Quotes about children
children two dollars
I wouldn't have a face like that,' proceeded the child, with a good deal of earnestness, 'not if you gave me a million dollars.' He thought for a moment, then corrected himself. 'Two million dollars!' he added. P. G. Wodehouse
children humble good-luck
Luck is a goddess not to be coerced and forcibly wooed by those who seek her favours. From such masterful spirits she turns away. But it happens sometimes that, if we put our hand in hers with the humble trust of a little child, she will have pity on us, and not fail us in our hour of need.
children men promise
How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man. Ovid
children only-child youngest-child
I was by far the youngest of the family, and at times it was like being an only child. Paul Nurse
children aunt tunes
I was a really picky eater as a child. Because I was obsessed by Popeye, my mum and aunts would put my food in a can to represent spinach and we'd hum the Popeye tune and then I'd happily eat it. Paul O'Grady
children giving world
The only way we can give our children the best education in the world and prepare them for the next century is by funding the programs that serve them. Paul Newman
children thinking sick
There really is no such thing as a sick child; there are children who happen to be sick. Think about it, and you will understand the magic of the Camps
children thinking luck
I wanted, I think, to acknowledge Luck: the chance of it, the benevolence of it in my life, and the brutality of it in the lives of others; made especially savage for children because they may not be allowed the good fortune of a lifetime to correct it.
children acting actors
To be an actor you have to be a child.
children vigor gadgets
Let us bequeath our children more than the gadgets that surround us. If bicycling can be restored to the daily life of all Americans, it can be a vital step toward rebuilding health and vigor in all of us. Paul Dudley White
children men stronger
We want to be, when we are young, A little man. I would like to be a big child, Stronger and fairer than a man, And more lucid than a child. Paul Eluard
children iowa church-bells
Every Christmas should begin with the sound of bells, and when I was a child mine always did. But they were sleigh bells, not church bells, for we lived in a part of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where there were no churches. Paul Engle
children ideas haiti
The idea that because you're born in Haiti you could die having a child. The idea that because you're born in you know Malawi your children may go to bed hungry. We want to take some of the chance out of that. Paul Farmer
children style lines
I like Modernism. I grew up around these sort of eclectic, heavily carved, baroque, rococo, highly ornamented styles that were in my life from the time that I was a child until now in my business life. So I like clean, straight, minimalist lines. Paul Brown
children way sometimes
It is a painful reminder that even the most well-intentioned among us sometimes act in ways that put children in danger of being abused or neglected. Paul Begala
children growing-up dad
'The Simpsons' was about children and married parents; 'Futurama' is about people in between; they're growing up and haven't settled down. Every other cartoon show seemed to be, you know, dumb dad, bratty kids. Matt Groening
children kids thinking
One of the things I would like to do is make up stories that I would have enjoyed when I was a kid. So, if I'm thinking about an audience, it's usually a younger version of myself.
children play stuff
I also found child's play - stuff that was not considered serious, but goofy - was the stuff I liked to do, so I still do it as an adult.
children block philosophy
The person who can most easily take up natural agriculture is the one who doesn't have any of the common adult obstructing blocks of desire, philosophy, or religion . . . the person who has the mind and heart of a child. One must simply know nature . . . real nature, not the one we think we know! Masanobu Fukuoka
children television damage
It is television's primary damage that it provides ten million children with the same fantasy, ready-made and on a platter. Marya Mannes
children disappointment mean
I wish you would moderate that fondness you have for your children. I do not mean you should abate any part of your care, or not do your duty to them in its utmost extent, but I would have you early prepare yourself for disappointments, which are heavy in proportion to their being surprising. Mary Wortley Montagu
children women weakness
Children, I grant, should be innocent; but when the epithet is applied to men, or women, it is but a civil term for weakness. Mary Wollstonecraft
children tired heart
I am a strange compound of weakness and resolution! However, if I must suffer, I will endeavour to suffer in silence. There is certainly a great defect in my mind my wayward heart creates its own misery Why I am made thus I cannot tell; and, till I can form some idea of the whole of my existence, I must be content to weep and dance like a child long for a toy, and be tired of it as soon as I get it.
children believe information
Children take in more information than we'd like to believe. Marya Hornbacher
children heart race
God sends children for another purpose than merely to keep up the race -- to enlarge our hearts, to make us unselfish, and full of kindly sympathies and affections. Mary Howitt
children cheer rain
Roads are wet where'er one wendeth, And with rain the thistle bendeth, And the brook cries like a child! Not a rainbow shines to cheer us; Ah! the sun comes never near us, And the heavens look dark and wile.
children father heart
God sends children for another purpose than merely to keep up the race - to enlarge our hearts; and to make us unselfish and full of kindly sympathies and affection; to give our shoulds higher aims; to call out all our faculties to extended enterprise and exertion and to bring round our firesides bright faces, happy smiles, and loving, tender hearts. My soul blesses the great Father, every day, that he has gladdened the earth with little children
children knowing being-real
I remember being really interested in the sad parts of Los Angeles, of which there are many, and knowing we weren't up in the citadel on the hill, but we also weren't on the bottom. I was very interested in the poetry of failure as a child. Mary Harron
children names trying
It is no use trying to improve on children's names for wildflowers. Mary Hunter Austin
children school high-school
When I was a child I didn't care about getting an education, and I didn't finish high school. Mary J. Blige
children who-i-am daddy
I'm a child of God. God is my mommy, my daddy. That's the only thing that'll keep my head up. If I don't remember who I am in him, I'm done.
children parenting would-be
I barely have time for my own children. To adopt more children and not have time for them, that would be poor parenting on my part.
children answers want
Children can ask what adults don't dare to because we don't want to admit we're scared and we don't really want to hear the answers. Martha Grimes