Children Quotes

Small: We have a rare and perhaps small window of opportunity to set partisan differences aside, and attempt to achie
"We have a rare and perhaps small window of opportunity to set partisan differences aside, and attempt to achieve what many in recent years have felt was unreachable - greater retirement security for ourselves and our children"
Gordon Smith, Politician
Small: Where does discipline end? Where does cruelty begin? Somewhere between these, thousands of children inhabit a
"Where does discipline end? Where does cruelty begin? Somewhere between these, thousands of children inhabit a voiceless hell"
Francois Mauriac, Novelist
Small: You want to spend time with your children even though you are tired so you do all those things
Kelly Preston
"You want to spend time with your children even though you are tired so you do all those things"
Kelly Preston, Actress
Small: Its kind of scary sometimes, Ive seen this a lot in Asia. Children are given music lessons, very intensively I
"It's kind of scary sometimes, I've seen this a lot in Asia. Children are given music lessons, very intensively I might add and involving great technical expertise sometimes, but you can tell that they have been told only to play happy pleasant music"
Michael Tilson Thomas, Musician
Small: Children are not simply commodities to be herded into line and trained for the jobs that white people who live
"Children are not simply commodities to be herded into line and trained for the jobs that white people who live in segregated neighborhoods have available"
Jonathan Kozol, Writer
Small: But for the children of the poorest people were stripping the curriculum, removing the arts and music, and dri
"But for the children of the poorest people we're stripping the curriculum, removing the arts and music, and drilling the children into useful labor. We're not valuing a child for the time in which she actually is a child"
Jonathan Kozol, Writer
Small: Getting married and then having children just centered me and grounded my values. It was like a whole new worl
"Getting married and then having children just centered me and grounded my values. It was like a whole new world. It started happening in New York with a little play called Cruise Control, where I relaxed, and then I kept getting work in Hollywood till this series happened"
Patricia Richardson, Actress
Small: How much will you give for the lives of your childrens children, which is yourself? How much are people willin
Lynette Fromme
"How much will you give for the lives of your childrens children, which is yourself? How much are people willing to give up for air, earth, water, animals, and the coming generations? I think the answer to that is pretty clear"
Lynette Fromme, Criminal
Small: A rabbi should not despair if people do not do as much as they should. Every parent has that with children. Go
"A rabbi should not despair if people do not do as much as they should. Every parent has that with children. God is merciful"
Louis Finkelstein, Clergyman
Small: If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them.
Lance Armstrong
"If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or Fight Like Hell"
Lance Armstrong, Athlete
Small: When it happened to us and it was all gone overnight, we said, We are in this together, we are healthy, our ch
Kevin Bacon
"When it happened to us and it was all gone overnight, we said, 'We are in this together, we are healthy, our children are healthy and we can work'"
Kevin Bacon, Actor
Small: My wife wanted my children to have some Chinese culture and education. She believes the children need to learn
"My wife wanted my children to have some Chinese culture and education. She believes the children need to learn two languages and two cultures"
Jet Li, Actor
Small: I have said it on several occasions, several times from this podium, that providing a quality education for ou
Jane D. Hull
"I have said it on several occasions, several times from this podium, that providing a quality education for our children is high on my priority list. I will not stop now"
Jane D. Hull, Politician
Small: My children have become popular, and they show a tremendous love for the public. Theyre professionals
"My children have become popular, and they show a tremendous love for the public. They're professionals"
Julio Iglesias, Musician
Small: Of course, I also gave him the ineffable pleasures of pipe smoking. And no children, because when this charact
"Of course, I also gave him the ineffable pleasures of pipe smoking. And no children, because when this character was created I did not yet have the four children I later had. I must add I also gave him a certain taste for food"
Georges Simenon, Writer
Small: When you are caring about your children perhaps you always have to remember at what point you can become over
"When you are caring about your children perhaps you always have to remember at what point you can become over involved because of something you need rather than something the child needs"
Frank Shorter, Athlete
Small: Economic prosperity and quality education for our children are inexorably linked
"Economic prosperity and quality education for our children are inexorably linked"
Jon Huntsman, Jr., Politician
Small: I care about the children of Detroit
"I care about the children of Detroit"
John Engler, Politician
Small: The capitalist class shoots down mothers and children. It stops at nothing, no matter how monstrous, to preven
"The capitalist class shoots down mothers and children. It stops at nothing, no matter how monstrous, to prevent the organization of the workers"
Ella R. Bloor
Small: Every man should see the birth of his children
Dennis Banks
"Every man should see the birth of his children"
Dennis Banks, Educator
Small: By the time I entered college, I had decided not to have children, a decision that was never regretted.
"By the time I entered college, I had decided not to have children, a decision that was never regretted. Accordingly, I was careful to court only girls who wanted to have professional careers"
Donald Cram, Scientist
Small: Typically diagnosed during childhood and adolescent years, juvenile diabetes, also referred to as Type I diabe
"Typically diagnosed during childhood and adolescent years, juvenile diabetes, also referred to as Type I diabetes, currently affects more than 3 million Americans and more then 13,000 children are diagnosed each year"
Elijah Cummings, Politician
Small: Despite this lamentable lack of balance in our education I do not believe that either children or adults in my
"Despite this lamentable lack of balance in our education I do not believe that either children or adults in my country are permeated by a widespread hostility to Germany"
Douglas Hurd, Politician
Small: For only as we ourselves, as adults, actually move and have our being in the state of love, can we be appropri
"For only as we ourselves, as adults, actually move and have our being in the state of love, can we be appropriate models and guides for our children. What we are teaches the child far more than what we say, so we must be what we want our children to become"
Joseph Chilton Pearce, Writer
Small: In the book, I write about children in first grade who were taught to read by reading want ads. They learned t
"In the book, I write about children in first grade who were taught to read by reading want ads. They learned to write by writing job applications. Imagine what would happen if anyone tried to do that to children in a predominantly white suburban school"
Jonathan Kozol, Writer
Small: I just did a picture book called The Wildest Brother on Earth, and you will find both of my children in there
"I just did a picture book called The Wildest Brother on Earth, and you will find both of my children in there"
Cornelia Funke, Author
Small: I always knew I wanted to have children
"I always knew I wanted to have children"
Cindy Crawford, Model
Small: If these men decided that they have to go in there and fight, I want them to send their own children and grand
"If these men decided that they have to go in there and fight, I want them to send their own children and grandchildren. I want them to not send a bunch of strangers' kids in there to fight and die"
F. Murray Abraham, Actor
Small: Raising children is an enormously important part of life. I think one of the most important, or the most impor
"Raising children is an enormously important part of life. I think one of the most important, or the most important, period"
Eric Braeden, Actor
Small: Womens courage is rather different from mens. The fact that women have to bring up children and look after hus
"Women's courage is rather different from men's. The fact that women have to bring up children and look after husbands makes them braver at facing long-term issues, such as illness. Men are more immediately courageous. Lots of people are brave in battle"
Mary Wesley, Novelist
Small: It was pretty awful for us children because we never really knew the local children. Mother was keen for us to
"It was pretty awful for us children because we never really knew the local children. Mother was keen for us to learn languages, so our travels took us to France and Italy, as well as the West Country"
Mary Wesley, Novelist
Small: We improved the environment in which our children live, learn and play by decreasing crime and clamping down o
Jane D. Hull
"We improved the environment in which our children live, learn and play by decreasing crime and clamping down on abuse and violence in the home and on the streets"
Jane D. Hull, Politician
Small: We need to decide that we will not go to war, whatever reason is conjured up by the politicians or the media,
"We need to decide that we will not go to war, whatever reason is conjured up by the politicians or the media, because war in our time is always indiscriminate, a war against innocents, a war against children"
Howard Zinn, Historian
Small: After a week of back and forth, and forth and back over firearms, its good to see a consensus developing on th
Herb Kohl
"After a week of back and forth, and forth and back over firearms, it's good to see a consensus developing on this common-sense amendment to keep handguns away from children"
Herb Kohl, Politician
Small: State and local government, with financial support from the federal government, should offer a program to educ
"State and local government, with financial support from the federal government, should offer a program to educate and train foster children for employment and provide them with financial assistance, as needed, until they reach age 21"
Charles Foster Bass, Politician
Small: Despite the best of efforts, many foster children are neither reunited with their families, nor adopted
"Despite the best of efforts, many foster children are neither reunited with their families, nor adopted"
Charles Foster Bass, Politician
Small: The first duty to children is to make them happy. If you have not made them so, you have wronged them. No othe
"The first duty to children is to make them happy. If you have not made them so, you have wronged them. No other good they may get can make up for that"
Charles Buxton, Public Servant
Small: I came into a strong organization, and I hope I strengthened it more and expanded its capacity to deal with so
"I came into a strong organization, and I hope I strengthened it more and expanded its capacity to deal with some of the challenges that might not have seemed as great 10 years ago, such as H.I.V., AIDS and children affected by war"
Carol Bellamy, Educator
Small: Here once again education is crucial, it enables children to be become more aware of their rights and to exerc
"Here once again education is crucial, it enables children to be become more aware of their rights and to exercise them in a respectful manner which helps them shape their own future"
Carol Bellamy, Educator
Small: I am not interested in women just because theyre women. I am interested, however, in seeing that they are no l
Crystal Eastman
"I am not interested in women just because they're women. I am interested, however, in seeing that they are no longer classed with children and minors"
Crystal Eastman, Lawyer
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