Famous Quotes & Sayings

Having two children with autism, it makes you really think about how we do relate to each other.

Guns are not toys and parents need to watch their children very closely.

Mary Moore

I think it's going to be very difficult for the people in Congress to listen to these children tell them what it's like to live with a chronic disease like diabetes and not remember it,

I think it's important legislation, ... Anything we can do to protect our children and victims of sexual crimes is extremely important in keeping our community safe.

It is about giving children more fresh fruits and vegetables every day.

Tim Curry

I was a huge J.M. Barrie fan as a kid, as most English children are.

Carol Bellamy

Whatever the exact numbers, the scale and persistence of the problem of child-headed households in Rwanda is daunting, ... The plight of these children is not only heartbreaking and unacceptable -- it raises deeply troubling questions about the long-term prospects for the country's recovery.

There is no greater inspiration than empowering children to help other children.

We're promoting fall tourism. It's one of the slower times of the year. We're focusing on different groups, and one of the key groups we're looking at are couples without children, because children go back to school in the fall.

We are generating research results that help people understand that the choices they make -- be it how many children they have, what kind of house they live in or how densely populated their neighborhoods are -- do have an impact,

Today is an important day for children who have been victimized by sexual predators, ... SB 138 protects these young innocents from further trauma and intimidation in the courtroom.

Today is a great day in the state of North Carolina. The greatest lottery winners will be our children.

What you learn is that this is a very hard job. You have to give so much of yourself to be a good teacher. You have to reach every one of the children in your classroom. You can't just teach some of them. You should be reaching every student.

Chuck Leavell

It is so important that we get children thinking about these issues at an early age. It won't be long before those kids grow up. They'll be our new leaders.

I thought that the last time this happened in our community that people would wake up. It's time for this to stop. Parents need to sit down and talk with their children about what's right and what's wrong.

I think we did very well. We had two major benefactors that really made sure all the women and the children in the shelter got their wish list.

Jamie Clayton

I think what people need to realize is that, with trans people, we're like everybody else. No group of people are all the same. All women are not the same, all men are not the same, all children are not the same. It's the same thing with trans people - we're all so different, we have different goals, different dreams, and different aspirations.

Kate Winslet

I think it's very important to teach your children to struggle on some level.

It is now for us, the living, to rededicate ourselves to his cause, ... so that all the children of the Middle East will know a future free from violence and terror, enriched by prosperity and peace.

It is one more example of how these people used children as a pawn,

I think that's great, ... The greatest commodity we have is the children and they are the future of the valley.

Darren Shan

I think sometimes parents and teachers can push children away from reading by telling them it's something they must do, the same way they must eat their greens and must pass their exams in school. Poppycock! Read or don't read - that's your call.

Danny Wuerffel

I wept this morning thinking about our city. I was thinking about the families and children who drowned in their homes. It's a sad thing but we see an opportunity to do a greater good than has ever been done.

Danny Wuerffel

I wept this morning thinking about our city and thinking about the many families and children that probably drowned in their homes, so it's incredibly sad. And yet somehow at the same time we've experienced a kind of joy and vision and see an opportunity to do a greater good than we've ever done before.

I was just watching the news and seeing those children who had lost everything. I couldn't turn it off. I thought, there has to be some way to help these kids.

There are no quick fixes. But we need to work together to make our lives more livable and to make our children and ourselves more successful as people.

Unless we do something about it, my children and grandchildren are going to be out in the cold.

An AIDS-free generation would mean that virtually no child is born with HIV; that, as those children grow up, their risk of becoming infected is far lower than it is today; and that those who become infected can access treatment to help prevent them from developing AIDS and from passing the virus on to others.

Tom Allen

We must invest in America's children to give them the opportunity for success and to strengthen our nation's competitive edge in the global economy.

Jose Serrano

We must do everything in our power to keep families together, and to use common sense in our immigration laws. Children deserve better than to lose a parent because of an inflexible law.

Gary Sinise

Well, you're not incorrect on either front, because absolutely, there are children here in this country that need help as are everywhere in the world.

We made the decision that with all their needs, it was more important to be here for them. We just decided the children needed us more than we needed the money.

My father was frightened of his mother; I was frightened of my father, and I am damned well going to see to it that my children are frightened of me.