Famous Quotes & Sayings

Joe Frazier

I had my Olympic gold medal cut up into eleven pieces. Gave all eleven of my kids a piece. It'll come together again when they put me down.

Joan Jett

I sure saw a lot of kids that I'm sure didn't know a lot about us, or we were definitely new to them. The kids who came up to me afterward, we'd talk about music, sign a lot of autographs. So I'm sure we made a lot of new fans.

Joan Jett

The thing I get out of it is the connection. I remember going to shows as a kid and meeting eyes with the people in the band, and knowing they are meeting eyes with you, and that moment, that smile, and that's your moment. I want to create millions of little moments for other people.

Jim Woodring

When I was a kid, I used to see apparitions and have hallucinations, and my entire perception of the world was badly disoriented. And I had kind of a chaotic childhood because of that. I've really hung onto it, though. Because I actually like those feelings.

Jimmie Johnson

How do you say no when a little kid is asking you for ice cream? I know I can't say no to it myself.

Jimi Hendrix

It's time for a new National Anthem. America is divided into two definite divisions. The easy thing to cop out with is sayin' black and white. You can see a black person. But now to get down to the nitty-gritty, it's getting' to be old and young - not the age, but the way of thinking. Old and new, actually... because there's so many even older people that took half their lives to reach a certain point that little kids understand now.

Eric Thomas

I just want my kids to see that when you serve and put other people first and invest in other people it will come back!

Eric Thomas

I was born to speak. I got in trouble as a kid for talking. I already knew it was a strength.

Eric Davis

The kids competed for a full 32 minutes. We want the kids to compete on every possession.

Emmanuel Petit

You have to grow the same way that you're seeing your own kids grow.

Emmanuel Lewis

Sometimes kids used to give me a hard time. But they're on my side.

Emma Roberts

Well, there's nothing more touching than putting a smile on a kid's face when you can.

Emma Stone

I really like grammar. And spelling. I was a spelling-bee kid. I'm hard-core about grammar.

Emma Stone

I was a good-looking kid. I never felt, like, dorky. I was just like, 'Yup, these are my braces. I've had them forever.'

Emma Thompson

~I'm strict about manners. I think that kids have a horrible time with other people if they have bad manners.... The one thing you've got to be prepared to do as a parent is not to be liked from time to time.~

Emilia Clarke

Sometimes I feel like the kid left out - the weirdo with the silver hair that no one likes to talk to.

Heidi Klum

I was a good kid. My parents laid rules out for me, and I followed them.

Heidi Klum

It's important to teach your kids the value of being active by setting a good example.

Heidi Klum

~I'm not someone who [lives] like, 'OK, this is a museum and you can't sit here and you can't touch this and everything has to be put in its place - [the kids] live here as much as we do. You come into our house and a giant elephant and lion are welcoming you. We have toys and things everywhere.~

John Irving

I have always believed that, in a story, if something traumatic or calamitous enough happens to a kid at a formative age, that will make him or her the adult they become.

John Irving

Kids are perfect people till grownups get their hands on them.

John Irving

Safer than we are.” I told Franny. “Safer than love.” “let me tell ya kid,” Franny said to me, squeezing my hand. “Everything’s safer than love.

John Irving

Before I began The Cider House Rules, I thought I wanted to write about a father-son relationship that was closer, more conflicted, and ultimately more loving, than most. Then I began to think of a relationship between an old orphanage director and an unadoptable orphan - a kid who goes out into the world and fails and keeps coming back, so that the old guy ends up with someone he's got to keep.

John Dos Passos

A man's got to work for more than himself and his kids to feel right

There are some big smiles on our kids after that game.

Dan Savage

If kids got raped at Denny's as often as they get raped at church it would be illegal to take your kids to Denny's.

We were well-prepared tonight, and the kids were ready,