I loved make-believe. I was the child in the cupboard…

From the age of 4 or 5, I loved to make people laugh.

— David Walton

“Only someone you loved could make you wear that kind of expression. Someone who had once loved you knew how to get to the…

— Dorothy Koomsoon

Ever loved someone so much you'd do anything for them, well make that someone yourself and do whatever the hell you want.

— Ashaba

The first 10 years of a girl's life is spent playing with barbies. The next 10 years are spent trying to look like one.

— Anonymous

I loved playing with Barbies - that's why I didn't stop!

— Brad Goreski

I'm just as content sitting on the floor playing Barbies with my kids as I am having a glass of wine with my girlfriends.

— Jennifer Meyer

The first 10 years of a girls life is spent playing with barbies & the next 10 years are spent trying to look like one.

— Anonymous

I learned to hide aspects of my personality. Playing with girls was fine, for example, but playing with their Barbies was something I could…

— Janet Mock

I know 13-year-old girls who are just like me, and I know 13-year-old girls who are still playing with Barbies.

— Nikki Reed

I was bullied by my siblings and cousins, so make-believe was a way in which I could be in charge. When I was like…

— Lupita Nyong'o

“Not only do I believe children can be reliable in sexual abuse cases, I believe the vast majority of them are reliable in those…

— Stephen J. Ceci

I sincerely believe that for the child, and for the parent seeking to guide him, it is not half so important to 'know' as…

— Rachel Carson

I was born in 1969, believe it or not, so I was a child in the '70s.

— Peter Dinklage

I believe that every child in this world needs to have a relationship with the land...to know how to nourish themselves...and to know how…

— Alice Waters

It's important that we challenge the culture of low expectations. You need to believe every child can do well.

— Munira Mirza