Quotes About Childhood

I was a big kid my whole life. I grew up among big people. My brother was a big kid. I didn't really feel like a big kid. Except for the teachers, who pretty much didn't want me to squish any of the other kids.

I remember my father, when I was a kid, retiring me on 50. He never used to let me bat past 50. He'd say I had to retire to give the other kids an opportunity.

When I was a kid I was teaching the other kids how to dance the 'Dirty Dog.'

Cooking ought to be, quite literally, child's play. And every child ought to have access to the game. Just don't tell them it's healthy.

My brother and I have never been that close. We have different mothers and never lived in the same house. As kids, my sister, Samantha, and I lived in San Diego and Brad in Brooklyn. The only time I saw him was in the summer when our visitations with our father overlapped.

I was bullied as a boy - lots of kids are, but hopefully most of us get on with our lives and grow up.

I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!

My mom bought a computer in the '80s to do accounting, and she was so smart at computers that we spent all our time with them. My childhood was sitting on the floor of her office and figuring out how to program with my mom.

During our time, we used to go to school at the age of six.

We want to feel that this earth is all ours, like our parents' house when we were children.

Ours was not a political household, when I was growing up.

As kids, our experiences shape our opinions of ourselves and the world around us, and that's who we become as adults.

I'll always be a Disneyland guy. I grew up going there, it's the original, but I love Disney World, I come out here all the time.

I was kind of a misfit, actually. When you're young, you want to be like everybody else, and I was like nobody else. I couldn't sit still. I was impulsive. I still am. What is now called a 'talent' did not serve me well as a child. I didn't have friends. I was really an outcast.

I spent a lot of time outdoors as a kid.

I was really active as a kid. I was outdoors constantly.

The school holidays were always an exciting time in the Brownlee household. This was the opportunity for my brother Alistair and me to escape from the classroom and enjoy the great outdoors. Our childhood was jam-packed with fun family games and activities.

Growing up in a rural setting in Minnesota, I was raised with the outdoors and a sense of adventure.

As a kid, we were outdoors as much as possible.

I wrote my first book in fifth grade. It was about a dog that goes to outer space and is an ambassador for Earth.

I was seven years old when my dad first showed me how to cut the grass. It was a big job for a kid my age. We had a pretty decent-sized backyard. It was on a hill - tough to mow. But I cut it so good. I double-cut it. I cut it at an angle, then cut across it at another angle, like a checkerboard. The way I'd seen in the outfield at baseball games.

My dad had me in little baseball outfits and bats in the crib.

No, I wasn't a bad kid. I was always intelligent, and strong-minded, and outgoing, like I am now.

I've loved cartoons all along. Most people outgrow that when they hit 10 or 12, I guess, but I never did. I'm not sure why.