Famous Quotes & Sayings

How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. (Psalms 36:7)

Fidel Castro

How many lives has this law cost our nation? How many lives of innocent children pulled out of school by mothers or fathers who are irresponsible or tricked by illusions?

Margo Lanagan

How on earth do people imagine we equip children for life if we never show them the sorts of issues other people encounter, if we never talk through with them how they might deal with difficulty or violence or unexpected shocks and surprises?

He's indicated he's got a service worker hostage and holding a child and he claims to be armed. We think this may have domestic roots.

I can officially confirm the death of 79 children from encephalitis.

Ashley Smith

I could go speak to people for the next three years every day if I wanted to, but I'm not going to make my child do that.

I love England. I live and work here. My children have grown up here. I see no conflict between this and praying that my countrymen in Scotland never have to live another day under Conservative rule from London.

Erma Bombeck

In general my children refuse to eat anything that hasn't danced on television.

John Schneider

In 'Hardflip,' you have a relationship where the father and son haven't seen each other in 18 years, but they find they're very alike: pigheaded, stubborn, passionate. It's a wonderful story of how you can't get away from how similar you and your children are.

Steven Pinker

Indeed, children thrown together in a community that doesn't have a language of its own will invent one in order to communicate with each other.

Jonathan Kozol

In many of the high schools in the South Bronx, more children will end up in prison than will go to college.

In any classroom, all children are not on the same level, ... When I was a high school teacher, I stood in front of the class and taught algebra. But I learned before I left that I had to walk down the aisles and look at each person's paper and see what each person is doing. That's my philosophy. You teach individuals, you don't teach algebra.

P. J. O'Rourke

I'm not a tech-savvy parent. I communicate with my children via the old-media format called yelling.

Chris Riddell

I'm interested in illustration in all its forms. Not only in books for children but in posters, prints and performance as a way of drawing people into books and stories.

Laura Bush

I mean, my children are grown, and I still felt like I had to reassure them, ... And then, to be perfectly frank, I called my mother because I wanted her to reassure me.

I know the truth, because I know Sharon more than his children know him, because I knew him before they were conceived, ... I am at peace with myself, because I know better.

Jane Green

I know plenty of people with kids in elite, private schools and had heard many stories. I have drifted into the homes of some of those very wealthy families in New York and am fascinated with the dynamic and how much freedom the children are given.

Meg Tilly

I know that in order to be considered successful, you're supposed to do two or three movies a year. I only work once every year-and-a-half, sometimes two years. I have children to raise.

Laura Hall

I like the interest that middle school children show, ... I love watching children when they discover information on their own.

Spike Lee

I'm blessed, I can afford to send my children to private school.

David Quammen

I'm a white, middle-class male who had a happy childhood in Ohio. The world does not need me to be a novelist.

I personally feel we would be shooting a negative message to those parents with children with disabilities. Research is clear. Early intervention is money well-spent, particularly when you are dealing with at-risk populations.

Maurice Sendak

I only have one subject. The question I am obsessed with is: How do children survive?

If you don't have a pool in Las Vegas, you have to put your children in the icebox.

Julie Gerberding

If you can't establish that a child has been vaccinated, then vaccinate. We can't take chances.

Blanche Lincoln

If we are to give working mothers, fathers and their children an opportunity to live the American dream we must invest in their future.

If you can give $25 or $100, we will help your child participate in the camp. We are here to help the parents out.

If you have a fence and an alarm, that's not enough. You need to supervise your children.

If you have a child going to college and living in a dorm, give the packets to him or her to use.

If you don't take pets, or if your house is not set up for small children, we need to know.

If you have a very young child, many may not be able to say their name or tell you who they are, and that's an obstacle. You've also got children who may be shy or too frightened and may not be able to talk to somebody right away.

Jasper Fforde

If you give children the freedom to do very little, quite a lot will do very little.

If you give a child juice with a meal, give them water in between meals.