Child Quotes · Page 32

“Parents, they'll screw you up every time.”

— Chuck Palahniuk

No child wants to fail. Everyone wants to succeed.

— Al Green

An adult is a child who has more ethics and morals.

— Shigeru Miyamoto

I have chosen not to have children.

— Mona Eltahawy

You can't protect your children from life.

— Salim Akil

It's hard for me to believe someone could harm a child.

— Nancy Grace

Parents are supposed to be role models, not let downs.

— Anonymous

Buildings, too, are children of Earth and Sun.

— Frank Lloyd Wright

“Education is the second food a parent can give a child.”

— Uzoma Nnadi

“Children needed love, a reliable source of comfort, and an adult willing to take responsibility for them.”

— Deborah Harkness

Children are not things to be molded, but people to be unfolded.

— Jess Lair

Children see things very well sometimes and idealists even better.

— Lorraine Hansberry

I was thought to be retarded as a child, and all the evidence indicates that I was.

— Guy Davenport

Sometimes you have to abandon your own children for other children.

— Patti Smith

A child may not know how to feed itself, or what to eat, yet it knows hunger.

— Daniel Keyes

The toughest thing about raising kids is convincing them that you have seniority.

— Gene Brown

“the children need a surface to draw on, between the flowers and fruit bowls, and sometimes it feels like a game of…

— Louise Westerhout

“Only when we pay equal attention to all aspects of a child, when we value his hands and heart equally with his…

— Linda Dobson

I don't think people understand what being a parent means, you have to put your kid before everything including yourself

— Anonymous

If our boys and girls are not so good as they were when you were a child their age, it may be…

— Anonymous

When children have grieving parents it's also common for them to feel an obligation to cheer them up and make them happy.

— Simon Callow

Children can feel, but they cannot analyse their feelings; and if the analysis is partially effected in thought, they know not how…

— Charlotte Bronte

“them buy their own Xboxes. You will likely shower your kids with toys and gifts as they grow, many of which have”

— Devin D. Thorpe

There are certain expectations that are put on you as a child actor, but mainly it's just turn up and say your…

— Naomie Harris

“The hardest part is the shi ft we have to make in atti tude. We have to stop thinking of the child…

— Anonymous

I found the happiest woman in America is between 50 and 55, is happily married, has made significant progress in her career,…

— Gail Sheehy

When I was a kid, my parents smartly raised us to keep quiet, be respectful to older people, and generally not question…

— Mindy Kaling

When I go back to Texas, I travel the state, and I see people all the time who come up to me,…

— Ted Cruz

“It is clear that there are situations where we should restrict a child: letting them ingest poison, for example, would be against…

— Marcelo Motta

It can be a huge help to parents considering the adoption of an older child, when college is just a few years…

— Rhea Perlman

I had lots of trouble in school as a child, and I lost confidence. Teachers thought I was stupid. I learned to…

— Richard Rogers

“Let there be nothing harmonious about our children's playthings...They are spying on real grownups all the time, learning what they fight about,…

— Kurt Vonnegut

Parenthood is such a lesson in self-sacrifice.

— Angela Kinsey

Kids are mostly very resilient.

— Laurie Halse Anderson

I always wanted to sing, as a child.

— Luke Evans

When my sister died, I had my first child.

— Charley Boorman

Kids can tell if you're being genuine or not.

— Lauv

I wnt dese twins as a ma child… :P

— Anonymous

Children always turn to the light.

— David Hare

You know how kids are. They like to do what parents do.

— Ivan Lendl