Children Quotes · Page 881

What we have done with No Child Left Behind is squeeze the creativity out of the classroom because teachers have begun to…

— Claire McCaskill

Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows.

— John Betjeman

“Don't make a wall of glass between your play and the people watching. Don't forget they were once children, who enjoyed being…

— Sarah Ruhl

It occurred to him that seeing a woman's child is like seeing a woman naked, in the way it changes how her…

— John Crowley

We want to build a flagship refugee home. And I'm going to establish a charity for traumatized children.

— Til Schweiger

A woman should be home with the children, building that home and making sure there's a secure family atmosphere.

— Mel Gibson

I never felt that my life was not complete without a child. I don't know if that, as a younger man, I'd…

— Kyle MacLachlan

In Britain, the great hidden secret of talking animals and children's literature is how political it was in its bones, beneath the…

— Andrew O'Hagan

I don't think if you asked any of my childhood friends they would say that I had a weird childhood; they might…

— Jennifer Lynch

I'm a firm believer that when children have a strong conviction about something, it's often because there's some powerful experience from a…

— Miguel

“You speak good words, child, but sometimes what lies within is much darker. The line between justice and revenge is then. Justice…

— Amira Aly

There's a great power of imagination about these little creatures, and a creative fancy and belief that is very curious to watch…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

How well we understand the kids' world is very important, and I myself am not claiming to be the perfect dad, and…

— Suriya

I'm totally against women in combat, because we live in a culture and a society that imposes on every man the concept…

— Grace Hopper

God comes right out and tells us why he gives us more money than we need. It's not so we can find…

— Randy Alcorn

With all the chaos, pain and suffering in the world, the fact that my adoption of a child from who was living…

— Madonna Ciccone

The first time I ever dressed in drag was at a costume party during my childhood. I went as Wonder Woman and…

— Courtney Act

“The fragile and ancient hurt that seeps out of adults when they speak of wronged childhoods.”

— Martin Roper

Nowhere have I felt so much awesome responsibility than when teaching my daughter that there is no wrong way to be herself…

— Denise Bidot

I had a troubled childhood, a troubled adulthood but now I am totally healed. I am lucky that there are people around…

— Amit Sadh

My eleven year old daughter mopes around the house all day waiting for her breasts to grow.

— Bill Cosby

“I had hardly any patience with the serious work of life which, now that it stood between me and my desire, seemed…

— James Joyce

Between childhood, boyhood, adolescence and manhood (maturity) there should be sharp lines drawn with tests, deaths, feats, rites, stories, songs, and judgments.

— Jim Morrison

My daughter is on academic scholarship at the University of Central Florida. I feel so blessed.

— Scott Hall

That will do extremely well, child. You have delighted us long enough. Let the other young ladies have time to exhibit.

— Jane Austen

Why should one parent have all the rights (including abandoning the child) and the other have all the responsibility?

— Anonymous

Child actors going on to become adult actors never really works, apart from a few. Jodie Foster was the exception.

— Mark Lester

I love my children. That will never change. I have prayed to them for forgiveness and hope that they will forgive me.…

— Susan Smith

As a child, because manga was always around and I was reading it, I naturally thought, 'Hey, I'd like to draw manga…

— Natsuki Takaya

It is sometimes difficult to punish a child for doing the wrong thing knowing that from his own point of view,he was…

— Terry Mark

I don't have any children, but if I had a baby, I would have to name it, so I would get a…

— Mitch Hedberg

The Madonna tour thing was definitely funny that - you know, children were crying watching us... and it was interesting seeing how…

— Ad-Rock

When I choose child actors, I chose them for their personalities. And then I work with their own vocabulary, so I'm not…

— Hirokazu Kore-eda

I'm not busy... a woman with three children under the age of 10 wouldn't think my schedule looked so busy.

— Garrison Keillor

I was probably a little bit overweight as a child, being passionate about baked beans on toast and Cadbury's milk chocolate when…

— Roger Moore

Human relationships used to be easy: you had friends, boy- or girlfriends, parents, children, and landlords. Now, thanks to social media, it's…

— Susan Orlean

It's been in the back of my head for five or six years, but more on the local level to get involved…

— Jon Runyan

Let wife and child perish, and lay bricks for your last crust, rather than part with an iota of your [copy]rights.

— George Bernard Shaw

I think, as kids, everyone is fascinated with dinosaurs. I definitely was. It is the ultimate big, huge, monster.

— Brian Tee

I think, having kids, I really care more about the world. I'm not just caring about myself.

— Susan Tedeschi