Quotes about children
children feelings emotion
The basic premise that children must learn about emotions is that all feelings are okay to have; however, only some reactions are okay. Daniel Goleman
children school mean
A long time ago, there was no such thing as school, and children spent their days learning a trade, a phrase which here means "standing around doing tedious tasks under the instruction of a bossy adult." In time, however, people realized that the children could be allowed to sit, and the first school was invented. Daniel Handler
children hands needs
The children of this world and the adults of this world are in entirely separate boats and only drift near each other when we need a ride from someone or when someone needs us to wash our hands.
children thinking brave
I was not a particularly brave child, I think, because I had a narrative mind, because my mind automatically went to any terrible thing that could happen.
children book thinking
Klaus sighed, and opened a book, and as at so many other times when the middle Baudelaire child did not want to think about his circumstances, he began to read.
children drinking bridges
I have this fantasy that the second movie would begin with a brief statement by all of the young actors who had played the children in the first movie, explaining how it had ruined their lives, so we would catch up with Emily Browning drinking heavily in the back of a burlesque bar, and maybe Liam Aiken would be living underneath a bridge, and then instead of the twins who played Sunny, we would just try to find the oldest woman in the world, and get an interview with her sitting in a trailer park.
children adults terrible
It seemed to me that every adult did something terrible sooner or later. And every child, I thought, sooner or later becomes an adult.
children careers library
I can't imagine why you would want to take your child to see what the career of a writer is like, because it mostly consists of sitting in a room typing, or going to the library and looking something up. Those are not exciting things to watch.
children careers long
Occasionally there are parents who say, "I brought my child so he or she could learn what the career of a writer is like, and you did this long theatrical performance instead, and I'm very disappointed."
children real struggle
The story of the Baudelaires takes place in a very real world, where some people are laughed at just because they have something wrong with them, and where children can find themselves all alone in the world, struggling to understand the mystery that surrounds them.
children evil doe
Count Olaf certainly does sound evil. Imagine forcing children to stand near a stove!
children horrible happens
We are a nation of children letting horrible things happen, and flunking Calc.
children school writing
I'd written my first novel for adults, which was called Basic Eight and was set in a high school, and we were having a devil of a time selling it. It ended up in the hands of an editor of a children's publishing house, for which it was entirely inappropriate. She said, "Well, we can't publish this, but I think you should write something for children," which I thought was a really terrible idea.
children book reading
I'm always loath to make generalizations about what is for children and what isn't. Certainly children's literature as a genre has some restrictions, so certain things will never pop up in a Snicket book. But I didn't know anything about writing for children when I started - this is the theme of naïveté creeping up on us once more - and I sort of still don't, and I'm happy that adults are reading them as well as children.
children book thinking
I think there are probably just as many adults who would miss the humor of my books, if not more, as there are children.
children sunday thinking
In Europe the parents are included as with children. All three generations are together. I'm thinking of Italy. You go out on a Sunday afternoon and the whole family is there. Dana Delany
children worry panic
Living in the capital, I worry about terrorism, but I no longer panic. For this I have my child to thank. Dana Milbank
children secret-identity stories
Everyone enjoys stories of double lives and secret identities. Children have Superman; intellectuals have Wallace Stevens. Dana Gioia
children food cooking-classes
Cooking is at once child's play and adult joy. And cooking done with care is an act of love. Craig Claiborne
children moon long
Being an American is something I wanted to be for a very long time, probably since I saw the moon landing when I was a child. Craig Ferguson
children clever believe
I used to believe, like many people who come from poor backgrounds, that it gave me an edge, but I think that's just something we have to tell ourselves to get by sometimes. I don't believe that anymore. Children of privilege can be just as talented and clever as anybody else.
children thinking littles
It's going to be a little further for me to take my children, but the Montessori has been good for my children so I'm willing to take them further. I think it will be a good thing to keep them in the program. Connie Smith
children long decision
I made the decision a long time ago that I had an obligation to my children that I happily fulfilled. Connie Stevens
children support healthy
You have to support your children to have a healthy relationship. Connie Sellecca
children play littles
Shakespeare put no children in his plays for a reason," Sir Godfrey muttered, glaring at Alf and Binnie. "You're forgetting the Little Prince," Polly reminded him. "Who he had the good sense to kill off in the second act," snapped Sir Godfrey. Connie Willis
children people tree
People will buy anything at jumble sales,' I said. 'At the Evacuated Children Charity Fair a woman bought a tree branch that had fallen on the table.
children definitions might
A working definition of fathering might be this: fathering is the act of guiding a child to behave in ways that lead to the childs becoming a secure child in full, thus increasing his or her chances of being happy and fruitful as a young adult. Clyde Edgerton
children men tolerance
Because we men have been physically stronger and more arrogant, weve influenced much of the cool stuff of the world, like basing the definition of courage on what we do on battlefields rather than on the patience or endurance or tolerance necessary for a sometimes painful daily grind that includes small children.
children dad father
As an older dad who grew up in a rural culture in the South, certain things were expected of women, and that included raising the children. But I think its just as important for the father to give the baths, to hug, to change the diapers, to tell the stories.
children responsibility people
You become responsible for a human being, and a lot of people talk about how they've never felt love like this before. You hear all these things before you have a child, and they're all kind of true. It's just dealing with the overwhelming responsibility of like I'm the protector of this child that affected me the most. Cobie Smulders
children men ifs
All men are children, and if you understand that, a woman understands everything. Coco Chanel
children males like-you
As extended as you know most males are like young children, you understand all the things.
children real devil
I was a rebellious child, a rebellious lover, a rebellious couturière - a real devil.