“A habit of solitude in early childhood is not easily broken. Indeed, it may prove lifelong.” — Philippa Pearce Copy Share Image
My early childhood was notable by an absence of proper meals and highly processed food. — Ulrika Jonsson Copy Share Image
Our fascination with gold is related to the fantasies of early childhood. — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
We have to become a learning society, committed to quality education from early childhood right through to re-training in later life. — Bill Shorten Copy Share Image
Economic research demonstrates that tax dollars spent in early childhood development provide extraordinary return on investment-16% for high quality programs — Robert Greenwald Copy Share Image
“Every child is entitled to having the finest experiences, and every parent should know how to provide them.” — Ph.D Sally R. Goldberg Copy Share Image
If you're a progressive, you've got to be worried about how the federal government is spending its revenue, because we don't have… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“In Your Early Years people Tell You, Correct You and Forgive You. But when you become an Adult, they Neither Correct you… — Vineet Raj Kapoor Copy Share Image
Ensuring every child in St. Louis has access to quality early childhood education that will set them up for future success is… — Cori Bush Copy Share Image
Some men have a necessity to be mean, as if they were exercising a faculty which they had to partially neglect since… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“Wish on a star, said a tiny voice in his head from some long-departed day of early childhood: Wish on a star--the… — Susan Cooper Copy Share Image
“Parents often fail to address early childhood lying, since the lying is almost innocent—their child’s too young to know what lies are,… — Po Bronson Copy Share Image
She may hide it, but Clinton is a policy nerd. Ask about microfinance, and she'll talk your ear off. Mention early childhood… — Nicholas Kristof Copy Share Image
“When the power falls on me, it buzzes in the warm, dark spaces of my skull. It stings like nettles at the… — Victoria Lamb Copy Share Image
The goal of my philanthropic work has always been to make sure that every child has a chance to live up to… — Shakira Copy Share Image
Making smart investments in early childhood education could not only generate more than $7 of economic benefits over a child's lifetime for… — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
In early childhood, children develop a set of symbols that 'stand for' things they see in the world around them... Children are… — Betty Edwards Copy Share Image
“If a child connects being hurt with being bad, weak, unable to cope, or constantly surrounded by threat, there is no room… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
A dear friend of my early childhood has worked as an anthropologist in Papua New Guinea for much of her life, and… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
“[John Clare's] father was a casual farm labourer, his family never more than a few days' wages from the poorhouse. Clare himself,… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
“From early childhood, I had been told how smart I was, and throughout my life various people had tried so hard to… — Anna Jarzab Copy Share Image
“Public speaking phobia has many causes, including early childhood setbacks, that have to do with our unique personal histories, not inborn temperament.… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
I was appalled at how children had become the focus and gravitational center of the nuclear family around which parents orbited instead… — Judith M Bardwick Copy Share Image
“You realize now that she turned to you as a form of consolation, to give her life a meaning and a purpose… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“...some adolescent survivors describe feeling special, powerful, and sometimes entitled. This is especially true of those for whom excessive attention was part… — Christine A. Courtois Copy Share Image
“Since early childhood, their emotions have been conditioned by the tribal premise that one must “belong,” one must be “in,” one must… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“What is the purpose of my writing about the various experiences of my life? It is not for publicity, but with the… — Ernest Albert Law Copy Share Image
“She tapped her wrist, an ancient Terran gesture meant to signal impatience, one of the few things she remembered from early childhood… — David Mack Copy Share Image
A poor child who receives high-quality early childhood development is 40 percent less likely to need special education, twice as likely to… — Shakira Copy Share Image
Nothing in my early childhood suggested to anyone - except maybe my father - that one day I would be standing here… — Judy Sheindlin Copy Share Image
In tough economic times, we have to make every dollar count, and studies have shown a return of up to $17 for… — Shakira Copy Share Image
Early childhood education remains one of the strongest investments we can make in the long-term success of our students and the long-term… — Abigail Spanberger Copy Share Image
I have a special place in my heart for New York City. I spent my early childhood there before moving to Los… — Kathy Hilton Copy Share Image
If you're going to equalize the academic playing field, you've got to get the kids in early childhood programs. — Paul Vallas Copy Share Image
The whole narcissism and echo syndrome is usually the result of early childhood training. Those are very hard habits for anyone to… — Merrill Markoe Copy Share Image
I'm hoping someday that we'll be able to start a consortium with places like Carnegie Hall to work on early childhood education.… — Agnes Gund Copy Share Image
Parents deserve the peace of mind of knowing their children are in good hands. By investing in early childhood educators, we are… — Kathleen Wynne Copy Share Image
For both Adam Smith and Karl Marx the essential work of caring for people, starting in early childhood, was "just women's work"… — Riane Eisler Copy Share Image