I was always playing with whatever I could get under my hands, making rhythm with it, which was natural for me, because… — Jain Copy Share Image
My 'act' was schoolwork. I was your basic, garden-variety, ambitious, upwardly mobile, hard-working Jewish boy from Brooklyn. I was bound to go… — Clive Davis Copy Share Image
No Child Left Behind taught us that parents, teachers and state and local leaders are more suited to address students' needs than… — John Kline Copy Share Image
For parents who work, afterschool programs can be a crucial support system, but too many communities have limited options. — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
My parents are like many across Britain. Neither on the breadline, nor loaded, they were determined to give their daughter all that… — Liz Kendall Copy Share Image
I attended theater camps and classes growing up, but there was never any talk of me making a life out of acting.… — Ainsley Earhardt Copy Share Image
Parents don't come full bloom at the birth of the first baby. In fact parenting is about growing. It's about our own… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
Those who have won the ovarian lottery by being born in an advanced society to loving parents have a special obligation to… — George Kaiser Copy Share Image
I grew up in New York City, and both my parents worked. On weekends, we'd go out to the country, and on… — Christa Miller Copy Share Image
Economically anxious, many parents see their children's accomplishments as a sort of insurance against the financial challenges of old age; high-achieving kids,… — Alissa Quart Copy Share Image
At age three, if you have a still-growing brain, it's a human behavior. In chimps, by age three, the brain is formed… — Zeresenay Alemseged Copy Share Image
Children born to teens have less supportive and stimulating environments, poorer health, lower cognitive development, and worse educational outcomes. Children of teen… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
I was 21, and I was in college, and I'd eat real healthy during the week, and then on the weekends I… — Joey Chestnut Copy Share Image
French parents are very concerned about their kids. They know about pedophiles, allergies, and choking hazards. They take reasonable precautions. But they… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
A secondhand wardrobe hand clothes doesn't make one an artist. Neither do a hair-trigger temper, melancholic nature, propensity for tears, hating your… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
Some parents place undue priority on temporal and material possessions. Some are far less diligent in their efforts to immerse their children… — Quentin L. Cook Copy Share Image
“I mean , I never even had to really come out to my parents. They always knew, and it was always okay.… — Julie Buxbaum Copy Share Image
We lived above my father's launderette. Both my parents ran the launderette, but my father was also a factory supervisor, and my… — Sanjeev Bhaskar Copy Share Image
If parents instill a sense of civic-mindedness - and there is no better way to do that than by example - their… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
“If I had received good instruction as a child I would be with my family today and at peace with my neighbors.… — Charles Portis Copy Share Image
My parents aren't the demographic for a lot of things I do. If I did a stand-up show, and I saw 62-year-old… — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share Image
It's such a liberating feeling to go out of your comfort zone, to be independent and strike out on my own without… — Heart Evangelista Copy Share Image
My parents enrolled me in a gymnastics class when I was three years old, and I just was drawn to gymnastics. I… — Dominique Moceanu Copy Share Image
Since my childhood, I was that girl who would walk into a movie hall starry-eyed having this hunch that I will be… — Amrita Rao Copy Share Image
I feel for all the parents whose babies just keep waking up for years. My heart and back go out to you… — Constance Marie Copy Share Image
Parents are teachers as much as caregivers, and our children learn to navigate life's challenges by watching us. Kids can get a… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
I am from a poor background in Portugal. We were medium-down, not down-and-out. My parents felt problems around food in the past… — Carlos Carvalhal Copy Share Image
“Let your child be the torch of truth and they shall shine over the entirety of the human society brightening even the… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
I believe your children should work on their own and make a name for themselves. By doing this they become confident. My… — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
My parents were very Old World. They come from Brooklyn, which is the heart of the Old World. Their values in life… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
So I consider myself a dog person. Kind of. Had dogs when I was a kid, but my parents would never have… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
I haven't lived my life through my daughters. Some parents devote everything to their children, which must be so hard, and it's… — Annie Lennox Copy Share Image
When I look at my parents I'm like, 'This is easy. Staying together for 35 years? How hard is that?' They're like,… — John Krasinski Copy Share Image
Being an actress wasn't realistic. I knew that I was going to have to do it in a way that would speak… — Gina Rodriguez Copy Share Image
“I'd love to know how Dad saw me when I was 6. I'd love to know a hundred things. When a parent… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
My parents were the same in the pulpit as they were at home. I think that's where a lot of preachers' kids… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
Sometimes parents, when they have a lot of small children, it's hard because your time's got to get divvied up. There's no… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
The world is divided between kids who grow up wanting to be their parents and those like us, who grow up wanting… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
If I had been born in the circus, my parents would have pushed me on that little high wire at four years… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
It's a very hard goal. But, what I want is to tell people who are getting bullied to stand up to the… — JoJo Siwa Copy Share Image
