(Television) rots the senses in the head! It kills imagination dead! It clogs and clutters up the mind! It makes a child… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
I had come to realize the importance of the Nation, and of shared, communal, social responsibility, to be held as equally important… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
I'd definitely be the kind of parent who enabled my child's dreams. I'd just watch and nurture and guide them. I have… — Drew Barrymore Copy Share Image
It was an accident, although Ive been involved in some kind of theatrical function or other since I was a child in… — James Dean Copy Share Image
“We each have our own way of expressing ourselves. I just think that life gives us things, situations— people— to make us… — Barbara Cameron Copy Share Image
“The men were smashing windows and aiming their weapons through them. The driver had opened the door and was shouting for the… — Clark Zlotchew Copy Share Image
I loved working with kids, and kids are the most incredibly discerning audience. And if they don't believe you, they will tell… — Sally Hawkins Copy Share Image
The world is a horrible place, but no one worries because we have all been pacified by anodyne television in which incorruptible… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
“Why did he hesitate? He finally admitted to himself that he was like an American child who was almost completely certain about… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I was still afraid of him, I knew, but in a different way - I was no longer a child, afraid of… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“You think it’s smart for a guy like me to kiss the governor’s daughter? You need to know who I was before,… — Katie McGarry Copy Share Image
Im married to a white man, and then my daughter came out looking like the whitest white child with blonde hair and… — Karyn Parsons Copy Share Image
“9. MOOD: The world is a serious place for some spirited kids. They’re analytical, meticulously reviewing experiences, finding the flaws, and making… — Mary Sheedy Kurcinka Copy Share Image
In the end, we all have to decide what we're willing to give up for payback. We all have parents or grandparents… — Iris Johansen Copy Share Image
I have been manipulated, and I have in turn manipulated others, by recording their response to suffering and misery. So there is… — Don McCullin Copy Share Image
There are four stages in a marriage. First there's the affair, then the marriage, then children and finally the fourth stage, without… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
If someone harmed or tortured or killed one of my children I'd feel everything almost anyone else would feel. I'd probably have… — Galen Strawson Copy Share Image
Our children will be forced to learn that homosexuality is normal and natural and that perhaps they should try it, and that'll… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
Mental illness was a family secret. This patient had four children grow up in foster homes, and they never knew her. It… — Sean Moran Copy Share Image
“Someone asked the other day, "Why do we go to school?" Pat, with vigor unusual in her, said, "So when we grow… — John Holt Copy Share Image
We have greedy companies unlawfully hiring illegals, both adults and children, for cheap labor instead of hiring Americans. Not only are they… — Anna Paulina Luna Copy Share Image
Picture books have terrible PR amongst the children of this country. Ask any librarian: after a certain age, children just aren't interested… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
That dreadful alligator attack in Orlando would never have happened if Disney had put up real warning signs, like other Florida resorts… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
In short, Christians in general are everywhere denominated the servants and the children of God, and are required to serve him with… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
Speaking of childhood fantasy, we were doing a Western, but we were also just hanging out. You work, and you ride and… — James Badge Dale Copy Share Image
“I've had a great deal of experience with adolescents over the centuries, and I've discovered that as a group these awkward half… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Risk is relative. And relative to the imminent planetary 'game over' neon sign that's starting to flicker above our children's heads, just… — Dave Hampton Copy Share Image
I went to public schools in Bangor, Maine, and had as normal a childhood as you could imagine someone could, living in… — Owen King Copy Share Image
As parents, we'll go to the ends of the earth for our kids. As soon as they're born - and during pregnancy… — Ralph Northam Copy Share Image
“If you wanna pass on a ritual to your children, pass on the ritual of helping - if you wanna pass on… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
My childhood was such an odd one, but with such magic, and the quirky grown-ups who were in it managed to still… — Sophie Dahl Copy Share Image
“There was a pier filled with thousands of people, men and women, fathers and mothers and children--so many children--children from the past… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
She is a woman. She is a mother, a daughter, a wife, a sister. She is a truly amazing person. She is… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
“When possible, try to reward a child's good behavior, instead of punishing their bad behavior. Perhaps give them surprise IOUs for an… — Nancy Lavoie Copy Share Image
Does sex education encourage sex? Many parents are afraid that talking about sex with their teenagers will be taken as permission for… — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
Your child probably won't get into the Ivy League or win a sports scholarship. At age 24, he might be back in… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
There was a long stint during my childhood after I gave up on being a pro football player - we're talking sixth… — Adam Ross Copy Share Image
In South Africa, being Chinese meant I wasn't white and I wasn't black. I trained in Baragwanath Hospital, the largest black hospital… — Patrick Soon-Shiong Copy Share Image
Research has shown time and time again that infants who receive the high-quality child care and early education programs do better in… — Judy Biggert Copy Share Image
“Unconditional parental love is the indespensible nutrient for the child's healthy emotional growth. The first task is to create space in the… — Gordon Neufeld Copy Share Image
