Quotes About Children

I'm a liberal where children are concerned, a libertarian where adults are concerned - and thinking very seriously about running for the House of Representatives, for whatever that's worth.

I did criminal defense work part-time, and that paid the bills for representing abused and neglected children... and for defending in juvenile court those kids the 'child protective system' had missed when it had the chance.

I don't see how 'Hunchback' could ever appeal to children. It's a very adult story that deals with repressed sexuality.

The human race could not go on without reproduction, and marriage creates the most secure environment in which to raise children.

I say Democrats should not be afraid to talk about the morality of life, of caring for children who are born. It seems the Republican obsession with being pro-life lasts about nine months. After that, it's each baby for herself.

I'm a chairperson for 'No Kid Hungry', a campaign for poor American children.

The same ten dollars you spend on lunch is all it costs for City Harvest to feed 37 kids who are hungry. That's pretty astounding.

The fact is, even one Maine kid going hungry is one kid too many.

In a lot of First Nations and different rural communities, kids go to school hungry.

I enjoy being with my family and hunting with my children.

I also want to encourage anybody who was affected by Hurricane Corina to make sure their children are in school.

As an author, you think you know where the good parts and the bad parts are. And then you read to a group of children, and you learn when you're boring them, and you hurry through those sections to get to the parts where they're interested again. You start to get a sense of your story's rhythm and flow.

I never want to hurt no one to the point so they can't go back to their children.

I definitely want kids and I want four kids, for sure. But I need to find a husband first!

My husband and I don't have sons, so we never had to ask ourselves how we'd have felt about them playing football.

I want lots of kids and I want a garden and I hope to stay married to my husband. I hope to be working in some way that fulfils me.

I was always very determined, as was my husband, that we wouldn't let any of our children act when they were young.

I would like not only to have a successful band, but I want to have children, a home, and a husband. Two or three. Children, not husbands!!!

So many women today have become so focused on their children, they've developed these romantic entanglements with their children's lives, and the husbands are secondary. They're left out. And the romantic focus is on the children.

My kids have always been allowed to have dessert. My husband thinks I'm too free and easy about that kind of stuff, but my kids will throw out a half-eaten ice cream cone if they've had enough, which I've never in my life been able to do.

How do you say no when a little kid is asking you for ice cream? I know I can't say no to it myself.

I don't think there's anyone who is saying a life of a child in Idaho or Iowa means less than someone on the other side of the border.

Children don't have anywhere to go except cinema halls, malls and restaurants. All three aren't ideal places for kids to grow up in.

In an ideal world for me, school lunch would be free for everybody.