Quotes About Childhood

Q: Why did the little boy put lipstick on his head? A: He wanted to make up his mind.

My brother Ramo was only a little boy half my age, which was twelve. He was small for one who had lived so many suns and moons, but quick as a cricket.

That's the way I look at our marriage. Yes, we're parents, uncles and aunties, friends and bosses, but at our core we're just two big kids doing our best to create a life for our kids that makes us proud.

A four foot box, a foot for every year.

I was a child actor. I was this spaz kid diagnosed with ADHD, and I worked all the time.

Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited about aging that you think in fractions.

When I was six years old, my mother died; and then, for the first time, I learned, by the talk around me, that I was a slave.

I'm a performer. I've just been one since I was a little girl. I used to pretend all the time.

I have loved to cook since I was a child in my mother's kitchen. If I don't have time to cook, I'll just read a cookbook.

When I was young, I was very shy and quiet, because we moved all the time. My dad was in the Navy, so we moved every two years.

I didn't know the word no, because I wanted to please everybody all the time. Every kid does

All of us were mischievous at some time or another, I more so than any of the rest. [My brother] Philbert and I kept a battle going. ... Even in our fighting, there was a feeling of brotherly union.

My mother died when I was young, and I was filming all the time. I was all over the place. Acting was the one constant.

Although we human adults are really good at understanding other minds, we weren't always that way. It takes children a long time to break into the system.

I've been interested in dreams since I as a kid and I've wanted to do a film about them for a long time.

The first time I rode a bike I was four or five. I crashed into the back of a car.

But nothing warps time quite like childhood

Being a child is such a shining gift, yet we don't know how precious it is until it's worn out and gone away.

I played sports year around: basketball, soccer, softball and I ran track year around, from the time I was, like, six, seven.

I enjoyed school - although I ran away on the first day. I'd reminded the teacher that it was nearly time for 'Watch With Mother' on TV.

I have been tied up with music for about as long as I can remember. By the time I was four I was picking out little tunes my mother played on the reed organ in the living-room.

I think being raised spending so much time outdoors was really important - while you're in it, you might not know, but now I think of the things I was thankful for.

Ah, my dad's whistle. On holidays when I was a kid, we would all be off in the rock pools along the beach. When it came time to go, we'd hear the whistle and we'd all come running. Like dogs!

I have to say I'm very good on a bike. Maybe the last time I was 5 years old.