Children Quotes · Page 159

Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave, when they think their children are naïve.

— Ogden Nash

“A father must take credit for his child, but never a child for his father.”

— Miguel Syjuco

I was a very hyper-active child and my parents just didn't know what to do with me.

— Jay Ryan

I open 'Mindset' with examples of kids who thrive on difficult challenges.

— Carol S. Dweck

“Mothers sound so stupid when they praise their daughters to the skies.”

— Colette

My children are my life. They're so spectacular.

— Lara Logan

“Teachers, you don't teach a subject, you teach a child.”

— Deepa Bhushan

Any of us can sort of say we would do any number of things to feed our children.

— Powers Boothe

I've never got into debt and I've always been in control of my taxes and VAT, but having four children costs a…

— Sadie Frost

You think you know what love is - until you have a child and discover that unconditional mother love.

— Halle Berry

I am endlessly fascinated that playing football is considered a training ground for leadership, but raising children isn't.

— Dee Dee Myers

At the heart of the Christian message is God Himself waiting for His redeemed children to push in to conscious awareness of…

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

My reading as a child was lazy and cowardly, and it is yet. I was afraid of encountering, in a book, something…

— John Updike

We're going to build the bridge to the 21st century, we have to make our children free - free of the vise…

— William J. Clinton

Well, you have children so you know: little children little troubles, big children, big troubles - it's a saying in Yiddish. Maybe…

— Grace Paley

A mother needs to be in the home even when the kids aren’t. A messy house sends a coded message to children:…

— Stephen Colbert

The list of costly services that supplement some children's public education is growing longer and now includes consultants, tutors, and test prep.…

— Alissa Quart

Knowing her we will know that we are her divine children in a relationship of complete, unconditionally loving intimacy; we will know…

— Andrew Harvey

Most children - I know I did when I was a kid - fantasize another set of parents. Or fantasize no parents.…

— Maurice Sendak

We saw the children and the women with their babies and then I heard the poouff — the flame had broken through…

— John Keegan

“Some people say it is a shame. Others even imply that it would have been better if the baby had never been…

— Christine O'Keeffe Lafser

The Bible says that the devil is like a roaring lion (1 Peter 5:8). He comes in the darkness, and tries to…

— Reinhard Bonnke

Steven Spielberg's name was all over 'Poltergeist,' and 'E.T.' was out the same year, which every single parent took their child to.…

— Pedro Pascal

No one should pay attention to a man delivering a lecture or a sermon on his "philosophy of life" until we know…

— Sydney J. Harris

Maybe it's because I was an only child, but I've always wanted kids.

— Benedict Cumberbatch

No one can keep a secret better than a child.

— Victor Hugo

Nothing affects the life of a child so much as the unlived life of its parent

— Carl Jung

After 'Kanchana,' I was surprised to see that children enjoyed my antics on screen.

— Kovai Sarala

As a child my hero was my dad. I always wanted to be like him.

— Tim Key

“Belinsky: 'Who is this Moloch that eats his children?' Herzen: 'It's the Ginger Cat.”

— Tom Stoppard

“An attack on us was one thing, but the orcs? There were children there.”

— Larry Correia

Children should enjoy the few years they have just being a kid.

— Dwayne Hickman

Too many of our children are being left behind, especially in our inner city schools.

— Damian Green

Revolution devours its own parents as well as its own children.

— Helen Foster Snow

Though Hope be a small child, she can carry a great anchor!

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

No president can easily commit our sons and daughters to war.

— George H. W. Bush

All things considered, there's nobody better for children than parents.

— Jordan Peterson

It's amazing what the power of sport does for children and communities.

— Martin Brodeur

When my children were young, I set my routine according to their needs.

— Hema Malini

Last week I got a flu that I caught, 'cause my daughter coughedinto my mouth.

— Louis CK