Children Quote by John Holt Download Open image ““Fear, boredom, and resistance--they all go to make what we call stupid children.”” — John Holt ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Children Education Fear
“Child, you suffer from an excess of great stupidity or great bravery. I'm not sure which.” — J.C. Daniels Copy Share Image
“Boredom is not the enemy of childhood. It’s the birthplace of imagination, persistence, and quiet strength.” — P. Pra. Sandhyaya Copy Share Image
“People fear nothing as much as boredom and they will do unimaginable things to make it go away.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“Kids are clever and full of fun but, oh, they can be a terrible nuisance!” — Alice Provensen Copy Share Image
“When my children were little, always I had to explain things. Now they don't ask much more, have I become more stupid?” — Hannu Vilponen Copy Share Image
“As if you could ever protect your children from what life might bring their way. Or even from themselves and their impulses.” — Terry Brooks Copy Share Image
“Every day, our kids are faced with obstacles in their way. As parents we need to teach them how to get up and Keep… — Mayra A. Diaz Copy Share Image
“Ah, how helpless we children are, how dependent on the whims of adults.” — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
“I have had to experience so much stupidity, so many vices, so much error, so much nausea, disillusionment and sorrow, just in order to… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“When children are very young, they have natural curiosities about the world and explore them, trying diligently to figure out what is real. As… — John Holt Copy Share Image
The idea of painless, nonthreatening coercion is an illusion. Fear is the inseparable companion of coercion, and its inescapable consequence. If you think it… — John Holt Copy Share Image
Schools assume that children are not interested in learning and are not much good at it, that they will not learn unless made to,… — John Holt Copy Share Image
“John, if you ever get a family, there’s one thing you should know. No matter how well you get along with your children when… — John Holt Copy Share Image
It is hard not to feel that there must be something very wrong with much of what we do in school, if we feel… — John Holt Copy Share Image
“Why do they do this? Because it gives them a license to act like tyrants and to feel like saints. “Do what I tell… — John Holt Copy Share Image
Since we can't know what knowledge will be most needed in the future, it is senseless to try to teach it in advance. Instead,… — John Holt Copy Share Image
“Leaders are not, as we are often led to think, people who go along with huge crowds following them. Leaders are people who go… — John Holt Copy Share Image
People should be free to find or make for themselves the kinds of educational experience they want their children to have. — John Holt Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share 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 Copy Share 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 Copy Share Image
It doesnt seem to me strange that children should like the macabre, the sensational, and the forbidden. — Anthony Hecht Copy Share 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 Copy Share 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 Copy Share 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 Copy Share 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 Copy Share 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 Copy Share 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… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
