Quotes about child
children ideas doe
Yes, etiquette is hypocritical. Yes, it does inhibit children - if you're lucky. But the idea that it's elitist and irrelevant is like saying language is elitist and irrelevant. Judith Martin
children honesty thinking
In its natural state, the child tells the literal truth because it is too naive to think of anything else. Blurting out the complete truth is considered adorable in the young, right smack up to the moment that the child says, 'Mommy, is this the fat lady you can't stand? Judith Martin
children parent tone
Parents should conduct their arguments in quiet, respectful tones, but in a foreign language. You'd be surprised what an inducement that is to the education of children. Judith Martin
children parent done
A young lady is a female child who has just done something dreadful. Judith Martin
children writing world
Why bring children into a world where no one writes letters? Judith Martin
children mean talking
Acting comes natural to me. What I do enjoy is meeting people that I've idolized for years. I mean, I was talking about bringing up a child with Edie Falco yesterday. Josh Gad
children struggle teaching
I worked for a while as a teaching assistant while I was struggling. I really enjoyed it, working with kids with special needs, autism. It takes a hell of a lot of concentration, and you've got to focus on the child properly for seven hours a day. Joseph Mawle
children teaching white
By reserving the penalty of death for black defendants, or for the poor, or for those convicted of killing white persons, we perpetrate the ugly legacy of slavery-teaching our children that some lives are inherently less precious than others. Joseph Lowery
children
You gotsta love all God's children! Joseph Lowery
children mean cost
The rich possess ample means to realize any theory they may chuse to adopt in the education of their children, regardless of the cost; but it is not so with him whose Subsistence is derived from industry. Joseph Lancaster
children school parent
At a moderate calculation, among a million of persons inhabiting the metropolis, there are, at least, twenty-five thousand children who attend these schools, and cost their parents as many pounds sterling, per annum. Joseph Lancaster
children blow doctors
Everyone in Annawadi talks like this: 'Oh, I will make my child a doctor, a lawyer, and he will make us rich'. It's vanity, nothing more. Your little boat goes west and you congratulate yourself, 'what a navigator I am!' And then the wind blows you east. Katherine Boo
children eye eyes-of-a-child
Look at life with the eyes of a child. Kathe Kollwitz
children responsibility drawing
While I drew, and wept along with the terrified children I was drawing, I really felt the burden I am bearing. I felt that I have no right to withdraw from the responsibility of being an advocate. Kathe Kollwitz
children men sitting
When Michelangelo was an old man, he drew himself sitting in a child's pushcart. Kathe Kollwitz
children grief reality
It is, I suppose, the common grief of children at having to protect their parents from reality. It is bitter for the young to see what awful innocence adults grow into, that terrible vulnerability that must be sheltered from the rodent mire of childhood. Katherine Dunn
children fun ideas
I'm done with the whole idea of having my own children. It doesn't seem like any fun. Katherine Heigl
children believe play
I was the youngest child and really spoiled. I loved to play make-believe. I loved pretending to be all kinds of different people and it just seemed natural that I would go into acting. Katherine Heigl
children years months
I can't cultivate a relationship with my child if it's between takes. I tried that on a movie and realized, 'This is not going to work.' It will work some of the year, but not 12 months a year. Katherine Heigl
children writing years
You can't write about people out of textbooks, and you can't use jargon. You have to speak clearly and simply and purely in a language that a six-year-old child can understand; and yet have the meanings and the overtones of language, and the implications, that appeal to the highest intelligence. Katherine Anne Porter
children color weather
Don't you love being alive?" asked Miranda. "Don't you love weather and the colors at different times of the day, and all the sounds and noises like children screaming in the next lot, and automobile horns and little bands playing in the street and the smell of food cooking?" "I love to swim, too." said Adam. "So do I," said Miranda, "we never did swim together. Katherine Anne Porter
children book house
All the old houses that I knew when I was a child were full of books, bought generation after generation by members of the family. Nobody told you to read this or not to read that. Katherine Anne Porter
children wind stories
A story is like something you wind out of yourself. Like a spider, it is a web you weave, and you love your story like a child. Katherine Anne Porter
children childhood essentials
Childhood is the fiery furnace in which we are melted down to essentials and that essential shaped for good. Katherine Anne Porter
children party thinking
As a child, as a cinemagoer, I think there is nothing better than being in a cinema or watching a film. I think it's just a while magical... it almost feels like you're at a big party in India, where you're singing, you're dancing, you're laughing, you're crying, you feel like you're at a wedding because our films invariably cover all emotions. Karan Johar
children night orchids
If Lady Gaga and Dorothy Parker had a secret love child, it would've been Gypsy Rose Lee. Gypsy arrived for opening nights at the Met wearing a full-length cape made entirely of orchids, while Lady Gaga shows up wearing a full-length cloak made of meat. Karen Abbott
children careers long
I said to myself, 'I've waited a long time in my life to have a child, and I'm missing it, I want to continue to have a career, but not this way. Karen Allen
children grief want
If your child dies, or you witness a terrible natural disaster, yes, you certainly want a scientific explanation as to what's happened. But science can't help you to find meaning, help you deal with that turbulence of your grief, rage, and dismay. Karen Armstrong
childhood terrible mess
I was in a terrible mess in my childhood. Joyce Meyer
children believe struggle
God wants to help us... He loves us... we are His children. But He will not force His help on us at any time. He sees us when we struggle and fight and complain our way through things. And I believe it breaks His heart, when all we have to do is ask Him for help. Joyce Meyer
children precious-gifts
Peace is one of the most precious gifts God has promised His children. Joyce Meyer
childhood facts stories
Few persons can relate the story of their childhood without idealizing, or distorting, or overdramatizing the facts. Katharine Anthony
children adults tradition
Your traditions change from when you a child to when you become an adult. Katharine McPhee