“Torture when inflicted on children becomes indefensible. Even among those who believe that torture is a defensible practice to extract information, the… — Henry A. Giroux Copy Share Image
In the life of children there are two very clear-cut phases, before and after puberty. Before puberty the child's personality has not… — Antonio Gramsci Copy Share Image
Our 1 million members across the country will be watching closely to see if the video game industry hides behind a First… — Connie Sellecca Copy Share Image
On Saturday night, I would see men lusting after half-naked girls dancing at the carnival, and on Sunday morning when I was… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was 13 when my parents moved to Israel, and I was put in a Scottish mission school. Ninety-nine percent of the… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
And I'm not a student of religion, but I don't find anything in what the principal teachings of Islam that put us… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
“The more you test him, the slower he will learn and the less he'll want to do. The less you test him,… — Glenn Doman Copy Share Image
I think it's just that the private lives of our public leaders are so much more exposed today that if you're sensitive… — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share Image
“Where did we ever get the crazy idea that in order to make children do better, first we have to make them… — Jane Nelsen Copy Share Image
School, in general, was not great. Children are just mean to each other... but by high school, I probably stopped being annoying… — Eugene Mirman Copy Share Image
The sneer is gone from Casey's lip, his teeth are clenched in hate; He pounds with cruel violence his bat upon the… — Ernest Thayer Copy Share Image
We need to let our children grow up to face the world armed with knowledge, with much more knowledge than we ourselves… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Adam's abduction was our private hell - but it was not an isolated incident. On any given day, any number of children… — John Walsh Copy Share Image
Give us our parliament in Scotland. We will start with no traditions. We will start with ideals. We will start with purpose,… — James Maxton Copy Share Image
I have very vivid memories of being a young child. My mother would create dinner as for us, and when she would… — Eric Ripert Copy Share Image
The woman is more intelligent when it comes to the children, when it comes to her role and responsibility as a mother… — Anjem Choudary Copy Share Image
Children of Men is a solemn, haunting picture, but it's also a thrilling one, partly because of the sheer bravado with which… — Stephanie Zacharek Copy Share Image
“A MAN AND HIS YOUNG WIFE WERE IN COURT BATTLING FOR THE CUSTODY OF THEIR CHILDREN. THE MOTHER ARGUED TO THE JUDGE… — Mark A. Barondess Copy Share Image
Before seeing Truffaut 's Small Change, I was afraid it was going to be one of those simple, natural films about childhood… — Pauline Kael Copy Share Image
“For Children: You will need to know the difference between Friday and a fried egg. It's quite a simple difference, but an… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
With my mother, Julie Andrews Edwards, I've authored such children's books as the 'Dumpy the Dump Truck' series, 'Dragon: Hound of Honor,'… — Emma Walton Hamilton Copy Share Image
We stand by as children starve by the millions because we lack the will to end hunger. But we have found the… — Mark Hatfield Copy Share Image
In my country, families are raised as though they are one. Although I am from the Dinka tribe, my parents didn't raise… — Alek Wek Copy Share Image
“Following Someone is always falling in love with you: men and women, infants and children, octogenarians and adolescents. A tenant of heaven-haven… — Virginia Adair Copy Share Image
“However, we don’t all have the courage to confront our own dream. Why? There are four obstacles. First: we are told from… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“Without realizing it, I fought to keep my two worlds separated. Without ever knowing why, I made sure, whenever possible that nothing… — Marilyn Van Derbur Copy Share Image
“It’s impossible for us to love another person in the same way as we love ourselves. There is nothing more tragic than… — Pajtim Statovci Copy Share Image
It's always been a dream of mine, and a childhood fantasy, to play a great champion. I would much rather haven been… — Mark Wahlberg Copy Share Image
A man killed his wife because she was reading the Bible and then buried her with their infant baby and an 8-year… — Arcine Arciniegas Copy Share Image
When I was a child, the thing I wanted more than anything was to grow up and live in one house. Since… — Kimberly Willis Holt Copy Share Image
Usually people fall in love and everything revolves around the ritual of marriage, children are an afterthought. We did everything backwards. But… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
With this new initiative, Disney is doing what no major media company has ever done before in the United States. And what… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
The Bishops of the Philippines have asked that this year be set aside as the ‘Year of the Poor.’ I hope that… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“Never had the opportunity in her first lost childhood; and in the intervening years her desire for it had doubled over and… — Junot Díaz Copy Share Image
I started writing 'Brick Lane' when my children were two years and five months old. We were on holiday in the north… — Monica Ali Copy Share Image
On the Upper East Side, women are prisoners to the ideology of intensive motherhood, which is that you should be enriching your… — Wednesday Martin Copy Share Image
There is enough for all. The earth is a generous mother; she will provide in plentiful abundance food for all her children… — William Bourke Cockran Copy Share Image
As a result of the sufferings and hard labor they endured, the Indians choose and have chosen suicide. Occasionally a hundred have… — James W. Loewen Copy Share Image
“The Witch's knife like nails drummed the crystal of the windowsill, chipping and scoring it. They sounded like death beatles clicking in… — Meredith Ann Pierce Copy Share Image
“You think you know what a man is? You have no idea what a man is. You think you know what a… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image