Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory; children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
Yes, I was the child who would sneak into her closet and read 'Nancy Drew' for hours after the designated 'lights out'… — Rachel Nichols Copy Share Image
There are still women who are not living their own lives, but living through their men or their children — Kathleen Turner Copy Share Image
Obviously, this whole 'no child left behind' idea is more rhetoric than actual practice. — Hill Harper Copy Share Image
“Amount of time an American child spends watching television, annually: 1,500 hours. Amount of time an American child spends in school, annually: 900 hours.” — Peter Strupp Copy Share Image
The benefits kids get from watching "Sesame Street" can be as powerful as the ones children get from preschool. — Julie Roginsky Copy Share Image
As a child, I was hyper, I was a clown and I was sensitive. Today I'm all of the above, except I've… — Nadine Velazquez Copy Share Image
To bring a healthy child into this world, raise them right and watch them grow is the biggest miracle there is. — Matthew McConaughey Copy Share Image
“I thought we were the good guys,” he said, and it had that note of a child who finally realizes that sometimes… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
Squatting on old bones and excrement and rusty iron, in a white blaze of heat, a panorama of naked idiots stretches to… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
I hate to confess that I would love to have all of my children in Washington - and at the same time,… — Susan Shreve Copy Share Image
belated maternity has had its compensations; small children have a habit of conferring persistent youth upon their parents, and by their eager… — Vera Brittain Copy Share Image
“Children have a tendency to behave as poorly as the most poorly behaved kid in the room. The laws of physics dictate… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
We're not playing some minor game in Scientology. It isn't cute or something to do for lack of something better. The whole… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
I accept that speculation, cheerful or otherwise, about the private life is something public figures must expect, but I am lucky enough… — Crispin Blunt Copy Share Image
“I would not choose to live in any age but my own; advances in medicine alone, and the consequent survival of children… — Stephen Jay Gould (Dinosaur in a Haystack Copy Share Image
Science is wonderful, science is important, and so are children, so are young people, and so what could be better than to… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
First and foremost comes my family and my life with Brad. We have so much joy in raising our children and teaching… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
Parents have to be connected to their children and know what they need. When they're happy. When they're not. Discipline is only… — Jo Frost Copy Share Image
Men must respect other men Women must respect other women Men and women must respect our children And protect them so all… — Lorna Grace Copy Share Image
A foolish ruler, a weak child, and a person mad after riches, desire that which can not be procured. — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
“The desideratum of the philosophy “better to have never been” is parents being charged with manslaughter for bringing children into the world” — Dean Cavanagh Copy Share Image
“We are all refugees from our childhoods. And so, we turn, among other things, to stories.” — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
People think you are an orphan when you are a child, and don't believe that old people can feel that they are… — Agnes Varda Copy Share Image
It is the fear of being as dependent as a young child, while not being loved as a child is loved, but… — Malcolm Cowley Copy Share Image
At ten, a child; at twenty, wild; at thirty, tame, if ever; at forty, wise; at fifty, rich; at sixty, good or… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
My experience in childhood and adolescence of the subordinate role played by the female in a society run entirely by men had… — Rita Levi-Montalcini Copy Share Image
“The speaker at the meeting, a blonde woman in a fine tailored suit, shared how alcoholism had stolen her own childhood, and… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Sadly, there are many children who have not yet been given the chance to 'discover the magic of reading, or set foot… — Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall Copy Share Image
Any child who reads widely, often and for pleasure will inevitably make comparisons between what they're reading, why they're reading and how… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
“I am a child with an old soul. I see magic in everything, but at the same time, everything tires me because… — Juansen Dizon Copy Share Image
When our inner child is not nurtured and nourished, our minds gradually close to new ideas, unprofitable commitments and the surprises of… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
I hate birthdays. I thought that I only hated my own birthday, and then I realized that I hate my children's birthdays… — Samantha Bee Copy Share Image
I think one of the reasons we have children is to believe everything all over again. And I'm not talking Santa, here,… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
I watched 'Strictly' and thought, 'That's pretty cool.' But as a child, this was the show that I was like, 'Oh, my… — A. J. Pritchard Copy Share Image
Children are the world's future, and we need to take care of them like we would any precious resource. — Ziggy Marley Copy Share Image
The top priority is leaving no child behind. We want accountability in the system, and we want schools to recognize they have… — Andrew Card Copy Share Image
I didn't have a normal childhood by any means. But it was what it was, and I appreciate what my parents did… — Tre Cool Copy Share Image
In the roughest moments, remember: God is our Father; God does not abandon his children. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
When children are conceived, both parties have duties and obligations toward all involved. — Mollie Hemingway Copy Share Image
