Quotes About Kids

I'm sure at some point I will get back into coaching, but right now I need to focus completely on my kids.

I think I have got comfort, beautiful kids; I can do whatever I want, travel around the world... I know it's sounding very materialistic, but it's been a comfortable life.

Etsy helps work be more human - you can stay at home and work alongside your kids - and it makes commerce more personal.

When I retired, I really wanted to spend time with my family and kids. Coaching would have prevented that due to the commitment of the job and travel that goes with it, too.

I don't think a lot of people realize the influence TV has on our kids. Kids take a lot of their cues from it in their dress and their conduct.

My kids are all conscious that they have to prove themselves for who they are. I'm happy for them to do anything they want as long as it's their passion and they work hard.

Kids have always play-fought, but I think my generation had a particularly privileged cultural fantasy surrounding military violence.

It's a delightful thing to do, to entertain kids. They're a completely different audience because of their total lack of irony. You're always after a total suspension of disbelief, but the only people you can really achieve it with is children.

I'm raising kids, and so much of American culture sustains me and gives me things to think about and work on.

The thing that got me to change was when my kids would come and tell me I was swearing on TV, so I knew I wanted to make a change.

I always try to slip healthy things by my kids. I give them sweet potato French fries and fake chicken nuggets.

I know there are a lot of tough stories out there about Sinatra, but he was so sweet to Bobby and me. He even had us replace him one night in the main room. He didn't get Sammy or Dean; he said, 'I want the kids to do it.' Man, what an honor.

I remember being an usherette at my local theater very, very early on, selling ice cream and programs - because they're not free in the U.K. - during pantomime season, which was super interesting. It meant a lot of kids, a lot of sweets, a lot of sugar-induced kids.

I love swimming, but I love knowing that kids see me as an inspiration.

My kids think America is swimming pools on the roof, screening rooms, and hot dogs. They love it here.

I moved into this neighborhood, and I was walking on this beach with my kids, and we came across a sign that said, 'Water's polluted, no swimming.' And I didn't have any answers.

I have an obsession with books about kids with Asperger's syndrome.

most kids who grow up and leave church did not run away from caring relationships. They ran away from prejudice judgment irrelevance and religion.

Resolution, like responsibility, is a product of ownership, and kids can't resolve a conflict until they figure out how they contributed to it.

I held out a lead figurine of Hades—the little Mythomagic statue Nico had abandoned when he fled camp last winter. Nico hesitated. I don't play that game anymore. It's for kids. It's got four thousand attack power, I coaxed. Five thousand, Nico corrected. But only if your opponent attacks first. I smiled. Maybe it's okay to still be a kid once in a while.

Number eight, the silver one, belongs to Artemis. She vowed to be a maiden forever. So of course, no kids. The cabin is, you know, honorary. If she didn't have one, she'd be mad.

This is the Wilderness School. 'Where the Kids are animals

I gotta say—Apollo broke the silence—these kids did okay. He cleared his throat and began to recite: Heroes win laurels — Um, yes, first class, Hermes interrupted, like he was anxious to avoid Apollo's poetry.

Looking at the elementary schoolers in their colorful T-shirts from various day camps, Percy felt a twinge of sadness. He should be at Camp Half-Blood right now, settling into his cabin for the summer, teaching sword-fighting lessons in the arena, playing pranks on the other counselors. These kids had no idea just how crazy a summer camp could be.