Children Quote by David Rakoff

“In the window, I fantasize... about providing grown-ups and children alike with the greatest gift of all: insight.” quote by David Rakoff — Download Open image

“In the window, I fantasize... about providing grown-ups and children alike with the greatest gift of all: insight.”

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (9 ratings)

Children Greatest gift Greatest gifts Insight Providing Window Wisdom

More by David Rakoff

“The hiking boots the outdoor adventure magazine sent me to buy - large, ungainly potato like things that I have been trying to break in for the past four days - cut into my feet and draw blood as if the were lined with cheese graters. I have come to hate these Timberlands with a fervor I usually reserve for…

david rakoff

Is there some lesson on how to be friends? I think what it means is that central to living a life that is good is a life that's forgiving. We're creatures of contact regardless of whether we kiss or we wound. Still, we must come together. Though it may spell destruction, we still ask for more-- since it beats staying…

David Rakoff

“We are disclosing animals, wired for unburdening. It's what we do as a species. When I am being told, I listen, mindful of the…

David Rakoff

Image

“Details can change or go missing entirely, particularly in moments of physical peril. A kind of amnesia goes hand in hand with sickness, and…

David Rakoff

Image

“Is there some lesson on how to be friends? I think what it means is that central to living A life that is good…

David Rakoff

Image

“The central drama of my life is about being a fraud, alas. That's a complete lie, really; the central drama of my life is…

David Rakoff

Image

I am going to the bad place, as is my wont.

David Rakoff

Image

The only thing that makes one an artist is making art. And that requires the precise opposite of hanging out; a deeply lonely and…

David Rakoff

Image

I will forever be grateful to my oncologist for opening the door and saying, 'Damn it, the tumor's 10 percent bigger,' before he even…

David Rakoff

Image

“It was nice to find out, then, that if one is characterologically incapable of not being a total fuckface, science has not shown you…

David Rakoff

Image

People are really trying their best. Just like being happy and sad, you will find yourself on both sides of the equation many times…

David Rakoff

Image

“One day reach idealization; after all, it's the journey, not the destination.”

David Rakoff

Image

Explore all 134 David Rakoff quotes

More Children quotes

I am certain that children always know more than they are able to tell, and that makes the big difference between them and adults,…

Jacques Lusseyran

Image

Behind every successful child is an adult who believed in him.

Rick Warren

Image

I believe in freedom to do what you want if you aren't hurting others, but pictures of obese protesters giving their children big gulps.

Philip DeFranco

Image

If the audience likes your work, if they like you, they don't think whether you are married or have children or not. I made…

Dimple Kapadia

Image

It doesnt seem to me strange that children should like the macabre, the sensational, and the forbidden.

Anthony Hecht

Image

Let children support their parents or be imprisoned.

Anonymous

Image

Gratitude isn't just a feeling, it's an action. Expressing gratitude by writing in a journal, taking a photo, or shooting a video creates a…

Janice Kaplan

Image

My embarrassing confession is that my father is a 'Camelot: The Musical' obsessive. So as a child, when we were going to visit relatives…

Chris Chibnall

Image

I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about…

Floyd Cooper

Image

My school was one of the most beautiful places a child can grow up in. You are surrounded by nature - cats, dogs, birds…

Amala Akkineni

Image

A lesser complaint: hair extensions. There are moments on 'All My Children' when half the women actors, young and old, seem to be afflicted…

Camille Paglia

Image

As a child, I had a lot of older gay men taking care of me. There's a trust there. I feel like little girls and old gay men together - there's a safety. They make a shield from all of the bad things they've experienced in the world. They make a home together. There are no songs about that. I…

Margaret Cho

Browse all 62,402 Children quotes

Children Quote by David Rakoff

Related quotes

More by David Rakoff

More Children quotes