Famous Quotes & Sayings

P. J. O'Rourke

The weirder you're going to behave, the more normal you should look. It works in reverse, too. When I see a kid with three or four rings in his nose, I know there is absolutely nothing extraordinary about that person.

P. J. O'Rourke

Drugs have taught an entire generation of kids the metric system

Martin Gore

Kids today don't know that much about vinyl.

Marshall Faulk

I think as a kid I never really understood the magnitude of a hurricane and what it could do.

Mark Mothersbaugh

When I was a kid, I would go to the record store, where there was a bin of things they didn't know quite how to classify. Those were my choices. That's where you would find Captain Beefheart or an early electronic album.

Noam Chomsky

Very commonly substances are criminalized because they're associated with what's called the dangerous classes, you know, poor people, or working people.... Actually, the peak of marijuana use was as I said, in the seventies, but that was rich kids, so you don't throw them in jail. And then it got seriously criminalized, you know, you really throw people in jail for it, when it was poor people.

Nikki Cox

The only other thing that interested me as a kid was being a bricklayer. So if I hadn't become an actress, I would probably be a bricklayer.

Nikki Sixx

Every day, I wake up, and the first thing I think of is my kids.

Nikki Sixx

There's nothing unique about me as a parent. I am a parent. My kids are kids. We do the best we can do.

Nikki Sixx

I've got five kids and I'm married, Tommy's got two kids and he's been married, Vince just got married again, Mick's out of a relationship, Tommy's single as well. We've done a lot in our life, we've covered a lot of miles.

Nikki Sixx

I am not a preacher. I don't want to stand on a soapbox and tell people, "Don't drink. Don't use drugs." With my kids, I say "Don't drink. Don't do drugs." But when they turn 21, they can drink. I hope they never use drugs, but people make their own decisions. When they're old enough, they are going to have the chance to make their own decisions. I just hope I have given them enough love and support, and the ability to come and talk to me if they need to.

Nikki Giovanni

I am of the generation of segregation. Black Lives Matter is post. I said today, and I will say all the time, "If Nina [Simone] were here, she'd have her Black Lives Matter [T-shirt] on." I think they're great kids. They don't need me or anybody else to tell them what to do.

Nicole Trunfio

Because I come from such a close family, my natural instinct is to marry and have kids as soon as possible.

Nicole Polizzi

I went into designing my house thinking I could have some more expensive items because I didn't realize my kids were going to be animals.

Nicky Hilton

When I was a kid I had this funny blonde hair and everyone called me 'Chick' because I looked like Tweety Bird.

Nicki Minaj

I've never worn flats in my life. I haven't owned any since I was a kid. I suppose the only flats I have are the shoes I wear to the gym, but I put them on just before I start to work out... I like heels.

Nick Moran

I haven't got any kids yet and it is something I need to address. I'm sure that, God willing, that'll be the next and most fabulous episode of my little life.

Nick Saban

If you don't get result-oriented with the kids, you can focus on the things in the process that are important to them being successful.

Matt Gonzalez

I think that when we're talking about youth violence, we're talking about kids who don't have opportunities, so they're engaged in a certain degree of lawlessness, because we as a society have failed them.

Matt Gonzalez

I represented many of these kids as they become young adults in the criminal justice system when I was a public defender. One way of reaching out is by the mind of experimentation.

Matt Bomer

I pretty much got busted for everything, but I definitely stretched out my boundaries as a kid, as well.

Matt Bomer

Kids aren't born to be bullies, they're taught to be bullies.

Matt Damon

We live in a world, it's very hard for Americans to understand that every 20 seconds a kid dies, a kid under the age of five, right, dies somewhere on the Earth because of lack of access to clean water and sanitation. Every 20 seconds that happens on our planet. It's just very hard for us to relate to.

Matt Damon

Now that I have kids, I'm probably more overprotective than I've ever been. My wife's nickname for me is 'red alert.' I sometimes check just to see if the kids are breathing. But I try not to be a helicopter parent.

Matt Damon

Part of the American ethos is that you want to leave something better for your kids than you had and I know that my parents felt that way and I know that my grandparents felt that way and everybody worked hard so that their kids had a better chance. I just don't want to be the first generation that doesn't do that.

Mary Lynn Rajskub

I've been a weirdo since I was a kid.

Mary Lou Retton

Pay-per-view would deprive many kids of the delight of seeing the Olympics.

Mary Lou Retton

As a kid, I was a pretty good little sprinter.

Mary-Louise Parker

I just want to make lunches and organize my kids' playroom.

Mary-Louise Parker

I never feel more useful than when I'm making my kids a bowl of soup.

Marv Albert

I would never scream at my kids, never raise my voice. But as they often tell me, they were so well behaved that screaming was not necessary.

Marv Albert

I feel I'm better now than I ever have been. You learn so much as you're doing it. I'm watching tapes and I'll see things that get me annoyed and where I know I can improve. I understand better letting the crowd play more. I've always said it was important for me who I was working with, because I like to kid around a lot. But I've also learned to use my partner better. I'm feeling good. There's no reason to stop.

Marva Collins

Until kids decide, 'I am a miracle. I am unique. There is no one else exactly like me,' they can never draw the conclusion, 'Because I'm a miracle, I will never harm another person who's a miracle like me.' In this slippery world, they all need something to hang on to.