“I think we're all a little afraid of the dark. If you lived in the country, as I did, there's nothing quite like country dark, which was really black. And as a child, your imagination runs wild.” IfsThinkingChildrenLittlesCountryRunningBlackImaginationDark Author:Malcolm McDowell
“I don't totally believe that all of the politicians see a problem with the gap between the scores of black children and other groups. I believe that many politicians think this has been the way it has always been, so what's the problem?” ThinkingWayBelieveChildrenHas BeensProblemI BelieveBlackGroupsPoliticianScoreGaps Author:Barry Williams
“The anarchist is dressed all in black. In the dark you can only see his eyes. It dates from the 1930's. Porky Pig is a little boy. The children told me that he has a nephew now, Cicero. Do you remember, during the war, when Porky worked in a defense plant? He and Bugs Bunny. That was a good one too.” ChildrenLittlesWarEyeRememberBlackDarkBoysPlantDefenseHis EyesPigsBugsAnarchistLittle Boys1930sBunniesNephew Book:The Crying of Lot 49 Source: The Crying of Lot 49
“For me, as a child, I certainly thought that there were more black people in the world than white people.” PeopleWorldChildrenBlackWhiteBlack People Author:Keegan-Michael Key
“Environmentalism is not an upper-income issue, it's not a white issue, it's not a black issue, it's not a South or a North or an East or a West issue. It's an issue that all of us have a stake in. And if I can do anything to make sure that not just my daughter but every child in America has green pastures to run in and clean air to breathe and clean water to swim in, then that is something I'm going to work my hardest to make happen.” IfsChildrenI CanHappensRunningAmericaBlackWaterCan DoWhiteIssuesAirDaughterGreenCleanWestSouthEnvironmentalBreatheEastIncomeHardestMy DaughterSwimStakesGoing To WorkEnvironmentalismPasturesClean WaterClean AirGreen Pastures Author:Barack Obama
“I'm a child myself, in the sense that I'm still looking. Children are fascinated by black holes and ask me questions. I find they soon get the idea if it is explained in nontechnical language.” IfsChildrenStillsIdeasAsksLanguageBlackHolesAsk MeFascinatedBlack Hole Author:Stephen Hawking
“My mother bore me in the southern wild, And I am black, but O! my soul is white; White as an angel is the English child, But I am black as if bereaved of light.” IfsChildrenSoulLightMotherBlackWhiteAngelMy SoulSouthernBores Author:William Blake
“I didn't like what was on TV in terms of sitcomsit had nothing to do with the color of themI just didn't like any of them. I saw little kids, let's say 6 or 7 years old, white kids, black kids. And the way they were addressing the father or the mother, the writers had turned things around, so the little children were smarter than the parent or the caregiver. They were just not funny to me. I felt that it was manipulative and the audience was looking at something that had no responsibility to the family.” WayYearsChildrenLittlesKidsMotherFatherFeltParentBlackTermWhiteResponsibilityAudienceSawsColorTvsSmarterLittle KidSitcomManipulativeCaregivers Author:Bill Cosby
“Las Vegas has become a child's picture-book dream of a city -- here a storybook castle, there a sphinx-flanked black pyramid beaming white light into the darkness as a landing beam for UFOs, and everywhere neon oracles and twisting screens predict happiness and good fortune, announce singers and comedians and magicians in residence or on their way, and the lights always flash and beckon and call.” WayChildrenBookDreamLightBlackWhiteCitiesDarknessFortuneScreensSingersComedianFlashMagicianCastlesGood FortuneVegasLas VegasUfoPyramidsBeamLandingPicture BooksOraclesNeonResidenceWhite LightSphinx Book:American Gods Source: American Gods
“We have forgotten love, and Sat lonely beside each other. We have eaten together, Lonely behind our plates, we Have hidden behind children, We have slept together in A lonely bed. Now my heart Turns toward you, awake at last, Penitent, lost in the last Loneliness. Speak to me. Talk To me. Break the black silence.” HeartChildrenTogetherLastsTurnsLostSpeakBlackBehindsSilenceBreakLonelinessMy HeartBedLonelyForgottenAwakeSatPlatesTalk To Me Author:Kenneth Rexroth
“I am proud that my daughter believes, as I do, that hungry children should be fed whether they are Black Panthers or White Republicans.” ShouldBelieveChildrenBlackWhiteProudRepublicanDaughterHungryFedsMy DaughterPanthersBlack Panther Author:Tommy Douglas
“We are all connected. What unites us is our common humanity. I don't want to oversimplify things - but the suffering of a mother who has lost her child is not dependent on her nationality, ethnicity or religion. White, black, rich, poor, Christian, Muslim or Jew - pain is pain - joy is joy.” WantChildrenChristianPainJoyMotherSufferingHumanityLostBlackWhitePoorCommonRichJewConnectedDependentNationalityEthnicityRich PoorCommon Humanity Author:Desmond Tutu