“I do not trust technology. I mean, I don't think we're in any danger of kids, you know, doing without video games in the future, but I am saying that their lives are largely out of balance.” ThinkingKnowsMeanKidsGamesTechnologyDangerBalanceVideo Author:Richard Louv
“I don't know why people think child actresses in particular are screwed up. I see kids everywhere who are totally bored. I've never been bored a day in my life.” PeopleThinkingKnowsChildrenKidsParticularActressesBoredScrewed Up Author:Jodie Foster
“I think one thing that kids who grow up on farms really have going for them is they have exposure to death and birth in a totally different way. I think it takes away a little bit of the mystery and a little bit of the fear, and I do wish I had that. And I wish I was able to grow my own food.” ThinkingWayLittlesDifferentKidsAbleWishGrowsBitsMy OwnGrowing UpOne ThingMysteryBirthLittle BitDifferent WaysFarmsExposure Author:Rachel McAdams
“I really enjoy playing 'Tiger Woods' on the Wii, and you can set the levels to easy, medium, or hard, so I think it's definitely a good way for kids to learn the motion of a golf swing if they want to get into the sport. It makes it more fun for them as well.” IfsThinkingWayWantWellsHardKidsFunEasySportsEnjoyLevelsGolfWoodsMediumsSwingsTigersGood WayGolf SwingWii Author:Rory McIlroy
“I think anybody who has been abused as a kid - and I was abused as a kid, by various people - will say it's irrational because violence is irrational.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensKidsViolenceVariousIrrational Author:Samantha Morton
“Yes, I want kids. I don't know that I'll ever be ready. But, I'll certainly want them. I'll have them regardless of whether I am ready, I think. I just don't have a timeframe on it yet.” ThinkingKnowsWantKidsReady Author:Lucas Neff
“I think anybody with any intelligence sits down and sees Star Trek not a kids' show.” ThinkingShowsKidsStarsDown And Author:Nichelle Nichols
“It's funny to be discovered by a lot of people who didn't know you before. People always used to say, 'Do you shop at Home Depot?' or 'Does your kid go to such and such school?' They want to know why they know me, even if they don't know my name. I don't think that's a bad thing, by the way; I think it's nice to be kind of anonymously famous.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWayWantKindDoeHomeKidsSchoolUsedNamesNiceShopsBad ThingsBe KindKnow Me Author:Terry O'Quinn
“As it turns out, as an adult I can have a very unpleasant, fierce and unforgiving temper at times. But I don't think I had that when I was a kid.” ThinkingI CanKidsTurnsAdultsTemperFierceUnforgiving Author:Will Oldham
“I think more of the little kids from a school in a little village in Niger who get teaching two hours a day, sharing one chair for three of them, and who are very keen to get an education. I have them in my mind all the time. Because I think they need even more help than the people in Athens.” PeopleThinkingNeedsMindLittlesTwoHelpingKidsSchoolThreeHoursTeachingChairsVillageLittle KidAthensNiger Author:Christine Lagarde
“It is pretty amazing. My parents, who came from Nicaragua to the U.S. - who would have thought that they would have American kids on the Olympic team? I think that's the epitome of the Olympic dream.” ThinkingDreamKidsParentTeamEpitomeNicaragua Author:Diana Lopez
“For me, the moment the mic is on and it's rolling, it's impossible to vocally relax for some reason. But one day, I'm going to be able to sing the way I sang when I was a little kid, completely open and free. That's, I think, the one thing that's changed: Growing older, I'm not ashamed to hear my voice.” ThinkingWayLittlesReasonMomentsKidsAbleVoiceGrowingImpossibleOne ThingChangedOne DayAshamedRelaxRollingLittle KidGrowing OldGrowing OlderMics Author:Cat Power
“This is what a family is all about - one another, sitting around the table at night. And it's very, very important, I think, for the kid to spend time not only around the table eating with their parents, but in the kitchen.” ThinkingImportantKidsNightParentEatingSittingTablesKitchenEnd TimesSpend TimeSitting Around Author:Jacques Pepin
“A kid now can practically record a song or edit a short film on his way to school. I think that will produce, perhaps, more less-interesting things - or you'll have to search more to find the interesting things. But I also think it's exciting.” ThinkingWayKidsSchoolFilmSongInterestingRecordsProduceExcitingInteresting ThingsEditsShort Films Author:Michael Pitt
“I was a bartender in New York and I overheard this girl saying she made $3000 doing a commercial. A kid at work told me, 'Hey, I know this director and he'd really like you!'. So I walked into this guy's office and was like 'I was thinking maybe I could make $3000' and he hired me for commercials, short films, like 15 jobs in a row.” ThinkingKnowsMadeKidsJobsFilmGuyGirlNew YorkLike YouDirectorsOfficeHeyThis GuyThis GirlBartenderShort FilmsReally Like You Author:Pauley Perrette
“I'm not saying standardized tests are the worst ever, but there's an in-between and I don't think we're there yet. That's what I mean when I say I have an issue with it. There's no way a kid can learn in a class with 40 to 45 people. I had the power to get out of that system and pursue things that I wanted to do and I did that.” PeopleThinkingWayMeanKidsWantedClassIssuesWorstTestsPursue Author:Ashley Rickards
“I think even before I knew I wanted to be a rapper, I wanted to be an entertainer. I was really into Michael Jackson as a kid.” ThinkingKidsWantedRapperEntertainers Author:Chance the Rapper
“It wasn't until I left that I realised it's not weird to grow up in certain cities and, by the age of 27 or 28, for all of your friends to still be alive. I can think of a lot of kids that I knew in Chicago who were supposed to grow up but didn't.” ThinkingStillsI CanKidsAgeCertainLeftGrowsCitiesGrowing UpAliveChicagoRealised Author:Chance the Rapper
“I still think most writers are just kids who refuse to grow up. We're still playing imaginary games, with our imaginary friends.” ThinkingStillsKidsGamesGrowsGrowing UpRefuseImaginaryImaginary FriendJust Kids Author:Ian Rankin
“What I liked about American movies when I was a kid was that they're sort of larger than life and I think I'm still suffering from that reaction.” ThinkingStillsKidsSufferingReactionsLarger Than LifeAmerican Movie Author:Guy Ritchie
“As a kid, I was into music, played guitar in a band. Then I started acting in plays in junior high school and just got lost in the puzzle of acting, the magic of it. I think it was an escape for me.” ThinkingPlayKidsSchoolLostActingMagicBandHigh SchoolGuitarPuzzlesJuniorsJunior HighHigh School Junior Author:Michael J. Fox
“If you asked my kids to describe me, they'd go through a whole list of words before even thinking about Parkinson's. And honestly, I don't think about it that much either. I talk about it because it's there, but it's not my totality.” IfsThinkingWholeKidsListsHonestlyTotalityParkinsonParkinson'sDescribe Me Author:Michael J. Fox
“I did always dream of being a professional player. I think every kid does dream of being a pro, but to last the journey you have to love tennis as a sport and if you are lucky enough to make it in the pros, it is really a bonus.” IfsThinkingDoeEnoughDreamKidsLastsSportsPlayerJourneyLuckyTennisBonus Author:Samantha Stosur
“I didn't want kids to think that to be happy, they had to be famous or rich or live in the big city.” ThinkingWantBigsKidsCitiesRichBig Cities Author:Dan Savage
“I think 'Horace Silver' was actually the first live jazz group I ever heard back when I was a kid in St. Louis. So along with most players of my generation, I have a real affection for the music of 'Horace Silver.” ThinkingFirstsRealKidsPlayerGenerationsHeardGroupsJazzAffectionSilverMy GenerationBack When Author:David Sanborn
“My scratching I don't really think communicates to intelligent life forms. Anyone with more than one brain cell would think Kid Koala music is completely retarded.” ThinkingKidsFormBrainMusic IsIntelligentCommunicateCellsRetardedRetardIntelligent LifeBrain CellsKoalas Author:Kid Koala
“I was a big and un-ironic fan of Dear Abby when I was a kid in Chicago. I think I sort of internalized her. So I have this inner Abby: cranky, proper, folksy yet scathing, with a beehive hairdo. But that's my issue.” ThinkingBigsKidsIssuesFansDearChicagoIronicAbbyCrankyHairdosBeehives Author:George Saunders
“I'm very comfortable as a singer. In fact, I think it's more - I identified my self-esteem, my self more in those ways when I was growing up. I really - it was kind of my calling card as a kid.” ThinkingWayKindSelfFactsKidsGrowing UpGrowingSelf EsteemCallingComfortableSingersEsteemCards Author:Katey Sagal
“I think that it has to be a very humane approach to this issue, and we have to come up with solutions to it. But we also have to do something about the drugs that are coming across our southern border that are killing our kids... I think there are some people who want to leave this country and return to the country they came from, but obviously it requires a broader solution that that, and we all know that.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantCountryKidsIssuesReturnRepublicanDrugApproachSolutionsKillingCome UpBordersSouthernHumane Author:John McCain
“Kids still can be said to live in their own little world. Even if their parents are helicoptering around them, assigning play dates and so forth, I think they're still living in some sense of their own little perceptual worlds.” IfsThinkingWorldLittlesSaidStillsPlayKidsParentPlay Dates Author:Jerry Spinelli
“Now I don't really write for adults or kids - I don't write for kids, I write about them. I think you need to do that, otherwise you end up preaching down.” ThinkingNeedsWritingEndsKidsAdultsPreaching Author:Jerry Spinelli
“I personally would rather raise my child in New York. It seems like it would be easier to make sure she or he gets a whole bunch of experience and understanding of the world. But, people in general think it's easier to raise a kid when you don't have so much stuff in your face.” PeopleThinkingWorldChildrenWholeSeemsWould BeKidsFacesStuffUnderstandingNew YorkEasierRaisesBunchMy ChildrenYour Face Author:Jeremy Sisto
“I think there's a certain sense of grounding that comes from not being a rich kid from a media-elite school.” ThinkingKidsSchoolCertainRichMediaElitesGroundingRich Kids Author:Shepard Smith
“I sign every autograph I can for kids because I remember myself at that age. I think it's ridiculous that some guys won't sign for a kid.” ThinkingI CanKidsAgeRememberGuyRidiculousAutographs Author:Jim Thome
“And I learned a lot from working with this kid, and I think he's gonna be a big star. Remember the name, Tim Dark, because he has something about his voice that's different from all the other rappers, even though his style is similar.” ThinkingDifferentBigsKidsRememberNamesStarsVoiceDarkStyleRapper Author:Alan Vega
“I just don't know when we all decided that if it doesn't fit in a Happy Meal box, it's not for kids. I remember flying monkeys in the Wizard of Oz, and I grew up watching Monty Python. I think that kids can handle a lot more than we give them credit for, especially when it comes to the absurd.” IfsThinkingKnowsGivingKidsRememberGrewFitGrew UpDecidedBoxesCreditFlyingHandleAbsurdMealsMonkeysWizardsPythonMonty Author:Gore Verbinski
“I think a lot of kids get scared by 'E.T.' Sometimes when I do the science-fiction conventions, I'll have a 35-year-old guy with tatts and piercings all over, and he comes up and says, 'You know, it scared me so much I still can't watch it.” ThinkingKnowsYearsStillsSometimesKidsGuyFictionWatchesScience FictionScaredCome UpConventionsPiercingsOld Guys Author:Dee Wallace
“I think you really have to become a parent to understand what you will endure to be there for your kids.” ThinkingKidsParentEndure Author:Dwyane Wade
“I sometimes read about authors who say they require a perfectly silent room maintained at precisely 68 degrees, with trash bags taped over the windows and a white-noise machine in the corner to write, and I think, 'Who are these people, and do any of them have kids?” PeopleThinkingWritingSometimesKidsWhiteRoomsDegreesWindowMachinesSilentCornersNoiseBagsTrashWhite Noise Author:Jennifer Weiner
“I love 'The Stand;' I read it when I was a kid - it was one of my favorite books when I was growing up. I love Stephen King; I think he's a remarkable writer.” ThinkingBookKidsGrowing UpGrowingKingsMy FavoriteRemarkableFavorite Book Author:David Yates
“Physicians who care for adults generally don't think about vaccines as much as pediatricians do, and adults think of vaccines as a kid thing.” ThinkingCareKidsAdultsPhysiciansWho CaresVaccinesPediatrician Author:Paul A. Offit
“Little kids grow up discovering the world that's shown to them and then when you become a teenager, it kind of shrinks a little bit. I think when you get past that point, one of the important things is that you see there is more to the world than yourself.” ThinkingWorldKindLittlesImportantKidsPastGrowsBitsGrowing UpLittle BitImportant ThingsTeenagerDiscoveringLittle KidShrinksDiscovering The World Author:Kenneth Lonergan
“Early on I came to realize something, and it came from the mail I received from kids. That is, kids at that pivotal age, 12, 13 or 14, they're still deeply affected by what they read, some are changed by what they read, books can change the way they feel about the world in general. I don't think that's true of adults as much.” ThinkingWorldWayFeelsStillsBookKidsAgeRealizingChangedAdultsAffectedMailPivotal Author:Lois Lowry
“I don't for one second think about the possibility of censorship when I am writing a new book. I know I am a person who cares about kids and who cares about truth and I am guided by my own instincts, and trust them.” ThinkingKnowsWritingPersonsBookCareKidsMy OwnPossibilityInstinctCensorshipWho CaresNew Books Author:Lois Lowry
“I tend not to think about audience when I'm writing. Many people who read "The Giver" now have their own kids who are reading it. Even from the beginning, the book attracted an audience beyond a child audience.” PeopleThinkingWritingChildrenBookKidsReadingAudienceGiver Author:Lois Lowry
“If you look at the whole thing, I think the most gratifying thing is my kids, without a doubt.” IfsThinkingLooksWholeKidsDoubt Author:Shannon Lucid
“I used to have a lot of recurring dreams about Captain Hook when I was a little kid, which I remember very vividly. But I think I just really liked Peter Pan a lot, and 'Hook' was my favorite movie.” ThinkingLittlesDreamKidsRememberUsedMy FavoritePeterCaptainsHookLittle KidRecurringRecurring Dreams Author:Cristin Milioti
“For a long time I felt like I was fighting my age, like I was constantly trying to prove to people that I was a savvy peer, and I felt them viewing me as a kid. I was a cocky kid, and I felt like I was an adult at, like, 9, you know? I think that’s because my parents always treated me as an adult.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTryingLongKidsAgeFightingFeltParentProveLong TimeAdultsTreatedPeersCockySavvy Author:Ezra Miller
“I get a little cranky with the whole business about kids not having attention spans. This reminds me of the usual business of thinking that the next generation is hopeless. Every generation has said that about every younger generation.” ThinkingLittlesSaidWholeKidsNextAttentionGenerationsHopelessUsualNext GenerationAttention SpanYounger GenerationCranky Author:Robin McKinley
“I feel like in America, we don't have a kid problem. You think about all these issues that these kids are dealing with, we have an adult problem. We have adults that do not place the priority on our kids to get a valuable education.” ThinkingFeelsProblemKidsAmericaIssuesAdultsValuablePriorities Author:Alonzo Mourning