“My journey began with a single pencil. While traveling through India in 2006, I asked a boy begging on the streets, 'If you could have anything in the world, what would you want?' and he answered me with two words: 'A pencil.' Luckily, I had one in my pocket, and in the second it took me to give it to him, a defining dream was born.” IfsWorldWantGivingTwoDreamBornBoysJourneyStreetsIndiaPocketsPencilsDefiningBeggingMy Journey Author:Adam Braun
“From a town known as Wheeling, West Virginia Rode a boy with a six-gun in his hand And his daring life of crime made him a legend in his time East and west of the Rio Grande. Well, he started with a bank in Colorado In the pocket of his vest a Colt he hid. And his age and his size took the teller by surprise, And the word spread of Billy the Kid.” WellsMadeHandsKidsAgeKnownBoysCrimeSixGunTownsSurpriseWestSizeSpreadEastPocketsLegendsDaringVirginiaColoradoVestsEast And WestRioWest VirginiaColtsWheeling Author:Billy Joel
“The worst aspect of dating from the perspective of many men is how dating can feel to a man like robbery by social custom - the social custom of him taking money out of his pocket, giving it to her, and calling it a date. To a young man, the worst dates feel like being robbed and rejected. Boys risk death to avoid rejection (e.g., by joining the Army” MenGivingFeelsYoungSocialBoysRiskWorstPerspectiveCallingAspectDatingArmyYoung ManRejectionPocketsCustomsRejectedJoiningRobberyJoining The Army Book:The Myth of Male Power: Why Men Are the Disposable Sex Source: The Myth of Male Power: Why Men Are the Disposable Sex
“[On Sitting Bull:] The contents of his pockets were often emptied into the hands of small, ragged little boys, nor could he understand how so much wealth should go brushing by, unmindful of the poor.” ShouldLittlesHandsWealthPoorBoysSittingPocketsBullsLittle BoysBrushingRagged Author:Annie Oakley
“Boys are found everywhere - on top of, underneath, inside of, climbing on, swinging from, running around or jumping to. Mothers love them, little girls hate them, older sisters and brothers tolerate them, adults ignore them and Heaven protects them. A boy is Truth with dirt on its face, Beauty with a cut on its finger, Wisdom with bubble gum in its hair and the Hope of the future with a frog in its pocket.” LittlesRunningFacesMotherHateGirlFoundHeavenBoysCuttingBrotherHairBabyProtectAdultsFingersPocketsClimbingBubblesTolerateDirtBrothers And SistersJumpingFrogsGumMother LoveBaby BoyOlder SisterBubble Gum Author:Alan Beck
“Between the innocence of boyhood and the dignity of manhood, we find a delightful creature called a boy....A boy is truth with dirt on its face, beauty with a cut on its finger, wisdom with bubble gum in its hair and the hope of the future with a frog in its pocket.” FacesBoysCuttingHairCreaturesDignityFingersInnocencePocketsBubblesDirtManhoodDelightfulFrogsGumBoyhoodBubble Gum Author:Alan Beck