Quotes about children
children believe important
I believe that UNICEF is the most important branch of the U.N.; they do exceptional work to help the neediest children around the world Liam Neeson
children boys games
I love working with children and this young boy, Thomas Sangster, is quite a remarkable young actor. He raises your game, you know. He certainly raised mine.
children ongoing your-children
Looking out for your children is an ongoing process throughout your life.
children hiv needs
The cause of making the world a better place for children unites us all - today HIV/AIDS is the biggest threat to this one universal objective. UNICEF needs us all to help them change the world for children
children eye looks
Forget the statistics...we have to do more. You cannot look these children in the eye and see how desperate is their situation without wanting to help.
children world causes
The cause of making the world a better place for children unites us all...
children men race
Knowledge is like a knife. In the hands of a well-balanced adult it is an instrument for good of inestimable value; but in the hands of a child, an idiot, a criminal, a drunkard or an insane man, it may cause havoc, misery, suffering and crime. Science and religion have this in common, that their noble aims, their power for good, have often, with wrong men, deteriorated into a boomerang to the human race. Leo Baekeland
children attitude school
I was very aggressive as a child. At primary school in London my attitude was 'If you don't do what I say, I'll knowk you out', and I was eventually expelled for fighting. Lennox Lewis
children environmental-factors credit
I credit the motion picture industry as the strongest environmental factor in molding the children of my day. Lenny Bruce
children mean kids
I know what "custody" [of the children] means. "Get even." That's all custody means. Get even with your old lady.
children father eye
The children of the white families in town were not permitted to associate with me, because my father was committing the then unpardonable crime, in Southern eyes, of educating negroes. Lee De Forest
children media my-children
You have debased my child....You have made him a laughingstock of intelligence...a stench in the nostrils of the gods of the ionosphere.
children looks ends
I like all my work equally. I look at the projects as children. I look at the experience more than the end result. Lee Daniels
children parent growth
More than ever, we as parents and a nation must do something about the growth of obesity in our children. We must do more than just talk, we must be concerned enough to act. Lee Haney
children blood years
Recent studies have revealed that children 8-10 years old are being diagnosed with Type II diabetes, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure at an alarming rate
children role-models parent
Parents must lead by example. Don't use the cliche; do as I say and not as I do. We are our children's first and most important role models.
children kids bird
I'm still not sure what is meant by good fortune and success. I know fame and power are for the birds. But then life suddenly comes into focus for me. And, ah, there stand my kids. Lee Iacocca
children thinking people
[On television:] It's made people moronic, it's robbed people of their ability to think. It's done tremendous damage, and every single household that has a small child should take it and throw it out the window. Laurie Colwin
children book writing
I have written a few children's books. The first book that I wrote was for children. It was called "The Package", and it was a mystery story in pictures. It had no words. Laurie Anderson
children people transition
We have to acknowledge that adolescence is that time of transition where we begin to introduce to children that life isn't pretty, that there are difficult things, there are hard situations, it's not fair. Bad things happen to good people. Laurie Halse Anderson
children eye men
The light beyond my eyes flashflashflashes with a hundred futures for me. Doctor. Ship's captain. Forest ranger. Librarian. Beloved of that man or that women or those children or those people who voted for me or who painted my picture. Poet. Acrobat. Engineer. Friend. Guardian. Avenging whirlwind. A million futures--not all pretty, not all long, but all of them mine. I do have a choice" - p. 271
children father book
Censoring books that deal with difficult, adolescent issues does not protect anybody. Quite the opposite. It leaves kids in the darkness and makes them vulnerable. Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance. Our children cannot afford to have the truth of the world withheld from them
children fighting men
This is not our fight', the old man said. 'British or American, that is not the choice. You must choose your own side, find your road through the valley of darkness that will lead you to the river Jordan. . . Look hard for your river Jordan, my child. You'll find it.
children father ignorance
Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance.
children musical theatre
There's an infantilization that happens to actresses in general - musical theatre, straight theatre, television, film - we're spoken to like children. Actors are spoken to like children a lot of the time. Laura Benanti
children giving childhood
Giving homeless children the chance to be educated, giving them this ticket to their futures, is so wonderful. They will have the chance to not repeat the suffering of their childhoods in their own families. They can build secure and safe lives for themselves and their children. Laura Bush
children librarian working-with-children
I've always loved children. When I was working with children as a librarian, I loved being with them and working around them.
children challenges disease
An educated child is better equipped to handle all the challenges of life, from finding work to avoiding diseases like HIV/AIDS.
children book reading
Research shows us that children who are read to from a very early age are more likely to begin reading themselves at an early age. They're more likely to excell in school. They're more likely to graduate secondary school and go to college.
children book reading
When you read with your child, you show them that reading is important, but you also show them they're important - that they are so important to you that you will spend 20 minutes a day with your arm around them.
children school want
I also want to encourage anybody who was affected by Hurricane Corina to make sure their children are in school.
children school should-have
Every child in American should have access to a well-stocked school library.
children book reading
As parents, the most important thing we can do is read to our children early and often. Reading is the path to success in school and life. When children learn to love books, they learn to love learning.