Child Quotes · Page 144

It's great meeting children because you never know what they will say.

— Roddy Doyle

I grew up watching films. Film has been part of my life since I was a child.

— Liya Kebede

Children have a way of forcing you back into the present moment.

— Lorna Luft

The child begins to perceive the world not only through his [or her] eyes but also through his [or her] speech

— Lev S. Vygotsky

I was probably tall as a child, but I just stopped growing.

— Kevin Hart

“We often don't realize the passing of years until we see them in a child.”

— Chris Burkmenn

Child of the pure, unclouded brow and dreaming eyes of wonder.

— Lewis Carroll

There's kids out there that have so much life to live. That's a beautiful thing.

— Kendrick Lamar

You make knowledge relevant to life and you make it important for children to learn things that will really relate to things…

— Talib Kweli

After all you grow by experience. But while your son is young, you should try to set before him his ultimate goal.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

We have for a long time neglected our children. They are our richest treasure. We must give them time, attention and the…

— Dada Vaswani

There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything…

— Anatole Broyard

I'm constantly amazed by the ability a child has to show sympathy, to read emotions, to get to the heart of any…

— David Duchovny

If your child has something creative they really want to do, it's up to you, their parent, to help make that happen.

— Paul Dini

I think what's important for kids to know is that your decisions here on earth matter, your behavior matters and how you…

— Matt Damon

I'm not a doctor or scientist. I'm just a mom. But I do think there's a genetic predisposition, and there are environmental…

— Holly Robinson Peete

The natural inclination of a child is to take pleasure in the use of the mind no less than of the body.…

— Nathaniel Branden

Not many people know this about me, but I'm a natural blonde. My hair went from light blonde naturally to a darker…

— Angelina Jolie

A child's eyes, those clear, wells of undefiled thought - what on earth can be more beautiful? Full of hope, love and…

— Caroline Norton

I think that the ideal of parenting can make people unhappy. It's that this lie that they're being told by society that…

— Jessica Valenti

“Every night I tell my children all of the things that I love about them. I tell them how proud I am…

— Tom Giaquinto

The pressures of being a parent are equal to any pressure on earth. To be a conscious parent, and really look to…

— John Lennon

I think the worst atmosphere for a six-year-old is one in which there are no expectations whatsoever. That is, it's worse for…

— James Hillman

“I believe that children in this country need a more robust literary diet than they are getting. …It does not hurt them…

— Barbara Cooney

I wouldn't even call myself a former child star. I was a child actor; there's a difference.

— Jurnee Smollett-Bell

There are many things in this world that a child must not ask about.

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“What a dreary stodgy world of adults the children saw when they went out!”

— Christina Stead

Parenting is about being competent and responsible. It's not about gender, necessarily.

— Dan Savage

The biggest thing you can give a kid is self-esteem, so that they're not shy to do different things.

— Anonymous

Adult helplessness destroys children. Or it forces them to become tiny adults of their own.

— Neil Gaiman

“Children need long distance, steady, persistent advocates who do the hard, quiet, thankless day-to-day work.”

— Deborah Kenny

A book is like a child: it is easier to bring it into the world than to control it when it is…

— George Bernard Shaw

Kids aren't supposed to have to figure out how to be happy. They just are.

— Susan Wiggs

In the great glasshouses streaming with condensation, the children in mourning-dress beheld marvels.

— Arthur Rimbaud

If you tell a kid not to run to a water slide, he/she will walk for 2 steps, then start running again.

— Brian Regan

You can't force your child to go to bed. Well, you can, but it doesn't work.

— Monica Potter

We can seldom get our children to do what we tell them, but they almost never fail to imitate us.

— Colin Powell

Its a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.

— Ama Ata Aidoo

Because everyone is someone's child, every woman seems like someone's mother.

— Megan Fox

Don't just tell your kids to be active and to get outside and play. Lead by example.

— Summer Sanders