Quotes About Children

Around every corner lurk greasy Fisherman's Platters that give children nightmares, Naugahyde minute steaks that put tofuburgers in a favorable light and all those ubiquitous fast-food indigestion huts.

You know it's a sad day when your child looks at you and asks 'Daddy, are these organic?'

Having one child makes you a parent; having two youare referee

Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.

I love to go to the playground and watch the children jumping up and down. They don't know I'm firing blanks.

The tooth fairy teaches children that they can sell body parts for money.

I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included.

I'm a mother with two small children, so I don't take as much crap as I used to.

On Halloween, the parents sent their kids out looking like me.

There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the adult world.

If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers.

I have four children which is not bad considering I'm not a Catholic.

Another good thing about being poor is that when you are seventy your children will not have you declared legally insane in order to gain control of your estate.

Is adult amusement killing our children, or is killing our children amusing adults?

Someday I want to have children and give them all the love I never had.

The thing I want more than anything else? I want to have children. I used to feel for every child I had, I would adopt another.

I wanted to ask a thousand questions, but there was no one to ask. Besides I knew that people only told lies to children-lies about everything from soup to Santa Claus.

Today's Italians Many Italians are naturally expressive and affectionate people. They tend to talk easily and rapidly, making descriptive gestures. They are generally family-loving people. Their warmth is especially noticeable in their treatment of babies and children, who are adored by their proud parents.

Leisure time Children in Italy enjoy similar pastimes to young people from elsewhere in Europe. There are many television channels to watch, and pop music and comic strips also are popular. Watching soccer is a national passion, for both men and women. Young boys, such as these from Turin, are often seen in the parks and alleys, practicing their skills.

I think one of the problems [with raising intelligent children in modern society] is compulsory schooling...and that children are sitting there, and they are taught and told what to believe; they are passive from the very beginning – and one must be very, very aggressive intellectually to have a high IQ [...] the child is taught. Right from the beginning, it's a passive process. He or she sits there, and they simply try to believe everything they're told?

I didn't want children because I didn't want them to suffer. I had a dog, which suffered enough. I don't even want a goldfish or a turtle. I have a desert plant in my house that needs a glass of water maybe once a year, which I can deliver.

We need to practice scaring people." Marina eased into the night, her aura dimming as she screeched, "Dónde están mis hijos?" El Cucuy sauntered beside her and howled, "Bleah! Boo! Booga! Booga!

A man who is not a father to his children can never be a real man

My dad was a mime and then he had his company and created plays for children and was very successful with it.