It was difficult in India to find an eight year old who could play a widow. The reason for that is that… — Deepa Mehta Copy Share Image
My father was from a secular Jewish family and my mother from a nominally Christian (Episcopalian) one. They were not religious as… — Mike Berenstain Copy Share Image
I think a person has to believe in something, or search out some kind of faith; otherwise life is empty, nothing. How… — Sarah Ruhl Copy Share Image
I've long believed one of the mainsprings of our own liberty has been the widespread ownership of property among our people and… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Slavery is a wrong to each individual enslaved; and not merely to the first of a series. Natural law, therefore, as much… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
On a recent trip to New York, I bought myself a seriously denim jacket that my daughter begged to borrow. I refused!… — Shweta Bachchan Nanda Copy Share Image
Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away. The moments that… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Of all my childhood books, 'The Giving Tree and Hope for the Flowers' really did change my early world, but after reading… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
“the child of a supermom who gets lots of extra tutoring and one-on-one support is going to do way better than an… — Paul Tough Copy Share Image
“The cruelty of children is more shocking than the cruelty of adults. Not only was I shocked, I was angry. But it… — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
Kids are smart: don't underestimate their bull detector. Contemporary kids have access to a lot of information, so don't even try to… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
“We are all sensitive to the opinions of others, especially to the opinions and reactions of our parents when we are growing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“How do you act like you've lost your soul?" Akiva asked. He meant it as a lighthearted question about a children's game,… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“In contrast, investing time and energy in your relationship with your spouse and children typically doesn’t offer that same immediate sense of… — Clayton M. Christensen Copy Share Image
You can recognize women who are grateful to be a daughter of God by their outward appearance. These women understand their stewardship… — Margaret D. Nadauld Copy Share Image
“The same mistake presents itself to me, in one shape or other, at every turn,' said brother Charles. 'Parents who never showed… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
There is as much in our Lord's pantry as will satisfy all his children and as much wine in his cellar as… — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
“There are moments we return to, now and always. Family is like water--it has a memory of what it once filled, always… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
When you're a child actor and play the precocious kid, the temptation is to wear leather pants or a cutoff shirt to… — Peter Billingsley Copy Share Image
“The story is that while a child named Servius Tullius lay sleeping, his head burst into flames in the sight of many.… — Livy Copy Share Image
Her delight in the smallest things was like that of a child. There were days when she ran in the garden, like… — Alexandre Dumas-fils Copy Share Image
When my Mexican-born grandfather, Rafael, immigrated to work in the mines of the American Southwest, where he eventually settled with his young… — Rachel Campos-Duffy Copy Share Image
My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There was a period of time when I couldn't seem to get anything. I was on the series 'Daniel Boone,' and then,… — Veronica Cartwright Copy Share Image
The law is equal before all of us; but we are not all equal before the law. Virtually there is one law… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
All are agreed that the various moral qualities are in a sense bestowed by nature: we are just, and capable of temperance,… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“fathers must do more than just send their daughters off into the world and “hope they come back with a good one.”… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
At birth, the child leaves a person - his mother's womb - and this makes him independent of her bodily functions. The… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
It is women who have traditionally, historically been given non-human roles, perceived as simply the daughters of Eve, perceived as either Madonna… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
I read a lot of fantasy. I adored 'Anne of Green Gables'. But my favourite books as a child were probably Laura… — Tracy Chevalier Copy Share Image
We sat down and told stories that happened to us in our childhood, to our children. They were all basically based on… — Howie Mandel Copy Share Image
The middle years are ones in which children increasingly face conflicts on their own,... One of the truths to be faced by… — Dorothy H Cohen Copy Share Image
It is more beautiful to trust in God. The beautiful in this world is all from his hand, declaring the perfection of… — Lew Wallace Copy Share Image
I was my class playwright and I wrote plays set in villages with kings and chiefs.My plays were about treason and betrayals.… — Sefi Atta Copy Share Image
There is always in the healthy mind an obscure prompting that religion teaches us rather to dig than to climb; that if… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
If you coerce a child into talking or singing to a mythical creature, it's not long before that child starts to believe… — Steve Fowler Copy Share Image
War takes people's lives and destroys property, but it does not resolve the world's problems. If anything is achieved through war, it… — Bruce Van Voorhis Copy Share Image
“All the other children at my school are stupid. Except I'm not meant to call them stupid, even though this is what… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
“Four girls about Mira's age were standing out on the deck on the upper level of the ferry. They were wearing hoodies,… — Mark Gluth Copy Share Image
Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a passion for… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
