“Twenty years ago I wanted to move to a nice place so our Charley would grow up a nice boy and learn a profession. But instead we live in a jungle, so he can only be a wild animal. D'you think I picked the East Side like Columbus picked America?” ThinkingYearsChildrenWantedAmericaMovingGrowsSidesAnimalBoysGrowing UpNiceYears AgoTwentiesEastProfessionJungleColumbusWild AnimalEast Side Author:Abraham Polonsky
“My mum would like to see me on the cover of 'Good Housekeeping' demonstrating children's toys with some nice lipstick on.” ChildrenNiceToysMumLipstickDemonstratingHousekeepingSome NiceGood Housekeeping Author:Tracey Ullman
“When I had a child, everyone was telling me that I was going to see the world through her eyes, and everything was going to get this nice gloss to it. I kept waiting for that to happen, and thought there was a real problem with me that it wasn't.” WorldChildrenRealProblemHappensEyeWaitingNiceHer EyesReal ProblemsGloss Author:Eddie Vedder
“Sending a book out into the world is a lot like sending your child to the first day of kindergarten. You hope the other kids play nice and that she makes friends.” WorldFirstsChildrenBookPlayKidsNiceOur ChildrenYour ChildrenKindergarten Author:Mitchell Zuckoff
“It's nice if you love a liberated person, and you should, because they love you. They're lovable. They're children playing in a very, very unusual world filled with vortexes of dancing darkness and light.” IfsWorldShouldChildrenPersonsLightDarknessTeacherNiceLove YouFilledDancingEnlightenedUnusualLight And DarknessLiberatedLovableChildren PlayingVortex Author:Frederick Lenz
“You can write when you're dyslexic, you just can't read it. But I started writing short stories as a child and I found the short story format a real nice one. I love short stories and I love short documentaries or short films of any kind.” WritingKindChildrenRealStoriesFilmFoundNiceShort StoryDocumentariesFormatShort LoveShort FilmsDyslexicWriting ShortWriting Short Stories Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“My father died when I was two years old. But my mother was quite capable. She raised three children with his war pension which was peanuts. Yet we did not want for anything. We grew up with a certain parsimony, which is a nice thing. Then if life gives you more good, otherwise you get used to. I'm still thrifty.” IfsWantGivingYearsChildrenStillsTwoWarUsedMotherCertainThreeFatherNiceGrewGrew UpCapableDiedRaisedTwo YearsNice ThingsPeanutsPensionFather DiedTwo Year OldsMy Father DiedThriftyParsimony Author:Giulio Andreotti
“If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.” IfsWantChildrenKidsParentNiceSelf EsteemParentingMy ChildrenYour ChildrenRaising ChildrenNice ThingsChildren And ParentsChildren LearningRaising KidsParent ChildParents And TeachersSpoiled ChildrenWise ParentsParents HomeYoung ParentsOverhearing Author:Haim Ginott