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Early Childhood Quotes

Quotes on family, education, and upbringing

A few of these early childhood quotes describe unusual upbringings, like riding along with parents instead of having a nanny, while others make the case for Education programs and their economic benefits.

I'm hoping someday that we'll be able to start a consortium with places like Carnegie Hall to work on early childhood education. I really feel that's the most important place to put the arts.

Quotes by Agnes Gund

I think the research evidence on the benefits of early childhood programs for the local economy is extremely strong. However, the moral and political choice is still up to us, as citizens and as voters.

Quotes by Timothy J. Bartik

In my case, both my grandmothers made a huge impact on my early childhood days. But, as I grew older, people rarely made an impact or influenced me.

Quotes by Sudha Murty

I suppose if you look back to your early childhood you accept everything people tell you, and that includes a heavy dose of irrationality - you're told about tooth fairies and Father Christmas and things.

Quotes by Richard Dawkins

Childhood Quotes

My early childhood prepared me to be a social psychologist. I grew up in a South Bronx ghetto in a very poor family. From Sicilian origin, I was the first person in my family to complete high school, let alone...

Quotes by Philip Zimbardo

Congress created tax-exempt 501(c)(4)s to operate exclusively for social welfare purposes like early childhood education, environmental protection, and veteran's assistance. However, an IRS regulation allows 501(c)(4)s to operate primarily for the promotion of social welfare.

Quotes by Michelle Lujan Grisham

I consider early childhood events as most essential to a man's scientific and philosophical development.

Quotes by Konrad Lorenz

If we expect our children to thrive at our colleges and universities, and succeed in our economy once they graduate - first we must make quality, affordable early childhood education accessible to all.

Quotes by Kirsten Gillibrand

My mom and dad were 'helicopter parents,' literally. Meaning, I didn't have a nanny, so I went up in the helicopter. My entire early childhood education consisted of tagging along while they reported on car accidents, multiple-alarm fires, and shootouts.

Quotes by Katy Tur

Children Quotes

'The Brownies and the Goblins' is the only book I recall from my early childhood and is the inspiration for a children's book I wrote in the 1980s titled 'The Magic Spectacles.'

Quotes by James Blaylock

I focus on supporting high quality early childhood health care and education. By betting my resources on very young children, I know I'm making an investment that pays guaranteed dividends with a high rate of return.

Quotes by J. B. Pritzker

Studies have proven that early childhood education returns to society as much as $12 for every dollar invested. Our goal is to identify the most important development opportunities for children five years and younger, providing insight to transform early childhood...

Quotes by J. B. Pritzker

My early childhood memories center around this typical American country store and life in a small American town, including 4th of July celebrations marked by fireworks and patriotic music played from a pavilion bandstand.

Quotes by Frederick Reines

I think that's something that all mothers have to deal with, especially single mothers. We work, and we have to leave the kids behind. And I think that's one of the reasons that we, not only as women but as...

Quotes by Dolores Huerta

Education Quotes

Only one in five children in the U.S. lives within walking distance of a park. Many more lack access to a quality early childhood education that provides ample time and space to play.

Quotes by Darell Hammond

Your memories from your early childhood seem to have such purchase on your emotions. They are so concrete.

Quotes by Dana Spiotta

I think the impulse took shape in early childhood when I was very ill with lymphoma for a number of years. I spent a lot of time in hospitals and sick-rooms, being read to by various relatives, and I learned...

Quotes by Damon Galgut

I was going to be a writer, and that turned into journalist. And then that turned into a career in children's literature, which turned into early childhood education, which turned into psychology, which turned into premed, which turned into nursing...

Quotes by Damaris Phillips

I was born in Iowa City and spent my early childhood on a hippie commune just outside of town.

Quotes by Chelsea Cain

Family Quotes

One of my early childhood memories was my grandmother always having a bowl of Nestle chocolate bars at her house. My sister and I would argue over who could eat the chocolate bars. Looking back, I don't know why we...

Quotes by Carla Hall

Frequently Asked Questions

What unusual upbringing does one early childhood quote describe?
One speaker recalls having no nanny and instead spending early childhood tagging along with "helicopter parents" who literally worked around helicopters.
Is early childhood education policy discussed here?
Yes, more than one quote references the research evidence and economic benefits behind early childhood programs, plus how they're funded through tax-exempt organizations.
Who is credited with shaping one speaker's early childhood?
Both grandmothers are credited with making a huge impact during early childhood, more than anyone else influenced them later.
Do these quotes treat early childhood as mostly personal or policy-focused?
Both — some are personal family memories, while others discuss early childhood programs from a research and funding perspective.
Is there acknowledgment that political choices affect early childhood programs?
Yes, one quote notes that despite strong research evidence, the moral and political choice to fund such programs still rests with citizens and voters.

Family influence runs through several quotes too, especially one crediting both grandmothers with shaping Childhood more than anyone who came later, a reminder of how much early Family matters.