Child Quote by Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

“Failure is good preparation for success, which comes as a pleasant surprise, but success is poor preparation for failure.”

— Sarah Manguso

We were basically camping my whole childhood because we were so poor.

— Bretman Rock

Those who cannot remember clearly their own childhood are poor educators.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Assuming that tomorrow will be the same as today is poor preparation for living. It equips us only for disappointment or, more likely, for…

— Joan D. Chittister

What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today, when human contacts are so quick. Fashion is instant language.

— Miuccia Prada

“Every contact you make with a human being (or even an animal) is an experiment and a dangerous and therefore important experiment. It is…

— Geoffrey Vickers

What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today when human contacts go so fast. Fashion is instant language.

— Miuccia Prada

A happy childhood... is the worst possible preparation for life.

— Kinky Friedman

The stories my pupils told me were astonishing. One told how he had witnessed his cousin being shot in the back five times; another…

— Erin Gruwell

One doesn't know if one had a happy childhood or not. I don't really know what it means.

— John Malkovich

I had good parents. Two older brothers, bit of a handful between us, all got ginger hair, a bit fiery. I remember a very…

— Sean Dyche

I had a very happy childhood and very loving parents. We didn't have much money and I suppose therefore you felt that anything you…

— Terry Leahy

My family life reads a bit like 'Little House on the Prairie.' I was big sister to Joan, Renee, and brother William, and we…

— Maeve Binchy

I had a really happy childhood - my siblings were great, my mother was very fanciful, and I loved to read. But there was…

— Patti Smith

I had really loving parents and a happy childhood.

— Todd Haynes