Children Quotes · Page 429

“Are you imperfect, romantically irrational, ridiculously fearless, and utterly illogical? You're my ideal reader, friend, partner. I'm your fan.”

— Brook Tesla

My children weary me. I can only see them as defective adults: feckless, destructive, frivolous, sensual, humorless.

— Evelyn Waugh

Unlike other children, I did not get a branded video game. Mine was an open circuit that even buzzed.

— Pranav Mistry

Educated parents find more time to spend with their children by reducing time dedicated to home-based activities that involve little interaction with…

— Stephanie Coontz

“We threw ourselves at that wild river every day and most days it tossed us all harmlessly skyward like well-loved children. After…

— Jo Deurbrouck

In thinking of the sustainability and inclusiveness of our nation's economy and society, we place child-rearing support as our most important policy.

— Fumio Kishida

“To raise a child is to submit to a staggering amount of work, much of which is deeply unpleasant. It would be…

— Jonathan V. Last

“(Precocious children rarely grow up good). My aunts and uncles thought me quite atrocious. For using words more adult than I should”

— W.H. Auden

“Mrs O'Leary said, 'Tis the child I feel sorry for', and all the people looked up and saw me, so I looked…

— Sue Townsend

Therefore, teaching, talk and tale, however lucid or fascinating, effect nothing until self-activity be set up; that is, self-education is the only…

— Charlotte Mason

Like my father, I would never as a child throw anything away, keeping old toys, electric motors and bits of broken machines…

— Nick Park

Children learn about the nature of the world from their family. They learn about power and about justice, about peace and about…

— Desmond Tutu

I had two little daughters - I think they were 7 and 4 at the time - and I said, 'I'll write…

— William Goldman

Can you feel the hearts of the children? Aching for home, for something of their very own. Reaching hands, with nothing to…

— Prayer Of The Children

In my daddy's El Camino In her driveway in the rain Starin' through that windshield I could see my future change And…

— Chris Young

I've lost a lot. I've lost money, and my reputation has taken a hit for taking the high road to protect my…

— Gabrielle Union

“Walk through your sorrow, my daughter, it hardly matters as long as you walk to where you want to be.”

— Paula McLain, The Paris Wife

Kids don't plan to play. They don't go: 'Barbie, Ken, you ready to play? It's gonna be a three-act.'

— Lynda Barry

The objective of education should be impressed on the children's minds. The academic education of today is shallow and useless because it…

— Sai Baba

I have great memories from childhood. Of course, the divorce, when I was 11, was tough. But my mom, especially, did a…

— Malcolm Brogdon

Acting comes natural to me. What I do enjoy is meeting people that I've idolized for years. I mean, I was talking…

— Josh Gad

I never felt isolated; I just liked being alone. I think that some people are good at being alone, and some people…

— Karin Slaughter

I'm sometimes scared of everything that has happened to us. We didn't think Desilu Productions would grow so big. We merely wanted…

— Lucille Ball

“He turned and looked up at me with the face of a needy child and the eyes of an ancient shaman.”

— Tiffanie DeBartolo

My father was a bad boy, a rascal. That's what him do for a living. He just go around and have a…

— Peter Tosh

Suicide, sickness, child negligence. Homocide, fingerprints, wild eveidence. But thou shall respect me, blao blao, clap clap, pow pow, bown down nigga.

— Camron

I named my first born child after my mother-in-law. In fact, lazy fat ass bitch turns 5 tomorrow.

— Nikhil Saluja

Let's face it: grandparents are very important to family systems. You're babysitters, but you also instill values in children that sometimes skip…

— Blase J. Cupich

It's terrible, the way obese children and adults are treated in this country [USA]. And I'm not leaving this Earth until that…

— Richard Simmons

Divorce isn't the child's fault. Don't say anything unkind about your ex to the child, because you're really just hurting the child.

— Valerie Bertinelli

The lack of access to proper nutrition is not only fueling obesity, it is leading to food insecurity and hunger among our…

— Tom Vilsack

Nature wants children to be children before men... Childhood has its own seeing, thinking and feeling.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“So Noah cursed all Ham's children to be slaves forever and ever. That's how come them to turn out dark”

— Barbara Kingsolver

Some words of advice to men: Treat women the same way you would want your daughter to be treated.

— Hussein Nishah

Children are natural mimics who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manners.

— Mark Twain

“Words of praise should mirror for the child a realistic picture of her accomplishments, not a distorted image of her personality.”

— Haim G. Ginott

“It was too easy to die for what was good or beautiful, for home or children or a civilization - it needed…

— Graham Greene

There's innate competition, I think, between mothers and daughters - mine no more so than anyone else.

— Aya Cash

As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and by extension, to other young people.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

“You're like a rebellious child! Huh? You always treat me like a kid, but you're a kid yourself!”

— Peach-Pit