The sonatas of Mozart are unique; they are too easy for children, and too difficult for artists.

I am single and childless, but I have lots of friends and I am an aunt to three lovely children.

It was tough being a single mom. It was tough being in a divorce with children. Very, very hard.

The plays and sports of children are as salutary to them as labor and work are to grown persons.

For decades, I have supported adoption, and have helped tens of thousands of children worldwide.

It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading.

Even children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile.

The world knows how to straighten out a spoiled child but never makes it up to a child deprived.

The change starts within each one of us. And ends only when all children are free to be children

Reasoning with a child is fine, if you can reach the child's reason without destroying your own.

Our children are better served by speaking not of visitation versus custody, but of parent time.

Redheads are said to be children of the moon, thwarted by the sun and addicted to sex and sugar.

The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.

I remember that I used to mix with my friends who had brothers and sisters. I was an only child.

Why would any sensible human being put meat filled with ammonia in the mouths of their children?

The best way to preserve a child’s vision is to let them see things their way rather than yours.

In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent.

This is what love does and continues to do. It tastes like honey to adults and milk to children.

From biscuit to brides, if there is anything their children really want, parents have a problem.

Obviously, every child should be given the best possible opportunity to acquire literacy skills.

There's really no point in having children if you're not going to be home enough to father them.

It is probable that there is no one thing that it is of eminent importance for a child to learn.

No matter how sophisticated our lives may be we need to think of ourselves as creative children.

After having children, life becomes about living beyond yourself; about being bigger and better.

I have the best husband a wife could possibly have. He's the best father my children could have.

The hardest thing in acting is going from child actor to adult actor. It's taken me a long time.

What a child does when not told what to do is the final indicator of what and who that child is.

The joy of reading with our children doesn't stop as they, and we, get older; it simply changes.

How often do we not see children ruined through the virtues, real or supposed, of their parents?

The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.

It is from God that parents receive their children, and it is to God that they should lead them.

I had my children after eight years of marriage. It was a dream come true. I still pinch myself.

Most naughtiness arises because the children are bored and lack a relationship with the teacher.

As a songwriter, your songs are, in a way, like your children - you want them to be appreciated.

The world's forests are a shared stolen treasure that we must put back for our children's future

When children are ready to talk, that is the time for parents to listen, regardless of the hour.

Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows.

I am the indoctrinated child of two lapsed Irish Catholics. Which is to say: I am not religious.

In the soft and gentle arms of a mother's love, children can come to know the voice of the Lord.

[The Neon Demon] was more my own fascination with beauty. It's my children's fascination beauty.

Neither of my parents would ever stand in the way of any of their children speaking their minds.

By education, I mean an all-round drawing of the best in child and man in body, mind and spirit.

I have a theory that children remember two things-when you weren't there and when they threw up.

I will do anything for Guillermo del Toro, if he asked me. I would give him my first-born child.

As women, we're probably more protective of children. Also, we've been minors all of our history

I have two children and they're young yet but all of the children that I know really inspire me.

Only those who look with the eyes of children can lose themselves in the object of their wonder.

Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit.

Everyone can help. We can educate ourselves and our children about other countries and cultures.

I haven't any wisdom - just a child like everybody else. I'm not as great as Frank Lloyd Wright.

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