“I've read plenty of amazing science pieces where the writers don't hang out in labs. I just have fun doing it. And I get rewarded for it; I get gushy, especially when kids tell me they expected to be bored by my books, but weren't.” BookKidsFunPiecesExpectedPlentyBoredHaving FunHanging OutLabsJust Have Fun Author:Mary Roach
“I had my Olympic gold medal cut up into eleven pieces. Gave all eleven of my kids a piece. It'll come together again when they put me down.” KidsTogetherPiecesCuttingGoldMedalElevenGold MedalsTogether Again Author:Joe Frazier
“I've been writing songs on little pieces of paper since I was a little kid, and it's just always been something I've done.” WritingLittlesDoneKidsSongPiecesPaperLittle KidWriting Songs Author:Chris Carmack
“I was a strange, loud little kid who could sit at the piano and kill a Beethoven piece.” LittlesKidsPiecesStrangeLoudPianoLittle Kid Author:Lady Gaga
“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
“A piece of drapery is like a necktie, hot stuff to paint, and one of the easiest things for a painter to kid himself into thinking he can do. Don't be fooled by the color. Go after the shape and character. Hew the forms together with colored tones.” ThinkingCharacterKidsTogetherFormStuffCan DoPiecesColorShapesHotPaintPainterToneFooledNeckties Author:John French Sloan
“Halloween's coming. Kids get very imaginative in my neighborhood. Last year, three kids showed up as Goldman Sachs executives and demanded 4.5 billion pieces of candy.” YearsKidsLastsThreePiecesBillionsNeighborhoodExecutivesLast YearHalloweenCandyImaginativeGoldman Sachs Author:Jay Leno
“I dont have children, but I have 17 nieces and nephews, and they more than make up for anything that I can do. I have a stepdaughter, and I adore her to pieces, and I think about adoption. There are so many kids at different ages and stages that need families.” ThinkingNeedsChildrenI CanDifferentKidsAgeCan DoPiecesStageAdoptionAdoreNephewNieceDifferent AgesNiece And NephewStepdaughters Author:Lauren Velez
“I started very early. I started to be interested in design when I was 14 years old, basically, and before I was just like anybody else, any other kid. I was playing with everything. I loved to do stage sets by cutting a piece of board and making a cut in three sides, flipping it down, making the stage.” YearsKidsThreeSidesPiecesCuttingStageDesignBoardsThree Sides Author:Massimo Vignelli
“You can imagine how the kids teased me, with a name like Chris Hemsworth. 'Kiss Ham'sWart'-that's what they called me. Meaning if there was a piece of ham with an ugly wart on it, I was such a loser I'd probably kiss it. It was endless.” IfsKidsNamesPiecesImagineKissingUglyEndlessLoserHamWarts Author:Chris Hemsworth
“I just want that unconditional love, the kind you get with a family member. You might get lucky enough to find that unconditional love in a friend or a lover, but it's very rare. So if I ever have a kid, it'd be so that I could look in those eyes and know that this child is a piece of me and will love me the same way I love, but I think that's selfish of me.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayWantLooksKindChildrenEnoughMightEyeKidsPiecesLoversLuckyMembersSelfishUnconditional LoveUnconditionalFamily Members Author:Michelle Rodriguez