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Most Famous Children Quotes of All Time!

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I got married and I had children because of the Second World War, as all of us did, exclaiming, 'Oh, no, we are never going to bring a child into this wicked world,' but we had children by the dozen...

Quotes by Doris Lessing

Why not, when it can be done without exposure or expense, let me rescue some of America's miserable children from vice and guilt?

Quotes by Dorothea Dix

Steady, firm, and kind government of prisoners is the truest humanity and the best exercise of duty. It is with convicts as with children: unseasonable indulgence, indiscreetly granted, leads to mischiefs which we may deplore but cannot repair.

Quotes by Dorothea Dix

I think it's hard to write about children and to have an idea of innocence.

Quotes by Donna Tartt

I think innocence is something that adults project upon children that's not really there.

Quotes by Donna Tartt

Children - if you think back really what it was like to be a child and what it was like to know other children - children lie all the time.

Quotes by Donna Tartt

Children love secret club houses. They love secrecy even when there's no need for secrecy.

Quotes by Donna Tartt

Children have very sharp powers of observation - probably sharper than adults - yet at the same time their emotional reactions are murky and much more primitive.

Quotes by Donna Tartt

This whole head of the home thing has been blown way out of proportion. Some guys just take it way too far. Some parents take it way too far. Yet children need guidance. They need a parent to help and...

Quotes by Donny Osmond

Children need to have a home. I don't mean a physical four walls and a room. There needs to be an emotional and spiritual and loving place in life. That's what a family is.

Quotes by Donald Wuerl

I think a lot of mothers are doing as I am: starting up their own ventures as their children grow older, and having a kind of second blooming.

Quotes by Donna Air

I really love pets. They're like children. They know if you really love them or not. You can't fool them.

Quotes by Donna Douglas

I love skiing, I love the sun, I love my children, I love my grandchildren, I love my family and friends... and whatever I haven't done.

Quotes by Donna Karan

Imagine, a September 11 with weapons of mass destruction. It's not 3,000. It's tens of thousands of innocent men, women and children.

Quotes by Donald Rumsfeld

By the time I entered college, I had decided not to have children, a decision that was never regretted. Accordingly, I was careful to court only girls who wanted to have professional careers.

Quotes by Donald Cram

The social world is transforming the way we create wealth, work, learn, play, raise our children, and probably the way we think.

Quotes by Don Tapscott

One truth I've learned as a father: Children want presence more than presents. They don't want to read about you; they want you.

Quotes by Don Willett

More than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock. That means absent fathers.

Quotes by Don Lemon

I think it's good for parents to be supportive, to motivate, and to somewhat nudge their kids because the majority of kids will want to quit something when it gets hard - that's just their nature. Children will normally take...

Quotes by Dominique Dawes

My mother had lots and lots of children who didn't survive.

Quotes by Dom DeLuise

Frequently Asked Questions

What kinds of quotes about children are on this page?
A mix - a filmmaker recalling how shocked audiences reacted to a controversial movie by grabbing their children and leaving the room, a statement about entertainers not being responsible for teaching children life lessons, thoughts on adult responsibility toward children and parents, and a personal note about raising children while working in law.
Is there a quote about parenting responsibility?
Yes, one quote describes being a grownup as assuming responsibility for yourself, for your children, and - as it puts it - "here's the big curve" - for your parents too. For more on family roles, see the Family page.
Is there a quote about entertainment and children?
Yes, one quote argues that entertainers exist to entertain, not "to teach your children the lessons that you haven't bothered to teach them at home yourself" - placing that responsibility squarely on parents. Browse the Father page for more on that theme.
Is there a personal story here about raising children while working?
Yes, one quote comes from someone in private law practice in New York City, describing raising children together with their husband while balancing that career.
Is there a quote about a controversial reaction involving children?
Yes - one quote recalls being "anathema in polite society" after making the film 'Last House,' with people reportedly grabbing their children and leaving the room in reaction. For more on faith and family values connected to children, see the Prayers page, or the Believe page.

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