Children Quote by Betty Smith Download Open image “Oh, magic hour, when a child first knows she can read printed words.” — Betty Smith ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Children Firsts Hours Magic Magic hour Printed Reading
I hate the idea of any kid missing out on the magic of reading. — Alexandra Adornetto Copy Share Image
“Taking the alphabet first and learning one letter a year for twenty-six years he will be able to read and write as early in… — John Kendrick Bangs Copy Share Image
Sadly, there are many children who have not yet been given the chance to 'discover the magic of reading, or set foot in the… — Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall Copy Share Image
Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care as long… — Nathan Fillion Copy Share Image
I have this belief that children become readers before they can read. They become hooked on books because they were read aloud to as… — Jacqueline Wilson Copy Share Image
Few children learn to read books by themselves. Someone has to lure them into the wonderful world of the written word; Someone has to… — Orville Prescott Copy Share Image
“Kids today, they can't even read unless it's spelled wrong on a phone.” — Mykle Hansen Copy Share Image
“I’ve learned that if you make your primary goal teaching your child to read or spell just like every other child, you’re going to… — Ben Foss Copy Share Image
“Yes, when I get big and have my own home, no plush chairs and lace curtains for me. And no rubber plants. I'll have… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“Several times that day, the name or thought of Papa had come up. And each time, Francie had felt a flash of tenderness instead… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
As long as one can suffer, one is living....live and suffer until life is gone. — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“Sissy told them they were way behind the times; that midwives were things of the past. Besides, she informed them proudly, she had no… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“Why, Mrs McGarrity's all right. Mr McGarrity's all right, too. Only I guess they aren't all right to each other.” — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“I drink because I don't stand a chance and I know it. I couldn't drive a truck and I couldn't get on the cops… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“Pipe dreams, he thought to himself, even while he was telling her about his dream winnings. But oh, how wonderful, he thought, if everything… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“Who wants to die? Everything struggles to live. Look at that tree growing up there out of that grating. It gets no sun, and… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“She sat in the sunshine watching the life on the street and guarding within herself, her own mystery of life.” — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
...the reading, the observing, the living from day to day. It was something that had been born into her and her only - the… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
People always think that happiness is a faraway thing … something complicated and hard to get. Yet, what little things can make it up. — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
I am certain that children always know more than they are able to tell, and that makes the big difference between them and adults,… — Jacques Lusseyran Copy Share Image
I believe in freedom to do what you want if you aren't hurting others, but pictures of obese protesters giving their children big gulps. — Philip DeFranco Copy Share Image
If the audience likes your work, if they like you, they don't think whether you are married or have children or not. I made… — Dimple Kapadia Copy Share Image
It doesnt seem to me strange that children should like the macabre, the sensational, and the forbidden. — Anthony Hecht Copy Share Image
Gratitude isn't just a feeling, it's an action. Expressing gratitude by writing in a journal, taking a photo, or shooting a video creates a… — Janice Kaplan Copy Share Image
My embarrassing confession is that my father is a 'Camelot: The Musical' obsessive. So as a child, when we were going to visit relatives… — Chris Chibnall Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
My school was one of the most beautiful places a child can grow up in. You are surrounded by nature - cats, dogs, birds… — Amala Akkineni Copy Share Image
A lesser complaint: hair extensions. There are moments on 'All My Children' when half the women actors, young and old, seem to be afflicted… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
As a child, I had a lot of older gay men taking care of me. There's a trust there. I feel like little girls… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
