Kids Quotes

When you're a little kid, growing up, most of us know what's right and wrong. Our parents teach us that discipline.

The factor stringing together individuals, society and nature is missing from today's educational system. That factor is spiritual values.

I think I've seen the first 'RoboCop' like 15 or 20 times. I'm like a kid that way.

My comedy is for adults, but you can have your kids listen to it. They won't get all the jokes because hopefully I'm more cerebral than a 10-year-old... but if you ask my wife, I'm not!

Education for livelihood alone will never make our life full and complete.

That feeling of hopelessness and racism has been looming over Detroit ever since I was a kid.

Children should observe a regular schedule for sleeping and waking up.

Due to our preconceptions regarding education, we fail to inquire into the most obvious and wondrous field of study - ourselves.

The messages our kids receive from teachers, coaches--and even, with the best intentions, from us - can push them toward pride or despair...toward self-righteousness or self-hatred.

The biggest thing you can give a kid is self-esteem, so that they're not shy to do different things.

I have an enormous family because I'm from Montreal and my family's Catholic, so my dad has eight siblings and they all have kids and we all grew up in the same property on weekends and summers.

First time I saw Elvis was at the Lubbock County fairgrounds in Lubbock, Texas. He was on the back end of a truck. There was about 1500 screaming kids.

I would enjoy the fact that I had a team that won a national title, but I would be disappointed that none of the kids got drafted because that's not how it's supposed to work.

Bullying is an evil because it not only destroys the life of the kid who's bullied, but also makes everyone in the class who knows this is going on feel guilty for not doing anything.

I love the magic of movies and television, and I always have since I was kid.

I take pride in the fact that a lot of little kids dig what I do.

And in that time, I lost my dad and had kids of my own. It was like, OK, I get it now. I know what fatherhood is all about. And you look at your parents differently

The trouble with selfish motives is that they harden into principles, and you end up sending your kids to war for them.

We were a savage little lot, Liverpool kids, not pacifist or vegetarian or anything. But I feel I've gone beyond that, and that it was immature to be so prejudiced and believe in all the stereotypes.

It's fun, I didn't have enough money as a kid to buy a drum set, so I had to do something. I would mimic the sounds. That was it. And it worked. It worked for years.

I think having eight kids evens things out a bit. You learn about the world; you learn about the world; you learn you've got to get along. We're all - if anything - very adjustable.

It's nice to know you're working on something that will mean something to kids.

You're not a little kid anymore. You need to make friends, get out of the house, and live your life.

I don't like waking up. I feel like staying in bed usually, but I can't because I've got two kids standing next to my bed, just eager to live another day.

Boy, I miss the days they made toys that could kill a kid.

Working on 'The Last Waltz' introduced me to Martin Scorsese, and I had been a movie bug since I was a young kid.

When I was a kid of six or seven, I used to get up on the stove woodpile for a stage and I'd put on the wildest show.

Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine.

Growing up in a multicultural family, I never really felt that I was different - even though I was from most of the kids in my school. Especially with music, I try to just approach it as an equal.

Ive always been a daydreamer. When the other kids were playing, I was listening to the roar at Yankee Stadium - I was always attracted to the roar of the crowd.

Okay, well, I guess I'm still a kid. Because when I get really angry and fired up and I feel like my back is up against the wall, I will say vicious things.

I never tell my age because I hope I'll always be the new kid on the block.

I still get the kids to the doctor and dentist and plan their play dates and buy their clothes.

Inspiration thing is important, to teach the kids that JFK is not an airport, RFK's not a stadium, Martin Luther King ain't a street

I'm going to be in another city when my kids are teenagers. I'll be like, 'Give me a call when you're done with all that.'

Kids everywhere need to feel safe, hopeful, connected and appreciated.

When you save book reports, art projects and put them in a scrapbook, it shows a kid you care and you are taking an interest in their lives.

My favourite thing in the world, apart from my wife and kids, is writing songs. Ever since I was a kid.

The kids are not brought up to have minds of their own as individuals.

We're finding [texting] 11 times more powerful than email [for communicating with kids].

I tell my kids, 'I am thinking about you every other minute of my day.'

My father was never around, and my mother used to worry that the kids wont grow up to be connected to him.

When I do a mix tape for my kids, for my friends, for my lover, I meticulously choose the tracks, and it's beautiful. And when they are alone they think of me - and when I am alone I think of them.

As a kid growing up in Southern California, I was a frequent visitor to the Disneyland and developed a deep love of the magic and wonder of Disney.

The last thing I think I am is perfect. I'm just trying to do the best job I can. I'm trying to be the best father I can to my kids. I'm trying to do the best job I can running my business.

I had something to do, which most kids really need. Something they can look forward to - a goal, a purpose to work towards. Something to achieve. Keeps them out of trouble.

I was uncomfortable with smoking too much because a lot of young kids watch and I didn't want to make that cool.

It should be fun introducing kids to fruits and vegetables. If you start young, it will be something that they'll attach to really quickly.

Sometimes kids just act impulsively, but it's because we have strong feelings, not because we're trying to make trouble.

I've got to bring it 'cause they're going to compare me to that Taylor [Lautner] kid, and if I don't bring it, I'm just going to get crushed.