Children Quotes (4796 Quotes)

We have tap dancers, singers, choirs, children choirs ... we try to keep a variety in there.

Recently a large group of problem children were given the assignment of writing essays on the difficulties they had with their parents. The papers they turned in were misspelled but lively, listing a number of rather predicable faults gushing, nagging.

I feel very indebted to those who came before me and whose planning and sacrifice built the excellent district that my sons enjoyed. I am committed to honoring that debt by working to make this district even better for the next generation of Allen children.

I am sure that if people had to choose between living where the noise of children never stopped and where it was never heard, all the good-natured and sound people would prefer the incessant noise to the incessant silence.

The theory is that predators ... are looking for places where they can have quick and easy access to children.

Children are amazing, and while I go to places like Princeton and Harvard and Yale, and of course I teach at Columbia, NYU, and that's nice and I love students, but the most fun of all are the real little ones, the young ones.

At the heart of the controversy in these cases are those recurring pregnancies that pose no danger whatsoever to the life or health of the mother but are, nevertheless, unwanted for any one or more of a variety of reasons convenience, family planning, economics, dislike of children, the embarrassment of illegitimacy, etc. ... I find nothing in the language or history of the Constitution to support the Court's judgment. ... As an exercise of raw judicial power, the Court perhaps has authority to do what it does today but, in my view, its judgment is an improvident and extravagant exercise of the power of judicial review that the Constitution extends to this Court.

Love, children, and work are the great sources of fertilizing contact between the individual and the rest of the world

The illiteracy level of our children are appalling.

All parents believe their children can do the impossible. They thought it the minute we were born, and no matter how hard we've tried to prove them wrong, they all think it about us now. And the really annoying thing is, they're probably right.

When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.

The sexual abuse and exploitation of children is one of the most vicious crimes conceivable, a violation of mankind's most basic duty to protect the innocent.

And you've got to remember that I'm also the father of nine children.

Both of them were the children of the United States. They sacrificed their children for the benefit of the others. But they were not very devoted children of the United States.

I know schools are not collection agencies but feeding our children is key.

Like young children, they aren't always where they should be and they aren't always following along with their mothers and might wander into harm's way ....

We have neither the pretension to solve all the problems of these deaf children nor the intention to sit down and feel sorry for these poor children, knowing that we could have made a difference in their lives.

How many would do the 'right thing' and attend school Why, in fact, do we require school attendance Don't we trust children, and their parents, to make the prudent choice

All women should know how to take care of children. Most of them will have a husband some day.

These children are wonderful athletes, despite their disabilities. They love the game of baseball and know the Little League World Series is a big deal. They are very excited.

We cut a few lines that we were doing that seemed to repeat themselves. But the writer is around a lot, and he's not possessive about his lines. And so the important thing obviously is to tell the story as it was. Because the children will soon let you know if you messed that thing up.

Children with the most agile minds have the most rapidly changing cortex.

I will never see Jessie go on her first date. I will never be a grandfather to her children.

It's a constant parameter of fear. The fear is that, if you can lose two children, can you lose three ... or four

I think it's a wonderful thing for our children... If we can do something to help save someone's life, then it's worth all the money that we spent.

The main thing is I live in the community, work in the community and have children in the community. I don't have any agenda, not to say that anyone else does. The only thing I want to do for our district is to make sure we do what's best for our children.

These new data serve as a wake-up call to parents. Mental health is a critical part of the overall health and well-being of their children.

The fear of not doing well in reading and mathematics is driving out some of the other needs we have. We have driven fear into a system that's dealing with children. People are so concerned about raising achievement, they've almost inadvertently forgotten about the entire development of the child.

Lassie is one of Hollywood's greatest stars. Generations of children have grown up watching Lassie and wanting a Lassie of their very own, including me. Lassie is a revered television star who has touched the hearts of millions of fans from around the world, so it is fitting that TV Land Canada present Lassie with its very first Icon Award.

There are still women who are not living their own lives, but living through their men or their children.

It was very laborious and very dangerous to make soap. Children weren't even allowed to be in the area because fumes from the lye could burn their throats.

Our goal is to keep children at home from accessing a firearm, and avoiding a tragedy. When you buy a bottle of children's aspirin, it has more protection than a firearm. We can change that.

We ought indeed to expect to find the works of God in such things as the advance of knowledge. Knowledge of the physical universe is not to be thought of as irrelevant to Christian faith simply because it does not lead to saving knowledge of God. In so far as it is concerned with God's creation, physical science is a fitting study for God's children. Moreover, the advance of scientific knowledge does negatively correct and enlarge theological notions at the least, the geologists and astrophysicists have helped us to rid ourselves of parochial notions of God, and filled in some of the meaning of such phrases as 'almighty.'

If we do that, I think we'll find a lot more children, ... It's an idea whose time has come.

Boredom is a disease of the mind and psyche, an insidious disease. It not only takes the joy out of life, but the creativity as well. No one of God's children should ever be bored with life.

Whether the children are just relocating to the area or like our newest enrollees who have lost everything, choosing to get involved is important. Research shows involvement is one of the keys to being a successful student.

It does not mean they will not have difficulty, it does not mean they will not need help, but the good news is that most children are not likely to develop PTSD.

The thing I want more than anything else? I want to have children. I used to feel for every child I had, I would adopt another.

In fact I have nightmares about having children. I want to carry a baby and feel the life within me and in my dream, I do. But every time after it's born, there's this incredible fear, this pounding pulse of fear. It's a real bad nightmare.

Frankly, instruction is not the primary mission right now. ... Right now we just have to take care of our children, and testing is a long way from my priority right now.

Children... are our legacy. Our responsibility. They are our destiny and we are theirs. The extent to which we fail as parents, we fail as God's children.

The greatest gift you and your partner can give your children is the example of an intimate, healthy, and loving relationship.

Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity.

Where is it written in the Constitution that you may take children from their parents, and parents from their children, and compel them to fight the battles of any war in which the folly or wickedness of government may engage it.

I think this is a very bad idea. There are hundreds of thousands of children out there who need to be in this program. The focus should be on redirecting resources, on getting them into the program and keeping them in and not take the money out.

Children can make surprising gains with individual tutoring by a caring teacher using techniques shown to be effective in research. We typically see students gain a reading level in seven weeks of one-on-one instruction.

This is such an exciting moment. Our participation in this lawsuit has always been about family protections for our children. Tonight, we will rest a little easier knowing that those protections are within reach.

Our taxes are going up anyway. It's an investment in your children. You owe it to the kids to vote for the budget.

What I want to emphasize is that this is a victim of a homicide. This is a woman with children, with family members, who was sitting in a car and had a gun put to her head and her brains blown out.

When other children may have given up because of obstacles placed before them, these children did not. These students have overcome some obstacle, whether learning issues or personal issues at home.