Children Quote by Mark Twain

It is a wise child that knows his own father. [Lat., Nondum enim quisquam suum parentem ipse cognosvit.]

— Homer

“On top of everything else," he said immediately, "we've got 'Wise Child' complexes. We've never really got off the goddam air. Not one of…

— J.D. Salinger

“Wise Child: Why don't you beat me then? Juniper: I can't be bothered.”

— Monica Furlong

Adults always wonder what to say and how to say it when they're talking to a child. You want to be wise, but all…

— Robert Crais

You never stop being a parent, Adam, no matter how old or wise your child becomes you'll see.

— Robert Charles Wilson

Sad and sweet and wise Here a child reposes; Dust is on his eyes, Quietly he lies - Satan, strew Roses.

— Robert Williams Buchanan

“My mother looks at me with love and understanding, and I realize: she knows what my father did. She knows what I want. She…

— Ally Condie

I have done everything I can to make sure my daughter knows her father because you form your own identity by rebelling against your…

— Greta Scacchi

Although there is no solution that is easy, and there is no one formula that will work for everyone with a heartache or a…

— Margaret D. Nadauld

Don't worry, God understands,' Mom said. 'He knows that your father is a cross we must bear.

— Jeannette Walls

When I was a boy, my own dad told me in a smiling and wistful way that it's a wise man that knows his…

— Michael Leunig

It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents.

— Samuel Butler