“I don't know any kid that's not afraid at some point going to bed with the lights off, totally. That's why they make nightlights.” KnowsLightKidsBedNot Afraid Author:Chris Pine
“I don't want to do children's music. I write kids songs, but the kids songs I write are for my kids - like when I'm putting them to bed. We sing some song that we made up but I don't want to make a record like that.” WantWritingChildrenMadeKidsSongRecordsBed Author:Black Francis
“My dad was in the Swedish armed forces, he was always reading up on different weapons from the Americans and Soviets. When I was a kid, I was in bed looking at his books, reading about the Red Army. So I was very aware of it. I had an interest in military matters ever since.” BookDifferentMatterKidsReadingForceInterestMilitaryDadBedWeaponsRedArmyMy DadBook ReadingArmed ForcesSwedishRed Army Author:Dolph Lundgren
“As a kid, I was terrified. I was a bed wetter and I had to go to sleepaway camp every summer, which was humiliating and terrifying. I had lots of insecurities and scaredness. I covered it with being funny and tough, but it's hard to be tough when you're making your cot in your bunk over soaking wet sheets and acting like nobody can smell anything.” HardKidsActingBedSummerToughSmellInsecurityCoveredCampsWetTerrifiedSheetsHumiliatingBeing FunnySoakingBunk Author:Sarah Silverman
“People are attracted to your light because they want it for themselves. It's like fireflies. When we were kids in New York, we would visit my dad and catch fireflies because we were so attracted to their light. Put them in jars next to our bed, and then they'd die. Then we'd go out the next night and get another firefly. That's how people are.” PeopleWantLightKidsNightDiesNextNew YorkDadBedMy DadJarsFirefly Author:Karrine Steffans
“I'm sure most of us remember being a kid and you have all of this endless time where two weeks before Christmas feels like ten years. I used to go to bed to try and go to sleep to try and make it go faster.” FeelsTryingYearsTwoKidsRememberUsedSleepWeekBedTenEndlessChristmasFasterTwo WeeksGoing To SleepBeing A KidEndless Time Author:Andrea Arnold
“I look at it this way: How much of the day are you awake? You think, "I've gotta get that dry cleaning, I gotta get this going, and this, and this, and this." And all of a sudden it's dinnertime. And then there's a moment of connection with your spouse or your friends. Then you read and go to bed. Wake up and then it's the same all over. You're not awake, you're not living, you're not experiencing. We start early medicating ourselves. We start kids early, on TV and video games and so on.” ThinkingWayLifeLooksMomentsKidsGamesTvsBedConnectionsWake UpVideoAwakeDryOver YouSpouseCleaningDry Cleaning Author:Tim Allen
“Sometimes they'll make little Play-Doh animals, and when they go to sleep, I'll break the heads off the animals and put them at the foot of their beds for them to discover in the morning. Nothing wrong with sending your kids a little Sicilian message.” LittlesSometimesPlayKidsSleepAnimalBreakMorningFeetBedMessagesGoing To SleepSicilian Author:Jerry Seinfeld
“I think that's why Meryl Streep is working so much, because she looks like a woman we can all relate to. I look at her and I think, 'I'm chasing my kids, I've moved my parents in with me, I'm coping with food spills - that looks like me in real life'. Meryl looks like an unmade bed, and that's what I look like. To me, that looks true.” ThinkingLooksRealKidsParentBedMovedReal LifeLike MeRelateChasingCopingSpillsWhy MeUnmade Beds Author:Sharon Stone
“I always keep myself busy. I'm writing. Or I'm creating something. Or I'm doing stuff with the kids. I'm up incredibly early in the morning; I go to bed incredibly late at night.” WritingKidsNightStuffMorningBedLateCreatingBusyCreating Something Author:Natascha McElhone