“1. INTENSITY: The loud, dramatic spirited children are the easiest to spot. They don’t cry; they shriek. They’re noisy when they play,… — Mary Sheedy Kurcinka Copy Share Image
The environment is everything that makes up our surroundings and affects our ability to live on the earth - the air we… — Yaya Toure Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I was mousey brown and started putting in highlights with each child. By the time I had my… — Maye Musk Copy Share Image
Labor, under their current leadership, want to be the Downtown Abbey party when it comes to educational opportunity. They think working class… — Michael Gove Copy Share Image
“How can such impoverished children laugh? How can prisoners sing with joy? They rise above by accepting that certain events are beyond… — Nick Vujicic Copy Share Image
If thou desire to see thy child virtuous, let him not see his father's vices: thou canst not rebuke that in them,… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
When I was a child, I wanted to watch things that made me laugh. It's attacking boredom, as simple as that. I… — Dylan Moran Copy Share Image
“I think," said my neighbour, her chin very high in the air (and still spiffed, I am glad to say) "that women… — Joanna Russ Copy Share Image
MPs and all public servants are human beings with friends, families and loved ones - families did not choose to be in… — Rachel Reeves Copy Share Image
“You told me that the children of the forest had the greensight. I remember.” “Some claimed to have that power. Their wise… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Queen always seemed to me to be manufactured championship music—designed to be played in stadiums to get fans hyped up about paying… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
I think once I had my kids that kind of made it like, 'Look, you have to be the best you can… — Marc Gasol Copy Share Image
“My schoolmates hurried home the way they always did, the bold kids scuffling and shouting and the timid, gawky ones yearning toward… — Janice Steinberg Copy Share Image
“Silas’s last book: mother lying-in with her eleventh upstairs, father laid-out after his ninth downstairs, eldest son lying to the Government in… — Josephine Tey Copy Share Image
A method of child-rearing is not--or should not be--a whim, a fashion or a shibboleth. It should derive from an understanding of… — Selma Fraiberg Copy Share Image
“Your mother said that Fraser sent her back to me, knowing that I would protect her--and you. ... And like him, perhaps… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
When I heard 'Rockabye,' I was just blown away. It had been a long time since I had heard a song that… — Anne-Marie Copy Share Image
You can make lots of mistakes, but if you give children avenues for creativity and joy, they will have resources to carry… — Charlotte Sophia Kasl Copy Share Image
“I'm sympathetic to the nuns' violent impulses. I mean, if I'd given up sex to devote myself to a man who I… — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image
“Changes in Relationship with others: It is especially hard to trust other people if you have been repeatedly abused, abandoned or betrayed… — Suzette Boon Copy Share Image
“Look at your daughter,' she whispered. 'As brave as...as.." She wanted to compare Meggie to a hero in some story but all… — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
A little girl who finds a puzzle frustrating might ask her busy mother (or teacher) for help. The child gets one message… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
“There are some themes, some subjects, too large for adult fiction; they can only be dealt with adequately in a children's book.… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“some children become more anxious as the operation continues. One suggests that if the Furby dies, it might haunt them. It is… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
“Anyone want to help me start PAPA, Parents for Alternatives to Punishment Association? (There is already a group in England called ‘EPPOCH’… — Kelly Bryson Copy Share Image
“Science has carried us to the gateway to the universe. And yet our conception of our surroundings remains the disproportionate view of… — Ann Druyan Copy Share Image
“This was it. He would kill her. She knew it, and she had so much to say. She wanted to tell Sky… — Devona Serenity Copy Share Image
“There is darkness on the water. There is darkness on the land. There is darkness all around us, but I will hold… — Ann Burg Copy Share Image
When the child has reached manhood he is thoroughly saturated with the belief that he is chosen by the Lord himself to… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
I have a daughter, Catherine, aged 30. I have a 9-year-old son, Nathaniel, a 7-year-old son, Ridley, and a 6-year-old daughter, Truma.… — Clyde Edgerton Copy Share Image
i love playing and chatting with children...feeding and putting them to bed with a little story, and being away from the family… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“Recently I interviewed a psychopath. This is always a humbling experience because it teaches over and over how much of human motivation… — Anna Salter Copy Share Image
To be a good mother, a woman must have sense, and that independence of mind which few women possess who are taught… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
In the 19th century, a lot of people were against outlawing child labour, because to do so would be against the very… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
“When I am come to mine own again, I will always honor little children, remembering how that these trusted me and believed… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
But, in the end, the books that surround me are the books that made me, through my reading (and misreading) of them;… — Ramona Koval Copy Share Image
“So much held in a heart in a lifetime. So much held in a heart in a day, an hour, a moment.… — Brian Doyle Copy Share Image
Landmines distinguish themselves because once they have been sown, once the soldier walks away from the weapon, the landmine cannot tell the… — Jody Williams Copy Share Image
You are worried about seeing him spend his early years in doing nothing. What! Is it nothing to be happy? Nothing to… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
In its jolly mission to expose the dark underbelly of the children’s book world, Wild Things! turns up stories I’ve been hearing… — Paul O. Zelinsky Copy Share Image
