Children Quote by Alison Gopnik

I consider early childhood events as most essential to a man's scientific and philosophical development.

— Konrad Lorenz

Philosophy has forgotten about children

— Bernhard Schlink

I am sure my fellow-scientists will agree with me if I say that whatever we were able to achieve in our later years had…

— Felix Bloch

It was something every child knew how to do, maintain a direct and full connection with the world. Somehow you forgot about it as…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

I guess I was a philosophical child.

— Mara Wilson

There's a radical - and wonderful - new idea here... that all children could and should be inventors of their own theories, critics of…

— Deborah Meier

My interest in philosophy began as early as eight years old - I started thinking about those kinds of heavy questions about life and…

— Steve Weinstein

Oddly, since by now I've written quite a lot on early modern philosophers, I didn't care for the history of philosophy, which I thought…

— Catherine Wilson

I don't feel proprietorial about the problems of philosophy. History has taught us that many philosophical issues can grow up, leave home and live…

— Julian Baggini

Our childhood had passed over into history overnight. The transition was unnoticed by anyone but ourselves.

— Barbara Kingsolver

The reality of having a kid involves day-to-day practicality - not broader philosophical outlooks.

— John Darnielle

I can’t think of a more philosophical time in a person’s life than when they are children. It’s the one time when ideas are…

— Scott Bradfield