Quotes with post-child

Quotes 281 till 300 of 499.

  • Maya Angelou Of all the needs (there are none imaginary) a lonely child has, the one that must be satisfied, if there is going to be hope and a hope of wholeness, is the unshaken need for an unshakable God.
    Maya Angelou
    African-American poet and writer (1928 - 2014)
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  • Anna Garlin Spencer Of all the wastes of human ignorance perhaps the most extravagant and costly to human growth has been the waste of the distinctive powers of womanhood after the child-bearing age.
    Anna Garlin Spencer
    American educator and feminist (1851 - 1931)
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  • Alexander Pope Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Butch Trucks Once we started headlining at the Fillmore East, we were free to play all night, at least for the second set. 'Whipping Post' could get lengthy.
    Butch Trucks
    American musician (1947 - 2017)
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  • George Orwell One can love a child, perhaps, more deeply than one can love another adult, but it is rash to assume that the child feels any love in return.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • Forest Witcraft One hundred years from now, it will not matter what my bank account was, how big my house was, or what kind of car I drove. But the world may be a little better, because I was important in the life of a child.
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  • L. van der Post One of the most moving aspects of life is how long the deepest memories stay with us.
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  • Randall Jarrell One of the most obvious facts about grownups to a child, is that they have forgotten what it is like a child.
    Randall Jarrell
    poet, critic, novelist, essayist (1914 - 1965)
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  • Carol Ann Duffy One saw I was alive. Loosened
    his belt. My bowels opened in a ragged gape of fear.
    Between the gap of corpses I could see a child.
    The soldiers laughed. Only a matter of days separate
    this from acts of torture now. They shot her in the eye.
    Source: Standing Female Nude (1985) Shooting Stars
    Carol Ann Duffy
    British poet and playwright (1955 - )
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  • Carl Sandburg Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-haired child.
    Carl Sandburg
    American Poet (1878 - 1967)
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  • Carl Sandburg Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-headed child.
    Carl Sandburg
    American Poet (1878 - 1967)
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  • Bernard Ebbers Our investments in data, Internet and international have been particularly timely and have positioned the company to post industry-leading incremental revenue gains.
    Bernard Ebbers
    Canadian businessman (1941 - 2020)
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  • Samuel Taylor Coleridge Our quaint metaphysical opinions, in an hour of anguish, are like playthings by the bedside of a child deathly sick.
    Samuel Taylor Coleridge
    English poet and critic (1772 - 1834)
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  • Claude Lévi-Strauss Our system is the height of absurdity, since we treat the culprit both as a child, so as to have the right to punish him, and as an adult, in order to deny him consolation.
    Claude Lévi-Strauss
    French anthropologist (1908 - 2009)
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  • Samuel Johnson Our tastes greatly alter. The lad does not care for the child's rattle, and the old man does not care for the young man's whore.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Barbara Demick Over the years, so many exceptions and amendments were made to China's one-child policy that it was hard to pinpoint a moment to pronounce it dead.
    Barbara Demick
    American journalist
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  • Samuel Johnson Parents and children seldom act in concert: each child endeavors to appropriate the esteem or fondness of the parents, and the parents, with yet less temptation, betray each other to their children.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Bob Keeshan Parents are the ultimate role models for children. Every word, movement and action has an effect. No other person or outside force has a greater influence on a child than the parent.
    Bob Keeshan
    American television producer and actor (1927 - 2004)
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  • Bob Parsons Parents will purchase the dot-com name for their baby. We have been aware of some instances where somebody didn't name their child a particular name because the dot-com wasn't available.
    Bob Parsons
    American entrepreneur, billionaire, and philanthropist (1950 - )
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  • Bernie S. Siegel Parents, teachers, clergy and physicians change lives with their words. It is hypnotic for a child or patient to hear an authority figure's words. As I am always sharing, 'wordswordswords' can become 'swordswordswords,' and we can kill or cure with either words or swords.
    Bernie S. Siegel
    American writer and pediatric surgeon (1932 - )
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