Children Quotes

Let nothing which is disgraceful to be spoken of, or to be seen, approach this place where a child is.

There is a world of difference between being child-like and childish. I hope to retain some of my child-like qualities forever.

My mother loved children – she would have given anything if I had been one.

The highlight of my childhood was making my brother laugh so hard that food came out of his nose.

They are playing a game. If I show them I see they are playing a game, I shall break the rules and they will punish me. I must play the game of not seeing that I play the game.

And he who gives a child a treat, Makes joy-bells ring in Heaven’s street; And he who gives a child a home, Builds palaces in Kingdom come.

Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted.

We are all in a post-hypnotic trance induced in early infancy.

That’s the news from Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average.

Never allow your child to call you by your first name. He hasn’t known you long enough.