Children Quotes

Small: You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you wh
P. J. O'Rourke
"You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they're going"
P. J. O'Rourke, Journalist
Small: Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat their
P. J. O'Rourke
"Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs"
P. J. O'Rourke, Journalist
Small: Public opinion polls are rather like children in a garden, digging things up all the time to see how theyre gr
J.B. Priestley
"Public opinion polls are rather like children in a garden, digging things up all the time to see how they're growing"
J.B. Priestley, Writer
Small: I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace
Thomas Paine
"I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace"
Thomas Paine, Writer
Small: Even very young children need to be informed about dying. Explain the concept of death very carefully to your
P. J. O'Rourke
"Even very young children need to be informed about dying. Explain the concept of death very carefully to your child. This will make threatening him with it much more effective"
P. J. O'Rourke, Journalist
Small: Children must be considered in a divorce considered valuable pawns in the nasty legal and financial contest th
P. J. O'Rourke
"Children must be considered in a divorce considered valuable pawns in the nasty legal and financial contest that is about to ensue"
P. J. O'Rourke, Journalist
Small: For students today, only 10 percent of children from working-class families graduate from college by the age o
"For students today, only 10 percent of children from working-class families graduate from college by the age of 24 as compared to 58 percent of upper-middle-class and wealthy families"
Patrick J. Kennedy, Politician
Small: Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?
Samuel Johnson
"Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?"
Samuel Johnson, Author
Small: Modern cynics and skeptics... see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the minds of their children a s
John F. Kennedy
"Modern cynics and skeptics... see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the minds of their children a smaller wage than is paid to those to whom they entrust the care of their plumbing"
John F. Kennedy, President
Small: Clowns drink to blot out the ravages of terrifying children for a living
Doug Coupland
"Clowns drink to blot out the ravages of terrifying children for a living"
Doug Coupland, Author
Small: The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they have not yet developed a s
W. H. Auden
"The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they have not yet developed a significant profile of their own"
W. H. Auden, Poet
Small: Finance, like time, devours its own children
Honore de Balzac
"Finance, like time, devours its own children"
Honore de Balzac, Novelist
Small: Children, dear and loving children, can alone console a woman for the loss of her beauty
Honore de Balzac
"Children, dear and loving children, can alone console a woman for the loss of her beauty"
Honore de Balzac, Novelist
Small: We should not teach children the sciences but give them a taste for them
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them"
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Philosopher
Small: There can be no keener revelation of a societys soul than the way in which it treats its children
Nelson Mandela
"There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children"
Nelson Mandela, Statesman
Small: Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of e
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil"
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Philosopher
Small: I like children - fried
"I like children - fried"
W. C. Fields, Comedian
Small: Children should neither be seen or heard from - ever again
"Children should neither be seen or heard from - ever again"
W. C. Fields, Comedian
Small: Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experien
Helen Keller
"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing"
Helen Keller, Author
Small: Most sorts of diversion in men, children and other animals, are in imitation of fighting
Jonathan Swift
"Most sorts of diversion in men, children and other animals, are in imitation of fighting"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
Small: Books, the children of the brain
Jonathan Swift
"Books, the children of the brain"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
Small: Children are the keys of paradise
Eric Hoffer
"Children are the keys of paradise"
Eric Hoffer, Writer
Small: Children should be led into the right paths, not by severity, but by persuasion
Terence
"Children should be led into the right paths, not by severity, but by persuasion"
Terence, Playwright
Small: Children now expect their parents to audition for approval
"Children now expect their parents to audition for approval"
Mason Cooley, Writer
Small: Children use all their wiles to get their way with adults. Adults do the same with children
"Children use all their wiles to get their way with adults. Adults do the same with children"
Mason Cooley, Writer
Small: Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children
Dan Quayle
"Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children"
Dan Quayle, Vice President
Small: Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. Authority is for children and servants, yet not wit
William Penn
"Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. Authority is for children and servants, yet not without sweetness"
William Penn, Leader
Small: The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author s
John Locke
"The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author; salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. It is all pure"
John Locke, Philosopher
Small: But my deepest and most secret love belongs to the fair-haired and the blue-eyed, the bright children of life,
"But my deepest and most secret love belongs to the fair-haired and the blue-eyed, the bright children of life, the happy, the charming and the ordinary"
Thomas Mann, Writer
Small: We owe it to ourselves and to the next generation to conserve the environment so that we can bequeath our chil
Wangari Maathai
"We owe it to ourselves and to the next generation to conserve the environment so that we can bequeath our children a sustainable world that benefits all"
Wangari Maathai, Activist
Small: Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us
"Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us"
Jean de la Bruyere, Philosopher
Small: Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future
"Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future"
Jean de la Bruyere, Philosopher
Small: Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children
Samuel Butler
"Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children"
Samuel Butler, Poet
Small: Crowded classrooms and half-day sessions are a tragic waste of our greatest national resource - the minds of o
"Crowded classrooms and half-day sessions are a tragic waste of our greatest national resource - the minds of our children"
Walt Disney, Cartoonist
Small: We believed in our idea - a family park where parents and children could have fun- together
"We believed in our idea - a family park where parents and children could have fun- together"
Walt Disney, Cartoonist
Small: Let your children go if you want to keep them
"Let your children go if you want to keep them"
Malcolm Forbes, Publisher
Small: A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send thei
Samuel Butler
"A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it"
Samuel Butler, Poet
Small: Unless everyone grasps the importance of having only two children per couple, wars wont be over just oil anymo
Alexandra Paul
"Unless everyone grasps the importance of having only two children per couple, wars won't be over just oil anymore, they will be over water and food"
Alexandra Paul, Actress
Small: Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty
George Eliot
"Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty"
George Eliot, Author
Small: Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parenthood, just a
"Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parenthood, just as the grandeur of the trees is lost when raking leaves"
Marcelene Cox, Writer