- Parent
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
Be aware that the more often a child hears the word no, the greater his need to say no himself.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm an only child, and I'm very, very close with my parents, who actually live in Australia.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because I was a shy and awkward child, I used humour to deflect attention. It was a controlling mechanism. Because I could use it to control my image.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a child, I learned hundreds of poems by heart, which I can recite to this day.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Probably right at the end of JAG, I would love to have a child or two. I ultimately want to have two kids.
- Really
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really do want to have a child.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have this idea of myself as this quiet, observant, thoughtful child, which my parents roundly contradict. They claim that I was loud and bossy and dancing all the time.
- Easy
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was easy to run around barefoot in oblivion in Costa Rica. But once I gave birth to my child, I didn't want to be oblivious to the obvious.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to Tokyo when I was a child, but there's still so much of the country I'd like to explore.
- Ahead
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a child to feed and a spirit that can't be crushed, so I'm able to move ahead.
- Estimated
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's estimated that there may be two hundred and fifty million children in the world engaged in some form of exploitative child labour.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother had me when she was 16, and that was an issue that had to be dealt with. She grew up in a very religious background, and there was a lot of discussion of what they should do with this unborn child. But here I am, and thank goodness.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020