“Kids know they can't make it alone, yet at the same time, built into each one of us, is a survival ethic. It says, "Nobody cares and you have to look out for yourself and if you don't, you'll die." These two things work against each other. I think most kids are very frightened of their parents, and that's what all fairy tales reflect: Parents will fail you and you'll be left on your own. But, of course, everything comes out right in the end and the parents take you back.” IfsThinkingKnowsLooksTwoEndsCareKidsDiesCoursesLeftParentFailingSurvivalEthicsBuiltTalesTwo ThingsFairyFrightenedFairy TaleLook At YourselfNobody Cares Author:Stephen King
“One thing I found out was that we need extended families. We need gangs. And, of course, if they're tribes and clans and so forth have been dispersed by the industrial revolution by people looking for work wherever they can find it. And a nuclear family, a man, a woman and kids and a dog and cat is no survival scheme at all. Horribly vulnerable.” PeopleIfsMenNeedsHas BeensKidsCoursesFoundOne ThingDogRevolutionSurvivalCatNuclearVulnerableSchemesTribesGangIndustrial RevolutionClansCat And DogExtended FamilyNuclear FamiliesLooking For Work Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“When you're a kid, you live carefree. You notice things that go on around you, but you live like a kid with no worries until you get to that certain age where trials and tribulations come and you gotta fight and stay on your toes. That's when survival instincts kick in.” KidsAgeCertainFightingWorryGoes OnSurvivalInstinctTrialsKicksToesTribulationSurvival InstinctTrials And TribulationsCarefreeNo Worries Author:Jay Rock
“There is a human longing to go back to other times. We all know how when we were children we asked our parents, "What was it like when you were a kid?" I think it probably has something to do with our survival as a species.” ThinkingKnowsHumansChildrenKidsParentKnow HowSurvivalLongingSpecies Author:David McCullough
“Being a parent is about your survival. Surviving the terrible two's is the most important thing. Kids get heavy. Quite literally. They're heavy to lift up when they're throwing tantrums.” TwoImportantKidsParentTerribleSurvivalImportant ThingsHeavyLiftsThrowingSurvivingBeing A ParentTantrums Author:J. B. Smoove
“I worked at a group home for a survival job years ago, and kids who have a rough home life have always tugged at my heart-strings. I also care a lot about animal cruelty.” YearsHeartHomeCareKidsJobsAnimalGroupsMy HeartSurvivalYears AgoCrueltyStringsRoughAnimal CrueltyHome LifeHeart Strings Author:Mike Colter
“When I was a kid, I'd go to the African-American section in the bookstore, and I'd try and find African-American people I hadn't read before. So in that sense the category was useful to me. But it's not useful to me as I write. I don't sit down to write an African-American zombie story or an African-American story about elevators. I'm writing a story about elevators which happens to talk about race in different ways. Or I'm writing a zombie novel which doesn't have that much to do with being black in America. That novel is really about survival.” PeopleWritingTryingDifferentKidsBlackNovelSurvivalZombie Author:Colson Whitehead
“I want a guy who is masculine, good with his hands, and able to build stuff and who has survival skills. Facial hair is a big turn-on... I like a stronger, more physically imposing man - like a lumberjack.” MenWantHandsBigsKidsAbleGuyTurnsStuffNew YorkHairTypeSkillsSurvivalStrongerHanging OutMasculineTurn-onImposingHipsterFacialSurvival SkillsFacial HairI Want A Guy Author:Chloe Sevigny
“But was it wrong to put yourself first? That’s called survival, right? If you’re running for your life, you don’t get the luxury of being nice. They were going to learn that. It’s fine to wave the pompoms for teamwork—all for one and one for all—but when push came to shove, these guys wouldn’t be risking their lives for Chloe, maybe not even for each other. I was sure of it. Once things got worse, it would be every kid for himself. It always is.” IfsFirstsWould BeRunningKidsGuyNiceFineSurvivalWaveLuxuryTeamworkBeing NiceChloePut Yourself First Author:Kelley Armstrong
“It's total bullshit," he said. "The whole thing. Eighty percent survival rate and he's in the twenty percent? Bullshit. He was such a bright kid. It's bullshit. I hate it. But it was sure a privilege to love him, huh?” SaidWholeKidsHateSurvivalPercentI HateTwentiesRatePrivilegeBullshitEighty Book:The Fault in Our Stars Source: The Fault in Our Stars
“When I look out the window, I exhale a prayer of thanks for the color green, for my children's safety, for the simple acts of faith like planting a garden that helped see us through another spring, another summer. And I inhale some kind of promise to protect my kids' hopes and good intentions we began with in this country. Freedom of speech, the protection of diversity - these are the most important ingredients of American civil life and my own survival. If I ever took them for granted, I don't know.” IfsKnowsLooksKindChildrenImportantCountryMotivationalKidsMy OwnPrayerSimpleColorPromiseProtectSpeechDiversitySummerSurvivalSpringGardenWindowSafetyGreenIntentionProtectionThanksGrantedMy ChildrenIngredientsFreedom Of SpeechSeptemberGood IntentionsSeptember 11InhaleSeptember 11 2001Planting A Garden Author:Barbara Kingsolver
“In rural areas of America, there is a growing increase in poverty, homelessness and hunger. You cannot separate these factors from domestic violence ?- a mother with three kids and no financial security is going to stiffen her lip and take the abuse, because not only does she have nowhere else to go, she has three children depending on her for survival.” ChildrenDoeKidsAmericaMotherThreePovertyGrowingViolenceSecuritySurvivalAreasAbuseIncreaseFinancialLipsHungerFactorsDomestic ViolenceHomelessnessRural AreasFinancial Security Author:Blanche Lincoln
“Survival is not about being fearless. It's about making a decision, getting on and doing it, because I want to see my kids again, or whatever the reason might be.” WantReasonMightKidsDecisionSurvivalFearless Author:Bear Grylls
“Maybe you reach a certain point in evolution where boredom is the greatest threat to your survival. Maybe this isn't a planetary takeover at all, but a game. Like a kid pulling wings off flies.” KidsCertainGamesEvolutionSurvivalWingsThreatBoredomPullingTakeovers Book:The Infinite Sea: The Second Book of the 5th Wave Source: The Infinite Sea: The Second Book of the 5th Wave
“My father was a lorry driver, very rarely at home. The house was run by my mother, and because there were 10 or so kids, there was no time for individual attention. It was about survival. It was about where the next meal was coming from.” HomeRunningKidsMotherNextFatherHouseIndividualAttentionSurvivalMealsDriversLorry Author:Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
“Everything that I do in my life is geared towards my kids and their survival and giving them the best education that I can possibly give them and the best home that I can possibly give them.” GivingI CanHomeKidsLife IsSurvivalBest Education Author:Dwight Henry