Childhood Quotes · Page 44

True poets, like great artists, have scarcely any childhood, and no old age.

— Sophie Swetchine

For some reason, I always have an allegiance to Ohio. I had a great childhood, and to return to it is very…

— Sam Jaeger

“Most children have been cursed with parents who have forgotten the joy of walking barefoot.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

It is my childhood dream to have a Christian-style wedding, just like the fairy tales.

— Sushmita Sen

If the Cowardly Lion were on RuPaul’s Drag Race, so much of my childhood would be less nightmarish.

— Julie Klausner

Religion teaches you to be satisfied with nonanswers. It’s a sort of crime against childhood.

— Richard Dawkins

I took vocal lessons all through my childhood and still do. I was classically trained.

— Sofia Carson

I have been following the Dakar since childhood. I always wanted to do it.

— Andre Villas-Boas

Many times, a child's struggle against hunger begins before he or she is born because the mother is undernourished. Making sure prenatal…

— Hector Elizondo

The sad part is that every time people see me, they think either I have had a bad childhood or I'm schizophrenic.…

— Kunal Kapoor

Some people will say I'm an arrogant person, but my childhood was different. Most of my childhood was busy with work and…

— Alex Pereira

With childhood comes a brief grace period of ignorant bliss -- when you're not aware of the pain around you. That is…

— Barry Privett

I have been luckier than anyone I know or even heard of. I had a very happy childhood, a good education, I…

— Maeve Binchy

Our state will show the nation how we can end childhood poverty through a major expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit…

— Wes Moore

I wouldn't do anything else [besides acting], for sure. If I did, it would be music or some other pursuit in this…

— Dermot Mulroney

People say, 'Weren't you deprived of your childhood?' No way. I would not take anything back at all. Everything about it was…

— Bryce Harper

Go for broke. Always try and do too much. Dispense with safety nets. Take a deep breath before you begin talking. Aim…

— Salman Rushdie

I had a lovely childhood. For family holidays, we went as far as the car could take us - we would drive…

— Rachel McAdams

“[Calvin's Mom is driving him somewhere.] CALVIN: Mom, can I drive on the way back? CALVIN'S MOM: Of course not, Calvin. CALVIN:…

— Bill Watterson

I knew all of the childhood prayers I uttered on my knees at the side of my bed. Many years of Sunday-school…

— Iyanla Vanzant

“Look at me!" he would shout as he ran laughing through the halls of Storm's End. "Look at me, I'm a dragon,"…

— George R.R. Martin

I think we need to be put back in touch with our childhood...to be reminded of what's important, like memories about people…

— Kathryn Tucker Windham

I found 'Bordertown' when I was standing on the border between childhood and my teens, and it carried me past that transition.…

— Seanan McGuire

I was always fascinated by speed... My father was always an enthusiast and once I found a passion in racing, I had…

— Christian Horner

Remember when we were kids and couldn't wait to grow up...what the hell were we thinking?

— Keren Zhims

So, like a forgotten fire, a childhood can always flare up again within us.

— Gaston Bachelard

It was a great childhood. We weren't especially wealthy or anything, but I felt I had a kind of safety and freedom.

— Sarah Waters

“We should all have a tree in our childhood...a tree one might explore, a tree from which one might learn how to…

— Alexander McCall Smith

Every man remembers his childhood as a kind of mythical age, just as every nation's childhood is its mythical age.

— Giacomo Leopardi

When I was young, and it was raining, I used to watch two drops of water roll down the window and pretend…

— Brookelle Willcox

I had this rare privilege of being able to pursue in my adult life, what had been my childhood dream.

— Andrew Wiles

Since my childhood, I have seen 'Nagina,' 'Chalbaaz' and 'Mr. India' so many times.

— Rupali Ganguly

I feel like I had as normal a childhood as anyone, but it had a certain focus. Maybe other kids focused on…

— Hilary Hahn

“Tiddlywinks, tiddlywinks, I want to play tiddlywinks," chanted Ramona, shaking her head back and forth.”

— Beverly Cleary

Ever since my childhood days in Kolkata, where I was born, I had seen my father interacting with Congressmen.

— Bappi Lahiri

Since childhood, I've never been a morning person. I need something exciting, out of my comfort zone, to get out of bed.

— Nani

In the happiest of our childhood memories, our parents were happy, too.

— Robert Breault

“Ô, Wanderess, Wanderess When did you feel your most euphoric kiss? Was I the source of your greatest bliss?”

— Roman Payne

“One of the universal fears of childhood is the fear of not having value in the eyes of the people whom we…

— Fred Rogers

The happiest moments of my childhood were when my toys broke, because then I could destroy them with impunity.

— Andrew Stanton