Quotes about children
children father opportunity
I put everything I had into it - all my feelings and everything I'd learned in 46 years of living, about family life and fathers and children. And my feelings about racial justice and inequality and opportunity. Gregory Peck
children hands inspire
Nothing ever fits the palm so perfectly, or feels so right, or inspires so much protective instinct as the hand of a child Gregory David Roberts
children men giving
You are not a man until you give your love, truly and freely to a child. And you are not a good man until you earn the love, truly and freely, of a child in return.
children wicked green
Okay let's get this over with, no I'm not seasick, yes I've always been green, No I didn't eat grass as a child. Gregory Maguire
children parent generations
Those times are over and gone, and good riddance to them, too. We were hopelessly high-spirited. Now we're the tick-waisted generation, dragging along our children behind us and carrying our parents on our backs. And we're in charge, while the figures who used to command our respect are wasting away.
children mirrors light
The story of Mirror Mirror is in many ways a story about evolution. Its about the evolution of a child into an adult. Its about the evolution of those dwarves into something a little less rock-like, a little more humanoid. Its about the evolution of history, too, from the darkness of the Middle Ages into the light of the Age of Reason.
children humility world
Before catechisms can instill a proper humility, small children know the truth that their own existence has caused the world to bloom into being.
children silly animal
Such silly things, children -- and so embarrassing -- because they keep changing themselves out of shame, out of a need to be loved or something. While animals are born who they are, accept it, and that is that. They live with greater peace than people do.
children dad father
It behooves a father to be blameless if he expects his child to be. Homer
children eight wife
It's not easy to juggle a pregnant wife and a troubled child, but somehow I managed to fit in eight hours of TV a day.
children two small-child
I travel all the time, and I have two small children. Hope Davis
children high-strung
I'm not really high-strung now, but I was a very high-strung child.
children husband taken
I have a husband and children, and it affects me deeply that somebody could be taken away in a second.
children selfish believe
I am selfish. I reach for the world I want to live in. And I believe in leaving our best we can do to our children Holly Near
children way deliverance
God listens for nothing so tenderly, as when His children help each other by their testimonies to His goodness and the way in which He has brought them deliverance. Horace Bushnell
children cities people
I had come to discover that "safe" was an illusion, a pretense that adults wrapped around their children- and sometimes themselves- to make the world seem comfortable. I had discovered that under that thin cover of let's-pretend, monsters and nightmares lay, and that not all of them came from places like the moonroads or the nightling cities. Some of the monsters were people we knew. People we thought we could trust. Holly Lisle
children pain lying
Our concerns sink into insignificance when compared with the eternal value of human personality - a potential child of God which is destined to triumph over lie, pain, and death. No one can take this sublime meaning of life away from us, and this is the one thing that matters. Igor Sikorsky
children memories dad
As a child, I remember my dad would sometimes drive me into town with him to play pinball machines together. It's a bittersweet memory but also a favorite. Iggy Azalea
children animal classical-music
My music is best understood by children and animals. Igor Stravinsky
children sixty
I'm a child of the Sixties. Ian McShane
children sleep cities
From this height the sleeping city seems like a child's construction, a model which has refused to be constrained by imagination. The volcanic plug might be black Plasticine, the castle balanced solidly atop it a skewed rendition of crenellated building bricks. The orange street lamps are crumpled toffee-wrappers glued to lollipop sticks. Ian Rankin
children wife priorities
My first priority is to my wife, as hers is to me, and to our child. Iain Glen
children dying stay-with-me
I watched children dying. That will be the image that will stay with me Ian Botham
children outcomes evidence
We do a disservice to society if we ignore the evidence which shows that stable families tend to be associated with better outcomes for children. Iain Duncan Smith
children believe people
I do not believe the picture that some people paint of Scottish towns dependent on welfare. Every time I come here, I meet people who are determined to get into work. Who, with the right help are desperate to get off benefits, support their family and set an example for their children.
children home parent
By measuring the proportion of children living with the same parents from birth and whether their parents report a good quality relationship we are driving home the message that social programmes should promote family stability and avert breakdown.
children decision parent
Every parent wants to know that their children are protected against those who have a particular agenda until they get old enough to make decisions for themselves.
children school character
In writing lyrics - well, for me, anyway - it's about getting into character, you know? 'Who is writing this?' In the case of the original 'Thick As A Brick,' supposedly a precocious, very young child who's fantasizing about his future and the context of all the confusing elements to which school boys are subjected at that time. Ian Anderson
children teenager church-music
Classical music only really came into my life in 1969. I wish I had heard classical music and church music when I was a teenager or even as a child.
children terrible irritating
I'm really terrible with small children; they're small, noisy, irritating, damp and soggy.
children father age
Come with me to the Winged Isle- Northern father's Western child Where the Dance of Ages is playing still through far marches of Acres Wild.
children rock-n-roll pockets
A lot of pop music is about stealing pocket money from children.
children culture wizards
What they have implanted here, which is really a 'gringo' custom, is terrorism. They disguise children as witches and wizards, that is contrary to our culture. Hugo Chavez