My Children Quotes

Men, not children or servants, tempered and taught to the end; Cleansed of servile panic, slow to dread or despise, Humble because of knowledge, mighty by sacrifice.

I have a lot of advantages: I'm not addicted to horrifying pills. I also have surrounded myself with far more caring and upright individuals. And I wasn't abused as a child, so I'm doing okay!

My mother had a lot of parties when I was a child. There'd always be a moment when she would place me on the upright piano and have me sing Somewhere Over the Rainbow.

Every time a child, any child, is born, it is new - and different; that is the wonder.

I was concerned about doing the right thing when I was a kid. I suppose as a child, youre a massive egomaniac, and you think that everything you do is going to affect the world.

The Supreme Court has only granted citizenship to the children born to legal immigrants, not illegal.

[Barak Obama] just said children who are Americans or legal residents, they will remain low priorities for enforcement - meaning deportation - as long as they've not.

Hillary Clinton worked with Marian Wright Edelman in Children's Defense Fund. That's all you need to do know.

If you ask, you're a boor. Just accept it. Hillry Clinton loves children! She helped children! She village'd children. She raised children. She wrote a book about it.

The Supreme Court has never ruled that the children of illegal aliens are American citizens.

It is safest to shut up and pay, which is what I shall eventually do, though I shall hate having to sell the children.

I also quite like to be recognized by children; I find it sweet.

Animals, children, and the working class comprise the company in which I'll feel most at ease.

Cruelty is cruelty, whether it's cruelty to children, to the elderly, to dogs and cats, or to chickens.

I looked down at the little pink face in the bundle. A newborn. The child had been alive only minutes but was already considered a criminal by the Soviets.

In a world that holds books and babies and canyon trails, why should one condemn oneself to live day-in, day-out with people one does not like, and sell oneself to chaperone and correct them?

When one has children one has no privacy. They take it for granted that what is yours is theirs, personal things and the secrets of your heart, as well as possessions.

I'm the youngest of 12 children. And although I was the youngest, I tried to organize things in my family. When there were disputes, I tried to mediate.

To not want children or not be considerate of them is a very unwomanly thing to be, from a certain point of view.

We people in camp are merely big children, wayward and changeable.

A good, all-loving god would not destroy his creations no matter how they act. He tells parents to love their children unconditionally. I say 'you first, God.'

The welfare of a child is not to be measured by money only, nor by physical comfort only.

I was a very defiant child, and my father encouraged that. He wanted me to be as wild and creative as possible and didn't believe in disciplining children.

I've had four children and I've done a good job and I'm happy in life.

When I was a child, I wanted to raise horses in Wyoming or be a cabin boy on a pirate ship.

When I was a child I wanted to be a petrol pump attendant. I suppose you have all sorts of thoughts as a child and at the time I figured that it was a way to avoid doing anything like going on stage.

I will plant my feet on that step where my parents put me as a child, until self-evident truth comes to light.

The weakness of little children's limbs is innocent, not their souls.

Once you have a Down's syndrome child, you can't conform. In a way, you're free.

The children break all my jewelry, so everything I wear is cheap - from Topshop or Dorothy Perkins.

I think if you are young and you have children, you still have so much to prove. When you have children later in life, you lose a bit of that urge for working.

If it wasn't because of my high heels, I would still be in Coatzacoalcos with 10 children.

Before I had my child, animals were my life. I slept with four dogs in my bed.

Children like being a little scared, but they don't want to be disturbed.

If you have children you worry about the world you're leaving them.

One of the things I've thought about 'Midnight's Children' is that it is a novel which puts a Muslim family at the centre of the Indian experience.

I discovered that if you find the language to talk to younger readers, children can accept anything.

Children of those who have been incarcerated are five times more likely to go to prison than children of parents who have never been incarcerated. The sins of the father visiting the child.

Any kid who has two parents who are interested in him and has a houseful of books isn't poor.

People gave names to things so they could tell stories about them, goddam fairy tales about children who got out alive.

I like throwing snowballs at small children.

I'd love to have more children. If I'm still clear after five years, I'll think again.

Relationships can go wrong very simply, very quickly, and when you have children you become more aware of relationships around you.

I was brought up to question things, but I was always a really quiet and shy child.

I get maximum satisfaction out of buying children's clothes online.

It's one of the oldest theatrical adages: never work with children or animals.

I managed to slip two children out in the middle of my career and have been lucky with all the work.

I became a writer because I am the youngest of six children. I listen; I observe. I'm camouflaged as a moth. Mothers are unseen. It helps me write.

It's important to have masculine energy around your child.

My mind boggles at the amount of violence inflicted upon children in today's society.