Children Quotes · Page 464

Once I started dancing, I was not the spoiled brat or the rebellious child that I was as a child.

— Suzanne Farrell

My daughter is like a tether back to the functional world, and I'm aware of how helpful that is.

— Phil Elverum

We inevitably doom our children to failure and frustration when we try to set their goals for them.

— Jess Lair

“You have a wonderful child. Then, when he's thirteen, gremlins carry him away and leave in his place a stranger who gives…

— Jill Eikenberry

I love Australia and loved growing up here, and that's something I don't want to deny our children, but it's difficult sustaining…

— Essie Davis

“They called themselves flower children and advocated free love, yet all too often what they experienced was not so much love as…

— Gloria Gaither

“The children guessed, if they did not whisper it, that all science fiction is an attempt to solve problems by pretending to…

— Ray Bradbury

As a child I was painfully embarrassed by everything, always blushing and unable to make eye contact.

— Martin Kemp

“Through them, I was able to make a turn in myself, and somehow that view from the window seen alone and at…

— Siri Hustvedt

The images are visual, auditory, olfactory, kinesthetic. They aren't laid down on the same tracks as thought. And sometimes, when they return…

— Martha Manning

The real story of the Fleece: there were these two children of Zeus, Cadmus and Europa, okay? They were about to get…

— Rick Riordan

“My daughter has a mother. She is not and never will be yours. You stay the fuck away from her. And if…

— Nicole Jacquelyn

“Just as there is no warning for childbirth, there is no preparation for the sight of a first child... There should be…

— Anita Diamant

I'd like everybody to be secular. I suppose I have to say politically I would like religion to become gentler and nicer…

— Richard Dawkins

Strong families serve society by bringing forth healthy children and maturing young adults, by being a rich source of a compassion for…

— Vincent Nichols

“Wisdom's daughter walks alone—” “Ella!” Frank stood suddenly. “Maybe it's not the best time—” “The Mark of Athena burns through Rome,” Ella…

— Rick Riordan

I feel that its our children who do give us hope because they are the ones who are going to save the…

— Blythe Danner

You will find the way, daughter of the forest. Through grief and pain, through many trials, through betrayal and loss, your feet…

— Juliet Marillier

I feel like I'm going to be like the ghetto 'Gilmore Girls' because I feel like this child is going to be…

— GloZell

“Melanie Klein wrote that children go through states of mind comparable to mourning, and that this early mourning is revived when grief…

— Helen Macdonald

Our kids are not here to comfort us, to entertain us, or to validate us. Those things need to come from ourselves…

— Marge M. Kennedy

I did play Ramses II once, who lived to be 91 and had 120 children, but he died 4,000 years ago.

— Christopher Lee

“...he glanced at the stranger in the seat beside him and tried to remember when she used to be his daughter.”

— Jodi Picoult

My grandparents had 15 children, my parents had 2 children and I won't be having any child.

— Shraddha Srinath

“Children who observe an adult intentionally manipulating an object have a strong tendency to encode all of the adult's actions as meaningful.”

— David DiSalvo

I want my kids to be curious, to be interested in a lot of things, to be confident, and to feel they…

— Deborah Norville

I'm a big believer in getting kids involved in things where there's a shared interest because that's where they can have friends.

— Temple Grandin

My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private…

— Finn Jones

I have been exposed to different kinds of Marathi and Hindi music, classical music, and English songs since childhood.

— Urmila Matondkar

“I just want not to be hurt by him. I want it to be like it was when I was a child,…

— Fay Weldon

The most rewarding aspect of parenting is seeing my children be authentic. The most rewarding thing for me is to see them…

— Jamie Lee Curtis

There is not a single extant study that supports all the arguments against men being with their children. It's absolute bollocks

— Bob Geldof

If you wait until your children are high school seniors to spring it on them that there's not a whole lot of…

— Suze Orman

I have a daughter who is a sophomore in college and another who is in the 11th grade of high school.

— Thomas Friedman

I have pretty strong views about censorship, and I don't like it. I believe that we should be able to monitor our…

— Katey Sagal

On GOP Tax Cuts: They'll take food out of the mouths of children to give tax cuts to the wealthiest.

— Nancy Pelosi

We expect teachers to handle teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, and the failings of the family. Then we expect them to educate our…

— John Sculley

Children are born innocent. Before they are domesticated they live in the moment, love without fear, and don't even think about the…

— Miguel Angel Ruiz

Music wasn't forced on me [in my childhood]. It was something I wanted to do. And ever since, I've never stopped, I've…

— John Legend

“Cherish your vision and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.”

— Napoleon Hill