Child Quotes

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Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it. — Truman Capote
Children are very smart, in their own stupid way. A child's brain is like a sponge, and you know how smart sponges are. — Steve Carell
Like most people, I have painful memories of trying to fit in as a child. I wore, said, and did pretty much what everyone else… — Steve Carell
Vancouver's a very child friendly city, there's... no doubt about that. — Robert Carlyle
I think all Americans believe in human rights. And health is an often overlooked aspect of basic human rights. And it's one that's easily corrected.… — Jimmy Carter
I think someone should explain to the child that it's OK to make mistakes. That's how we learn. When we compete, we make mistakes. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
The child must know that he is a miracle, that since the beginning of the world there hasn't been, and until the end of the… — Pablo Casals
Abortion is defended today as a means of ensuring the equality and independence of women, and as a solution to the problems of single parenting,… — Robert Casey
A 1990 Gallup poll found that 77 percent of Americans polled said abortion was the taking of human life. I agree, and believe that taking… — Robert Casey
Life is a corrupting process from the time a child learns to play his mother off against his father in the politics of when to… — Saul Alinsky
No matter how old you get, if you can keep the desire to be creative, you're keeping the man-child alive. — John Cassavetes
Since the child knew his parents would give in, he tried the same trick again and again. — Jackie Chan
The serpent, the king, the tiger, the stinging wasp, the small child, the dog owned by other people, and the fool: these seven ought not… — Chanakya
As a child I always had a sense of social conditions and political situations. I think it had to do with the fact that my… — Tracy Chapman
I became a soldier, not because I had a military vocation initially, but because it was the only way that that young, poor-class child from… — Hugo Chavez
From kindergarten to graduation, I went to public schools, and I know that they are a key to being sure that every child has a… — Dick Cheney
A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humors and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but… — Lord Chesterfield
My former bullies pay extra to come backstage and meet me after shows, and I pretend not to know them in front of their friends.… — Margaret Cho
Well-being changes as we move through life, which is why a child's version of it cannot be the same as an old person's. — Deepak Chopra
I'm still my parent's child, I'm still me, but I made a choice. I evolved into Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. I think it has to do with… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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