowen

With their hands clasped like children in a fairy tale, she fell asleep beside him in the dark.

— Cassandra Clare

For much of my life, I felt like I was just going through the motions. It was like, 'When am I gonna…

— James Marsden

Both the revolutionary and the creative individual are perpetual juveniles. The revolutionary does not grow up because he cannot grow, while the…

— Eric Hoffer

I pitched my last children's show presentation in the mid 1980's. The era of locally produced children's shows was over and the…

— William Jackson

The lyrics to the single 'Survivor' are Destiny's Child's story, because we've been through a lot, ... We went through our drama…

— Beyonce Knowles

“Herman’s Trauma and Recovery, which addresses rape, child molestation, and wartime trauma together, notes: Secrecy and silence are the perpetrator’s first line…

— Rebecca Solnit

For many children, the library represents their only access to books, reading, and the Internet outside of their home. If you think…

— Karin Slaughter

During the entire process of making this film I never thought about whom I was making it for. I always thought that…

— Alex Abreu

“In churches that care about special needs inclusion I have found that the single biggest determinant for a child's success is the…

— Amy Fenton Lee

Know me broken by my master. Teach thee on child of love hereafter.

— Alice In Chains

Children love cupcakes and so do I - a good one makes the perfect afternoon pick-me-up.

— Rachel Khoo

Teach your sweet child to leave the beautiful flowers in the soil.

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

I think all parents know this is a lot of responsibility... looking after children.

— Ayesha Takia

“The children of the night; what sweet music they make...when they're in tune!”

— Solomon J. Inkwell

My mind boggles at the amount of violence inflicted upon children in today's society.

— Samantha Morton

Children often have a much stronger concept of morality than adults.

— Nina Bawden

I hope my kids see imagination has power to change everything.

— Wangechi Mutu

When I was a child, I had it in my head to play in the Champions League and win it.

— Lucas Moura

It is, of course, traditional in children's literature to get rid of the parents.

— Anthony Horowitz

“To be a human being is to be a child of God”

— M. Bartolo-Abela

It's great meeting children because you never know what they will say.

— Roddy Doyle

I grew up watching films. Film has been part of my life since I was a child.

— Liya Kebede

There's a lot of pressure on kids, period, just to be successful in life.

— Kenan Thompson

War, like children's fights, are meaningless, pitiless, and contemptible.

— Rumi

I was a loner as a child. I had an imaginary friend - I didn't bother with him.

— George Carlin