My mother made a brilliant impression upon my childhood life. She shone for me like the evening star. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“I cannot imagine how anyone can go through life without carrying the memories of his childhood on the surface of his soul.” — Miguel de Unamuno Copy Share Image
In our family, you don't get a childhood. We're too busy trying to dominate the world. — Gordon Korman Copy Share Image
Childhood is like a mirror, which reflects in after life the images first presented to it. — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
Don't try to grow up to fast because one day you will want to be a kid again! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Religion is an illusion of childhood, outgrown under proper education. — Auguste Comte Copy Share Image
“Whatever I learned, Whatever I knew, Seems like those faded years of childhood that flew, Away in some dilemma, Always in some… — Mehek Bassi Copy Share Image
Now when I was a teenager, I was angsty as any teenager was, but after 17 years of having a mother who… — Jarrett J. Krosoczka Copy Share Image
I was pretty young when my folks were playing those kinds of records, '70s rock and psychedelic stuff. So I just remember… — Borns Copy Share Image
I enjoyed playing everywhere, especially my mother's garden and my neighbor's. I loved my kindergarten. We sang songs; we played everywhere and… — Clemantine Wamariya Copy Share Image
I see my parents as tiny children who need love. I have compassion for my parents’ childhoods. I now know that I… — Louise Hay Copy Share Image
We are all regionalists in our origins, however 'universal' our themes and characters, and without our cherished hometowns and childhood landscapes to… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Actions, such as the designation of National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, spring from First Lady Michelle Obama's leadership of efforts to end… — Richard Carmona Copy Share Image
My childhood growing up in that part of Glasgow always sounds like some kind of sub-Catherine Cookson novel of earthy working-class immigrant… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
I have no memories of my childhood in Texas. When I was about four, we moved to San Francisco. I was in… — Johnny Mathis Copy Share Image
One improvement I have learned from my childhood experience with my father: I do not threaten punishment in the morning. That was… — Lincoln Steffens Copy Share Image
I had a happy childhood in a nice suburban area, pretty idyllic, upper middle class and very, very white. My dad is… — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
We have opted for petty determinisms - childhood trauma, genetic inheritance, social conditioning, etc. - that have made us comparatively passive. We… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
As a child, I was always a sucker for anything in miniature, and it didn't have to be a dress: a desk,… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
Today's children are living a childhood of firsts. They are the first daycare generation; the first truly multicultural generation; the first generation… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
With tremendous clarity and wisdom, Daniel Tomasulo has crafted a memoir at once heartbreaking and uplifting. Layers of time and memory—childhood, adolescence,… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
I felt I had a very innocent childhood and I feel privileged by that. But as an adult, I know that there… — Jay Asher Copy Share Image