“A good teacher will show you the ropes in the world of power. They will give you the wisdom that is necessary to be able to use power. You just don't give a kid a new Ferrari. You teach him how to drive it.” WorldGivingUseShowsKidsAbleTeachTeacherMysticismRopeGood TeacherFerrariGaining Power Author:Frederick Lenz
“What I know for sure is that all the sacrifice and challenges we face are worth it if we're creating a better future for our kids. I just think if the adults are always thinking about the world we want to leave for our kids, we're going to make the right choices every single time.” IfsThinkingKnowsWorldWantKidsFacesChoicesChallengesSacrificeCreatingAdultsWorth ItBetter FutureAlways ThinkingRight ChoicesMake The Right ChoiceChallenges We Face Author:Michelle Obama
“In a sense technology is a tool of sort of individual choice, individual creativity, individual empowerment, individual access. My kids will never understand that it used to be kind of hard to access and find things, and know what the world knows and see what the world sees. Yet it becomes easier and easier every day.” KnowsWorldKindHardKidsUsedChoicesIndividualCreativityTechnologyEasierEmpowermentToolsAccessUsed To BeBe KindIndividual Choice Author:Steve Ballmer
“I always wanted to write, even before I realized that there was a comedy writers' world, or what that life was like. I never thought of myself, at least as a little kid, in terms of being the onscreen talent. I always thought it'd be so much fun to write sketches and be a writer. Even as little as 6 or 7, that's what my main interest was.” WorldWritingLittlesKidsWantedFunTermInterestComedyTalentI RealizedLittle Kid Author:Mindy Kaling
“When I was a little kid at home, I thought the whole world was Jewish. For years I thought Roosevelt was Jewish. I loved him. I thought of him as my father. I'm always stunned when I find out that people like Roosevelt and Tolstoy weren't Jewish. How could I love them so much?” PeopleWorldYearsLittlesWholeHomeKidsFatherWhole WorldLittle KidStunned Author:Mel Brooks
“I never thought I was doing anyone a favour by bringing children into the world. With people as cruel to each other as they are, it's a terrible proposition. The best of lives are sad and tragic. The best of them. My general conclusion is that it's not a nice thing to do. The world doesn't need it. The kid doesn't need it.” PeopleWorldNeedsChildrenKidsNiceTerribleConclusionThings To DoTragicPropositionsFavourNice Things Author:Woody Allen
“Ive always loved movies since I was a kid. I loved how they could make me happy, sad, or just show me different parts of the world and people. So when I was about six, I decided that that was what I wanted to do: make movies.” PeopleWorldDifferentShowsKidsWantedSixDecidedShow MeMake Me Happy Author:Daniella Alonso
“I feel like women are frequently seen as guests in the comedy world - you know, a kid sister of the “real comedians”. I like the idea of positioning myself as legendary rather than trying to fit in. Now do I see myself like that every day? No, but I think it's a funny attitude and maybe on some weird, spiritual level, maybe it's a good attitude.” ThinkingKnowsWorldFeelsTryingIdeasRealKidsSpiritualLevelsAttitudeComedyFitComedianGuestsLegendaryGood AttitudeTrying To Fit In Author:Chelsea Peretti
“Ours is the first society in history in which parents expect to learn from their children, rather than the other way around. Such a topsy-turvy situation has come about at least in part because, unlike the rest of the world, we are an immigrant society, and for immigrants the only hope is in the kids.” WorldWayFirstsChildrenKidsParentSituationImmigrantsTopsy Turvy Book:Talking woman Source: Talking woman
“I think anybody who's been a part of a kid's life, you hope that when they go out into the world, that they surround themselves with the right people and don't find themselves in trouble.” PeopleThinkingWorldKidsTroubleSurround Author:Scooter Braun
“You learn a lot as a kid, like you don't know anything. I didn't know what was gonna happen if I opened the door. I thought I was gonna be in another world somehow.” IfsKnowsWorldHappensKidsDoorsLike YouAnother World Author:Jim Parsons
“Some of these kids are spending more time with the coaches than they are with their parents. The coach is supposed to be raising these kids, not belittling them and talking to them like the world is coming to an end.” WorldEndsKidsParentTalkingSpendingCoachesSupposed To BeMore TimeBelittleComing To An End Author:Ray Lewis
“Somebody has to give a wakeup call to our coaching world to ask them real questions and show them that if you have kids, then you know there is no way you can talk to somebody else like that, because that's somebody's child.” IfsKnowsWorldWayGivingChildrenRealShowsKidsAsksCoachingReal Questions Author:Ray Lewis
“We're in a tough place in this world. There are a lot of kids giving up very early. Scripture says it takes a village to raise one child, and that's what these coaches are going to have to go back and understand.” WorldGivingChildrenKidsThis WorldGiving UpToughRaisesCoachesScriptureVillageIt Takes A Village Author:Ray Lewis
“I'm lucky enough to have a kid with me who is actually really intellectually up with what's going on in the world and actually puts his money where his mouth is and goes and does something about it; he goes and talks about it. It livens you up a bit and it brings you into the 21st Century.” WorldDoeEnoughKidsBitsCenturyLuckyMouths21st Century Author:Ray Winstone
“Until kids decide, 'I am a miracle. I am unique. There is no one else exactly like me,' they can never draw the conclusion, 'Because I'm a miracle, I will never harm another person who's a miracle like me.' In this slippery world, they all need something to hang on to.” WorldNeedsPersonsKidsUniqueDrawsMiracleHarmLike MeConclusionSlippery Author:Marva Collins
“There are so many kids in this world, and in this country, that need homes. And so we're perfectly content to look into adoption one day, if for some reason we aren't able to have a biological child.” IfsWorldNeedsLooksChildrenCountryReasonHomeKidsAbleThis WorldOne DayAdoption Author:Lisa Ling
“As a kid, I lived in a fantasy world. I used to believe ants could talk. Not once did they say thank you.” WorldBelieveKidsUsedFantasyAntsSaying Thank YouFantasy Worlds Author:Willard Wigan
“I've never lived my life in the opinion of others. I believe I'm a good person. I believe I'm a good mom. But that's for my kids to decide, not for the world.” WorldBelievePersonsKidsI BelieveOpinionMomGood PersonGood Mom Author:Angelina Jolie
“If I'm president, some day, young kids will look at the world differently. They will say, I could be president some day. They couldn't have said that before I came along. The world will see the United States in a different context, as a country of true opportunity for all.” IfsWorldLooksSaidDifferentCountryStatesKidsYoungOpportunityPresidentUnitedUnited States Author:Barack Obama
“There are many people writing songs. That is absolutely wonderful. Who knows, there may be some kid in diapers and he or she might succeed in capturing in a few dozen words what great writers have spent years trying to say. Just the right word in the right place with the right melody behind it and the right rhythm. It might get around the world inch by inch, and people realize that this world is in danger, that we're in danger. That's the way "This Land Is Your Land" got to be so well known.” PeopleKnowsWorldWayWritingTryingYearsWellsMayMightKidsSongRealizingBehindsKnownWonderfulLandDangerThis WorldSucceedRhythmAround The WorldMelodyDozenInchesWell KnownRight PlaceWriting SongsGreat WritersRight WordsDiapers Author:Pete Seeger
“As a kid, before I got into music, I did all the drama classes, went to theater camp in the summers, so it wasn't totally a foreign world.” WorldKidsClassDramaSummerTheaterCampsDrama Class Author:Carrie Brownstein
“Like so many other office workers of the world, I will obey my master, the clock, and will obediently nod to my co-workers and make small talk about sports, kids and weather - all things I'm not genuinely interested in.” WorldKidsSportsMastersOfficeAll ThingsWorkersWeatherClockSmall TalkCo Worker Author:Rob Payne
“I look at Messi, and he makes me laugh. A beautiful footballer who is still like a kid. A world superstar, but still a kid. Innocent, you know. He just plays.” KnowsWorldLooksStillsPlayKidsBeautifulLaughingInnocentLook At MeFootballerSuperstarMake Me LaughMessiHe Makes Me Laugh Author:Johan Cruijff
“We believed we could prepare our kids for a more competitive world. And today, our younger students have earned the highest math and reading scores on record. Our high school graduation rate has hit an all-time high. And more Americans finish college than ever before.” WorldKidsTodaySchoolReadingRecordsStudentsCollegeHighestHigh SchoolRateMathAll TimeScoreHigh School GraduationSchool Graduation Author:Barack Obama
“I say to the grown-ups, 'If you want to deny evolution and live in your world that's completely inconsistent with everything we've observed in the universe that's fine. But don't make your kids do it.'” IfsWorldWantKidsUniverseFineEvolutionDenyInconsistent Author:Bill Nye
“The love you have for your kids is so overwhelmingly powerful that it alters your perspective. The dark things going on in the world become very poignant and vivid.” WorldKidsDarkPowerfulLove YouPerspectiveVividPoignantDark Things Author:James Mercer
“Saving the world via medical research or going off to Gobi Desert to dust off dinosaur eggs is what I thought I might be doing when I was a kid, and Id love to bring those interests to a show like E.R. or The West Wing, or a movie like Jurassic Park.” WorldShowsMightKidsInterestResearchWingsWestMedicalDustSavingDesertParksEggsDinosaursSave The WorldMedical ResearchJurassic Park Author:Morgan Fairchild
“I like to do stuff for my brothers and sisters to appreciate because they look up to me, and for other kids around the world who want to get into acting or who just want to have somebody to look up to.” WorldWantLooksKidsStuffActingBrotherAppreciateAround The WorldMy BrotherLook UpBrothers And Sisters Author:Kyla Pratt
“I was concerned about doing the right thing when I was a kid. I suppose as a child, youre a massive egomaniac, and you think that everything you do is going to affect the world.” ThinkingWorldChildrenKidsConcernedRight ThingMassiveDoing The Right ThingEgomaniacs Author:Rupert Graves
“You think the politicians that run my country and your country don't have guns in the schools their kids go to? They do. And we should be allowed the same rights. Banning guns is like banning forks in an attempt to stop making people fat. Taking away guns, taking away drugs, the booze, it won't rid the world of criminality.” PeopleThinkingWorldShouldCountryRunningKidsSchoolRightsPoliticianDrugGunFatsForksBoozeCriminality Author:Vince Vaughn
“Because I was a dancer when I was a kid, I have so much empathy for these young girls who are so drawn to something lovely in music and in movement, and yet they encounter a world full of judgment and criticism of 11-year-old artists and bodies.” WorldYearsBodyKidsYoungArtistGirlMovementJudgmentEmpathyCriticismLovelyEncountersDancer Author:Sharon Lawrence
“I had always thought of Chris as my kid brother and watching how this kid, as I still thought of him, had affected so many peoples lives around the world was incredible.” WorldStillsKidsBrotherIncrediblesAround The WorldAffected Author:Margot Kidder
“I don't want my kids growing up believing that there is nothing destructive in the world.” WorldWantBelieveKidsGrowing UpGrowingDestructiveKids Growing Up Author:Chuck Connors
“I know my generation - a lot of them, they're getting old now, and they want to think back fondly, they want to kid themselves. A lot of them think, 'Yeah, we were the best.' That's the kiss of death. That's non-growth. And also that's very bad for the world.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWantKidsGrowthGenerationsKissingYeahGetting OldMy GenerationKiss Of Death Author:Joni Mitchell
“There are so many beautiful things that are a part of the world, and Ive always looked at life that way; Ive always tried to put on a smile and a brave front, not just for my kids but in my own life and all the difficulties that Ive gone through.” WorldWayKidsBeautifulMy OwnGoneFrontsDifficultyBraveBeautiful ThingsMy Own Life Author:Gloria Estefan
“I do try to be of some use in the world. I sometimes do volunteer work with kids, and manage to help some people a little, but really making a significant difference can be hard.” PeopleWorldTryingLittlesSometimesHardHelpingUseKidsDifferencesSignificantManageVolunteerVolunteer Work Author:John Shirley
“Manchester United could have any goalkeeper in the world. I was a 23-year-old kid from New Jersey who, from an early age, had to cope with Tourettes Syndrome, a brain disorder that can trigger speech and facial tics, vocal outbursts and obsessive compulsive behavior.” WorldYearsKidsAgeUnitedBrainSpeechBehaviorDisorderVocalJerseyTriggersObsessiveManchesterNew JerseySyndromesFacialManchester UnitedOutburstGoalkeepersTicsTourettesObsessive Compulsive Author:Tim Howard
“When I was a kid in Adelaide, I dreamed of becoming No. 1 in the world, winning a grand slam and the Davis Cup for Australia.” WorldKidsWinningBecomingCupsAustraliaSlamAdelaide Author:Lleyton Hewitt
“I just think if I can go from being a homeless kid with a dream of being in the biggest band in the world and making that happen, I can do a lot of other cool stuff, too.” IfsThinkingWorldI CanDreamHappensKidsStuffCan DoBandHomelessCool Stuff Author:Nikki Sixx
“As a kid, you obviously dream of being a professional footballer. I would watch players like Ronaldo of Brazil and pretend to be him in the playground. But I don't think about trying to become one of the best in the world or anything like that. I just play football.” ThinkingWorldTryingPlayDreamKidsWatchesPlayerFootballFootballerBrazilPlaygroundsFootball Player Author:Gareth Bale
“The [character] that I was able to crawl into the most was Lilo from Lilo & Stitch. This was sort of a cartoony-looking girl, but her problems were completely real. Her funky world that she createdI mean, you know kids like that. It was very honest and genuine and I wanted to do an honest job, so I thought about the character a lot before I animated it. I really got into the character, where [I] almost felt that pain that she had. The loss of the parents - you need to feel all that. That was a big learning experience for me.” KnowsWorldNeedsFeelsMeanRealCharacterProblemBigsKidsAbleWantedPainJobsGirlFeltParentLossHonestGenuineAnimatedLearning ExperienceStitchesFunky Author:Andreas Deja