Our children's children will hear a good story.
—— Richard Adams, Watership Down
Adolescence is a period of rapid changes. Between the ages of 12 and 17, for example, a parent ages as much as 20 years.
—— Anonymous
If you want to recapture your youth, just cut off his allowance.
—— Al Bernstein
Never raise your hands to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected.
—— Red Buttons
You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.
—— John Ciardi
Flowers are words which even a baby can understand.
—— Arthur C. Coxe
The trouble with children is that they are not returnable.
—— Quentin Crisp
The soul is healed by being with children.
—— Fyodor Dostoyevski
Children are a poor man's riches.
—— English proverb
Every child is born a genius.
—— R. Buckminster Fuller
Most convicted felons are just people who were not taken to museums or Broadway musicals as children.
—— Libby Gelman-Waxner
Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.
—— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
When Baby's cries grew hard to bear I popped him in the Frigidaire. I never would have done so if I'd known that he'd be frozen stiff. My wife said, “George, I'm so unhappy! Our darling's now completely frappe!”
—— Graham
Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt.
—— Herbert Hoover
A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age.
—— Meat Loaf, from the song “Wasted Youth” on the album Bat Out of Hell II
Children should be like waffles——you should be able to throw the first one away.
—— Mary Alice Messenger
I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.
—— Nancy Mitford
Never raise your hand to your children; it leaves your midsection unprotected.
—— Robert Orben
Laundry increases exponentially in the number of children.
—— Miriam Robbins
It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
—— Tom Robbins, Still Life With Woodpecker
Actually, the only memory I have of being a Cub Scout was trying to get my hat back. That was all I did. Run back and forth at my bus stop going “Quit it.”
—— Jerry Seinfeld
Youth is wasted on the young.
—— George Bernard Shaw
I don't know why I did it, I don't know why I enjoyed it, and I don't know why I'll do it again.
—— Bart Simpson, young character from The Simpsons, U.S. animated television show
Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parent, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.
—— Socrates
Familiarity breeds contempt —— and children.
—— Mark Twain
Children are the only form of immortality that we can be sure of.
—— Peter Ustinov
I am not young enough to know everything.
—— Oscar Wilde
The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.
—— Oscar Wilde
The child is the father of the man.
—— William Wordsworth
When I have a kid, I wanna put him in one of those strollers for twins, then run around the mall looking frantic.
—— Steven Wright
We have children because we want immortality and this is the most reliable way of getting it.
—— Woodrow Wyatt
—— Richard Adams, Watership Down
Adolescence is a period of rapid changes. Between the ages of 12 and 17, for example, a parent ages as much as 20 years.
—— Anonymous
If you want to recapture your youth, just cut off his allowance.
—— Al Bernstein
Never raise your hands to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected.
—— Red Buttons
You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.
—— John Ciardi
Flowers are words which even a baby can understand.
—— Arthur C. Coxe
The trouble with children is that they are not returnable.
—— Quentin Crisp
The soul is healed by being with children.
—— Fyodor Dostoyevski
Children are a poor man's riches.
—— English proverb
Every child is born a genius.
—— R. Buckminster Fuller
Most convicted felons are just people who were not taken to museums or Broadway musicals as children.
—— Libby Gelman-Waxner
Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.
—— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
When Baby's cries grew hard to bear I popped him in the Frigidaire. I never would have done so if I'd known that he'd be frozen stiff. My wife said, “George, I'm so unhappy! Our darling's now completely frappe!”
—— Graham
Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt.
—— Herbert Hoover
A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age.
—— Meat Loaf, from the song “Wasted Youth” on the album Bat Out of Hell II
Children should be like waffles——you should be able to throw the first one away.
—— Mary Alice Messenger
I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.
—— Nancy Mitford
Never raise your hand to your children; it leaves your midsection unprotected.
—— Robert Orben
Laundry increases exponentially in the number of children.
—— Miriam Robbins
It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
—— Tom Robbins, Still Life With Woodpecker
Actually, the only memory I have of being a Cub Scout was trying to get my hat back. That was all I did. Run back and forth at my bus stop going “Quit it.”
—— Jerry Seinfeld
Youth is wasted on the young.
—— George Bernard Shaw
I don't know why I did it, I don't know why I enjoyed it, and I don't know why I'll do it again.
—— Bart Simpson, young character from The Simpsons, U.S. animated television show
Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parent, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.
—— Socrates
Familiarity breeds contempt —— and children.
—— Mark Twain
Children are the only form of immortality that we can be sure of.
—— Peter Ustinov
I am not young enough to know everything.
—— Oscar Wilde
The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.
—— Oscar Wilde
The child is the father of the man.
—— William Wordsworth
When I have a kid, I wanna put him in one of those strollers for twins, then run around the mall looking frantic.
—— Steven Wright
We have children because we want immortality and this is the most reliable way of getting it.
—— Woodrow Wyatt