As children, we come into the world with a natural desire to both speak and draw. Society makes sure that we learn… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
I do not long for the world as it was when I was a child. I do not long for the person… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
Even as a child, I had walked down streets reading novels, waiting for my feet to get stuck in tar as I… — Alissa Quart Copy Share Image
The mass culture of childhood right now is astonishingly technical. Little kids know their Unix path punctuation so they can get around… — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
It can no longer be an afterthought in a child's development that the analytical side is not of equal to the creative… — Johnathon Schaech Copy Share Image
Have you never observed that children will sometimes, of a sudden, give utterance to ideas which makes us wonder how they got… — Johann Gottfried Herder Copy Share Image
Any child born into the hugely consumptionist way of life so common in the industrial world will have an impact that is,… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
“I was so struck by Flow’s negative implications for parents that I decided I wanted to speak to Csikszentmihalyi, just to make… — Jennifer Senior Copy Share Image
Why do some persons 'find' God in a way that others do not? Why does God manifest His Presence to some and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“In the hit movie, “Pay It Forward,” a middle school child dreams of how he can change the world by being the… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
You want to have a loving, safe relationship with your child, but you can't because you have to do these things to… — Jack Coleman Copy Share Image
My parents were very traditional Nigerians who wanted doctor, lawyer, teacher [children], but when I actually had a dream and I presented… — Chukwudi Iwuji Copy Share Image
“Vasilisa had not seen her daughter for four years. Her daughter, Yefimya, had gone after her wedding to Petersburg, had sent them… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
America is the promised land, because each generation bequeathed to its children a promise, a promise that they might not come to… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
“If a political party or a religious sect had even a fraction of the influence that the advertising industry has on us… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
As a mom, I understand how important it is to ensure kids start their day right and always make sure my kids… — Monica Potter Copy Share Image
“Children," Mrs. Oakenfeld sighed. "I do not want you to be good to avoid being punished. I do not want you to… — Dale Peck Copy Share Image
I started writing as a child. But I didn't think of myself actually writing until I was in college. And I had… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“Her face flamed and her breasts prickled. She did not think again of the sheriff or of his unmarried daughter. She thought… — Jennifer Roberson Copy Share Image
My childhood was pretty chaotic. When my parents got divorced, my dad moved in with five other crime scene detectives. I remember… — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
But I’ve been turning over in my mind the question of nostalgia, and whether I suffer from it. I certainly don’t get… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
There are millions in this country of people who bring a lot of qualifications to the table, but I feel that there's… — Mindy Finn Copy Share Image
“The years came and went, the children came and left. The worst of getting old is not tiredness and aches and pains,… — Marianne Fredriksson Copy Share Image
Children, we should consider every name as the name of our beloved deity. Imagine that He is the one that appears in… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
“The real problem with his type of OCD--chronic fear of hurting other people--was that you thought so much about not running over… — Cammie McGovern Copy Share Image
...for most people in the [Jewish] Ghetto [of Warsaw] nature lived only in memory -- no parks, birds, or greenery existed in… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
However brief our time in the sun, if we waste a second of it, or complain that it is dull or barren… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
To value only what can be "sold" is to defile what is truly precious. The innocent joy of childhood, the devotedness of… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
“A great empire cannot bring freedom by its own decay to those corners in it where a subject people are prevented from… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
Virtue is the strength and power of daughters of God. ... If all humanity really understood the importance of the statement ‘We… — Elaine S. Dalton Copy Share Image
My daughter is 12, and we have an amazing relationship. She knows without a doubt that she can literally come to me… — Justin Hartley Copy Share Image
“Years after the war, after marriages, children, divorces, books, he came to Paris with his wife. He phoned her. It's me. She… — Marguerite Duras Copy Share Image
The soil of friendship is worn out with constant use. Habit may still attach us to each other, but we feel ourselves… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
The best minds will tell you that when a man has begotten a child he is morally bound to tenderly care for… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
We were all children once. And we all share the desire for the well-being of our children, which has always been and… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
It is important that women support each other. Most of us will at some point get married and have children, and how… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
It's funny, my kids and I live together, and I have a lot of actor friends. So my kids think everyone is… — Dallas Roberts Copy Share Image
What I do say is, yes, children may be resilient and they have been able to deal with all sorts of difficulties… — Timothy Murphy Copy Share Image
When women think of power, we shouldn’t think of it only for ourselves. We should be thinking about what we’re going to… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
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