Quotes with foster-children

Quotes 121 till 140 of 741.

  • Leonard Cohen Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh.
    Leonard Cohen
    Canadian-born American Musician, Songwriter, Singer (1934 - 2016)
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  • Francis Bacon Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.

    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Socrates Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parent, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.
    Socrates
    Greek philosopher (469 - 399)
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  • Anna Freud Children usually do not blame themselves for getting lost.
    Anna Freud
    Austrian-British psychoanalyst (1895 - 1982)
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  • Bernard Malamud Children were strangers you loved because you could love. If they gave back love when they were grown you were ahead of the game.
    Bernard Malamud
    American novelist (1914 - 1986)
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  • William Shakespeare Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked; and either may be wrong.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Hector Hugh Munro Children with Hyacinth's temperament don't know better as they grow older; they merely know more.
    Hector Hugh Munro
    British Novelist, Writer (1870 - 1916)
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  • Letty Cottin Pogrebin Children's liberation is the next item on our civil rights shopping list.
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  • Maya Angelou Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.
    Maya Angelou
    African-American poet and writer (1928 - 2014)
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  • Mary Wollstonecraft Children, I grant, should be innocent; but when the epithet is applied to men, or women, it is but a civil term for weakness.
    Mary Wollstonecraft
    British feministisch writer (1759 - 1797)
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  • Cate Campbell Choosing between the 50 m and 100 m is like choosing between your children. I have favourites on different days.
    Cate Campbell
    Malawian-born Australian athlete (1992 - )
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  • Bill Keller Choosing my favorite moment in journalism would be like picking a favorite among my children. I can't pick one favorite.
    Bill Keller
    American journalist (1949 - )
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  • Billy Graham Christmas means a great deal to me. I was reared in a family that celebrated Christmas to some extent, but I married into a family that celebrated Christmas in a big way. And my wife always made a big thing of Christmas for the children. We have five children, and we had a terrific time at Christmas.
    Billy Graham
    American Evangelist (1918 - 2018)
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  • A. E. van Vogt Chum was a British boy's weekly which, at the end of the year was bound into a single huge book; and the following Christmas parents bought it as Christmas presents for male children.
    A. E. van Vogt
    Canadian-born science fiction author (1912 - 2000)
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  • W. M. Thackeray Come children, let us shut up the box and the puppets, for our play is played out.
    W. M. Thackeray
    Indian-born, British novelist (1811 - 1863)
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  • Bob Beauprez Common sense tells us that we should focus our resources to benefit children, teachers and taxpayers by keeping dollars in the classroom.
    Bob Beauprez
    American politician and member (1948 - )
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  • Bob Filner Congress is headed in the wrong direction with this bill which removes any and all incentives from the food industry to improve their products for children.
    Bob Filner
    American politician (1942 - )
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  • Gordon Sumner Convince an enemy, convince him that he's wrong. To win a bloodless battle, the victory is long. A simple act of faith, reason over might. To blow up his children would only prove him right.
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  • Carol Bellamy Corporate partners help UNICEF fund our programmes for children, advocate with us on their behalf, or facilitate our work through logistical, technical, research or supply support.
    Carol Bellamy
    American nonprofit executive (1942 - )
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  • Anna Akhmatova Courage: Great Russian word, fit for the songs of our children's children, pure on their tongues, and free.
    Anna Akhmatova
    Russian poet (1889 - 1966)
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