Quotes about chi
children men woe
Woe to the man who offends a small child! Fyodor Dostoevsky
children father enemy
Let us first fulfill Christ's injunction ourselves and only then venture to expect it of our children. Otherwise we are not fathers, but enemies of our children, and they are not our children, but our enemies, and we have made them our enemies ourselves. Fyodor Dostoevsky
children people littles
Because everyone is guilty for everyone else. For all the 'wee ones,' because there are little children and big children. All people are 'wee ones.' And I'll go for all of them, because there must be someone who will go for all of them. Fyodor Dostoevsky
children humanity suffering
I wanted to discuss the suffering of humanity in general, but perhaps we'd better confine ourselves to the sufferings of children. Fyodor Dostoevsky
children heart angel
Love children especially, for they too are sinless like the angels; they live to soften and purify our hearts and, as it were, to guide us. Fyodor Dostoevsky
children giving people
Grown-up people do not know that a child can give exceedingly good advice even in the most difficult case. Fyodor Dostoevsky
children what-matters lasts
What matters," said the prince at last, "is that you have a child's trusting nature and extraordinary truthfulness. Do you know that a great deal can be forgiven you for that alone? Fyodor Dostoevsky
children stupid dirty
You cannot imagine what sorrow and anger seize one's whole soul when a great idea, which one has long and piously revered, is picked up by some bunglers and dragged into the street, to more fools like themselves, and one suddenly meets it in the flea market, unrecognizable, dirty, askew, absurdly presented, without proportion, without harmony, a toy for stupid children. Fyodor Dostoevsky
children women doe
Woman understands children better than man does, but man is more childlike than woman. Friedrich Nietzsche
children flower butterfly
We must remain as close to the flowers, the grass, and the butterflies as the child is who is not yet so much taller than they are. Friedrich Nietzsche
children soul world
I consist of body and soul - in the worlds of a child. And why shouldn't we speak like children? But the enlightened, the knowledgealbe would say: I am body through and through, nothing more; and the soul is just a word for something on the body. Friedrich Nietzsche
children men maturity
Man's maturity: to have regained the seriousness that he had as a child at play. Friedrich Nietzsche
children kids economy
Well, there are about 10 million children that aren't covered by health insurance. About 3 million qualify for Medicaid but don't get it, so we're going to reach out and bring more of those kids into the Medicaid program. Franklin Raines
children knowledge men
Distinctly different as a child, as an adolescent, in his prime and in his old age, man considers himself as one, not because he acts, but because he knows. Franz Grillparzer
children hypocrisy hard-life
A pious woman's neighbor, a philanthropist's child, a liberal's servant--these three have a hard life. Franz Grillparzer
children philosophical poetry
The spirit of poetry combines the profundity of the philosopher and the child's delight in bright pictures. Franz Grillparzer
children religion want
Women, children, Tyroleans and preachers want to create a new kingdom of God, but the God of their kingdom looks like women, children, preachers, and Tyrolians. Franz Grillparzer
children men moon
What kind of man can name a child Moon Unit? Frank Zappa
children sleep lame
If your children ever find out how lame you really are, they'll murder you in your sleep. Frank Zappa
children sleep animal
While your children are sleeping, your puppy is crappin'. Frank Zappa
children thinking parent
I think you should leave it up to the parent, because not all parents want to keep their children totally ignorant. Frank Zappa
children school kids
Kid's heads are filled with so many nonfacts that when they get out of school they're totally unprepared to do anything. They can't read, they can't write, they can't think. Talk about child abuse. The U.S. school system as a whole qualifies. Frank Zappa
children crazy sleep
Weren't we all crazy in our sleep? What was sleep, after all, but the process by which we dumped our insanity into a dark subconscious pit and came out on the other side ready to eat cereal instead of our neighbor's children? Jeff Lindsay
children world stories
Tell me a story, Pew. What kind of story, child? A story with a happy ending. There’s no such thing in all the world. As a happy ending? As an ending. Jeanette Winterson
children parent choices
She hated being a nobody and like all children, adopted or not, I have had to live out some of her unlived life. We do that for our parents - we don't really have any choice. Jeanette Winterson
children unconditional-love love-is
Unconditional love is what a child should expect from a parent even though it rarely works out that way. Jeanette Winterson
children growing-up lying
We're a lukewarm people for all our feast days and hard work. Not much touches us, but we long to be touched. We lie awake at night willing the darkness to part and show us a vision. Our children frighten us in their intimacy, but we make sure they grow up like us. Lukewarm like us. On a night like this, hands and faces hot, we can believe that tomorrow will show us angels in jars and that the well-known woods will suddenly reveal another path. Jeanette Winterson
children broken triumph
Our broken society is not born out of the triumph of the individual, but out of his effacement. He vanishes, she vanishes, ask them who they are and they will offer you a wallet or a child. Jeanette Winterson
children blow talking
I was happy but happy is an adult word. You don't have to ask a child about happy, you see it. They are or they are not. Adults talk about being happy because largely they are not. Talking about it is the same as trying to catch the wind. Much easier to let it blow all over you. Jeanette Winterson
children people crime
In addition, to punishing sexual offenders and protecting our children, we must also provide services, resources and counseling to the people who are victims of these horrible crimes. Jim Costa
children responsibility healthy
We have a moral responsibility to protect the earth and ensure that our children and grandchildren have a healthy and sustainable environment in which to live. Jim Clyburn
children party cutting
The President's call for more math and science students is not being heeded by his party's leaders in Congress. They are cutting over $10 billion from student aide while refusing to fully fund No Child Left Behind. Something doesn't add up. Jim Clyburn
children black enough
Has he paid his dues? Is he black enough?... John Lewis and I were out there marching and organizing sit-ins back in the '60s so that his children and my children would not have to do it.... We would have been failures if had to do the same things we did. Jim Clyburn