“In my childhood I was obsessed with cameras but could not afford one. After much persuasion my father Harivansh Rai Bachchan bought me a box camera which I treasured for years. Initially I clicked trees and nature and as I grew up started noticing prettier things-motorbike, sleek cars and cool girls. But the hamartia of life is when you desire something you cannot afford it and when you are able to afford it you are too old to use it. Now I don't need all gadgets but it's satisfying to know that at least I can afford them.” KnowsNeedsYearsI CanUseAbleLife IsDesireGirlFatherTreeChildhoodCarGrewGrew UpCamerasBoxesObsessedSatisfyingPersuasionNoticingGadgetsTreasuredMotorbikeCool Girl Author:Amitabh Bachchan
“all through my childhood, my father kept from me the knowledge that the daily papers printed daily box scores, allowing me to believe that without my personal renderings of all those games he missed while he was at work, he would be unable to follow our team in the only proper way a team should be followed, day by day, inning by inning. In other words, without me, his love for baseball would be forever incomplete.” WayShouldBelieveWould BeFatherGamesForeverTeamChildhoodPaperBaseballBoxesScoreAllowingPapersHis LovePrintedIncompleteRendering Author:Doris Kearns Goodwin
“Opera was an enormous part of my childhood. My parents were both opera buffs, and they met in the box seat of an opera performance. And I also was a boy soprano, so before puberty hit, I was onstage playing a wide variety of orphans and urchins in all sorts of operas, and the sheer melodrama of their stories was just always appealing to me.” StoriesParentBoysChildhoodMetsPerformancesBoxesWideEnormousVarietySeatsOperaSheerOrphanPubertyMelodramaSopranos Author:Daniel Handler
“My happiest memory of childhood was my first birthday in reform school. This teacher took an interest in me. In fact, he gave me the first birthday presents I ever got: a box of Cracker Jacks and a can of ABC shoe polish.” FirstsFactsSchoolInterestMemoriesTeacherChildhoodShoesBoxesReformBirthdayPolishChildhood MemoriesCrackersFirst Birthday Author:Flip Wilson
“I saw that it was all over, put away in a box like a doll no longer cared for, the magical intimacy of our childhood together” TogetherSawsChildhoodBoxesIntimacyDolls Book:Collected Stories Source: Collected Stories
“I stole your childhood and now I’ve led you by the hand to your death. But the worst thing is, I knew. I knew this would happen. This is what always happens. Forget your faith in me. I took you with me because I was vain. Because I wanted to be adored. Look at you. Glorious Pond, the girl who waited for me. I’m not a hero. I really am just a mad man in a box. And it’s time we saw each other as we really are. Amy Williams, it’s time to stop waiting.” MenLooksHandsHappensWantedGirlWaitingForgetSawsChildhoodWorstHeroMadBoxesVainGloriousWorst ThingsPondsAmyMad Men Author:Steven Moffat
“(Talking about his first computer) Like all kids we not only fooled around with our toys, we changed them. If you've ever watched a child with a cardboard carton and a box of crayons create a spaceship with cool control panels, or listened to their improvised rules, such as "Red cars can jump all others," then you know that this impulse to make a toy do more is at the heart of innovative childhood play. It is also the essence of creativity.” IfsKnowsFirstsHeartChildrenPlayKidsFunTalkingCreativityChildhoodCarChangedComputerRedEssenceBoxesImpulseToysInnovativeFooledSpaceshipsCrayon Author:Bill Gates