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Kids Quotes by Anne Lamott
- Left to my own devices, would I trade this for firm thighs, fewer wrinkles, a better memory? On some days. That's why it's such a…
- The last song was so deep and raw and pure that I could not escape. It was as if the people were singing in between…
- When he sees little kids sitting in the backseat of cars, in those little car seats that have steering wheels, with grim expressions of concentration…
- All parents are an embarrassment to their kids. Often, grandparents are the relief. Kids don't have to resist you.
- When I was a kid, our family used to watch 'Bonanza.' I really liked having a Sunday night TV ritual.
- Being on a book tour is like being on the seesaw when you're a little kid. The excitement is in having someone to play with,…
- Most marriages are a mess, and the children get caught between two bitter, antagonistic parents. My parents stayed married for 27 unhappy years, till their…
- It's funny: I always imagined when I was a kid that adults had some kind of inner toolbox full of shiny tools: the saw of…
- After a while the middle-aged person who lives in her head begins to talk to her soul, the kid.
- I don't remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don't even know exist until you love a child.
- When we did art with the kids, the demons would lie down.
- I don’t know why life isn’t constructed to be seamless and safe, why we make such glaring mistakes, things fall so short of our expectations,…
- One thing I know for sure about raising children is that every single day a kid needs discipline.... But also every single day a kid…
- It is a violation of trust to use your kids as caulking for the cracks in you.
More Kids Quotes
- I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling… — Hank Aaron
- When I was a kid, it was a huge insult to be a geek. Now it's a point of pride in a… — J. J. Abrams
- As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was. — J. J. Abrams
- I'm a father. It isn't just my life any more. I don't want my kid finding bottles in the house or seeing… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I think when you're 10 years old, it's too much to see something with the threat of death in every episode. Kids… — J. J. Abrams
- The thing is, acoustic could be like a four-letter word to a lot of kids. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Making movies was more a reaction to not being chosen for sports. Other kids were out there playing at whatever; I was… — J. J. Abrams
- When I was a kid, among the other embarrassing things I would do, and there's a list of stupid things, but I… — J. J. Abrams
- When I was a little kid - and even still - I loved magic tricks. When I saw how movies got made… — J. J. Abrams
- I joined the swim team when I was 12, and I was the worst kid in the pool - I was put… — Lance Armstrong
- I'm sure most of us remember being a kid and you have all of this endless time where two weeks before Christmas… — Andrea Arnold
- The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any. — Fred Astaire