Not all Americans are living the American dream by a long shot. Many can't even imagine it. There are impoverished Americans, the… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
I became a clown when these docs came to the house in Berkeley and asked me to come cheer up kids. I'd… — Wavy Gravy Copy Share Image
It's hard to separate your remembered childhood and its emotional legacy from the childhoods that are being lived out in your house,… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
Acting is playing - it's actually going out on a playground with the other kids and being in the game, and I… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
Now that I have kids, I'm probably more overprotective than I've ever been. My wife's nickname for me is 'red alert.' I… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
The best way to create a genuine "responsibility era" -- a genuine commitment to families and to the values they reflect --… — Senator John Kerry Copy Share Image
For our first date, I made Ryan Hamburger Helper, which is basically what I grew up on. I make my own version… — Reese Witherspoon Copy Share Image
Coming from a little suburban town, I wasn't a hip city kid. I was quite the opposite, really. Songs like 'Saturday's Kids'… — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
I'm the only person in my family who can't sing. My grandmother was an opera singer and all of her kids were… — Le1f Copy Share Image
Having red hair is never good when you're a kid. I was picked on a lot and didn't have a lot of… — Jesse Tyler Ferguson Copy Share Image
I wish I would have kept the big picture in my mind at all times - what it most important? That my… — Mary Engelbreit Copy Share Image
I remember I used to go to The Laugh Factory and just goof off onstage, and then I'd see Dane Cook. He… — Jay Mohr Copy Share Image
I want to feel I have the energy I will need as an older mother having a younger baby. It's really important… — Trinny Woodall Copy Share Image
The face of the eviction epidemic is moms and kids, especially poor moms from predominantly Latino and African American neighborhoods. — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
I love hanging out with my kids, my family. That's something you never really anticipate or understand it until you have a… — Matt Serra Copy Share Image
Most departments of education are set up largely to regulate schools and hold them in compliance. They don't really help schools. When… — Pedro Noguera Copy Share Image
Everybody in Spain is sick of me. But in America, there's curiosity about the new kid on the block who doesn't speak… — Javier Bardem Copy Share Image
I did want to share with you one of the greatest lessons I've learned over the years cooking for my kids -… — Michael Mina Copy Share Image
A lot of my friends were a lot into theatre a lot earlier than I was. A lot of my friends were… — Erich Bergen Copy Share Image
Motherhood is an amazing feeling, and if you get to relive those special moments while working, it works as an icing on… — Kajol Copy Share Image
When I'm at work, I'm remembering what I forgot to do for the kids, and when I'm with the kids, I'm remembering… — Kelly Ripa Copy Share Image
We do too much for our kids. We disable them. We should be teaching them life skills to make them more able… — Jo Frost Copy Share Image
A word of advice, if I may? Explosions are an excellent way to kill the undead. But you should probably take a… — Heather Brewer Copy Share Image
The only movies I saw till I was 17 were made by Disney. My parents had this thing. Disney was like, you… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
I think all kids need snacks. Mine are fruit machines. I give them things like apple slices, berries and melon. Do I… — Emeril Lagasse Copy Share Image
It's still one of the proudest moments in my career boxing at Madison Square Garden. Some fighters who have won titles and… — Ricky Hatton Copy Share Image
For some reason as a kid growing up in Lubbock, Texas, I always thought I was going to go to UCLA. I… — Brad Leland Copy Share Image
It's kind of too movie-like to say, "When I started climbing, I knew I wanted to climb Everest some day." Instead, I… — Erik Weihenmayer Copy Share Image
I still think most writers are just kids who refuse to grow up. We're still playing imaginary games, with our imaginary friends. — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
When moms stayed home, it was easier just to let the kids play around the house. But as women entered the workplace… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
Kids watch their parents, right? And when kids are three, four, five-years-old, that's when they're like a sponge, and who they are… — Mathew Knowles Copy Share Image
In giving our daughter life, her father and I had also given her death, something I hadn't realized until that new creature… — Mary Cantwell Copy Share Image
Of course the thoughts and awareness are there, but it's all incomplete and often fanciful - kids know there's something to know,… — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
When I was a kid it was much more difficult. You're trying to understand what the director wants. It's a learning process.… — Moises Arias Copy Share Image
Kids draw masterpieces - they're the best painters ever. I think the same with music. They could totally write amazing music if… — Bjork Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I loved Sherlock Holmes. I'm not interested in crimes. I'm interested in the mind of the detective… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Your encouragement, support and love... has helped me grow to what I am now! Thank you for brightening up my life! Happy… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People make a lot of fuss about my kids having such supposedly 'strange names', but the fact is that no matter what… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
I wasn't a class clown, I never developed this comedic flair as a kid. Even when I decided to become an actor,… — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
I'm also very hopeful to continue my literary journey into the realm of children's books. To be able to read my kids… — Trista Sutter Copy Share Image
