child quotes

“Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked; and either may be wrong.”

— William Shakespeare

“I don't know what your childhood was like, but we didn't have much money. We'd go to a movie on a Saturday night, then on Wednesday night my parents would walk us over to the library. It was such a big deal, to go in and get my own book.”

— Robert Redford

“I did not, like my children and people today, grow up with television as part of my life. ”

— Robert Redford

“I have 5 children of my own. They are bilingual, like most second and third generations. But they speak primarily in English and they couldn't find anything on television that represented who they are in this country.”

— Robert Rodriguez

“Really, children will support anything that is empowering to them.”

— Robert Rodriguez

“After I had my son, Max, I knew I wanted to get involved in causes that help children. ”

— Christina Aguilera

“Growing up with the childhood that I had, I learned to never let a man make me feel helpless, and it also embedded a deep need in me to always stick up for women. ”

— Christina Aguilera

“I felt caged by my childhood.”

— Christina Aguilera

“When I learned how millions of children go to bed hungry, my only response was, 'What can I do to help?' ”

— Christina Aguilera

“You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test. ”

— George Washington Bush

“America is a friend to the people of Iraq. Our demands are directed only at the regime that enslaves them and threatens us. When these demands are met, the first and greatest benefit will come to Iraqi men, women and children.”

— George Washington Bush

“Women are nothing but machines for producing children.”

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories. ”

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“I had a really good childhood up until I was nine, then a classic case of divorce really affected me. ”

— Kurt Cobain

“It is past time for women to take their rightful place, side by side with men, in the rooms where the fates of peoples, where their children's and grandchildren's fates, are decided. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“I don't think feminism, as I understand the definition, implies the rejection of maternal values, nurturing children, caring about the men in your life. That is just nonsense to me. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“All of us have to recognize that we owe our children more than we have been giving them. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“My wish for the new millennium is for all children... to grow up wiser, and stronger and more prosperous for the future than ever before. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“Of course, parents are the most important people in a child's life. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“I just think that giving a child a chance and sharing what you have with a child is one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, as well as a child. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“Several people have told me that one of the most meaningful events they could attend would be something at the White House with their children. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“We don't have enough support for maternal leave and the kinds of things that some of the European countries do. So we still make it hard on women to go into the work force and feel that they can be good at work but then doing the most important job, which is raising your children in a responsible and positive way. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“Children today will grow up taking for granted that an African-American or a woman can, yes, become the president of the United States. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“Let's not leave an educational vacuum to be filled by religious extremists who go to families who have no other option and offer meals, housing and some form of education. If we are going to combat extremism then we must educate those very same children. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“We can't go to people who have lost their job at GM and say, 'Oh, by the way, we are going to pay money to build a road here or inoculate children there,' unless we can demonstrate that it is in America's interest. I happen to think it is. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“ It's all kinds of these profound things crashing on you when your child arrives into the world. It's like you've met your reason to live. ”

— Johnny Depp

“The quality of life is so different in France. There is the possibility of living a simple life. I would never contemplate raising my daughter in LA. I would never raise any child there. ”

— Johnny Depp

“I was angry and frustrated until I started my own family and my first child was born. Until then I didn't really appreciate life the way I should have, but fortunately I woke up. ”

— Johnny Depp

“Crimes against children are the most heinous crime. That, for me, would be a reason for capital punishment because children are innocent and need the guidance of an adult society. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“The innocence of childhood is like the innocence of a lot of animals. ”

— Clint Eastwood