We were fortunate to have the Russians as our childhood enemies. We practiced hiding under our desks in case they had the… — Kary Mullis Copy Share Image
“Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days.” – FLANNERY O’CONNOR” — Herman Lategan Copy Share Image
After a lifetime's independence– yes, selfish independence as my daughter would rightly claim – I am terrified of being reduced to childhood… — Rosie Thomas Copy Share Image
Being an 80s baby was the best. Dang, remember Lambchops, Reading Rainbow, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? We had the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am among the few who continue to draw after childhood is ended, continuing and perfecting childhood drawing - without the traditional… — Saul Steinberg Copy Share Image
My degree of closeness to my step-siblings varies among the seven, but I have a great sense of loyalty to all of… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
I never really had a childhood. I was around adults all the time. My favorite book when I was eight was “Everything… — Drew Barrymore Copy Share Image
If we are serious about combating the childhood obesity epidemic and improving child nutrition, then everyone must chip in -- parents, schools,… — Tom Harkin Copy Share Image
Insecure managers create complexity. Frightened, nervous managers use thick convoluted planning books and busy slides filled with everything they’ve known since childhood…….… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
Certainly, young children can begin to practice making letters and numbers and solving problems, but this should be done without workbooks. Young… — David Elkind Copy Share Image
Being raised in an unstable household makes you understand that the world doesn't exist to accommodate you, which... is something a lot… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
“Do you remember how this life of yours longed in childhood to belong to the grown-ups? I can see that it now… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
“different places and situations, because you weren’t there. You can’t compare your childhood to your friends who were the same age, because… — Jackie Martling Copy Share Image
“My next memory is of waking up, it then being dark outside, and my brother and sister fast asleep on the couch.… — Shane Levene Copy Share Image
(Talks about her childhood) I grew up on a Christmas tree farm in Reading, PA. It was the most magical fun childhood.… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
All of us want to live, and that is absolutely natural. However, we should learn from childhood on to choose our best… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo Copy Share Image
If you only knew what it did to me to have lived in that house where the police were bursting in to… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
As a former victim of childhood sexual abuse, my position is unwavering when it comes to speaking out against the hypersexualization of… — Angela Stanton-King Copy Share Image
From childhood, I grew up with a lot of apprehensions about my body and appearance. I was skinny, had acne on my… — Jasmin Bhasin Copy Share Image
A large part of my childhood was spent holding a cricket bat. The first time I picked one up was in the… — Stuart Broad Copy Share Image
I found one remaining box of comics which I had saved. When I opened it up and that smell came pouring out,… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“When loneliness is a constant state of being, it harkens back to a childhood wherein neglect and abandonment were the landscape of… — Alexandra Katehakis Copy Share Image
Everybody from my childhood growing up had to have that confidence, that self-will. Go out there and do something, be something, prove… — Dion Waiters Copy Share Image
I remember a nightfall from childhood, far from home and off the known track: I'd been walking with some older boys, but… — John Burnside Copy Share Image
Since my childhood, I have always made works with polka dots. Earth, moon, sun and human beings all represent dots; a single… — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share Image
In my childhood I always felt that I was treated unjustly, without a mother, sick, and with the threat of punishment in… — Edvard Munch Copy Share Image
Most of us have fond memories of food from our childhood. Whether it was our mom's homemade lasagna or a memorable chocolate… — Homaro Cantu Copy Share Image
My father is from Jamaica, and as a child I spent many holidays there. I remember the weight and drenching wetness of… — Sadie Jones Copy Share Image
When we talk of leaving our childhood behind us, we might as well say that the river flowing onward to the sea… — Anna Brownell Jameson Copy Share Image
My childhood is very vivid to me, and I don't feel very different now from the way I felt then. It would… — Sarah Orne Jewett Copy Share Image
“If Edna St. Vincent Millay was right and childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies, then my childhood ended when I was… — Katja Millay Copy Share Image
I'm much more interested in writing about the things that engage and enrage me as an adult rather than in wallowing in… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
My childhood is streets upon streets upon streets upon streets. Streets to define you and streets to confine you, with no sign… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was raised on T.V. dinners because in those days, they were considered a well-balanced meal. And when I was sick, my… — Lindsay Wagner Copy Share Image
“do not miss childhood, but I miss the way I took pleasure in small things, even as greater things crumbled. I could… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
People talk about fantastic memories of childhood, but I remember children being cruel to me and wanting to come out of childhood… — Robert Lepage Copy Share Image
As a Kashmiri Pandit, I have been hearing about terrorism from childhood. Directly or indirectly, we have also been victims of terrorism. — Aditya Dhar Copy Share Image
I had a very normal childhood because I think my parents made a decision very early in life to keep all of… — Harshvardhan Kapoor Copy Share Image
What would you do? Would you jump? Would you feel pity for yourself? Would you think about your family and your childhood… — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image
Get into the habit of laughing; too many of us have forgotten how to laugh. As people grow older, they sometimes forget… — Maxwell Maltz Copy Share Image
