“Empathising with the younger children on whom the same confidence trick was being imposed, I embarked on a crusade around the neighbourhood, telling all the kids that there was no Santa Claus. This reached the ears of the father of a neighbouring family, who reproved me for spoiling it for the little ones. Spoiling it! I could not understand what he meant. To my mind, they were being made fools of, and I was only saving them from this indignity.” MindChildrenLittlesMadeKidsFatherAtheismFoolEarsPositive AtheismTricksSavingSantaSanta ClausCrusadesIndignityNeighbourhoods Author:Barbara Smoker
“So far China has won the most gold medals, ladies and gentlemen. The Chinese athletes can't wait to get home and show the medals off to the kids who made them.” MadeShowsHomeKidsFunnyWaitingGoldAthleteChinaChineseGentlemanOlympicsMedalGold MedalsLadies And GentlemenLondon Olympics Author:Conan O'Brien
“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
“Going from Army base to base as a kid taught me to be a man of all nations. I'd go to the Jewish people and say, 'Shalom, brother.' I go to the Muslim people and say, 'Salaam aleikum.'I go to the Chinese people and say, 'Nee hao mah,' which means, 'How you doin'?' I go to the Japanese people and say, 'Konnichiwa.' I go to San Antonio, Texas, and I get along with Mexicans. Then I go to Louisiana and hang with the Creoles. Moving around a lot made me a man of all people.” PeopleMenMeanMadeKidsMovingNationsTaughtBrotherBasketballArmyChineseTexasBe A ManLouisianaAntonioShalomCreoleSan Antonio Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“He's just intelligent-sort of a nerd, actually. He's the only brother I know who made a 1420 on the SAT. I don't think Chris Dudley did that, and Mr. Smarty Pants went to Yale. Kobe doesn't hang out. He doesn't go to the clubs. He doesn't ride around. He doesn't put rims on his car. He's just him. He's a sophisticated kid. Damn mature for his age.” ThinkingKnowsMadeKidsAgeCarBrotherBasketballIntelligentClubsDamnSatMatureHanging OutPantsSophisticatedNerdYaleRimsLakersSmarties Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Once you realize you can make people laugh, it's a superpower. When you're really young, you don't know how to use that power, so I would just say the meanest things I could to get a laugh. I was so awful. I would make fun of kids who didn't deserve to get made fun of. I was just mean, when I was really young. You don't realize that you don't have to be mean to be funny. But, it was something that I was just able to grow into.” PeopleKnowsMeanMadeUseKidsAbleYoungFunGrowsRealizingLaughingKnow HowDeserveAwfulMaking People LaughSuperpower Author:Nick Swardson
“You can mythologize Steve Jobs, but really in the end, he was a kid from the Valley, with his funny little friends, and they made something. That's all he was.” LittlesMadeEndsKidsJobsValleys Author:Joshua Michael Stern
“When I was a little boy, I thought when I grew up I would talk Yiddish. I thought little kids talked English, but when they became adults, they would talk Yiddish like the adults did. There would be no reason to talk English anymore, because we would have made it.” LittlesMadeReasonWould BeKidsBoysGrewGrew UpAdultsMade ItNo ReasonLittle KidLittle BoysYiddish Author:Mel Brooks
“Reading was very important to me as a kid. It was very inspirational to me. I went to a school where that wasn't encouraged so much, but my parents encouraged that, and it has made me part of who I am.” MadeImportantKidsSchoolReadingParentWho I AmVery Inspirational Author:Sasha Grey
“I never really fit in growing up. I got made fun of a lot of the time in high school. People never liked me, and I was always the new kid.” PeopleMadeKidsSchoolFunGrowing UpGrowingFitHigh School Author:Magda Apanowicz
“I never was that boy who loved gangster films, but when I was growing up, I was obsessed with the detective Dick Tracy. It was one of my favourite movies as a kid, and he really inspired me. I would have loved to be part of that golden age of Hollywood in the 1940s. It made me want to become an actor.” WantMadeKidsAgeFilmActorsBoysGrowing UpGrowingHollywoodInspiredGoldenObsessedFavouriteDetectivesGangstersGolden AgeTracy Author:Ryan Gosling
“Everything they told me as a kid has already been disproved by the same type of “experts” who made them up in the first place.” FirstsMadeKidsTypeExperts Book:The Playboy interviews with John Lennon and Yōko Ono Source: The Playboy interviews with John Lennon and Yōko Ono
“Anyone who has raised more than one child knows full well that kids turn out the way they turn out - astonishingly, for the most part, and usually quite unlike their siblings, even their twins, raised under the same flawed rooftree. Little we have done or said, or left undone and unsaid, seems to have made much mark. It's hubris to suppose ourselves so influential; a casual remark on the playground is as likely to change their lives as any dedicated campaign of ours. They come with much of their own software already in place, waiting, and none of the keys we press will override it.” KnowsWayWellsChildrenLittlesMadeSaidDoneSeemsKidsTurnsLeftWaitingKeysMarkPressesRaisedCampaignsSoftwareDedicatedTwinsFlawedRemarksCasualSiblingInfluentialUndonePlaygroundsHubrisUnsaid Author:Barbara Holland
“The only thing I collect is art. I collect it because I like looking at it. A lot of it is really personal stuff that my friends have made, paintings that my husband's mother made, and things that I bought. I buy abstract art on eBay, and I buy some outsider art on eBay, or what is called folk art, I buy a lot of. I have a lot of professional art work as well as more stuff my friends' kids make. To have a wall of art to look at, I feel really surrounded by love, because so much of the work is related to my friendships.” FeelsWellsLooksArtMadeKidsMotherStuffLove IsPaintingWallHusbandMy FriendsFolksRelatedAbstractMy HusbandOutsidersMy FriendshipAbstract ArtEbayFolk ArtPersonal StuffSurrounded By Love Author:Kathleen Hanna
“Having kids had a big effect on me, but nothing more than when they started to get older- that really made me realize how fleeting each moment is.” MadeMomentsBigsKidsRealizingEffectsFleetingHaving Kids Author:Frank Iero
“I hope a kid listens to my stuff, I hope there's a change made and at least somebody walks away with: "I'm doing this because I like it." People are going to hate it and that's okay, but I have to do it because my happiness is important too, it's worth it.” PeopleMadeImportantKidsHateStuffWalksOkayWorth It Author:Donald Glover
“The schools I went to as a kid made me wary. It was clear to me that everything was a lie except math.” MadeKidsSchoolLyingClearMath Author:Suzan Shown Harjo
“I love KIND bars. My favorites are coconut and almond and the dark chocolate and sea salt because staying fueled helps keep me from getting sick or injured. Bananas have also made a great comeback in my life. My kids eat them all the time on the go, which has inspired my go-to pre-run morning meal of peanut butter and banana on toast.” KindMadeHelpingRunningKidsDarkMorningSeaSickInspiredBarsMealsStayingChocolateSaltInjuredComebackToastsBananasPeanutsPeanut ButterCoconutsAlmondsDark Chocolate Author:Summer Sanders
“Before I decided to concentrate on writing, I drew pictures and painted, and made Super 8 experimental movies. I was the singer in three rock bands, and I wrote and staged and acted in plays for kids in my neighborhood. So I was kind of all over the place in my interests and far-flung in terms of where my creativity wanted to end up.” WritingKindMadeEndsPlayKidsWantedThreeTermInterestCreativityRocksBandDecidedSingersNeighborhoodRock Bands Author:Dennis Cooper
“I always was trying to make people laugh as a kid. I was a big fan of Carol Burnett and Gilda Radner. I watched them and I remember feeling as a child, when I heard the laughter they got, a little jealous that they made someone laugh like that.” PeopleTryingChildrenLittlesMadeFeelingsBigsKidsRememberLaughingHeardFansLaughterJealousMaking People LaughCarols Author:Leah Remini
“I did regret not graduating high school, but I made a point of going back and getting my GED later. It was important for my kids.” MadeImportantKidsSchoolRegretHigh SchoolGraduatesGraduating High SchoolGed Author:Christian Slater
“I did my first show when I was five and I was the King of the Oompa Loompas in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The kids theater company, I was the youngest one, so there wasnt a part for me, so they made me the king of the Oompa Loompas.” FirstsMadeShowsKidsCompanyFiveKingsTheaterChocolateFactoriesCharlieCharlie And The Chocolate Factory Author:Max Schneider
“I made a decision to live outside the city in northern California. My agent said to me, 'Kid, you're going to make a mint in television movies.' He positioned me, and we picked really good projects, and I cornered that market. They were 20-day projects.” MadeSaidKidsDecisionCitiesTelevisionProjectsAgentsCaliforniaMintCorneredNorthern California Author:Mare Winningham
“I took my first acting class at age 6 because I found out that's what Carol Burnett was doing - acting. Also she had an imaginary friend as a kid and went to UCLA, two things we have in common. I will always admire her and hope one day, I can make someone laugh a fraction as hard as she's made me bellyache.” FirstsMadeI CanTwoHardKidsAgeFoundCommonActingClassLaughingOne DayAdmireTwo ThingsImaginaryFractionsCarolsActing ClassesUclaImaginary FriendMake Someone Laugh Author:Christine Lakin
“Turtles have always been my sigil, I suppose. When I was a kid, growing up in Bayonne, NJ, I lived in a federal housing project, and we were not allowed to have a dog or cats. The only pets I could have were turtles. So, I had an entire toy castle filled with dime-store turtles. I gave them all names, and since they were living in a toy castle, I decided they were all knights and kingsand I made up stories about how they killed each other and betrayed each other and fought for the kingdom. So, Game of Thrones, actually began with turtles. I decided later to recast it with actual human beings.” HumansMadeStoriesKidsGamesNamesHuman BeingsGrowing UpGrowingDogProjectsCatDecidedFilledStoresKingdomsPetToysThronesBetrayedHousingCastlesKnightsDimesTurtlesKids Growing UpMade Up Stories Author:George R. R. Martin