Children Quotes · Page 508

Before I had children, I was - everything about my life was devoted to "Saturday Night Live."

— Maya Rudolph

My mum's always on at me to have children and blames 'that stupid stage thing you do' for me not already having…

— Paloma Faith

“Soon we will not need people anymore, as everything will be done by automatons, including bringing up children.”

— Andrius B. Tapinas

How we treat our parents teaches our children how to treat us...and the circle of life continues.

— Jordan Blake Michiels

“People want to come home to the church of their childhood without having to leave their adult selves behind.”

— Gloria Steinem

Do not grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the Great Mystery into…

— Albert Einstein

The child who dwells inside us trusts that there are wise men somewhere who know the truth.

— Czeslaw Milosz

“They always wanted to do it for the children. But they never do, turns out, and the children go home crying, not…

— Douglas Wilson

I don't know... part of, I suppose, my way out of everything, has been really taking care of myself. I think that…

— Kate Winslet

I'd never put any daughter of mine through acting because, while I loved acting and was happy working as a child, looking…

— Kirsten Dunst

As a child, I was always drawn to heroic characters. I decided I wanted to act when I realised that Superman and…

— Orlando Bloom

Children who have proven themselves to be incorrigible by the age of twelve should be quickly and quietly beheaded, lest they grow…

— Ambrose Bierce

Physical punishment teaches children that the larger, stronger person has the power to get his way, whether or not he is in…

— Benjamin Spock

Take delight in a thing, or rather in anything, not as a means to some other end, but just because it is…

— Charles Edward Montague

“That night, before he tried to sleep, Louie prayed. He had prayed only once before in his life, in childhood, when his…

— Laura Hillenbrand

No matter how much you urge them to relax and how much you mean it, your child probably grapples with highly stressful…

— Rachel Simmons

Just be loving. You also have to recognize that you need to take the focus off yourself and put it on your…

— Benjamin Bratt

I don't know if I was funny as a child, though I always thought my parents really enjoyed listening to me sing.

— Pippa Evans

“There is no ME without books; they’re everything I remember from childhood, from maturity … All that’s happened to me has been…

— Spencer Gordon

There were 84 original episodes. It was rated No. 1 and No. 2 on the Fox Children's Network. We figured it was…

— Howie Mandel

Every child has his own beauty, her own talents. Ikarus Jackson can fly through the air; I want kids to find their…

— Christopher Myers

We've become an underground thing for kids, because we never got the love our peers got back in the day. Kids are…

— Steve Lukather

I can't take much pride in my childhood acting. It feels like it happened in another lifetime, and even then, it felt…

— Mara Wilson

You never know where someone else is coming from. Even within best friendships or within mother- daughter relationships, you never fully know…

— Beanie Feldstein

I don't believe in collective guilt. The children of killers are not killers, but children.

— Elie Wiesel

I ...understand how a parent might hit a child- it's because you can look into their eyes and see a reflection of…

— Jodi Picoult

Children, savages and true believers remember far less what they have seen than what they have heard.

— Eric Hoffer

I love being alive so much. When you come out of comas in your childhood, every moment awake is a joyous occasion.

— John Lydon

“My uncle knows you won’t move against him while he holds the child,’ said Laurent. And then, calmly, steadily, ‘So we get…

— C.S. Pacat

I can't imagine that my children would have fewer rights, and less access to the safest, best health care.

— Cecile Richards

Animals are sentient, intelligent, perceptive, funny and entertaining. We owe them a duty of care as we do to children.

— Michael Morpurgo

My husband and I believe that if you treat a child well and nurture his talent and physical ability, in a healthy…

— Dominique Moceanu

“compulsion to direct the attention of others is one of the first cognitive traits that emerge during childhood development that is truly…

— Svante Pääbo

“…the challenge in following childrens' conversational twists is the leading cause of brain-cell loss in mothers.”

— Candice Speare

My connection to Dima Hasao has been very old. As a child I used to visit the place and have always been…

— Victor Banerjee

I've learned... That having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feelings in the world.

— Andy Rooney

The best time of my life has been the three instances where I have been there for the birth of my children.…

— Steven Spielberg

“The king heard him. “You stiff-necked fool,” he muttered, “too proud to listen. Can you eat pride, Stark? Will honor shield your…

— George R.R. Martin

I will fight for my children on any level so they can reach their potential as human beings and in their public…

— Princess Diana

Alas, regardless of their doom, the little victims play! No sense have they of ills to come nor care beyond today.

— Thomas Gray