Infancy Quotes

175 quotes by 154 authors

To see helpless infancy stretching out her hands, and pouring out her cries in testimony of dependence, without any powers to alarm jealousy, or any… — Samuel Johnson
Women are told from their infancy, and taught by the example of their mothers, that a little knowledge of human weakness, justly termed cunning, softness… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
At this early stage in our evolution, now through our infancy and into our childhood and then, with luck, our growing up, what our species… — Lewis Thomas
A child is beset with long traditions. And his infancy is so old, so old, that the mere adding of years in the life to… — Alice Meynell
Few men can be said to have inimitable excellencies: let us watch them in their progress from infancy to manhood, and we shall soon be… — Adam Clarke
As every parent knows, children go through an adolescent growth spurt, during which they put on inches at an alarming rate. Humans are unique in… — Richard Leakey
I certainly don't think it's inevitable that we don't love children who don't carry our own DNA. If that were true we wouldn't have millions… — Ayelet Waldman
We are all in a post-hypnotic trance induced in early infancy. — R. D. Laing
Most of us want to tell our coworkers or friends, or husbands or wives, our ideas. For what reason? We want validation. But I feel… — Sara Blakely
We cannot even recollect the actions of our infancy, our childhood is like something written on a slate and rubbed off. — Vinoba Bhave
How dear to my heart are the scenes of my childhood, When fond recollection recalls them to view; The orchard, the meadow, the deep-tangled wildwood,… — Samuel Woodworth
Most of my career up until the last couple of years has basically been a training ground for me. Actors that came up in the… — Thomas Jane
We didn't understand irony yet in the '80s; we just kind of existed at face value, so there was no nerd cool yet because the… — Chris Hardwick
But trailing clouds of glory do we come, From God, who is our home: Heaven lies about us in our infancy!. — William Wordsworth
A man is arrogant in proportion to his ignorance. Man's natural tendency is to egotism. Man, in his infancy of knowledge, thinks that all creation… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Tenderness is the infancy of love. — Antoine Rivarol
I dare say you marvel sometimes at my independent way of walking through the world just as if nature had made me of your sex… — Frances Wright
Men and women belong to different species and communications between them is still in its infancy. — Bill Cosby
Women's sports is still in its infancy. The beginning of women's sports in the United States started in 1972, with the passage of Title 9… — Billie Jean King
The four stages of man are infancy, childhood, adolescence, and obsolescence. — Art Linkletter

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