Quotes about children
children eight wife
Well, you know, my wife and I have eight children. We have now 19 grandchildren. Mike DeWine
children littles used
I used to be a dusty little child. Mike Epps
children sibling blood
We have created a new demonstration program to allow families with a sick child who could be helped with a cord blood transplant from a sibling to bank cord blood from newborns should they decide to have another child. Nathan Deal
children healthy my-family
For the obvious reasons, furthering my children's education and keeping my family healthy and thriving is my highest mission. Nathan East
children growing-up reading
Growing up, my parents managed to show me the importance of reading without cramming it down my throat. A difficult task, I'm sure. It breaks my heart to think that there are kids out there, ready to have their imaginations lit on fire, excited and wanting to read, and facing naked shelves in their school or local libraries. Rather than complain or wait till the system stops failing our nation's children this is a matter I feel we must take into our own hands. There are children, right now, waiting-wanting to read. What shall we tell them> Nathan Fillion
children years tennessee
Right after graduation, I married Samuel Fisher Babbitt, an academic administrator. I spent the next ten years in Connecticut, Tennessee, and Washington, D.C., raising our children, Christopher, Tom, and Lucy. Natalie Babbitt
children waffles able
Children should be like waffles--you should be able to throw the first one away. Nancy Mitford
children moving black
Nothing about human beings ever had the power to move me as a child. Black Beauty now ... !
children skills giving
My aim in homeschooling is to give my children the ability to be an adult learner, a skill set that will last the rest of their lives. Nancy Pearcey
children independent government
Homeschoolers are the ultimate do-it-yourselfers. They are self-motivated and self-directed, independent-minded and creative. They are not content to turn their education of their children over to the government.
children parent world
I love Southeast Asia. As a child, I lived in that part of the world. My first time in Burma was in 1958 with my parents. Muhtar Kent
children men earth
There is a raging tiger inside every man whom God put on this earth. Every man worthy of the respect of his children spends his life building inside himself a cage to pen that tiger in. Murray Kempton
children father islamic
No child can repay his father unless he finds him enslaved and then buys him and sets him free.
children educational father
The best gift from a father to his child is Education and Upbringing.
children thinking people
A child is a reinvigorating experience. It almost does feel like immortality, but not in the way people think. It reminds us there are universal truths that are most simply seen through the mind of a young person. Kelsey Grammer
children white people
For me, as a child, I certainly thought that there were more black people in the world than white people. Keegan-Michael Key
children thinking views
Some people say Dylan Thomas mischievous, he's a child, and other people say he's quite demonic. I don't think we should dictate about him, if that's your view of him, that's wonderful, but it's great to know that other people think differently. Keira Knightley
children hands knowing
Parents deserve the peace of mind of knowing their children are in good hands. By investing in early childhood educators, we are supporting nurturing child care environments where children can thrive. Kathleen Wynne
children reading drawing
I had TB as a child. So I was put to doing things like drawing and reading. And I was raised in a family where manners were important. Maybe that's why I seem so refined. Katherine Helmond
children hearing fascination
I grew up hearing about the walking undead. I had a fascination with it as a child.
children growing-up husband
I'd really like to show women my age - who've had children grow up or lost husbands or retired after working all their lives - that there are options. There are choices. We don't have to just sit around and be invisible.
children littles creatures
Children are unaccountable little creatures. Katherine Mansfield
children thinking apples
Now's the time when children's noses All become as red as roses And the colour of their faces Makes me think of orchard places Where the juicy apples grow, And tomatoes in a row.
children book thrill
It's such a thrill when an adult comes up to me and says, 'I read your book as a child and really loved it.' That's a tremendous compliment. Katherine Paterson
children book taken
All of us can think of a book... that we hope none of our children or any other children have taken off the shelf. But if I have the right to remove that book from the shelf - that work I abhor - then you also have exactly the same right and so does everyone else. And then we have no books left on the shelf for any of us.
children writing childrens-literature
...those of us who write for children are called, not to do something to a child, but be someone for a child.
children book school
Children have to have access to books, and a lot of children can't go to a store and buy a book. We need not only our public libraries to be funded properly and staffed properly, but our school libraries. Many children can't get to a public library, and the only library they have is a school library.
children mean unique
A good story is alive, ever changing and growing as it meets each listener or reader in a spirited and unique encounter, while the moralistic tale is not only dead on arrival, it's already been embalmed. It's safer that way. When a lively story goes dancing out to meet the imagination of a child, the teller loses control over meaning. The child gets to decide what the story means.
children kids giving
When people ask me what qualifies me to be a writer for children, I say I was once a child. But I was not only a child, I was, better still, a weird little kid, and though I would never choose to give my own children this particular preparation for life, there are few things, apparently, more helpful to a writer than having once been a weird little kid.
children reading giving
It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading.
children talking clothes
Like I'm dragging bundles of old clothes? I'm carrying artifacts that breathe fire. I'm talking about a language of smoke. These are three-dimensional creatures that can mate. I'd no more leave them go by the side of the trail than I would my child. I'll carry them until someone amputates my arms. Kate Braverman
children inward awakening
Even as a child she had lived her own small life within herself. At a very early period she had apprehended instinctively the dual life - that outward existence which conforms, the inward life which questions. Kate Chopin
children giving-up revealing
I would give up the unessential; I would give up my money, I would give up my life for my children; but I wouldnt give myself. I can't make it more clear; it's only something I am beginning to comprehend, which is revealing itself to me.