--- title: "11 Kids Neighborhood Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Kids Neighborhood quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Kids Neighborhood sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1f/anthony-jeselnik-1838_abandoned_about-a-month-ago-some-kids-in-my-neighb_1464964.png" --- > [About a month ago some kids in my neighborhood were playing hide-and-go-seek and one of them ended up in an abandoned refrigerator.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-jeselnik/about-a-month-ago-some-kids-in-my-neighborhood-were-playing-hide-and/) [Anthony Jeselnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-jeselnik/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1f/anthony-jeselnik-1838_abandoned_about-a-month-ago-some-kids-in-my-neighb_1464964.png) > [When Peter was a little boy we assumed he would go to a business school or become a lawyer. We thought, even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-doocy/when-peter-was-a-little-boy-we-assumed-he-would-go-to-a-business/) [Steve Doocy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-doocy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cf/steve-doocy-10279_business_when-peter-was-a-little-boy-we-assumed-h_572596.jpg) > [It was endlessly entertaining, watching people beat each other up. All the little kids in the neighborhood would come and watch... and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-coyne/it-was-endlessly-entertaining-watching-people-beat-each-other-up-all/) [Wayne Coyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-coyne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7af/wayne-coyne-7254_beat_it-was-endlessly-entertaining-watching-p_131742.jpg) > [You know, growing up, I lived in a neighborhood in Long Island where there was basically one black family. And I remember…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-bracco/you-know-growing-up-i-lived-in-a-neighborhood-in-long-island-where/) [Lorraine Bracco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorraine-bracco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab8/lorraine-bracco-27146_black_you-know-growing-up-i-lived-in-a-neighbo_787425.jpg) > [Really, I think that going out and playing with your friends is kind of becoming a lost art, with the kids in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-shorter/really-i-think-that-going-out-and-playing-with-your-friends-is-kind/) [Frank Shorter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-shorter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e78/frank-shorter-12870_art_really-i-think-that-going-out-and-playin_3181088.png) > [I think the education system is great just the way it is. There's kids in my neighborhood in Los Angeles, seven years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-nealon/i-think-the-education-system-is-great-just-the-way-it-is-there-s-kids/) [Kevin Nealon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-nealon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/881/kevin-nealon-8834_education_i-think-the-education-system-is-great-ju_883782.png) > [A lot of kids in my neighborhood when I was younger played street football. My brothers and sisters always wanted me to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-agholor/a-lot-of-kids-in-my-neighborhood-when-i-was-younger-played-street/) [Nelson Agholor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-agholor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4c/nelson-agholor-6787_brothers-and-sisters_a-lot-of-kids-in-my-neighborhood-when-i_810970.jpg) > [It was a great place to grow up. There were always kids around in our neighborhood. We had a basketball hoop in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-manning/it-was-a-great-place-to-grow-up-there-were-always-kids-around-in-our/) [Eli Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-manning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1c/eli-manning-8497_ball-game_it-was-a-great-place-to-grow-up-there-we_455693.jpg) > [I was never a 'bad' kid, but I did get into minor juvenile trouble. Look, I grew up in Brooklyn. This was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-forsythe/i-was-never-a-bad-kid-but-i-did-get-into-minor-juvenile-trouble-look/) [William Forsythe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-forsythe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7c/william-forsythe-31793_bad_i-was-never-a-bad-kid-but-i-did-get-into_539734.jpg) > [I remember struggling to fit in with kids in my neighborhood in the Bronx because my mom sacrificed to put me into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wes-moore/i-remember-struggling-to-fit-in-with-kids-in-my-neighborhood-in-the/) [Wes Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wes-moore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/188/wes-moore-2818_better_i-remember-struggling-to-fit-in-with-kid_2783701.png) > [“Suddenly life was good, even glamorous. We were poor but didn’t know it, or maybe we did know, but we didn’t care,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-hafner/suddenly-life-was-good-even-glamorous-we-were-poor-but-didn-t-know-it/) [Katie Hafner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-hafner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81b/katie-hafner-41251_first-time_suddenly-life-was-good-even-glamorous-we_250910.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kids-neighborhood/#itemlist", "name": "Kids Neighborhood Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "About a month ago some kids in my neighborhood were playing hide-and-go-seek and one of them ended up in an abandoned refrigerator. It's all anybody talked about for weeks. I said, 'Who cares? 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