Children
Quotes on Children
Youth is a wonderful thing; what a crime to waste it on children.
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Anglo-Irish playwright, critic
When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell. That is why we dread children, even if we love them. They show us the state of our decay.
Brian Aldiss (b. 1925) British author
If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) German poet, dramatist
Don’t take up a man’s time talking about the smartness of your children; he wants to talk to you about the smartness of his.
Ed (E. W.) Howe (1853-1937) American journalist, novelist
There is little use to talk about your child to anyone; other people either have one or haven’t.
Don Herold (1889-1966) American humorous writer, artist
The parent who could see his boy as he really is would shake his head and say; “Willy is no good: I’ll sell him.
Stephen Leacock (1869-1944) Canadian humorist, economist
There is no sinner like a young saint
AphraBehn (1640-1689) Englis h playwright, poet
Before I got married I had six theories about .bringing up children; now I have six children, and no theories.
John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647-1680) English poet
To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.
Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist
Telling lies and showing off to get attention are the mistakes I made that I don’t want my kids to make.
Jane Fonda (b. 1937) American film actress
Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.
William Penn (1644-1718) religious leader, founder of Pennsylvania
Children are all foreigners. We treat them as such.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, poet, philosopher
Ignorance is a painless evil; so, I should think, is dirt, considering the merry faces that go along with it.
George Eliot (1819-1880) English novelist
Girls like to be played with, and rumpled a little, too, sometimes.
Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) Anglo-Irish author
What money is better bestowed than that of a schoolboy’s tip?
William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863)
There is nothing so aggravating as a fresh boy who is too old to ignore and too young to kick.
Kin (Frank McKinney) Hubbard (1868-1930) American humorist, journalist
He followed in his father’s footsteps, but his gait was somewhat erratic.
Nicolas Bentley (1907-1978)
Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old.
English Proverb
How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is To have a thankless child.
Lear, King Lear William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
There are three degrees of filial piety. The highest is being a credit to our parents, the second is not disgracing them; the lowest is being able simply to support them.
Confucius (551-478 BO Chinese sage
