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Quotes About Childhood

A three-year old was examining his testicles while taking a bath. 'Mom,' he asked,'are these my brains?' 'Not yet.' she replied.
~ Allan Pease
We never had a bathtub. Mom would bathe me in the wooden or tin washtub in the kitchen, or in a big lard can.
~ Ethel Waters
My mom was a photographer and whenever they needed a baby for a modelling job, she'd stick me in front of the camera. That's how it started.
~ Alyson Hannigan
When I was 10 there wasnt trampolines and cartoon charaters, I never went to Chuck E Cheese! My mom said 'You wanna see a mouse pull the refrigerator Out!'
~ George Lopez
Most of us have fond memories of food from our childhood. Whether it was our mom's homemade lasagna or a memorable chocolate birthday cake, food has a way of transporting us back to the past.
~ Homaro Cantu
I grew up listening to oldies, like Motown. That's from my mom.
~ Ryan Lochte
My mom really wanted me to be a musician so she gave me a guitar for my fifth birthday, but I didn't start playing till I was seven.
~ Yngwie Malmsteen
My mom would put me in these preppy little suits and slick my hair to the side. I have these baby pictures of me where I'm this little preppy kid with a sweater tied around my neck.
~ Alexander Wang
When I can 10 or 11, my mom was the one out there catching passes for me. She was my prime receiver.
~ Joe Theismann
Anyone must remember that dad left when I was 3 years old. Mom and I lived out of the limelight. We lived a totally different life.
~ Julian Lennon
I was raised by just my mom. See, my father died when I was eight years old. At least, that's what he told us in the letter.
~ Drew Carey
That best academy, a mother's knee.
~ James Russell Lowell
My first words, as I was being born [...] I looked up at my mother and said, 'that's the last time I'm going up one of those.
~ Stephen Fry
My parents know I was outgoing as a child, and whenever people came over I'd automatically do impressions of them as soon as they left; it was my mom's favorite thing.
~ Leonardo DiCaprio
Most young people haven't used their storytelling skills since they were 8 or 9 or 10 and wanted to persuade Mom and Dad to take them to the ball game.
~ Peter Guber
I just always wanted to be a singer. My mom said I was even singing in my cot!
~ Pixie Lott
Other kids would take their parents to the toy store and I'd take my mom to the record store.
~ Daron Malakian
My mom was always the supplier of soccer balls, and so people were always knocking on my door, and trying to get me out so we could play.
~ Freddy Adu
Nowadays they say you need a special chip to put in the TV so kids can't watch this and that. In my day, we didn't need a chip. My mom was the chip. End of story.
~ Ray Charles
Calvin: ME TARZAN! KING OF JUNGLE! Suzy: Nice underpants. Does your mom know you're over here like this? Calvin:...I don't think Jane EVER said that to Tarzan.
~ Bill Watterson
I drew when I was very, very young. My mom kept stuff I drew when I was 2 and a half years old, because it looked like, you know, like a jaguar as opposed to a cheetah.
~ Dan Povenmire
Hooka Tooka, my soda cracker, does your momma chaw tobacca?
~ Chubby Checker
My parents elected me president of the family when I was 4. We actually had an election every year and I always won. I'm an only child, and I could count on my mother's vote.
~ Condoleezza Rice
When I was a little girl, rocking my little dolls, I remember thinking I would be the world's best mom, and so far I've done it.
~ Jenny McCarthy