Quotes about children
143 quotes from 103 people
Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry.
You don’t have to deserve your mother’s love. You have to deserve your father’s.
Robert Frost1874–1963Interview in Writers at Work (1963)Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.
Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.
Dr. Seuss1904–1991On writing for adults, as quoted in Of Sneetches and Whos and the Good Dr. Seuss: Essays on the Writings and Life of Theodor Geisel (1997) by Thomas Fensch, p. 96Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.
Children are innocent and love justice, while most adults are wicked and prefer mercy.
Eleanor Roosevelt1884–1962From article “In Defense of Curiosity” appearing in The Saturday Evening Post 208 (August 24, 1935); 8-9, 64-66.Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by children.
All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.
