Quotes with child-nations

Quotes 601 till 620 of 620.

  • Dogen You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child.
    Dogen
    Japanese Zen-teacher
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  • Calvin Coolidge [On war debts incurred by foreign nations to the United States:] They hired the money, didn't they?
    c. 1925. Wit and Wisdom (1933)
    Calvin Coolidge
    American president (1872 - 1933)
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  • James Baldwin A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled.
    James Baldwin
    American writer (1924 - 1987)
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  • Bob Keeshan A child needs to be listened to and talked to at 3 and 4 and 5 years of age. Parents should not wait for the sophisticated conversation of a teenager.
    Bob Keeshan
    American television producer and actor (1927 - 2004)
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  • B. F. Skinner A child who has been severely punished for sex play is not necessarily less inclined to continue; and a man who has been imprisoned for violent assault is not necessarily less inclined toward violence.
    B. F. Skinner
    American psychologist, behaviorist and author (1904 - 1990)
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  • Elias Canetti Adults find pleasure in deceiving a child. They consider it necessary, but they also enjoy it. The children very quickly figure it out and then practice deception themselves.
    Elias Canetti
    Austrian novelist and philosopher (1905 - 1994)
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  • Voltaire All the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • Jean Arp Art is a fruit that grows in man, like a fruit on a plant, or a child in its mother's womb.
    Jean Arp
    German-French sculptor, painter, poet (1886 - 1966)
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  • Pablo Picasso Every child is an artist. The problem is to remain an artist once they grow up.
    Pablo Picasso
    Spanish painter, draftsman and sculptor (1881 - 1973)
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  • Barbara Kingsolver Every minute with a child takes seven minutes off your life.
    Animal Dreams
    Barbara Kingsolver
    American novelist, essayist and poet (1955 - )
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  • John Adams Genius is sorrow's child.
    John Adams
    President of the USA (2nd) (1735 - 1826)
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  • Malcolm X Human rights are something you were born with. Human rights are your God-given rights. Human rights are the rights that are recognized by all nations of this earth.
    (1965)
    Malcolm X
    American activist (1925 - 1965)
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  • M. R. Dehaan Ignorance of God's prophetic outline, failure to know God's program for the Church, the nations, and Israel, is the cause of the overwhelming amount of error and misunderstanding of the events of the future.
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  • Bill Cosby In spite of the seven thousand books of expert advice, the right way to discipline a child is still a mystery to most fathers and... mothers. Only your grandmother and Ghengis Khan know how to do it.
    Bill Cosby
    American actor, comedian, producer (1937 - )
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  • Eric Hoffer It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities and talents.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • Carl Gustav Jung One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.
    Carl Gustav Jung
    Swiss psychiatrist (1875 - 1961)
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  • Ambrose Bierce The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations.
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • G.W.F. Hegel The true courage of civilized nations is readiness for sacrifice in the service of the state, so that the individual counts as only one amongst many. The important thing here is not personal mettle but aligning oneself with the universal.
    G.W.F. Hegel
    German philosopher (1770 - 1831)
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  • Pablo Picasso What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter some day, or even a great painter. But then he will have to begin everything again, from zero.
    Pablo Picasso
    Spanish painter, draftsman and sculptor (1881 - 1973)
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  • Ben Stiller You're freaked out that you're going to be having a child, and once you're looking after your daughter, it's the most beautiful thing in the world.
    Ben Stiller
    American actor, comedian, film producer, film director, and writer (1965 - )
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