The world of religion isn’t a logical world; that’s why children like it. It’s a world of worked-out fantasies, very similar to children’s stories or fairy tales. – Yehuda Amichai
Now the Kids Classic is one of the major fund-raisers for Children’s Hospital. Since we started seven years ago, we’ve raised more than $1 million for the hospital. – Tom Kite
The idea that children are passive repositories to be shaped by their parents has been massively overstated. A child’s peer group is a far greater determinant of its development and achievements than parental aspiration. – Steven Pinker
It would be better, in a way, if any adults present were completely uneducated. There is nothing children like more than passing on information they have just discovered to people who may not already have it – an elderly grandmother, for instance. – Sugata Mitra
While approximately one in every 400 children and adolescents have Type I diabetes; recent Government reports indicate that one in every three children born in 2000 will suffer from obesity, which as noted is a predominant Type II precursor. – Tim Holden
In America we tell our parents to bring their child home and put him or her in a crib; as they get older, children sleep in they own room not in Mom and Dad’s room. What are we training them for? It’s independence, because that’s what being empowered is all about. – Sheena Iyengar
Our Father’s commitment to us, His children, is unwavering. Indeed He softens the winters of our lives, but He also brightens our summers. – Thomas S. Monson
Every generation tries to put its doctrine on a high shelf where the children can not reach it. – Walter Rauschenbusch
Some children act as if they thought their parents had nothing to do, but to see them established in the world and then quit it. – Samuel Richardson
I have thought you could not give everything to your books and also to your children, so for a long time, I thought if I had a child or a family, I’d think, ‘How would I support them?’ because basically I would stop writing. – Sonya Hartnett
My children are 10 and three, and the longing and the need for them is incredibly powerful. – Treat Williams
I wanted to be a teacher. I love children, so I wanted to deal with children. Then I wanted to be a veterinarian. But by the age of ten or eleven, when I opened my mouth and said, ‘Oh, God, what’s this?’ I kind of knew teaching and being a veterinarian were gonna have to wait. – Whitney Houston
When I make decisions, I’m not thinking about my parents. I’m thinking about my children. – Tzipi Livni
And I believe that if we can care about whether or not our neighbor has a good job or access to affordable health care for their children, and we move to implement the policies that can improve these situations, we will unleash vast amounts of human potential and recapture the American spirit. – Tim Ryan
I think that haredi children should study the core subjects and that their parents must work, and I believe that there are many haredim who think like me and would be glad to discover that someone is fighting the radical functionaries and rabbis who embitter their lives. – Yair Lapid
The real question isn’t whether you love your kids or not, but how well you are able to demonstrate your love and caring so that your children really feel loved. – Stephanie Martson
I’d never stop traveling, and I love bringing my family along with me. My children have points of reference everywhere, friends from Milan to Los Angeles. I think it’s really fun for them. – Valeria Mazza
Evolutionary psychologists seem to want to unmask our noblest motives as ultimately self-interested – to show that our love for children, compassion for the unfortunate and sense of justice are just tactics in a Darwinian struggle to perpetuate our genes. – Steven Pinker
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. – Theodore Hesburgh
I went to a grim Victorian school with classes of 40 or 50 children. It was a very rigid and unimaginative education, but it did teach us the three Rs. – Tom Paulin
Children are far more interesting to work with than grownups. They’re incredibly honest. They’ll tell you exactly what they think. – Tim Sample
My mum would like to see me on the cover of ‘Good Housekeeping’ demonstrating children’s toys with some nice lipstick on. – Tracey Ullman
Here’s what I see all across this great city – people working together to make Boston a better place to live and to raise children, to grow and pursue dreams. – Thomas Menino
Some teachers just have a knack for working with autistic children. Other teachers do not have it. – Temple Grandin
We as children went up the mountain to find feed for livestock, like goats, cows and horses, and because in the winter time we would light the fire in the house, we would climb the mountain to collect firewood as well. Because of that, I suppose I became used to climbing mountains. – Tamae Watanabe
Music has always been a huge part of my life from a very young age, and today it remains a very powerful and natural way for me to connect with people, as well as my children. – Thalia
I was divorced when my children were young, so I was a single mother for a while. It’s so hard to have to do every little thing yourself and be forced to navigate the rocky emotions of motherhood alone. – Terri Blackstock
I must confess that although I am quite passionate about the books I create for children, I am not the best oral storyteller. In fact, I stink at it. – Tony DiTerlizzi
The bomber will always get through. The only defense is in offense, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly that the enemy if you want to save yourselves. – Stanley Baldwin