Famous Quotes & Sayings

Marty Nemko

Some parents let kids "learn on their own skin" and many of those kids end up, as adults, languishing on their parents' sofas.

Pink

In the late '90s, R&B was dominant in the radio, and the white kids were taking it mainstream.

Pink

I was a very defensive kid 'cause I was really sensitive underneath and didn't want people to know. So I came off as very tough and very angry.

Philippe Falardeau

My film is actually very critical of the level of French we're using back home. To have an immigrant from an ancient French colony come and do that is a little critical of our education system back home. Balzac is definitely over their heads. It's meant to be funny also because it would be also probably too much for kids in France, but kids in France would know who Balzac is. But, back home at that age, I guarantee you they don't know who he is.

Pope Francis

Please waste time just playing with your kids!

Rachael MacFarlane

Now it's fantastic, this is a medium that adults should be able to enjoy, it's not just for our kids. I feel like now with Adult Swim and all these different outlets for adults to enjoy animation, it's huge. I love being a part of it, absolutely love it.

Rachel Bilson

Having kids is something I want to see in my future - I hope.

Rachel Bilson

I'm not sure if I want to continue to work when I have kids.

Rachel Caine

Nobody's cut out for this town," Shane said. "Nobody sane anyway." "Says the kid who came back." "Yeah, kind of proves my point.

Rachel Caine

I liked you better when you were this timid little kid. What happened?” “I started living with you guys.” “Oh, right.

Phil McGraw

There is nothing wrong with your marriage if you're dealing with bills and kids and the broken garbage disposal and in-laws and work demands. That's a normal marriage.

Peter Weir

I loved Sherlock Holmes as a kid, but I remember being disappointed when he'd come up with these simple explanations for these complex mysteries.

Peter Mayhew

George Lucas puts those types of characters in for the kids. Same with Jar Jar.

Peter Mullan

I find the world more absurd now than I did when I was a kid.

Pete Wentz

As a kid, I always went to therapists; the first time was when my parents were separated on my sixth birthday, then on and off since then.

Pete Wentz

But you couldn’t touch this kid right now, bullets would have dodged him.

Peta Wilson

My future Plans - Marriage, a villa and 10 kids.

Pete Doherty

I'm not saying that maybe there isn't a kid out there whose behavior hasn't been influenced by me in some way. I'm sure there is. But I can only speak for myself, and if you'd asked if my behavior had ever been affected by people I'd admired from afar, like musicians or footballers, that'd be a yes, totally.

Simon Rich

There are actual monsters in the world, but when my kids ask I pretend like there aren’t.

Simon Le Bon

My kids love vinyl, I had to teach them how to put the needle on the records. Now they're worried about scratching the records, but it's incredible!

Simon Le Bon

I've got three kids, and those are mouths to feed.

Simon Cowell

I don't like kids that are pushed into things by stage mums, but when I can see they are having a good time, they're excited and enjoying the process, then I think it's wrong to discriminate.

Rick Riordan

Coach Hedge grunted like he was pleased to have an excuse. He unclipped the megaphone from his belt and continued giving directions, but his voice came out like Darth Vader's. The kids cracked up. The coach tried again, but this time the megaphone blared: "The cow says moo!

Rick Riordan

Maybe it's okay to still be a kid every once in a while.

Rick Riordan

Just sit tight. Reinforcements should be here soon. Hopefully nothing happens before-" Lightning crackled overhead. The wind picked up with a vengeance. Worksheets flew into the Grand Canyon, and the entire bridge shuddered. Kids screamed, stumbling and grabbing the rails. "I had to say something," Hedge grumbled. He bellowed into his megaphone: "Everyone inside! The cow says moo! Off the skywalk!" "I thought you said this thing was stable!" Jason shouted over the wind. "Under normal circumstances," Hedge agreed, "which these aren't.

Rick Riordan

Who's the other kid in the photo?' he asked. 'The sandy-haired guy.' Annabeth's expression tightened. Touchy subject. 'That's Luke,' she said. 'He's dead now.

Rick Riordan

I held out a lead figurine of Hades—the little Mythomagic statue Nico had abandoned when he fled camp last winter. Nico hesitated. "I don’t play that game anymore. It’s for kids." "It’s got four thousand attack power," I coaxed. "Five thousand," Nico corrected. "But only if your opponent attacks first." I smiled. "Maybe it’s okay to still be a kid once in a while.

Rick Riordan

I think that kids have a greater capacity for processing things than we give them credit for.

Rick Riordan

I always love it when I hear back from kids who say they discovered Percy Jackson and now wear their learning difference as a badge of honour.

Rick Riordan

Life is only precious because it ends, kid.

Richard Brautigan

For the rest of my life I'll be thinking about that hamburger. I'll be sitting there at the counter, holding it in my hands with tears streaming down my cheeks. The waitress will be looking away because she doesn't like to see kids crying when they are eating hamburgers...

Reese Witherspoon

For our first date, I made Ryan Hamburger Helper, which is basically what I grew up on. I make my own version of it now, with macaroni and cheese and hamburger meat. And the kids - it's their favorite dinner.

Reese Witherspoon

I read while the kids play. I can see them from the kitchen window. And I'm a fast reader.