My Children Quotes

I was a book-y child. I was much more book-y than dark.

The Company of Wolves doesn't belong in any category, so it's difficult to prepare an audience for it. It's not a horror film, it's not a fantasy film, it's not a children's film - so what is it?

I testify of the great blessing of children and of the happiness they will bring us in this life and in the eternities.

To mothers who are raising their children without a father in the home, I promise you that as you speak of Jesus Christ, you will feel the power of heaven blessing you.

Mothers need to know what they are feeding their children. They need the freedom to make educated choices at the market.

I'm a middle child, which is probably why I chose to be an actress. I needed the attention. I've got one older sister and a younger brother.

It is my greatest wish that the Children’s Fund should continue to be a beacon of hope and light.

Teach the children that Africans are not one iota inferior to Europeans.

Children are the most important asset in a country. For them to become that asset, they must receive education and love from their parents.

We shall immunize every child in Africa to get rid of this terrible disease forever.

I love playing and chatting with children...feed ing and putting them to bed with a little story, and being away from the family has troubled me throughout my...life.

When I found out I was pregnant, my mother said, 'Dont separate your life, the life that youre going to make with this child, from the things that you are and what you want to do.'

To save my child, I'd rather go hungry. I got all of Ethiopia inside of me.

My background sets me apart. I've never been able to relate to many people. I've always been the outcast child.

Really poor children in really poor neighborhoods have no habits of working and have nobody around them who works.

No one wants for their child to become a refugee. It's an awful experience.

So much of parenting is following your instincts, and taking the time to actually know your child.

The minute your child is born, your life is changed forever. I think I've become so aware of how important balance is in life.

I relate to [women and children in women's shelters] on a personal level because I've been there myself.

On November 15th, 2008, in over 300 cities, 4,000 children were adopted in one day.

It wasn't easy to adopt an American child. Actually it's quite simple, but finding out how to do it was the hard part.

I don't think parents always know where their children are going or what they are doing, what they are up to.

A lot of child actors keep acting for the wrong reasons.

Every child in Uruguay has a little green laptop.

In Uruguay, the President of the country announced that this would be his legacy, "One laptop per child."

Most children in the world go to schools in two shifts, there's a morning shift and an afternoon shift.

For my wife and I, our first child was really easy to have, but our second one was really hard to have. We had to go to a lot of fertility clinics and do that whole thing.

Every video you see in the movie we have an entire video of it that will be on the DVD, so the whole video for African Child, the whole video for Super Tight, you know the Jackie Q songs.

I had never read in public, never given an interview. I was doing it all and trying to produce the next book and raise three young kids and had another child on the way.

I like it that my career has all the predictability and continuity of a children's nonsense rhyme.

I was actually raised around a lot of children. So, I'm very comfortable around children.

I have a particular dislike for children's films. I'm way past the novelty aspect.

When I was a child, writing was the worst possible choice of a career in my family.

He has the personality of a child prodigy, but no discernable talent.

It takes a child to say the unsayable.

In fact, a child is not even considered a human being.

Children are so egocentric - they want to watch their lives, and not yours.

My definition of a father is someone who empowers their children.

People are losing jobs, people need to be entertained, and I want to make movies that parents and children can look forward to seeing, that can become a kind of family ritual.

Children, to me, are of the utmost importance. They're really the future, aren't they?

Disney has a great tradition of enchanting children and giving them something to behold.

I find children inspiring. The way they look at the world. The magical world they live in, to me, is inspiring.

I've been lucky to have a beautiful wife and children. The idea that something so beautiful can be so horrific at the same time. Beauty is a complex thing.

Spina bifida affects every single aspect of your life, from your child's self-esteem to your ability to sleep at night.

Any actor will tell you that you go where the work is, especially when you have children.

I was kind of a bully, even though I'm tiny, 5' 2". As a child, I'd boss other kids around and dress my little brother up, just putting on shows, singing and dressing up.

As an actor timing is important, especially as a mother with small children, so a lot is chance.

The loss of a child is the most terrifying place for me to go.

I'm trying to find a man to share my life with, but it's not been easy. I'm a 35-year-old woman with two small children.

Besides being responsible for myself, I'm now responsible for someone else. And I have to set the right examples. I have to really be someone that I would want my child to look up to.