I do what I want, when I want, how I want, and because of that, it has taken me so long to… — Michelle Rodriguez Copy Share Image
[I]f we can bring our children understanding, comfort, and hopefulness when they need this kind of support, then they are more likely… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
“Nobody looks like what they really are on the inside. You don’t. I don’t. People are much more complicated than that. It’s… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I'm prepared to take advice on leisure from Prince Philip. He's a world expert on leisure. He's been practicing it for most… — Neil Kinnock Copy Share Image
“But I think parents aren't teachers anymore. Parents -- or a whole lot of us, at least -- lead by mouth instead… — Robert R. McCammon Copy Share Image
I think…to give. In the best way I can, through song and through dance and through music. I mean, I am committed… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
When we come to that compassionate awareness that is not afraid of the fear, that can embrace the fear, we are able… — Cheri Huber Copy Share Image
Adults who enter into public life implicitly consent to having less privacy, but their families - especially their children - should not… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
The children were overwhelmingly morbid. Not a single adult asked me where butterflies go when they die, but this question was more… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
When I began to read as an adult, my first big enthusiasm was Evelyn Waugh. I read almost exclusively novelists of a… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
It's funny how when you're little, you miss all the little lies. They float right past you, but you don't wonder about… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We need to actually teach kids that books aren't like broccoli. You don't have to eat every bit on your plate. It's… — Jackie French Copy Share Image
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Perhaps the single most important point for parents to follow is the importance of giving goals to a child. And the most… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
The rules your parents teach you to live by are very different than the rules the world actually runs by. Most of… — Tucker Max Copy Share Image
I've always thought of this city as Disneyland for adults. ... There's no danger of Las Vegas expiring from an excess of… — Mary Jo Putney Copy Share Image
The great news is that overwhelmingly far more than adults, youth already care about the environment. Young people are recognizing that we… — Philippe Cousteau, Jr Copy Share Image
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I've learned... That simple walks with my father around the block on summer nights when I was a child did wonders for… — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
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The laughter of adults was always very different from the laughter of children. The former indicated a recognition of the familiar, but… — Elizabeth Hardwick Copy Share Image
And for adults, the world of fantasy books returns to us the great words of power which, in order to be tamed,… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
Teenagers these days are out of control. They eat like pigs, they are disrespectful of adults, they interrupt and contradict their parents,… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
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I still can't get over the idea that respectable adults now go to see superhero movies and that such films get reviewed… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
I was at the breakfast table this morning and I read in the newspaper that more and more adults are living at… — Brian Regan Copy Share Image
I don't like to be called Elvis the Pelvis. It's one of the most childish expressions I've ever heard coming from an… — Elvis Presley Copy Share Image
Everyone has these two visions when they hold their child for the first time. The first is your child as an adult… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
What holds for adults holds even more for children, sensitive and conscious of differences. I certainly hope that the Board of Education… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
I avoid the young adult section altogether if possible, although it's sometimes fun to catch a girl lying on the floor, reading… — Cecily von Ziegesar Copy Share Image
To be honest, I think kids have got a lot more going on than adults. They've got their heads screwed on a… — Amy Winehouse Copy Share Image
Glee is only one example - there are a lot of shows, adult shows online. I just don't understand why we've decided… — Edward Allen Bernero Copy Share Image
Children are loving, they don't gossip, they don't complain, they're just openhearted. They're ready for you. They don't judge. They don't see… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
Today it is not alive. What, then, is this experience of humanism? With the above survey I have tried to show you… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
I published only in academic journals in philosophy until I was in my 40s, but I had been writing fiction and poetry… — Cheryl Mendelson Copy Share Image
Writing from a teen's perspective is easy as pie. At least I've actually been a teen. I've never been a woman, or… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image