Quotes with children

Quotes 321 till 340 of 698.

  • Cesare Pavese It is not that the child lives in a world of imagination, but that the child within us survives and starts into life only at rare moments of recollection, which makes us believe, and it is not true, that, as children, we were imaginative?
    Cesare Pavese
    Italian writer and poet (1908 - 1950)
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  • Brad Henry It is only through raising expectations and striving for excellence that our children can reach their full potential.
    Brad Henry
    American lawyer and politician (1963 - )
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  • Anna Freud It is only when parental feelings are ineffective or too ambivalent or when the mother's emotions are temporarily engaged elsewhere that children feel lost.
    Anna Freud
    Austrian-British psychoanalyst (1895 - 1982)
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  • A. N. Wilson It is remarkable how easily children and grown-ups adapt to living in a dictatorship organised by lunatics.
    A. N. Wilson
    English writer and columnist (1950 - )
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg It is said that truth comes from the mouths of fools and children: I wish every good mind which feels an inclination for satire would reflect that the finest satirist always has something of both in him.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • C. S. Lewis It is the stupidest children who are the most childish and the stupidest grown-ups who are the most grown-up.
    The Chronicles of Narnia (1950) The Silver Chair (1953), Ch. 16 : The Healing of H
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Bob Keeshan It requires more strength to be gentle, so it's the everyday encounters of life that I think we've prepared children for and prepared them to be good to other people and to consider other people.
    Bob Keeshan
    American television producer and actor (1927 - 2004)
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  • Anne Tyler It seems to me that since I've had children, I've grown richer and deeper. They may have slowed down my writing for a while, but when I did write, I had more of a self to speak from.
    Anne Tyler
    American novelist and short story writer (1941 - )
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne It should be noted that children's games are not merely games. One should regard them as their most serious activities.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • Barack Obama It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Anne Sullivan It's a great mistake, I think, to put children off with falsehoods and nonsense, when their growing powers of observation and discrimination excite in them a desire to know about things.
    Anne Sullivan
    American teacher (1866 - 1936)
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  • Betty Ford It's always been my feeling that God lends you your children until they're about eighteen years old. If you haven't made your points with them by then, it's too late.
    The times of my life
    Betty Ford
    American First Lady (1918 - 2011)
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  • Carol Bellamy It's estimated that there may be two hundred and fifty million children in the world engaged in some form of exploitative child labour.
    Carol Bellamy
    American nonprofit executive (1942 - )
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  • Simone de Beauvoir It's frightening to think that you mark your children merely by being yourself. It seems unfair. You can't assume the responsibility for everything you do - or don't do.
    Simone de Beauvoir
    French writer and philosopher (1908 - 1986)
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  • Bonnie Bedelia It's hard to think it's important to try out as cheerleader when you're starring on Broadway. But you do kind of miss the things that I now see my children doing. I'm just happy they are not actors. The Valentine's Day dance is really important. Pitching in Little League is very important. And the medals and the scouts are really important.
    Bonnie Bedelia
    American actress (1948 - )
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  • Bill Nye It's important that our children are raised to be educated, well-rounded tax-paying citizens that understand the importance of technology and science.
    Bill Nye
    American science communicator, television presenter (1955 - )
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  • Carlos Slim It's important to give a better country to your children, but it is more important to give better children to your country.
    Carlos Slim
    Mexican business magnate, investor and philanthropist (1940 - )
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  • Brendan Coyle It's not something that's at the forefront of my mind, but I think I'd regret it if I didn't have children.
    Brendan Coyle
    English-Irish actor (1962 - )
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  • Bobby McFerrin It's not that I don't love the song. My songs are like my children: some you want around and some you want to send off to college as soon as possible.
    Bobby McFerrin
    American jazz vocalist (1950 - )
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  • Bill Nelson It's time we permanently repeal the tax on possessions that people leave to their children.
    Bill Nelson
    American attorney and politician (1942 - )
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