“ Children respect teachers today not for their knowledge but for the marks they give. Teachers respect children today not for the intelligence they have but for the threat they pose. That is the state… Uma Shanker
“ Pirate Captain Jim"Walk the plank," says Pirate Jim"But Captain Jim, I cannot swim.""Then you must steer us through the gale.""But Captain Jim, I cannot sail.""Then down with the galley slaves you go.… Shel Silverstein
“ Give your children big truths they will grow into rather than light explanations they will grow out of. Tedd Tripp
“ The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children. Jessica Lange
“ Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“ The Polar Express is about faith, and the power of imagination to sustain faith. It's also about the desire to reside in a world where magic can happen, the kind of world we all believed in as childre… Chris Van Allsburg
“ Whether it's making sure that families have access to quality health care and child care, or making sure that our children receive the best educational opportunities we can give them, we must remain c… Blanche Lincoln
“ My discrepancy with children in the industry is that they are made famous before they know who they are as human beings. Corey Feldman
“ Ages of experience have taught humanity that the commitment of a husband and wife to love and to serve one another promotes the welfare of children and the stability of society. Jack Kingston
“ Thirteen, 13 children, and I love - I love them all. And I think I've been a good father to all of them. Anthony Quinn
“ What makes America amazing is that there have always been men and women of courage who were willing to think more about the future of their children and grandchildren than they did about their own pol… Scott Walker
“ My daughter is seven, and some of the other second-grade parents complain that their children don't read for pleasure. When I visit their homes, the children's rooms are crammed with expensive books,… Anne Fadiman
“ It seems to be typical of life in America, where opportunities, real and fancied, are thicker than anywhere else on the globe, that the second generation has no time to talk to the first. James Baldwin
“ I'm going to tell you something important. Grown-ups don't look like grown-ups on the inside either. Outside, they're big and thoughtless and they always know what they're doing. Inside, they look jus… Neil Gaiman
“ Despair is the result of each earnest attempt to go through life with virtue, justice and understanding, and to fulfill their requirements. Children live on one side of despair, the awakened on the ot… Hermann Hesse
“ But the lucidity of her old age allowed her to see, and she said so many times, that the cries of children in their mothers' wombs are not announcements of ventriloquism or a faculty for prophecy but… Gabriel Garcia Marquez
“ Being sent to bed is a terrible command to all children, because it means the most public possible humiliation in front of adults, the confession that they bear the stigma of childhood, of being small… Stefan Zweig
