“I think it reminds me of my childhood, my father, .. I think people have the same reaction. It reminds you of what it was like to be a kid, where everything is carefree and fun.” PeopleThinkingKidsFatherFunChildhoodReactionsCarefree Author:Artie Lange
“It was a great place to grow up. There were always kids around in our neighborhood. We had a basketball hoop in the back of our house, a little front yard where you could get touch football games going. I know you think of it as a big city, but it was fun for me to grow up in New Orleans. I remember it as a very normal childhood.” ThinkingKnowsLittlesBigsKidsRememberGamesHouseFunGrowsCitiesGrowing UpChildhoodFrontsFootballBasketballNormalNeighborhoodYardsNew OrleansFootball GameBig CitiesTouch Football Author:Eli Manning
“My childhood ambition was to be an Olympic swimmer like my aunt, but that died a quick death when I discovered other sports. I swam very competitively till I was 15, then I swam for fun until I was 18. But athletics remain a very big part of my life.” BigsFunSportsChildhoodAmbitionDiedAuntAthleticsSwimmerQuick Death Author:Teddy Sears
“I don't particularly like to go see 3D movies, but when I'm doing it I kind of do enjoy it. I enjoy seeing the image in 3D, there's a childhood fun about being able to see those dimensions.” KindAbleFunEnjoySeeingChildhoodDimensions Author:Bryan Singer
“Boredom!!! Shooting!!! Shelling!!! People being killed!!! Despair!!! Hunger!!! Misery!!! Fear!!! That's my life! The life of an innocent eleven-year-old schoolgirl!! A schoolgirl without a school, without the fun and excitement of school. A child without games, without friends, without the sun, without birds, without nature, without fruit, without chocolate or sweets, with just a little powdered milk. In short, a child without a childhood.” PeopleYearsChildrenLittlesWarSchoolGamesFunSunChildhoodSweetDespairBirdMiseryFruitHungerInnocentShootingExcitementBoredomChocolateMilkElevenOld SchoolWithout Friends Book:Le journal de Zlata Source: Le journal de Zlata
“Im from Connecticut. My Mom is an army brat, and my Dad is a navy brat. My childhood was fun. My parents are still together. My childhood was pretty carefree.” StillsTogetherFunParentChildhoodMomDadArmyMy DadMy MomNavyCarefreeBratConnecticutArmy Brat Author:Cassie Ventura
“In my early childhood, I was a performer by nature. I used to do puppet shows as a kid and entertain kids in classes and the teachers would make it a point that I was the entertainer of the class, but only after high school and in college that I started doing theater and acting classes, because I thought it would be fun.” ShowsWould BeKidsSchoolUsedFunActingClassTeacherChildhoodCollegeHigh SchoolTheaterPerformersEntertainersPuppetsEarly ChildhoodActing ClassesAfter High SchoolPuppet Shows Author:Michael Jai White
“I think I grew up a bit quickly. I wish I was younger than I am in my head. I feel like an old lady for various reasons. I have a yearning to live out my childhood and teenage years and have a bit more fun than I actually did.” ThinkingFeelsYearsReasonFunWishBitsChildhoodGrewGrew UpVariousYearningTeenageOld LadyTeenage Years Author:Elena Tonra
“My mom told me as a youngster I was always intellectual, like as far as being able to adapt fast and quick. But I had a fun childhood, went to regular school.” AbleSchoolFunChildhoodMomIntellectualMy MomYoungsters Author:Chris Brown
“But when I realized it was actually going to be this portrait of the artist, birth to death, I had to then discover who Margaret as a young woman would be. I had to find the different voices for her throughout her life. I had a lot of fun discovering that. I had a lot of fun writing the childhood sections. By imagining her childhood, I was able to come up with this voice that matures as she gets older.” WritingDifferentWould BeAbleYoungArtistFunVoiceChildhoodBirthCome UpI RealizedDiscoveringYoung WomenPortraitsSectionsDifferent Voices Author:Danielle Dutton
“I'm just having fun. And giving a sort of second shot at childhood and life - and I need to be present to do it.” NeedsGivingFunChildhoodShotsHaving FunJust Have Fun Author:Sandra Bullock
“I think the main thing that affected my comedy was that my dad slept in a nightgown for most of my childhood. And it was just very funny every single night and made me realize that laughter is fun and nightgowns are cool.” ThinkingMadeNightFunRealizingComedyChildhoodDadLaughterMy DadAffected Author:Jenny Slate
“Punishment by definition isn't going to help. So what you need to do is to help people to change and recover is to help them find different areas of passion and help them find better ways of coping. Because about 50 percent of people with addiction have a preexisting mental illness, about two-thirds have had some type of severe trauma during childhood, and they are not using to the point where they're risking their lives because it's fun. They're doing something to help them cope.” PeopleWayNeedsTwoDifferentHelpingPassionFunChildhoodTypePercentAreasThirdsAddictionDefinitionsIllnessTraumaPunishmentMental IllnessSevereBetter WaysCoping Author:Maia Szalavitz
“A Message to Children Who Have Read This Book - When you grow up and have children of your own, do please remember something important: a stodgy parent is no fun at all. What a child wants and deserves is a parent who is SPARKY.” WantChildrenImportantRememberFunGrowsParentGrowing UpChildhoodPleaseDeserveParentingParenthoodRaising ChildrenDeservingScreenwritersParentalBeing A ParentChildren Growing UpRemember SomethingBad ParentingUnhappy Childhood Author:Roald Dahl
“It's a thrill to fulfill your own childhood dreams, but as you get older, you may find that enabling the dreams of others is even more fun.” MayDreamFunChildhoodThrillEnablingChildhood Dreams Author:Randy Pausch
“(Talks about her childhood) I grew up on a Christmas tree farm in Reading, PA. It was the most magical fun childhood. We had grape arbours and we would make jam with my mom. My dad would go to work and he'd come home. He'd clean out stalls and fix split-row fences.” HomeReadingFunTreeChildhoodGrewMomDadGrew UpCleanMy DadMy MomComing HomeFarmsSplitsFenceJamGrapesChristmas Tree Author:Taylor Swift
“(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
“My childhood was extremely lonely. I was dyslexic and lots of kids make fun of me. That experience made me tough inside, because you learn to quietly accept ridicule.” MadeKidsFunAcceptingChildhoodToughLonelyRidiculeDyslexic Author:Tom Cruise