Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bertrand Russell

The whole realm of thought and opinion is utterly unsuited to public control; it ought to be as free, and as spontaneous as is possible. The state is justified in insisting that children shall be educated, but it is not justified in forcing their education to proceed on a uniform plan and to be directed to the production of a dead level of glib uniformity.

Bertrand Russell

I think modern educational theorists are inclined to attach too much importance to the negative virtue of not interfering with children, and too little to the positive merit of enjoying their company.

Bertrand Russell

It seems clear to me that marriage ought to be constituted by children, and relations not involving children ought to be ignored by the law and treated as indifferent by public opinion. It is only through children that relations cease to be a purely private matter.

Bertrand Russell

The first essential character [of civilization], I should say, is forethought. This, I would say, is what distinguishes men from brutes and adults from children.

Charles R. Swindoll

Wisdom is looking at life from God's point of view. You look at life's difficulties and tests as God looks at them. You look at family life and child rearing as God looks at them. You interpret current events as God would interpret them. You see the truth even though all around you are deception and lies.

That was her life, her children and her God.

That was the first opportunity to sit down and do forecasting about what the specific classes the child will take, look at the transcript and just get a nice early contact. It seemed to me to be pretty well attended. A lot of parents have now met with somebody from their school.

That will really help us provide instruction on computers and better serve our children by teaching them the skills to further educate themselves so they will not be limited because they do not have any knowledge of computers.

The 12-to-18-year-olds sustained primarily lower extremity injuries such as strains or sprains. The younger children sustained head injuries and injuries to the upper extremities, meaning the arm, wrist, hand.

That's very sad. Your children will never know there father.

Jason Davis

That surprised me. A guy like him doing something childish like that.

Michael Jai White

I was pretty much a child of 'Monty Python.' I grew up loving that type of humor and even structured a lot of humor in the same fashion.

I was particularly concerned about seeing the increase in children, because we know that children who are overweight often become obese adults.

Kate Winslet

I think it's very important to teach your children to struggle on some level.

Rob Marshall

It has been an extraordinary experience. The film is like a child to me. It has grown up and it's time to let it go. It's for you, not us.

It has a lot of integrity. It has served many children. We get feedback from parents that they are happy their children were in Reading Recovery and didn't have to be placed in a long-term program.

It has a long track record (since 1990) and is generally the poster child for what you would want from a market-neutral fund.

I think that the end of the day a parent likes to sit down with their child and read with them,

It is now for us, the living, to rededicate ourselves to his cause, ... so that all the children of the Middle East will know a future free from violence and terror, enriched by prosperity and peace.

It is one more example of how these people used children as a pawn,

I think that's great, ... The greatest commodity we have is the children and they are the future of the valley.

Darren Shan

I think sometimes parents and teachers can push children away from reading by telling them it's something they must do, the same way they must eat their greens and must pass their exams in school. Poppycock! Read or don't read - that's your call.

Jessye Norman

I think that it is expansive for the mind, for the fantasy of children and grownups alike, to understand that the world is huge. There is so much in the world to experience, and the odds are so essential to life.

It is likely that it will never be used as a legal instrument. The most important thing is that when the subject comes up for education purposes, children can be shown that this is not an okay behavior.

It is highly unlikely that he will ever see this child again. The wife has taken steps to terminate parental rights.

It is hard to fathom what it is like to lose five children at one time, two nieces and her father.

It is important to get these children back into a stable school environment as quickly as possible.

Tom Robbins

It is never too late to have a happy childhood

Later investigation found that these children were on the roof of the structure, playing around, were jumping on a skylight that gave way, and those children fell about 25 to 30 feet.

I went in my back yard to get a wheelbarrow and I heard the thing in the woods. I thought it was children playing.

Jane Elliot

I watched what had been marvelous, cooperative, wonderful, thoughtful children turn into nasty, vicious, discriminating little third-graders in a space of fifteen minutes.

Little children must never be subjected to this sort of attention.

Jackson Brown

Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity, they think of you.