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Quotes About Children

I hope my kids can experience the seasons and a climate that's sustainable. The idea that things are going to be so very different for them is slightly scary.
~ David Harewood
My heart goes out to children around the world who face terrible poverty. But the United States cannot give asylum to every child in that situation. It would not be sustainable. But we should care for those who are truly in danger.
~ Dan Lipinski
The pathway to a more sustainable future for all children must include access to the basic building blocks of good health, including nutrition, water, and immunizations.
~ Seth Berkley
We intend to pursue future gifts to exceed $8.1 million in conjunction with UMSL, Jazz St. Louis and the business community to ensure perpetual growth and a sustainable impact to the education of St. Louis children and beyond.
~ David Steward
I love Australia and loved growing up here, and that's something I don't want to deny our children, but it's difficult sustaining a career in Australia.
~ Essie Davis
I have to remember if I'm at some charitable event where kids are... I try to remember don't swear in front of the kids!
~ Kevin Spacey
Even when I was a kid, I had a good thing with kids. To this day, if I go to a birthday party with one of my kids, I swear to you, I am so much happier hanging out with my kids and their friends than talking to the grown-ups.
~ Shawn Levy
If I am in Sweden, I try to get home to be with my children. I can do work after that from home.
~ Hans Vestberg
If my style is typically Swedish, I don't know. But I never shouted in all my life at players and I never did it at my children.
~ Sven-Goran Eriksson
Mostly, I spend my time being a mother to my two children, working in my organic garden, raising masses of sweet peas, being passionately involved in conservation, recycling and solar energy.
~ Blythe Danner
I also quite like to be recognized by children; I find it sweet.
~ Russell Brand
I always try to slip healthy things by my kids. I give them sweet potato French fries and fake chicken nuggets.
~ Elaine Irwin
I married my high school sweetheart, and I do have two kids.
~ Nate Torrence
Every now and then, we hear parents commenting on the fearful things which motion pictures may do to the minds of children. They seem to think that a little child is full of sweetness and of light. We had the same notion until we had a chance to listen intently to the prattle of a three-year-old.
~ Heywood Broun
Quite out of proportion to the size of the country, British children's writers swept the world in the 20th century. We should celebrate them.
~ Gyles Brandreth
All Norwegian children learn to swim when they are very young because if you can't swim it is difficult to find a place to bathe.
~ Roald Dahl
On the one hand, parents want their children to swim expertly in the digital stream that they will have to navigate all their lives; on the other hand, they fear that too much digital media, too early, will sink them.
~ Hanna Rosin
No matter whether you're an Olympic swimmer or you're someone who doesn't like to swim, your kids should learn this life skill. You can't be next to them every second, so they must be able to relax in the water and get themselves to safety.
~ Summer Sanders
We stand our best chance of leaving a legacy to those who want to learn, our children, by standing firm. In matters of style, hey, swing with the stream. But in matters of principle, you need to stand like a rock.
~ Kevin Costner
I want adults to be the last ones to switch off a cartoon on TV.
~ Butch Hartman
Having children is my greatest achievement. It was my saviour. It switched my focus from the outside to the inside. My children are gifts, they remind me of what's important.
~ Elle Macpherson
What I want is to try and get across the idea that reading for pleasure is so beneficial. And turn children on who have maybe been switched off reading or never found a love of it in the first place.
~ Malorie Blackman
Mysteries, like the Masonic rites, are ones parents and elders are sworn not to reveal to the uninitiated, which include all children. And so we sought for signs.
~ Anthony Hecht
Among the other values children should be taught are respect for others, beginning with the child's own parents and family; respect for the symbols of faith and the patriotic beliefs of others; respect for law and order; respect for the property of others; respect for authority.
~ James E. Faust