Famous Quotes & Sayings

Johnny Depp

I'll never understand the animal, the machine of Hollywood business. And I don't want to understand it. It's like joining a club, a clique just because everyone else is in it. You don't have any particular interest in it, and it has nothing to do with who you are as a person. You just join it because it's the thing to do. The quality of life is so different in France. There is the possibility of living a simple life. I would never contemplate raising my daughter in LA. I would never raise any child there.

Roger Clemens

I know my immediate plans are I'll go back to Florida. My children are on spring break, so I know immediately what I'm going to do. It doesn't matter when I step away. I will miss competing, but I won't be too far from the game.

I have three children, a daughter Caroline by my first husband, and two sons by Mark Elvin. All now are over 35, grown up with children of their own.

I heard many parents complain that their children have lost interest in study after they were intoxicated by such websites.

I heard children cry, families scream. Some children were yelling for their mothers and fathers.

Jason Reitman

I hear the way people talk about the children of famous people. They're not treated very well. The presumptions are usually quite awful. So I tried to establish myself with a couple of movies. After 'Juno' I thought: 'I think I've defined myself enough as my own director that I'd love to work with my father.'

Michael Newdow

I have the right to be able to have my child in public school without her being indoctrinated with religious belief, ... This is supposed to be a public school and supposed to be religion-free.

I haven't heard back from those particular beauticians. It's sad when you see people volunteer to help poor children, but they select which poor children to help.

Richard Riley

I have said that if every parent read with their children at least 30 minutes a night, it would really revolutionize education in this country, ... Early Edition.

Households with children may use their washing machines every day, ergo they will be big users of detergent and fabric conditioners. And it's not a huge mental leap to say they also eat a lot of food. If they've got babies, they're going to be using a lot of diapers. And the kids are probably going to eat a lot of confectionary, and they'll be using a lot of soap and shampoo.

Joan Rivers

How could she not be happy? She was tall, thin, gorgeous and rich, rich, rich, with a husband who didn't want to sleep with her, two normal children and she had a crown.

I don't think that any of us thought it would go completely smoothly this year, ... We knew this was going to be a year where unfortunate things would fall into place. Disappointing is a mild word, because what we're talking about, instead of 140 kids, is 18 more at $5,000 a child going out of our district.

James Gray

I don't think my parents told me enough how the world doesn't really care about me. I think it's important to tell children that the world doesn't really care about you. You have to fight to be heard.

I don't know if we ever fully get over the pain of watching a child trying to find their way through a world that too often doesn't understand.

I didn't hear specifics as how it relates to how they were going to help the children of the impacted schools transfer or relocate to other schools. One of the things that I would really encourage them to do is have the opportunity to meet with families.

Nancy Jones

I didn't have the opportunity to go to college. We graduated from high school, and we worked. There were eight in our family. For you all I want something different for you all. I want you to have the childhood I didn't have, and I want your life to be better.

Carol Bartz

I didn't have my first child until I was 40. I actually learned about motherhood from management.

Imran Khan

Are we Pakistanis, children of a lesser God? Is there one law for the west and one for us? Is our democracy supposed to be only democracy if you give us a no objection certificate?

Imran Khan

The war on terror is the most insane and immoral war of all time. The Americans are doing what they did in Vietnam, bombing villages. But how can a civilised nation do this? How can you can eliminate suspects, their wives, their children, their families, their neighbours? How can you justify this?

Ingmar Bergman

Occasionally I sense an insane wail deep down in the pit, the echo alone reaching me, striking without warning, a child weeping uninhibitedly, imprisoned forever.

Ingmar Bergman

I am very much aware of my own double self... The well-known one is very under control; everything is planned and very secure. The unknown one can be very unpleasant. I think this side is responsible for all the creative work - he is in touch with the child.

Jack Kirby

My parents loved me. My father used to carry me around on my shoulders. I know my father loved me. All families love their children, and we were good boys.

Jack Kirby

I had to make a living. I was a married man. I had a wife. I had a home. I had children. I had to make a living. That's the common pursuit of every man.

Jack Kornfield

Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control. We can love and care for others but we cannot possess our children, lovers, family, or friends. We can assist them, pray for them, and wish them well, yet in the end their happiness and suffering depend on their thoughts and actions, not on our wishes.

Jack Edwards

Our children and grandchildren are going to be mad at us for burning all this oil. It took the Earth 500 million years to create the stuff we're burning in 200 years. Renewable energy sources are where we need to be headed.

Jack Davenport

I grew up in an acting family. I was heavily discouraged from doing it myself when I was young, which is the only responsible route to take with any child, because its not necessarily the easiest of lives.

Jack Crawford

... Wild Bill had his faults, grievous ones, perhaps ... He would get drunk, gamble, and indulge in the general licentiousness characteristic of the border in the early days, yet even when full of the vile libel of the name of whiskey which was dealt over the bars at exorbitant prices, he was gentle as a child, unless aroused to anger by intended insults. ... He was loyal in his friendship, generous to a fault, and invariably espoused the cause of the weaker against the stronger one in a quarrel.

Jack Coleman

You want to have a loving, safe relationship with your child, but you can't because you have to do these things to protect them or protect them from themselves - or try to make sure they don't become a vampire! Your desires and your needs are in opposition, and that's always fun to play.

Jack Dee

People who are pro smacking children say, 'It's the only language they understand.' You could apply that to tourists.

Jack Canfield

Think of fear as a 2-year-old child who doesn't want to go grocery shopping with you. Because you must buy groceries, you'll just have to take the two year old with you. Fear is no different. In other words, acknowledge that fear exists but don't let it keep you from doing important tasks.

Jack Canfield

I believe the principles and techniques in this book, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life, can literally change the world, but more importantly, they can change the quality of your life with your spouse, your children, your neighbors, your co-workers and everyone else you interact with. I cannot recommend it highly enough.

Jack Canfield

The meaning of self-esteem is to feel lovable and capable. As parents, we must love our children unconditionally and give them a sense of being nurtured. That's the lovable part. Then, we must provide structure - rules, boundaries, daily or weekly household tasks that give them a sense they are making a contribution. That's what helps kids grow up feeling capable.

J. Edgar Hoover

Experts say that children are not born criminals, nor pampered parasites. They are made that way by the environment in which they live.