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title: "23 Said Children Quotes by 22 authors"
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> [“Local politicians of color said children and tomorrow. They said digital and democracy and history.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-franzen/local-politicians-of-color-said-children-and-tomorrow-they-said/)

[Jonathan Franzen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-franzen/)

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> [It's nice that you spend a day with your mother,' she said. "Children should do it more often.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/it-s-nice-that-you-spend-a-day-with-your-mother-she-said-children/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [I've heard it said that children born to stressful times never shake the air of woe . . . .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-morton/i-ve-heard-it-said-that-children-born-to-stressful-times-never-shake/)

[Kate Morton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-morton/)

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> [“you want to protect your children, she said. even when they're not children no longer, you still think you can, maybe, make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-cochran/you-want-to-protect-your-children-she-said-even-when-they-re-not/)

[Heather Cochran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-cochran/)

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> [Hurtful words said to your children today, will stay in their memory forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/hurtful-words-said-to-your-children-today-will-stay-in-their-memory/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“I have heard it said that children are getting older. I think adults are getting younger.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-tarttelin/i-have-heard-it-said-that-children-are-getting-older-i-think-adults/)

[Abigail Tarttelin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abigail-tarttelin/)

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> [Well, what are we waiting for? ...She said 'children.' I bet that's anyone under a couple of centuries old. Let's go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donita-k-paul/well-what-are-we-waiting-for-she-said-children-i-bet-that-s-anyone/)

[Donita K. Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donita-k-paul/)

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> [Out loud I said I had two children. Silently I said three. I always felt like apologizing to her for that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/out-loud-i-said-i-had-two-children-silently-i-said-three-i-always/)

[Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/)

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> [ “I said, "The children wanted to know what life was like." Junior said, “They \[the children\] don’t have any idea how rough… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-dawson-and-richard-glaubman/i-said-the-children-wanted-to-know-what-life-was-like-junior-said/)

[George Dawson and Richard Glaubman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-dawson-and-richard-glaubman/)

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> [The arts help children learn to say what cannot be said. When children are invited to disclose what a work of art…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliot-w-eisner/the-arts-help-children-learn-to-say-what-cannot-be-said-when-children/)

[Elliot W. Eisner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliot-w-eisner/)

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> [“Let it be said by our children's children thta when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/president-barack-obama/let-it-be-said-by-our-children-s-children-thta-when-we-were-tested-we/)

[President Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/president-barack-obama/)

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> [St Francis Xavier said: 'Give me the children until they are seven and anyone may have them afterwards'. And I say: Leave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-fowler/st-francis-xavier-said-give-me-the-children-until-they-are-seven-and/)

[Steve Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-fowler/)

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> [Let it be said to our children's children that when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/let-it-be-said-to-our-children-s-children-that-when-we-were-tested-we/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [The other night, the president gave a speech. He said, "children are our most prescious natural resource". I thought, "let's hope it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emo-philips/the-other-night-the-president-gave-a-speech-he-said-children-are-our/)

[Emo Philips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emo-philips/)

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> [“Pyotr said that all children were God’s children, even those whose minds had been overwritten by alien memes. “What about the Jackaroo…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mcauley/pyotr-said-that-all-children-were-god-s-children-even-those-whose/)

[Paul McAuley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mcauley/)

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> [“she said, her children should not live on trash, her children had to fight for their livings, having such a silly, puffed-up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/she-said-her-children-should-not-live-on-trash-her-children-had-to/)

[Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/)

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> [I said to my children, 'I'm going to work and do everything that I can do to see that you get a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-said-to-my-children-i-m-going-to-work-and-do-everything-that-i-can/)

[Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/)

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> [I could have been a better mother. My children assure me it was fine. But when you are running to catch the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-townsend/i-could-have-been-a-better-mother-my-children-assure-me-it-was-fine/)

[Sue Townsend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-townsend/)

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> [My father would never have said about any of his children you shouldn't express your opinions. But it's the way in which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-davis/my-father-would-never-have-said-about-any-of-his-children-you-shouldn/)

[Patti Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-davis/)

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> [“ And Olvos said to them: “Why have you done this, my children? Why is the sky wreathed with smoke? Why have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jackson-bennett/and-olvos-said-to-them-why-have-you-done-this-my-children-why-is-the/)

[Robert Jackson Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jackson-bennett/)

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> [When I started in government, I said that children who come here should take German classes before they start regular classes so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-kurz/when-i-started-in-government-i-said-that-children-who-come-here/)

[Sebastian Kurz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-kurz/)

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> [“Hair under the arms, for example, he said, should never be removed, for nature had put it there, and evidently it had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/hair-under-the-arms-for-example-he-said-should-never-be-removed-for/)

[Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/)

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> [I was never allowed to read the popular American children's books of my day because, as my mother said, the children spoke…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-wharton/i-was-never-allowed-to-read-the-popular-american-children-s-books-of/)

[Edith Wharton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-wharton/)

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