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Vladimir LeninGive us the child for eight years and it will be a Bolshevik forever.

—  Vladimir Lenin, 1870-1924, Soviet revolutionary & leader

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Albert EinsteinIf you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.

—  Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-Jewish physicist

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H. Jackson Brown, Jr.Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.

—  H. Jackson Brown, Jr., 1940-2021, American self-help writer

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Charles DarwinHow paramount the future is to the present when one is surrounded by children.

—  Charles Darwin, 1809-1882, British scientist

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Ashleigh BrilliantThere are some things children cannot know, because once they learn them they are no longer children.

—  Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist

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Bill CosbyHuman beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.

—  Bill Cosby, 1937-, American comedian

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Sigmund FreudChildren are completely egoistic; they feel their needs intensely and strive ruthlessly to satisfy them.

—  Sigmund Freud, 1856-1939, Austrian psychologist, founder of psychoanalysis

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Kin HubbardNothing’s as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas.

—  Kin Hubbard, 1868-1930, American cartoonist

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P.J. O’ RourkeAt the core of liberalism is the spoiled child — miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats.

—  P.J. O’ Rourke, 1947-2022, American columnist & writer

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Jerry SeinfeldMake no mistake about why these babies are here - they are here to replace us.

—  Jerry Seinfeld, 1954-, American comedian

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Arthur SchopenhauerEvery child is in a way a genius; and every genius is in a way a child.

—  Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher

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Mark TwainThe most interesting information come from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.

—  Mark Twain, 1835-1910, American writer

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H. Jackson Brown, Jr.Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep.

—  H. Jackson Brown, Jr., 1940-2021, American self-help writer

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Elbert HubbardWhere parents do too much for their children, the children will not do much for themselves.

—  Elbert Hubbard, 1856-1915, American writer

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Harry TrumanNothing is more important in our national life than the welfare of our children.

—  Harry Truman, 1884-1972, American President [1945-1953]

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Aldοus HuxleyWe are all geniuses up to the age of ten.

—  Aldοus Huxley, 1894-1963, English writer

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James BarrieAll children, except one, grow up.

—  James Barrie, 1860-1937, English writer ‐ Peter Pan

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G. K. ChestertonFairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.

—  G. K. Chesterton, 1874-1936, English writer & critic

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Carl SandburgA baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

—  Carl Sandburg, 1878-1967, American poet

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Dave BarryTo an adolescent, there is nothing in the world more embarrassing than a parent.

—  Dave Barry, 1947-, American journalist

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Bill CosbyI guess the real reason that my wife and I had children is the same reason that Napoleon had for invading Russia: it seemed like a good idea at the time.

—  Bill Cosby, 1937-, American comedian

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Pablo PicassoAll children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

—  Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish painter

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Walt DisneyI do not make films primarily for children. I make them for the child in all of us, whether we be six or sixty. Call the child "innocence". The worst of us is not without innocence, although buried deeply it might be.

—  Walt Disney, 1901-1966, American businessman & cartoonist

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Ralph Waldo EmersonA sleeping child gives me the impression of a traveler in a very far country.

—  Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher

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Laurence J PeterTelevision has changed the American child from an irresistible force into an immovable object.

—  Laurence J Peter, 1919-1990, Canadian writer & educator

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John KennedyChildren are the world’s most valuable resource and its best hope for the future.

—  John Kennedy, 1917-1963, American President [1961-1963]

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Jean AnouilhAll children are sweet at five. But at twelve they begin to get silly.

—  Jean Anouilh, 1910-1987, French playwright

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Jean CocteauChildren and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie.

—  Jean Cocteau, 1889-1963, French artist

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Vladimir NabokovAt eight, he had once told his mother that he wanted to paint air.

—  Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977, Russian-American writer

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Antoin de Saint-ExupéryAll grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it.

—  Antoin de Saint-Exupéry, 1900-1940, French writer

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Karl LagerfeldIf I were interested in children, I would be a godfather. Or a godmother…

—  Karl Lagerfeld, 1933-2019, German fashion designer

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Marlen DietrichSoft drinks: The gooey, bubbly sea drowning our American children.

—  Marlen Dietrich, 1901-1992, German-American actress

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Vladimir NabokovI appeal to parents: never, never say, “Hurry up,” to a child.

—  Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977, Russian-American writer

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Robert HeinleinDon’t handicap your children by making their lives easy.

—  Robert Heinlein, 1907-1988, American sci-fi writer

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

—  Frank A. Clark, 1911-1991, American cartoonist

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Charles DickensFor it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child Himself.

—  Charles Dickens, 1812-1870, British writer

Thomas SowellIf you don’t believe in the innate unreasonableness of human beings, just try raising children.

—  Thomas Sowell, 1930 -, American political thinker

Simone De BeauvoirThat the child is the supreme aim of woman is a statement having precisely the value of an advertising slogan.

—  Simone De Beauvoir, 1908-1986, French writer

Michel TournierI have often noticed that children's lies are only an effort to simplify to put within the reach of adults a situation whose delicacy exceeds them.

—  Michel Tournier, 1924-2016, French writer

Nikos KazantzakisAs long as there are hungry children, God does not exist!

—  Nikos Kazantzakis, 1883-1957, Greek writer

Joseph JoubertChildren need role models rather than criticism.

—  Joseph Joubert, 1754-1824, French author of maxims

Antoine RivarolThe mischief of children is seldom actuated by malice; that of grown-up people always is.

—  Antoine Rivarol, 1753-1801, French author of maxims

AnonymousA baby makes love stronger, the days shorter, the nights longer, savings smaller, and a home happier.

—  Anonymous

BouddhaLive your life the way you want your children to live theirs.

—  Bouddha, 563-483 BC, Indian founder of Buddhism

Jean RostandAll we can do for our children is to choose their mother well.

—  Jean Rostand, 1894-1977, French scientist & philosopher

Jean de La BruyèreChildren have neither past nor future; they enjoy the present, which very few of us do.

—  Jean de La Bruyère, 1645-1696, French writer

Rudyard KiplingHe who can reach a child's heart can reach the worlds heart.

—  Rudyard Kipling, 1865-1936, English writer, Nobel 1907

Barbara WaltersChildren are God's way of punishing us for having sex.

—  Barbara Walters, 1929-2022, American TV journalist

Terry PratchettIt was nice to hear the voices of little children at play, provided you took care to be far enough away not to hear what they were actually saying.

—  Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015, British writer

ChanakyaTreat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends.

—  Chanakya, 370-280 π.X., Indian teacher & philosopher

Marshall McLuhanThe “child” was an invention of the seventeenth century; he did not exist in, say, Shakespeare’s day. He had, up until that time, been merged in the adult world and there was nothing that could be called childhood in our sense.

—  Marshall McLuhan, 1911-1980, Canadian academic & media theorist

Henry de MontherlantThere is nothing more moving in the world than talking seriously to a child.

—  Henry de Montherlant, 1895-1972, French writer

Erica JongWomen who bear children before they establish serious habits of work, may never establish them at all.

—  Erica Jong, 1942-, American writer

Joseph De MaistreA child is an angel dependent on man.

—  Joseph De Maistre, 1753-1821, Savoyard diplomat & philosopher

James BarrieIt is frightfully difficult to know much about the fairies, and almost the only thing for certain is that there are fairies wherever there are children.

—  James Barrie, 1860-1937, English writer

Frank ZappaThe first thing you have to do if you want to raise nice kids, is you have to talk to them like they are people instead of talking to them like they're property.

—  Frank Zappa, 1940-1993, American musician

Frank ZappaMy best advice to anyone who wants to raise a happy, mentally healthy child is: Keep him or her as far away from a church as you can.

—  Frank Zappa, 1940-1993, American musician

Marty RubinΑll children are born rebels and explorers until they're taught to sit still and obey.

—  Marty Rubin, 1930-1994, Canadian gay activist, author & journalist

Frank A. ClarkA child, like your stomach, doesn’t need all you can afford to give it.

—  Frank A. Clark, 1911-1991, American cartoonist

Funny Quotes

Phyllis DillerWe spend the first 12 months of our children’s lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next 12 years teaching them to sit down and shut up.

—  Phyllis Diller, 1917-2012, American comedian

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Jerry SeinfeldA two-year old is kind of like a blender, but you don’t have any top for it.

—  Jerry Seinfeld, 1954-, American comedian

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Phyllis DillerAlways be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home.

—  Phyllis Diller, 1917-2012, American comedian

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Phyllis DillerI still take the pill. I don't want any more grandchildren.

—  Phyllis Diller, 1917-2012, American comedian

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Marcel AchardSome believe that genius is inherited. The others have no children.

—  Marcel Achard, 1899-1974, French playwright

Franklin P. JonesYou can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.

—  Franklin P. Jones, 1908-1980, American columnist

Ancient Greek

HeraclitusTime is a child playing checkers; the kingdom belongs to a child.

Χρόνος παις εστι παίζων πεττεύων. Παιδός η βασιλεία.

—  Heraclitus, 544-484 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

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EuripidesGod has endowed children with magic charm for the men.

Δεινόν τι τέκνων φίλτρον έθηκεν θεός ανθρώποις.

—  Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian

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Proverbs

Yiddish proverbSmall children don’t let you sleep; big children don’t let you rest.

—  Yiddish proverb

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International proverbChildren are poor men's riches.

—  International proverb

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Children are a poor man’s wealth.

—  Danish Proverb

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Movie Quotes

The Sound of Music (1965)The Von Trapp children don't play. They march.

—  from the film The Sound of Music (1965)

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