Capable Quote by Madeleine L'Engle

The thing with children is they're a bit like baking a fruitcake: you throw all the ingredients in but you never know how they're…

— Len Goodman

We all profess to believe when we're told that this world should be used merely as a preparation for the next; and yet there…

— Anthony Trollope

Raising children is like making biscuits: it is as easy to raise a big batch as one, while you have your hands in the…

— E. W. Howe

“At the same time that middle- and upper-middle-class mothers were urged to pipe Mozart into their wombs when they're pregnant so their kids would…

— Susan J. Douglas

Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.

— Fran Lebowitz

We have become a force of nature.

— David Suzuki

First, kids should be involved in the production of their own food. They have to get their hands in the dirt, they have to…

— Alice Waters

Twin loaves of bread have just been born into the world under my auspices. Fine children, the image of their mother. And here, my…

— Emily Dickinson

What kind of society have we become when children in a great city cannot rely on mothers or fathers for a bowl of cereal…

— Pat Buchanan

Way back when I was a junior pastry chef, I'd bake loads of muffins every morning, as many as 120 or so, while operating…

— Yotam Ottolenghi

Suddenly we have a baby who poops and cries, and we are trying to calm, clean up, and pin things together all at once.…

— Polly Berrien Berends

We are grossly wasting our energy resources and other precious raw materials as though their supply were infinite. We must even face the prospect…

— Jimmy Carter