“I've always believed since I was a kid that God was gonna allow me to play professional football, to use it as a platform to proclaim and live out the name of Jesus. And, you know, that's the most exciting part about my life because God has done things in me to change my character to benefit the kingdom.” KnowsDonePlayCharacterUseKidsJesusNamesFootballBenefitsExcitingKingdomsPlatformsAlways Believe Author:Reggie White
“I can go into a playground of kids that don't know anything about Christianity, lead them to the Lord in a matter of, just no time at all, and just moments later they can be seeing visions and hearing the voice of God, because they're so open. They are so usable in Christianity.” KnowsI CanMatterMomentsKidsVoiceChristianityVisionLordSeeingHearingPlaygroundsVoice Of God Author:Becky Fischer
“My first favorite band that made music important to me was the Beatles. I was a little kid. I didn't know who was singing what song or who wrote what song.” KnowsFirstsLittlesMadeImportantKidsSongBandSingingLittle KidFavorite Bands Author:Chris Cornell
“It is so easy to waste our lives: our days, our hours, our minutes. It is so easy to take for granted the pale new growth on an evergreen, the sheen of the limestone on Fifth Avenue, the colour of our kids’ eyes, the way the melody in a symphony rises and falls and disappears and rises again. It is so easy to exist instead of live. Unless you know there is a clock ticking.” KnowsWayEyeKidsFallEasyGrowthHoursOur LivesMinutesWasteDisappearGrantedClockColourMelodyPaleFifthSymphonyAvenuesRise And FallEvergreensFifth AvenueClock TickingNew GrowthLimestone Book:A Short Guide to a Happy Life Source: A Short Guide to a Happy Life
“I was 'gay-bashed' when I was in school even though, you know, I'm not... I'm a straight guy that just happens to be what I do. So, it's easily relatable to me. It was awful. It's a hard time in a kid's life.” KnowsHardHappensKidsSchoolGuyGayAwfulHard TimesRelatable Author:Grant Gustin
“Almost everyone who has claimed to know what kids need to learn or how they learn has turned out to be wrong.” KnowsNeedsKids Author:John Katzman
“I still run into people in the business who skip over any other credits I have and say, 'I loved 'Hey, Dude!'' This was back in '88, '89, '90. It was a goofy show about kids working at a dude ranch in Arizona. We did 65 episodes; I wrote 13 of them. We didn't know what we were doing, but it was writers' boot camp. It was great.” PeopleKnowsStillsShowsRunningKidsCreditHeyCampsBootsEpisodesSkipArizonaGoofyBoot Camp Author:Graham Yost
“Growing up, my sisters and I would always talk stories. One of my frustrations was I didn't know anything about cameras. I didn't know how to make a film and I obviously didn't have a special effects budget. I was a kid. So I was learning to draw to get down the stuff that was in my head, that I couldn't afford to actually do.” KnowsStoriesKidsFilmStuffKnow HowGrowing UpGrowingSpecialEffectsDrawsCamerasBudgetsFrustrationMy SisterSpecial Effects Author:Jennifer Yuh Nelson
“There aren't a lot of female story artists, and it's baffling to me. There are a lot of kids in school that are female and I wonder, 'Where did they all go?' People have brought it up, asking me, 'What did you do?' I don't really know. I puttered along, did my thing and gender has really never been an issue.” PeopleKnowsStoriesKidsSchoolArtistWonderIssuesFemaleAskingGender Author:Jennifer Yuh Nelson
“I have parents come up to me and say, 'I don't know who you are, but my kid wants his picture taken with you.” KnowsWantKidsParentTakenWho You AreCome UpPicture Taken Author:Devon Werkheiser
“And my wife is - you know my wife, Hanna Rosin - it's hard, there's no doubt. We have three kids, and it's a pain. I'm away a lot and it's hard on her, but she's been very generous about it and my kids have been very good about it, too. It also allows me when I'm Washington to be more intent with them.” KnowsHas BeensHardKidsPainThreeDoubtWifeVery GoodMy WifeGenerousNo Doubt Author:David Plotz
“You have to remember, we may be the only nation, the only one I know of, that uses test scores not to assess kids, but to assess teachers. I think we're unique in doing that.” ThinkingKnowsMayUseKidsRememberNationsTeacherUniqueTestsScoreTest Scores Author:John Merrow
“When I was a kid and I was being introduced to science fiction by watching movies with my Dad, Kubrick is one of those guys that we used to watch, you know, I watched Clockwork Orange at an age that was incredibly inappropriate, but he sat there with me and he explained what was going on and you know, I came to appreciate it even if I was terrified at the time.” IfsKnowsKidsAgeUsedGuyFictionWatchesDadAppreciateScience FictionMy DadSatTerrifiedOrangeInappropriateClockwork Author:Duncan Jones
“If my wife is cooking a meal at home, which is not often, thankfully, but you know, she's doing (oh, she's good at some things) but if she's cooking, you know, she's dealing with people on the phone, she's talking to the kids, she's painting the ceiling, she's doing open-heart surgery over here; if I'm cooking, the door is shut, the kids are out, the phone's on the hook, if she comes in I get annoyed, I say "Terry, please, I'm trying to fry an egg in here, give me a break.".” PeopleIfsKnowsGivingTryingHeartHomeKidsTalkingBreakWifeDoorsPaintingPleaseGive MeCookingPhonesMy WifeMealsEggsSurgeryHookCeilingsAnnoyedOpen HeartDealing With PeopleHeart Surgery Author:Ken Robinson
“I don't know what compassionate conservative means. Does it mean cutting kids out of after school programs, Does it mean drilling in the arctic wildlife refuge? Does it mean sending kids to Iraq without body armor that's state of the art?” KnowsMeanDoeArtStatesBodyKidsSchoolCuttingProgramIraqConservativeCompassionateRefugeWildlifeArmorArcticAfter SchoolDrillingAfter School Programs Author:John F. Kerry
“I've been actually really very pleased to see how much awareness was raised around bullying, and how deeply it affects everyone. You know, you don't have to be the loser kid in high school to be bullied. Bullying and being picked on comes in so many different forms.” KnowsDifferentKidsSchoolFormAwarenessHigh SchoolRaisedBullyingLoserBulliedBeing BulliedAnti BullyingBullying InspirationalInspirational Bullying Author:Lady Gaga
“I'm happy in Madrid, my kids are happy and my wife is happy, so everything's good. If anyone knows about contracts they take a while to sort out.” IfsKnowsKidsWifeMy WifeContractsMadrid Author:David Beckham
“I've been writing about my boyhood, when I was a little kid back on my grandfather's farm where we didn't know about black widow spiders or all that stuff. But writing about that is so easy.” KnowsWritingLittlesKidsEasyStuffBlackFarmsGrandfatherLittle KidSpidersMy GrandfatherWidowsBoyhoodBlack Widow Author:Kary Mullis
“You never know what`s going to be big. It`s the fans. It was just a Disney Channel Movie and the kids made it huge... For High School Musical 2 (2007) (TV), we just wanted to have fun and make something together.” KnowsMadeBigsKidsWantedSchoolTogetherFunFansTvsHugeHigh SchoolMusicalMade ItHaving FunHigh School MusicalDisney Channel Author:Ashley Tisdale
“I had been thinking about how greatness always has a hand from luck or fate. That no one ever achieves anything with their will alone. The luck or fate that helped us, amongst many others, was that my sister happened to know these two heavy metal kids David Navarro and Stephen Perkins.” ThinkingKnowsTwoHandsKidsDestinyFateHappenedAchieveGreatnessLuckHeavyMy SisterMetalsHeavy Metal Author:Eric Avery
“I do think we know that a teacher who knows what he or she is doing, knows their subject matter, and knows how to impart knowledge to kids is a critical piece of closing the achievement gap.” ThinkingKnowsMatterKidsKnow HowTeacherPiecesSubjectsAchievementCriticalGapsClosingSubject MatterImpartAchievement Gap Author:Margaret Spellings
“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
“I would love to fall in love and get married and have beautiful children. I mean that's one of the goals in life, I think, to have, and it's a beautiful thing. My sister has kids and all my friends have kids. They show me their, you know their report cards. And I can show them my sports car.” ThinkingKnowsMeanChildrenI CanShowsKidsBeautifulFallSportsGoalCarMarriedMy FriendsFalling In LoveCardsReportsMy SisterBeautiful ThingsShow MeLife GoalSports CarsReport Cards Author:Tiesto
“I was born because it was a habit in those days, people didn't know anything else ... I was not a Child Prodigy, because a Child Prodigy is a child who knows as much when it is a child as it does when it grows up.” PeopleKnowsChildrenDoeKidsGrowsBornGrowing UpHabitProdigies Author:Will Rogers
“So why you pushin' it? Why you lyin' for? I know where you live, I know your folks, you was a sucka as a kid. Your persona's drama that you acquired in high school in actin' class, Your whole aura is plexiglass. What's-her-face told me you shot this kid last week in the park; That's a lie, you was in church with your moms.” KnowsWholeKidsSchoolLastsFacesLyingChurchClassWeekMomDramaHigh SchoolShotsFolksHip HopRapParksPersonaYour MomAurasWhere You Live Author:O.C.
“This is going to sound weird, but when I was a kid my old man used to tell us that he was a Sioux Indian warrior in his former life. Native American culture was always big in my house - I don't know why.” KnowsMenBigsKidsUsedCultureHouseSoundWarriorFormerIndianNativeOld ManNative AmericanAmerican CultureFormer LifeNative American Culture Author:Marc Forgione
“Out on the street, you never know what you're getting, and suddenly two days later you're beating yourself in the head with a tennis racket, wearing a towel, quoting Poe. You don't want that for your kid. You really don't want that.” KnowsWantTwoKidsStreetsDrugAlcoholTennisTwo DaysTowelsRacketQuotingBeating Yourself Author:Johnny Depp
“I know I might rub people the wrong way sometimes, but I'm just a kid living my dream... I'm enjoying my life.” PeopleKnowsWaySometimesDreamMightKidsEnjoyMmaWrong WayEnjoying My Life Author:Conor McGregor
“I started when I was nine. Really, everything I know about color theory, composition, drawing, and painting, I learned when I was a kid.” KnowsKidsColorPaintingTheoryDrawingNineCompositionDrawing And Painting Author:David Salle
“I think that people are going to find more interest in the human condition, especially with them being weaned on so much reality television. They want character driven stuff along with real violence. Cage fighting is very popular with the kids right now. They see and know what one punch can do to someone's face. You can't give someone five hundred punches in a film anymore.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantGivingHumansRealCharacterRealityKidsFilmFacesFightingStuffInterestCan DoFiveViolenceConditionsTelevisionRight NowHundredDrivenHuman ConditionCagesVery PopularReality Television Author:Dolph Lundgren
“I didn't know what the path was that I wanted to be as an actor, to be honest. I've been doing a lot of theater since I was a kid, so I was just sort of taking opportunities.” KnowsKidsWantedActorsOpportunityPathHonestTheaterBeing Honest Author:Guy Pearce
“We are not going to have a situation where our education spending goes back to its lowest level since the year 2000 despite a larger population and more kids to educate. We know that the single most important thing in terms of how well we can compete around the world is the quality of our workforce. We can't do that to our kids.” KnowsWorldYearsWellsImportantKidsTermLevelsQualitySituationImportant ThingsPopulationSpendingDespiteAround The WorldEducateLowestWorkforceEducation Spending Author:Barack Obama
“There's this thing that you're not meant to have too many children - for global warming, it's bad. But I know lots of crappy people, and I would rather that good people have lots of kids and outnumber the baddies.” PeopleKnowsChildrenKidsGlobal WarmingGood PeopleBaddies Author:Domhnall Gleeson
“I go to the favelas in Brazil. It's the same in the South Side of Chicago. It's the same, or just more violent. We're trying to get them to stop selling dope. You see kids with AK-47s, and nine-year-olds with nine millimeters. You know, they don't play. They make us look like nuns.” KnowsTryingYearsLooksPlayKidsSidesSouthNineViolentSellingChicagoDopeBrazilNunNine YearsFavelas Author:Quincy Jones
“As a kid who failed out of high school as a freshman, I know firsthand and personally that sense of hopelessness and just being - drifting in the wrong direction, having really no hope. And being able to harness that frustration was incredibly valuable in my life. That's one of the reasons I focus so consistently on the foundation of education, because it helps to eviscerate those things that - unemployment, high jobless rates, poverty.” KnowsReasonHelpingKidsAbleSchoolPovertyFocusHigh SchoolFoundationRateValuableFrustrationJoblessConsistentlyJust BeingUnemploymentHopelessnessNo HopeDriftingHarnessFreshmanWrong Direction Author:Tim Scott
“You see a kid making a film on a cell phone. He doesn't know what he's doing either. But it comes out kind of good.” KnowsKindKidsFilmPhonesCellsCell Phone Author:John Waters
“In earlier times, so many people sang much more. You know as a kid you'd go to some kind of religious training and or summer camp or whatever it was and you'd learn to sing a lot of songs.” PeopleKnowsKindKidsSongReligiousSummerTrainingCampsSummer Camp Author:Michael Tilson Thomas
“When I was a little kid, I wanted to be, like, you know, a movie star, you know? Or, I always have interest in movie, you know? Because I like the visual aspect of the movies, et cetera.” KnowsLittlesKidsWantedStarsInterestLike YouAspectVisualsLittle KidMovie Star Author:Tommy Wiseau
“Attention spans are changing. It's very noticeable. I am very aware that the kind of books I read in my childhood kids now won't be able to read. I was reading Kipling and PG Wodehouse and Shakespeare at the age of 11. The kind of description and detail I read I would not put in my books. I don't know how much you can fight that because you want children to read. So I pack in excitement and plot and illustrations and have a cliffhanger every chapter. Charles Dickens was doing cliffhangers way back when. But even with all the excitement you have to make children care about the characters.” KnowsWayWantKindChildrenBookCharacterCareKidsAgeAbleFightingReadingAttentionKnow HowChildhoodDetailsExcitementDescriptionPlotChaptersPacksBack WhenIllustrationDickensAttention SpanChild CareCliffhangerKiplingWay Back When Author:Cressida Cowell
“I have nothing against Canada. I think that Canadians might know the secret to all existence, but to us it just comes off as timid and kind and too nice, and it strikes us as lacking edge. Unless you are hijacking someone and going on a reality show with your eight kids and wearing a velour pink pantsuit, then you have no edge to us.” ThinkingKnowsKindShowsRealityMightKidsSecretExistenceNiceEdgesEightStrikesCanadaLackingReality ShowsToo NiceHijacking Author:Sloane Crosley
“First the movie, the actual playing of the role and trying to deliver what everybody wanted. Then, when the film came out, there was instant fame. I was just a kid from Sweden, I didn't know what was going on.” KnowsTryingFirstsKidsWantedFilmRolesFameInstantSweden Author:Dolph Lundgren
“Most people are really fighting to not be adults. And, when it happens, it's a big transition. And a lot of that is just awful. It's awful to have to get a job and really be responsible for other people. And it is funny, too. Like, we're all kind of little idiot kids trying to act like we know what we are doing.” PeopleKnowsTryingKindLittlesBigsHappensKidsJobsFightingAdultsResponsibleAll KindsAwfulIdiotTransitionBeing Responsible Author:Judd Apatow
“People fall out of love, or get married for the wrong reasons. People change. The older generation - they got married and had a kid when they were 20. How do you know who you are when you're 20?” PeopleKnowsReasonKidsFallGenerationsMarriedWho You AreFalling In LoveDo You KnowWrong ReasonsOlder Generation Author:Kellan Lutz
“I always knew I wanted to do comedy. I like making people laugh. I started out young just making my family laugh and trying to make kids laugh in school and getting into plays. I think it's the only thing I know how to do so hopefully it works out.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTryingPlayKidsWantedSchoolYoungLaughingKnow HowComedyMy FamilyWork OutHopefullyMaking People Laugh Author:Jillian Bell
“I had a lot of hurts and confusions. You know, it's hard when you're a kid to be different. You're all full of things, and you don't know that it's about.” KnowsDifferentHardKidsHurtConfusion Author:Janis Joplin
“I went to school for one year. It was the best experience but the worst experience. The best experience because I was, like, 'Oh, now I know why kids are so depressed.' But it was the worst experience because I was depressed.” KnowsYearsKidsSchoolWorstBest Experiences Author:Willow Smith
“Many kids in foster homes have a lot of emotions that are hard to get out. It's important to let them know they can make a difference in the community.” KnowsImportantHardHomeKidsCommunityDifferencesEmotionMaking A Difference Author:Michael Franti
“If I hadn't had Freddie Mercury's lyrics to hold on to as a kid I don't know where I would be. It taught me about all forms of music... it would open my mind. I never really had a bigger teacher in my whole life.” IfsKnowsMindWholeWould BeKidsFormTeacherTaughtBiggerWhole LifeMercury Author:Axl Rose
“What we know about Osama Bin Laden is this: he's worth $300 million, he has five wives and twenty-six kids -- and he hates Americans for their "excessive" lifestyle.” KnowsKidsHateMillionsFiveWifeSixTwentiesLifestyleBin LadenOsama Bin Laden Author:David Letterman