Quotes about children
children blue sky
Never shall I forget the little faces of the children, whose bodies turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky. Elie Wiesel
children home feet
The only place where I felt at home, on familiar ground, was the Jewish cemetery. And yet I had never set foot in it before. Children had been forbidden to enter.
children violence adults
We must choose between the violence of adults and the smiles of children
children believe single-child
I belong to a tradition that believes that the death of a single child is a blemish on creation...
children hate men
We must choose between the violence of adults and the smiles of children, between the ugliness of hate and the will to oppose it. Between inflicting suffering and humiliation on our fellow man and offering him the solidarity and hope he deserves. Or not.
children people civilized-nations
Terrorism must be outlawed by all civilized nations — not explained or rationalized, but fought and eradicated. Nothing can, nothing will justify the murder of innocent people and helpless children.
children war adults
When adults wage war, children perish.
children culture shields
I thought that culture and education are the shield. An educated person cannot do certain things and, and be educated, you cannot, and there they were, killing children day after day.
children believe school
I believe that all the survivors are mad. One time or another their madness will explode. You cannot absorb that much madness and not be influenced by it. That is why the children of survivors are so tragic. I see them in school. They don't know how
children hate hatred
I had to be honest with myself and that I felt hatred then, but as children say "I hate you", it's not really hate, you know, it's anger.
children world changing-the-world
Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.
children men offering
... True, we are often too weak to stop injustices; but the least we can do is to protest against them. True, we are too poor to eliminate hunger; but in feeding one child, we protest against hunger. True, we are too timid and powerless to take on all the guards of all the political prisons in the world; but in offering our solidarity to one prisoner we denounce all the tormentors. True, we are powerless against death; but as long as we help one man, one woman, one child live one hour longer in safety and dignity, we affirm man's [woman's] right to live.
children fighting racism
If anyone had told us in 1945 that there are certain battles we'll have to fight again we wouldn't have believed it. Racism, anti-Semitism, starvation of children and, who would have believed that? At least I was convinced then, naively, that at least something happened in history that, because of myself, certain things cannot happen again.
children writing two
Even my wife and two of my children are in "Leaves of Grass". Because I love the source material so much, it was really easy to write and an utter delight to get to direct because I had people like Edward [Norton] elevating the material and surprising me in their interpretations of all of this stuff that's so close to me. Edward Norton
children gay question school sick teaches
We have a right to be here, because this school teaches that being gay is being sick and sinful. We have a right to question and to show how we are children of God.
children heart dark
In mythos and fairy tales, deities and other great spirits test the hearts of humans by showing up in various forms that disguise their divinity. They show up in robes, rags, silver sashes, or with muddy feet. They show up with skin dark as old wood, or in scales made of rose petal, as a frail child, as a lime-yellow old woman, as a man who cannot speak, or as an animal who can. The great powers are testing to see if humans have yet learned to recognize the greatness of soul in all its varying forms. Clarissa Pinkola Estes
children parks firsts
This week Disney opened its first ever theme park in China. More than ten thousand children showed up on opening day. And that was just to make the T-shirts. Conan O'Brien
children lunch-break world
This is official today. China has surpassed the U.S. and now has the No. 1 economy in the world. After hearing this, China's children asked, 'So now can we take a lunch break?'
children men talking
Don't take up a man's time talking about the smartness of your children; he wants to talk to you about the smartness of his children. E. W. Howe
children parenting hands
Raising children is like making biscuits: it is as easy to raise a big batch as one, while you have your hands in the dough.
children men wealth
The more wealth a man has, the louder his children talk.
children kids sacrifice
I wouldn't sacrifice my business for no acting career because my business is something, ultimately, that I know I'm going to pass down to my kids, and that's most important to me than anything else in the world. I can't pass an acting career down to my children. Dwight Henry
children kentucky ohio
I can't escape being born in Pike County, Kentucky, grandson of a miner, Luther Tibbs, and his wife, Earlene, and traveling as a child up and down Route 23 between Kentucky and Columbus, Ohio, where I was raised, experiencing life via working-class people. Nor do I want to escape. Dwight Yoakam
children growing-up father
I would never, ever desert my child. A lot of my friends didn't have fathers growing up, and they were very upset that their fathers weren't around. I was lucky to have mine around. Dwight Howard
children hard-work men
Every time I look at my children, they remind me to work harder and become a better man. Dwyane Wade
children kids way
Always be involved in your children's lives. Life gets hectic but we have to find a way to always stay connected and let our kids know that they are loved.
children couple sibling
I would have to name two people - my parents. I've seen them come through adversity and work hard to create the best life for me and my siblings. Although I don't remember them together as a couple, I remember the love they had for their children.
children father boys
All children need their fathers, but boys especially need fathers to teach them how to be men.
children cinema nightmares preview twice
We used to go to the cinema once or twice a week, and they used to preview X-certificate films-those which children couldn't see-and I was terrified, and used to have nightmares just from the previews. Tanith Lee
children fun good lots order
We use a PlayStation with them, and the children get on it and exercise. In order to play the game, they have to peddle and steer. It's lots of fun and good exercise.
children school
We should not have our children going to school to learn how to become obese.
children sounds
I know it sounds really weedy, but we are all children who seek approval from our parents. Gurinder Chadha
children dvds emotional experience
DVDs have their place, but the cinema is a tangible, emotional experience that I would hate my children not to have.