Quotes about children
children coffee people
When people criticize our work, whether that work is a spreadsheet, a coffee, or our children, we take it very personally as if they were attacking us. This response shows how instead of taking criticism in ways that help us in our work, we become easily defensive and negative. David Kim
children taken naughty
An old-timer is someone who can remember when a naughty child was taken to the woodshed instead of to a psychiatrist.
children taken wife
I have been looking after the children. My wife has taken time off. David Ginola
children memorization needs
The status quo was rote memorization and recitation in classrooms thronged with passive children who were sternly disciplined when they expressed individual needs. David Guterson
children hands together
How could they say that they truly loved each other? They had simply grown up together, been children together, and the proximity of it, the closeness of it, had produced in them love s illusion. And yet--on the other hand--what was love if it wasn't this instinct she felt...
children way dont-change
If we don't change the way Washington operates we're going to bankrupt our children and grandchildren. David Dewhurst
children taken kids
Several of us linguists at that time would record our own kids, just to get some data. There was some literature on it then, but no day-by-day, blow-by-blow examples. I recorded all my children over the years in some shape or form. It's what linguists do. You don't talk to a linguist without having what you say taken down and used in evidence against you at some point in time. David Crystal
children moving love-is
I think music is a lifting force, I think love is the lifting force in the human condition. I think you see someone loving on their child, and it moves you, and you can't help it. David Crosby
children humorous holiday
... Once you're safely in the mall, you should tie your children to you with ropes so the other shoppers won't try to buy them. Holiday shoppers have been whipped into a frenzy by months of holiday advertisements, and they will buy anything small enough to stuff into a shopping bag. If your children object to being tied, threaten to take them to see Santa Claus; that ought to shut them up. Dave Barry
children beer needs
Never allow a child to spend all of his allowance. Insist that he set aside a certain amount of money every week and put it in a safe place, where you can get it if you need to buy beer.
children differences america
But from the perspective of the aging parent, there is no major difference between four and fifteen, except that when your child is four, his motoring privileges are restricted to little toy Fisher-Price vehicles which are unlikely (although I would not totally rule it out in America) to sue you.
children political training
A child can go only so far in life without potty training. It is not mere coincidence that six of the last seven presidents were potty trained, not to mention nearly half of the nation's state legislators.
children smart stupid
My theory is that there is a finite amount of intelligence in a family, and you're supposed to gradually transfer it to your children over a period of many years. This is why your parents started to get so stupid just at the time in your life when you were getting really smart.
children perfect-parents excellent
A perfect parent is a person with excellent child-rearing theories and no actual children.
children birth given
I've never actually given birth to a child, but I suspect that going to a Justin Bieber concert with a child is close.
children parent matter
I’ve noticed that one thing about parents is that no matter what stage your child is in, the parents who have older children always tell you the next stage is worse.
children believe college
I believe that we parents must encourage our children to become educated, so they can get into a good college that we cannot afford.
children years two
I'd been a stepparent for about two years with a woman who had a child, and I came to realize I adored children and was good with them. So I was very happy when Anna got pregnant. David Thewlis
children objectives hard
It's very hard to be objective about something you're in, especially when you set it up against things that you experienced as a child. David Tennant
children priorities positive-energy
For the sake of our health, our children and grandchildren and even our economic well-being, we must make protecting the planet our top priority. David Suzuki
children eye grandparent
One of the joys of being a grandparent is getting to see the world again through the eyes of a child.
children happy-life healthy
What about our children and grandchildren and their children and grandchildren? Do we not want them to live healthy and happy lives?
children dirty naughty
We can't blame children for occupying themselves with Facebook rather than playing in the mud. Our society doesn't put a priority on connecting with nature. In fact, too often we tell them it's dirty and dangerous.
children appreciate world
Unless we are willing to encourage our children to reconnect with and appreciate the natural world, we can't expect them to help protect and care for it.
children believe responsibility
Many people believe that dealing with overweight and obesity is a personal responsibility. To some degree they are right, but it is also a community responsibility. When there are no safe, accessible places for children to play or adults to walk, jog, or ride a bike, that is a community responsibility. David Satcher
children driftwood plans
A life that hasn't a definite plan is likely to become driftwood. David Sarnoff
children interesting columbus
Chris Columbus was really interesting to watch how he works with children. David R. Ellis
children cities clouds
Have you ever had one of those moments when you know that you're being visited by your own future? They come so rarely and with little fanfare, those moments. They're not particularly photogenic. There's no breach in the clouds to reveal the shining city on a hill. No folk dancing children outside your bus, no production values to speak of- just a glimpse of such quotidian, incontrovertible truth that after the initial shock at the supreme weirdness of it all, a kind of calm sets in. So this is to be my life. David Rakoff
children window insight
In the window, I fantasize... about providing grown-ups and children alike with the greatest gift of all: insight...
children parent earth
We are no longer inheriting the Earth from our parents, we are stealing it from our children. David R. Brower
children vision shapes
The visions we offer our children shape the future. Carl Sagan
children believe mean
Your religion assumes that people are children and need a boogeyman so they'll behave. You want people to believe in God so they'll obey the law. That's the only means that occurs to you: a strict secular police force, and the threat of punishment by an all-seeing God for whatever the police overlook. You sell human beings short.
children educational giving
One of the greatest gifts adults can give - to their offspring and to their society - is to read to children.