Americans, it seems to me, tend to protect their children…

Americans, it seems to me, tend to protect their children from the harshness of life, in their interest.

— Chinua Achebe

We Americans tend to be a prodigal lot. We are as careless with our personal resources as we are with the resources of nature,…

— Catherine Crook de Camp

Only the family, society's smallest unit, can change and yet maintain enough continuity to rear children who will not be 'strangers in a strange…

— Salvador Minuchin

I have reared, or helped to rear, five children and the scariest bit, bar none, is the learning-to-drive part. It has filled me with…

— Jane Smiley

You can rear children in an antagonistic environment or in a facilitative one with a good combination of love and discipline. It's about supporting…

— Christiana Figueres

Women know the way to rear up children (to be just). They know a simple, merry, tender knack of tying sashes, fitting baby-shoes, and…

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“The greatest duty of mankind lies in the proper uprearing of our children. The fact is recognized, but is the duty fulfilled? Do we…

— M. D George F. Butler

If women's choices - such as taking time off to rear children - make them less productive in the economy, does adolescent boys' behavior…

— Sendhil Mullainathan

As parents, you may confidently rear your children according to Gods Word. While bringing up your children, you are to remember that your children…

— John C. Broger

I think people need to commit to one another before they commit to bringing children into the world because that's the optimum arrangement for…

— Leah Ward Sears

Americans tend not to distinguish between political rhetoric and real intentions, which can lead to great misunderstanding.

— Hooman Majd

“This illustrates an important point: then as now, Americans tend to think about issues like macroeconomic policy or foreign affairs only when things go…

— Thomas M. Nichols

Americans tend to believe they can do anything with or without any training or experience.

— Gladys Taber

The Russians are a little stronger, but they excel at the basics. Lock the hands, bear hugs, takedowns, riding are all strong points for…

— Gilbert Melendez

“The events we have passed through form a coherent pattern and the political actors who have shaped the world are rational--if not necessarily moral…

— George Friedman