Child Quotes

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Magic speaks to the child in all of us. No matter how sophisticated we become, there's still a part of us who wants to believe… — Criss Angel
Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for… — Maya Angelou
I am obsessive always, even as a child. On one side is this strict orthodox religion, on the other is communism, and I am this… — Marina Abramovic
There are a lot of sacrifices a mother makes when she's raising a child by herself. I saw it when I was growing up, watching… — Christina Applegate
We will not bend or fail until the blood of every last Jew from the youngest child to the oldest elder is spilt to redeem… — Yasser Arafat
The death of a child is the greatest reason to doubt the existence of God. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Any one thinking of the Holy Child as born in December would mean by it exactly what we mean by it; that Christ is not… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
No sceptical philosopher can ask any questions that may not equally be asked by a tired child on a hot afternoon. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
If circumcision has any justification AT ALL, it should be medical only. Parents' religion is the worst of all reasons - pure child abuse. — Richard Dawkins
We need to understand that every time an elementary teacher captures the imagination of a child through the arts or music of language this nation… — Richard Riley
My parents elected me president of the family when I was 4. We actually had an election every year and I always won. I'm an… — Condoleezza Rice
In 1971, Bossier City, Louisiana, there was a teenage girl who was pregnant with her second child. She was a high school dropout and a… — Jared Leto
The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is… — Rajneesh
Becoming a mother makes you the mother of all children. From now on each wounded, abandoned, frightened child is yours. You live in the suffering… — Charlotte Gray
A mother's yearning feels the presence of the cherished child even in the degraded man. — George Eliot
A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes… — Agatha Christie
Grown don't mean nothing to a mother. A child is a child. They get bigger, older, but grown. In my heart it don't mean a… — Toni Morrison
I asked mom if I was a gifted child. She said they certainly wouldn't have paid for me. — Bill Watterson
He who, conscious of being strong, is content to be weak, he shall be the paragon of mankind. Being the paragon of mankind, Virtue will… — Laozi
In contrast to how a child belongs in the world, adult belonging is never as natural, innocent, or playful. Adult belonging has to be chosen,… — John O'Donohue

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