I think the Mary J. Blige persona wouldn't lend itself to the big kid persona, but that's exactly who she is. She… — Cameron Britton Copy Share Image
A childhood without books – that would be no childhood. That would be like being shut out from the enchanted place where… — Astrid Lindgren Copy Share Image
“Those who write for children, or at least those who write best for children, are not child-like or immature, but they do… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith. I love thee with… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning Copy Share Image
We need to provide higher quality and innovative early childhood development programs all throughout Latin America. — Shakira Copy Share Image
Love can make the difference-love generously given in childhood and reaching through the awkward years of youth . . . and encouragement… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
Every working family in America knows how hard it is today to find affordable childcare or early childhood education. — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
“What better reminder do we have than our kids of our own best selves, our less stressed and more carefree selves? In… — Kim John Payne Copy Share Image
My sister and I had a tough childhood, but my mom always said that travelling is the most beautiful thing you can… — Nargis Fakhri 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
To me in my childhood, elves and fairies of all sorts were very real things, and my dolls were as really children… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
When we work to end childhood hunger, we are giving our love to kids who need it so much they will never… — Beau Bridges Copy Share Image
I want to poke holes in the erroneous beliefs about what fame provides. It won't raise your self-esteem, it won't create profound… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
Ambition robs you of your childhood. The moment you want to become an adult—in any way—something in your childhood dies. — John Irving Copy Share Image
I don't know where to start," one [writing student] will wail. Start with your childhood, I tell them. Plug your nose and… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
We're all united in this, that every human being migrates through time, that the place we grew up in in our childhood… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
There are moments from childhood that attract heat in our memories, some for their sublime brilliance, some for their malignancy. The first… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
The South was very segregated. I mean, all through my childhood, long after Jim Crow was supposed to not be in existence,… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
Old age is never honored among us, but only indulged, as childhood is; and old men lose one of the most precious… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“I endeavor to recall the happy comforting dreams interrupted by my returning to consciousness of reality, but to my astonishment so soon… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
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