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Child Quotes

On childhood, creativity, and growing up.

Some quotes treat a creative project as being as demanding as raising a child; others come from adults looking back at being teased, being an only child, or noticing how plainly children can speak the truth. Childhood extends that memory.

As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me.

Quotes by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

A child speaks more sense than an adult half of the time.

Quotes by Zoe Saldana

I was an only child until I was 15, so I was able to reap the benefit of that.

Quotes by Zazie Beetz

As a child, I first wanted to be a cook because my mother was such a good cook.

Quotes by Yves Rossy

I am a child of God.

Quotes by Wynonna Judd

It sounds corny, but I've promised my inner child that never again will I ever abandon myself for anything or anyone else again.

Quotes by Wynonna Judd

A grownup is a child with layers on.

Quotes by Woody Harrelson

Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child.

Quotes by Willie Stargell

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!

William Shakespeare

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

Quotes by William Hazlitt

Why shouldn't we give our teachers a license to obtain software, all software, any software, for nothing? Does anyone demand a licensing fee, each time a child is taught the alphabet?

Quotes by William Gibson

The elementary school must assume as its sublime and most solemn responsibility the task of teaching every child in it to read. Any school that does not accomplish this has failed.

Quotes by William Bennett

There is a child in all of us.

Quotes by Willard Wigan

Child psychology and animal psychology are of relatively slight importance, as compared with the sciences which deal with the corresponding physiological problems of ontogeny and phylogeny.

Quotes by Wilhelm Wundt

My art form is my child, and that's what I give my focus to.

Quotes by Wendy Whelan

I was teased horribly as a child and beaten up a lot.

Quotes by Wayne Brady

As a child I wanted to be a professional athlete or lawyer.

Quotes by Walter Dean Myers

Give us the child for 8 years and it will be a Bolshevik forever.

Quotes by Vladimir Lenin

I grew up in a poverty-stricken neighborhood, but I didn't really know I was a deprived, poverty-stricken child until the media made me aware of it.

Quotes by Ving Rhames

When I was a child we were sufficiently well off for me to be a picky eater and I still cannot eat vegetables cooked in the traditional British manner.

Quotes by Vince Cable

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a quote about treating one's art like a child?
Yes — one quote describes their art form as "my child," saying that's what they give their focus to.
Is there a quote about children being wise?
Yes, one quote claims, "A child speaks more sense than an adult half of the time," a playful jab at how adults sometimes overcomplicate things.
Is there a quote about a difficult childhood?
Yes — one quote shares a hard memory: "I was teased horribly as a child and beaten up a lot." For more reflections on growing up, see our Childhood quotes.
Is there a quote about being an only child?
Yes, one quote reflects on being "an only child until I was 15" and being able to "reap the benefit of that."
Where can I find more quotes about children and growing up?
Browse our Childcare quotes, Childish quotes, or Childlike quotes for related perspectives.

See also Childlike and Childcare for related angles.