Children Quotes · Page 2,481

I didn't want to be an actress; I never thought of being an actress because, as children, there were three of us…

— Cicely Tyson

Obviously, you would give your life for your children, or give them the last biscuit on the plate. But to me, the…

— Tom Stoppard

What a child can do today with assistance, she will be able to do by herself tomorrow.

— Lev S. Vygotsky

“younger than she should have been, older than any child should ever need to be.”

— Seanan McGuire

There was one element of my childhood that was really a positive asset for me. By moving a lot, I learned to…

— Demi Moore

Save the children of the World from their acidic lifestyles and diets and their acidic parents who are feeding them.

— Robert O. Young

“They've all been against me, ever since I can remember, even when I was six years old. What sort of human beings…

— Anna Kavan

Just as the child must trust his mother, the white belt must believe in the good will of his instructor. There will…

— Saulo Ribeiro

My kids are deep. My daughter plays music. My son, Black Jack, doesn't forget anything.

— Shooter Jennings

I get paid for what most kids get punished for.

— Jerry Lewis

I'm a hopeless romantic. I love love. My middle name is Love. Valentine's Day is my favorite holiday. I want to have…

— Jennifer Love Hewitt

Let the child be the scriptwriter, the director and the actor in his own play.

— Magda Gerber

I love the roles that I'm having the chance to play, and I've learned to just let go a little. Children teach…

— Ann Dowd

Everybody will give you a certain amount of respect just because you're the boss' daughter. But if you don't follow through, you…

— Jeanie Buss

“Before I had kids, I always found it funny how people would talk about their children like they were the cutest things…

— Jennifer Miller

I had a very difficult father. I lived in a war zone. My parents were very unhappy, and I lived through my…

— Penny Junor

I did some really bad plays at a children's theater in Kentucky where I'm from and went from there.

— Miles Heizer

If you want intelligent children give them a book. If you want more intelligent children give them more books.

— Jackie French

I think some people are really connected to who they were as children. And some people aren't.

— Lena Dunham

A child's character develops in accordance with the obstacles he has encountered... or the freedom favoring his development that he has enjoyed.

— Maria Montessori

Stalin was formed by much more than a miserable childhood, just as the USSR was formed by much more than Marxist ideology.

— Simon Sebag-Montefiore

There is nothing more painful than watching a child with a terminal disease.

— Ara Parseghian

Had I not had children of my own, I would have never written books for children, nor would I have been capable…

— Roald Dahl

I kept praying that I might be able to prevent a repetition of this stupidity called war. I have tried to keep…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

I'm enjoying watching my kids grow and play sports. That's a ton of fun.

— Adam Vinatieri