Children Quote by Chuck Jones

With children who have never said a word, parents tend to assume, for better or for worse, that there isn't any language there.

— Andrew Solomon

No' is the second shortest word in the English language, but one of the hardest to say.

— Raymond Arroyo

The word NO, carries a lot more meaning when spoken by a parent who also knows how to say yes.

— Joyce Maynard

Be aware that the more often a child hears the word no, the greater his need to say no himself.

— Cathy Rindner Tempelsman

Yes and no are very powerful words. Mean them when you say them. Respect them when you hear them.

— Michael Josephson

Not a man to mince words. People, yes. But not words.

— Terry Crowley

I hardly ever talk- words seem such a waste, and they are none of them true. No one has yet invented a language from…

— Aleister Crowley

No' and 'Yes' are words quickly said, but they need a great amount of thought before you utter them.

— Baltasar Gracian

Most people understand that the more words children are exposed to, the stronger their vocabularies will be. But fewer people are aware that the…

— Dorothy Bush Koch

When a kid can understand that a word can mean two things, there's some real thinking going on. They have a vested interest in…

— Brian P. Cleary

Certainly ordinary language has no claim to be the last word, if there is such a thing. It embodies, indeed, something better than the…

— J. L. Austin

The oldest, shortest words - yes and o - are those which require the most thought.

— Pythagoras