My Children Quotes

History Coming too close Is monstrous, like a doll That is alive and bigger than the child Who tries to hold it.

A little child paddles a little boat, Drifting about, and picking white lotuses. He does not know how to hide his tracks, And duckweed's opened up along his path.

Gardening has a magical quality when you are a child.

Small children do not belong at an adult party, and especially should not be used like trained midgets to help serve martinis.

I was not influenced by concerts as a child, but I was very strongly influenced by the ballets I saw.

Eloquence is the child of knowledge. When a mind is full, like a wholesome river, it is also clear.

The affections are the children of ignorance; when the horizon of our experience expands, and models multiply, love and admiration imperceptibly vanish.

I respect the Kennedy family. I respect their service. They do a tremendous amount of good. You don't blame the children for the sins of the father and all of that.

Having no children had been a kind of choice up to the moment when, from a choice, it became a sadness.

Love as a relation between men and women was ruined by the desire to make sure of the legitimacy of children.

My parents always encouraged me and I had a good home life. We were always taught to respect things and other people. It's so different today, because children are just not taught the right way.

If you tell a child "Don't touch yourself there," they will deal with some kind of sexual problem from then on, to one degree or other.

I was a physical education major with a child psychology minor at Temple, which means if you ask me a question about a child's behavior, I will advise you to tell the child to take a lap.

According to Ethiopian custom, parents wait to name a baby because children often die in the first weeks of life.

When you have a fortune that is almost hard to imagine, the best thing is not to pass that on to one's children. That distorts their life situation.

Rock stars hawking Diet Cokes--are demons set loose on the Earth to lower the standards for the perfect & holy children of God!

When we realize finally that we aren't God's given children, we'll understand satire. Humor is really laughing off a hurt, grinning at misery.

Never rank, rate, or compare coaches, children, concerts, or championships or congratulations. Just enjoy them all.

I grew up in team sports. I think I understand the psyche of America. I think when children sign up to play, it's got to be team.

Every child had a pretty good shot, to get at least as far as their old man got. But something happened on the way to that place. They threw an American flag in our face.

I've always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.

Never let the children cry, Cause you got to tell Jah, Jah why

When you abort the first born of any, nature takes its vengeance on the subsequent children.

I want to have children, please God, with a woman that I love and that I'm very attracted to.

My mom had me when she was 16, and I was an only child, which is probably why I received a lot of love and didn't miss that my father wasn't around.

There are only three forms of high art: the symphony, the illustrated children's book and the board game.

A friend suggested that I get a job at a children's book store so I could meet kids and read books, and that turned out to be the single best bit of advice I've ever gotten.

Quickly say, "That's good!" to every setback and adversity, and then find out what is good about it.

Peanut butter is pâté for children.

My mother wanted me to be friends only with children she considered socially suitable.

The joy and smile of even one child is worth more than the prancing intellects of a thousand men.

Everything has gotten vulgar and out of line for children to watch. It's more of a swearing match.

Whether one was going to have a horse, or a dog, or a child, with that comes a great responsibility to raise them.

Some children are afraid to die because their parents are afraid to die. My own children have come to understand that it's totally okay with me if they die. They don't have to live for my sake.

I miss my mother very much, and I feel closest to her when I have dinner in the oven and the children are nearby playing and I'm reading a book or doing some little project.

I've done everything I've wanted to do. I have three children, I have grandchildren, I have books, I did movies, I've directed movies, I've done almost everything I've wanted to do.

There is only one child in the world and the Child’s name is All Children.

The fact of the matter is that many children see. . . . Most of those who see are considered to be oddballs and every effort is made to correct them.

My mother wanted to be president of the United States. She wanted to be the first woman president. She was born in 1924. Instead she had eight children.

Whenever a woman strengthens the faith of a child, she contributes to the strength of a family - now and in the future.

There is something special about unions of husband and wife. Unless we bring men and women together, children will not have mothers and fathers.

It being a part of Mrs. Pipchin's system not to encourage a child's mind to develop and expand itself like a young flower, but to open it by force like an oyster.

Three fishers went sailing away to the west, Away to the west as the sun went down; Each thought on the woman who loved him the best, And the children stood watching them out of the town.

Just taking the time to look at children and understand them is what everyone needs.

I was never really a child actor. I was working sporadically in indie films in Pennsylvania, but I was still living at home.

I am not a child, I think for myself. No man can think for me.

Children are like fingers. No matter which finger you bite, it hurts.

It was the month of May and there was warm sunshine dripping through the holes between the clouds, like the sky was a broken blue bowl and a child was trying to keep honey in it.

My imaginary friends have become my imaginary children.

When I learned how millions of children go to bed hungry, my only response was, 'What can I do to help?'