“I remember, as a kid, my dad always told me, "Getting older beats the alternative." Although, now my father actually is the alternative, so I don't know what he would say. He's completely dead.” KnowsKidsRememberFatherDadBeatsMy DadAlternativesGetting OldGetting Older Author:Leslie Mann
“Here's an uplifting story. Congratulations to the Little League team from Huntington Beach, California. Yeah, they beat Japan to win the Little League World Series. That's pretty good. See, that proves that when math and science aren't involved, our kids can beat anybody.” WorldLittlesStoriesKidsWinningTeamInvolvedProveBeatsYeahSeriesMathUpliftingBeachCaliforniaLeagueJapanCongratulationsMath And ScienceWorld SeriesLittle LeagueHuntington Beach Author:Jay Leno
“I was the worst, most sickly kid of all - 30 pounds underweight. The girls used to beat me up. Actually I was a mean kid, early on because I had no self-esteem.” MeanSelfKidsUsedGirlWorstSelf EsteemBeatsEsteemPounds Author:Jack LaLanne
“I have always been English, ever since I emigrated from England and since the kids in Canada beat me up at the age of twelve for having an East London Cockney accent. I thank them for the cockney taunts because the beatings turned me on to boxing. But on a serious note Canada has been kind to me.” KindHas BeensKidsAgeSeriousBeatsEnglandNotesEastLondonBoxingCanadaTwelveAccentsTauntingCockneysEast London Author:Lennox Lewis
“When I sent out a casual and nonscientific poll of my own to a wide cast of acquaintances, friends and colleagues, I was surprised, but not really, to learn that maybe 60 percent claimed a belief in a God of some sort, including people I would have bet were unregenerate skeptics. Others just shrugged. They don't think about this stuff. It doesn't matter to them. They can't know, they won't beat themselves up trying to know and for that matter they don't care if their kids believe or not.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsTryingBelieveMatterCareKidsBeliefStuffMy OwnAtheismBeatsPercentIncludingCastsDon't CarePositive AtheismWideColleaguesPollsAcquaintanceCasualSkeptic Author:Natalie Angier
“This really isn't a game we really should be proud of. This game is liking taking your kids to the zoo. You're supposed to take your kids to the zoo. You're a father. So a team like that, we're supposed to beat them like this.” ShouldKidsFatherGamesWinningTeamProudBasketballBeatsBe ProudZoos Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I guess you heard about this; the U.S. Olympic Committee is coming under fire after it was revealed that the uniforms for Team USA to be worn in the opening ceremony were made in China. Turns out they were made by some of the same kids who could beat us in gymnastics. That's the worst part.” MadeKidsFunnyTurnsFireHeardTeamWorstBeatsChinaOpeningUsaWornUniformsOlympicsCommitteesCeremonyGymnasticsLondon OlympicsMade In ChinaOpening Ceremony Author:Jay Leno
“The kids accepted my drinking as a part of life. Not a particularly pernicious part. I didn't beat up on them. Basically I don't think I was so different from a lot of dads who have three or four martinis when they get in from work, wine with dinner and so on.” ThinkingDifferentKidsThreeFourDadBeatsWineDrinkingDinnerAcceptedParts Of LifePerniciousMartini Author:Stephen King
“The kid who is scared is the one the bullies go after. I used to get beat up pretty badly.” KidsUsedBeatsScaredBully Author:Robert M. Pirsig
“I was extremely unpopular at school. Once the hardest kid in school beat me up and there was a plan for about 30 other kids to kick me in the face once I was down. Good times!” KidsSchoolFacesPlansBeatsHardestKicksGood Times Author:Oliver Sykes