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Children

«We know smoking tobacco is not good for kids, but a lot of other things aren't good. Drinking's not good. Some would say milk's not good.»
Author: Bob Dole (Senator) | About: Children, Drinking, Smoking | Keywords: smoking, tobacco
«We can see the child moving rather serenely in the uterus. The child senses aggression in its sanctuary. We see the child's mouth wide open in a silent scream.»
«We would not want our children to be beaten with extension cords, but we would not expect them to go out and kill little old ladies because of it.»
«We destroy the love of learning in children, which is so strong when they are small, by encouraging and compelling them to work for petty and contemptible rewards.»
«We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up.»
«Whatever they grow up to be, they are still our children, and the one most important of all the things we can give to them is unconditional love. Not a love that depends on anything at all except that they are our children.»
Author: Rosaleen Dickson | About: Children, Family, Love | Keywords: unconditional
«What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.»
«What?s the most especial thing about being a father? Everything.»
Author: Viggo Mortensen (Actor, Artist, Photographer, Writer) | About: Children | Keywords: especial
«We seek our friend not sacredly, but with an adulterate passion which would appropriate him to ourselves»
«What children hear at home soon flies abroad»
Author: Thomas Fuller (Clergyman, Writer) | About: Children | Keywords: abroad, flies