I grew up with an older brother who was always stronger and faster and better than me at everything, but I was… — Anthony Browne Copy Share Image
I grew, a happy, healthy child in a bright world of illustrated books, clean sand, orange trees, friendly dogs, sea vistas and… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Ever since (childhood), I realized that one of the coolest things in the game is scoring touchdowns. And I think mentally that… — Shaun Alexander Copy Share Image
“While Ginger didn't like the evil-recipe days, she certainly loved the treat-making days. She liked rolling dough and cutting it into perfect… — Suzanne Selfors Copy Share Image
I think Harold Ramis is a genius beyond genius, and he's the nicest guy, funniest guy, sweetest guy ever. So I don't… — P. J. Soles Copy Share Image
My childhood ambition was to be an Olympic swimmer like my aunt, but that died a quick death when I discovered other… — Teddy Sears Copy Share Image
In childhood, we yearn to be grown-ups. In old age, we yearn to be kids. It just seems that all would be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I had a quite unconventional childhood, in the sense that I traveled a lot and I went to 10 or 11 schools.… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
“It was not always the case that a large minority comprising the weakest members of society wore special clothes, were freed from… — Ian McEwan Copy Share Image
My generation was a special generation. I was born in 1960 and in my childhood we were all big manga consumers that… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
Love is very important in The First Man, in that [Albert] Camus loves these things he never chose, he loves his childhood… — Catherine Camus Copy Share Image
“What is needed is this, and this alone: solitude, great inner loneliness. Going into oneself and not meeting anyone for hours –… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
Life for young American college graduates is a festive affair. Free of having to support their families, they mostly have gay parties… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
“I have this theory that most artists never leave childhood, that you're endlessly trying to work out what happened. And leaving university… — Rachel Cusk Copy Share Image
If a boy is not trained to endure and to bear trouble, he will grow up a girl; and a boy that… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The truth is that the heroism of your childhood entertainments was not true valor. It was theatre. The grand gesture, the moment… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
Being born and raised as a Californian, I somewhat ignorantly had taken for granted the diversity and liberal mindset that shaped my… — Carre Otis Copy Share Image
I never had a childhood. I started working when I was 7 years old. I got $1 a day getting water for… — Chi Chi Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I had always wanted to tell a story that was set in Los Angeles in the '50s, because that's where I grew… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
Who knows whether there may not be a moment in childhood when the world changes forever, like making a face when the… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
I was a big baseball player, and my passion in life, in third grade, was collecting baseball cards. That was my childhood… — Alan Ritchson Copy Share Image
Love is the biggest eraser there is. Love erases even the deepest imprinting because love goes deeper then anything. If you childhood… — Louise Hay Copy Share Image
Dhanush has been a fan of my father since his childhood. They share mutual respect for each other. Also, the fact that… — Aishwarya R. Dhanush Copy Share Image
“The belief that young people are incapable of making reasonable decisions is a cornerstone of our system of compulsory, closely monitored education.” — Peter O. Gray Copy Share Image
I grew up a single kid and so my whole childhood was spent in my backyard dealing with imaginary circumstances and role… — Tony Todd Copy Share Image
“As I started my personal voyage to unpack the childhood that I repressed for so long, everything unexpectedly made sense as to… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
Two things are terrible in childhood: helplessness (being in other people's power) and apprehension - the apprehension that something is being concealed… — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
“Only a fool wants to go back to the land of childhood . . . Or perhaps it is the longing for the certainties of… — Barbara Hambly Copy Share Image
I focus on supporting high quality early childhood health care and education. By betting my resources on very young children, I know… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“These were the moments that would stick in her memory for years to come, those instants of perfect bliss that nothing else… — Francesca Marciano Copy Share Image
Childhood was very nice. The only thing wrong was that I was so introverted, everything became a big deal... 'Oh, no, here… — Steven Wright Copy Share Image
I've messed with Ouija boards. And I've snuck into the basement of an abandoned mental hospital that's supposed to be haunted, that… — Ti West Copy Share Image
“I guess I just grew up thinking that when we become adults, we get to do what we love. For work, for… — Crystal Woods Copy Share Image
It was my father who taught me to value myself. He told me that I was uncommonly beautiful and that I was… — Dawn French Copy Share Image
The nearer people approach old age the closer they return to a semblance of childhood, until the time comes for them to… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
It feels as if childhood sexual abuse or domestic abuse of women in the home has increased but actually if you ask… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
I wore out the VHS of the 'Les Mis' 10th anniversary. Lea Salonga played a big part in my childhood; I was… — Carrie Hope Fletcher Copy Share Image
Psychology doesn't like to talk about evil. It likes to talk about bad childhoods. But I very much believe that some people… — Laura Schlessinger Copy Share Image
My brother, a businessman, is the main cook in his home and my sister teaches cookery. Good food and good music were… — Ainsley Harriott Copy Share Image
How is it possible not to feel that there is communication between our solitude as a dreamer and the solitudes of childhood?… — Gaston Bachelard Copy Share Image