Child Quotes

7828 Child quotes by 4374 unique authors

Love. Children are loving, they dont gossip, they dont complain, theyre just open-hearted. Theyre ready for you. They dont judge. They dont see things by… — Michael Jackson
I think that religion stops people from thinking. I think it justifies crazies. I think flying planes into a building was a faith-based initiative. I… — Bill Maher
Although psychology and pedagogy have always maintained the belief that a child is a happy being without any conflicts, and have assumed that the sufferings… — Melanie Klein
Adults, older girls, shops, magazines, newspapers, window signs—all the world had agreed that a blue-eyed, yellow-haired, pink-skinned doll was what every girl child treasured — Toni Morrison
Children who willingly participate in sexual acts have the right to make that decision as well, even if it's distasteful to us personally. Some children… — Mary Ruwart
Discovery is the privilege of the child: the child who has no fear of being once again wrong, of looking like an idiot, of not… — Alexander Grothendieck
If the child is left to himself, he will think more and better, if less showily. Let him go and come freely, let him touch… — Anne Sullivan Macy
Education, for most people, means trying to lead the child to resemble the typical adult of his society . . . but for me and… — Jean Piaget
The child begins to perceive the world not only through his [or her] eyes but also through his [or her] speech — Lev S. Vygotsky
Every function in the child's cultural development appears twice: first, on the social level, and later, on the individual level; first, between people (interpsychological) and… — Lev S. Vygotsky
A child’s greatest achievements are possible in play, achievements that tomorrow will become her basic level of real action. — Lev S. Vygotsky
We begin with the hypothesis that any subject can be taught effectively in some intellectually honest form to any child at any stage of development. — Jerome Bruner
Thus if we know a child has had sufficient opportunity to observe and acquire a behavioral sequence, and we know he is physically capable of… — Urie Bronfenbrenner
In order to develop normally, a child requires progressively more complex joint activity with one or more adults who have an irrational emotional relationship with… — Urie Bronfenbrenner
What determines how much time and deliberate practice a child is willing to devote to achievement? Nothing less than her character. — Martin Seligman
Past certain ages or certain wisdoms it is very difficult to look with wonder; it is best done when one is a child; after that,… — Truman Capote
The child who was happy with herself meant the parents had won the jackpot. — Meg Wolitzer
I always knew from that moment, from the time I found myself at home in that little segregated library in the South, all the way… — Maya Angelou
Being a child is horrible. It is slightly better than being a tree or a piece of heavy machinery but not half as good as… — Julie Burchill
When I was just a little young boy, Papa said Son, you'll never get far, I'll tell you the reason if you want to know,… — Robert Hunter
I used to live in Ethiopia as a child, and I lived there when Haile Selassie was the emperor. — Jack Kingston
If the Declaration of Independence states our creed, there can be no right to abortion, since it means denying the most fundamental right of all… — Alan Keyes
I think I am a child. Everything blows my mind. — Marc Bolan
Let us take our children seriously! Everything else follows from this...only the best is good enough for a child. — Zoltan Kodaly
A child walked by, rolling a metal hoop that made a sound of autumn. — Yasunari Kawabata

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