“We had a great childhood and boyhood. It was a wonderful time through those years. A lot of it was through the Depression years, when things were tough, but my dad always had a job. But I had a great time. I was kind of restless, and I had a hard time staying in school all day, so me and a few pals would duck out and go out on these various adventures.” YearsKindHardSchoolJobsWonderfulChildhoodAdventureDadToughMy DadVariousHard TimesStayingDucksRestlessGreat TimesBoyhoodPalsHad A Great TimeWonderful TimesStay In School Author:James Arness
“I had a very tough childhood. I came here from Italy in the '70s and didn't speak a word of English, so the kids at school tormented me. Truly, it was horrifying the names they called me, and the teachers never really did a thing to stop it.” KidsSchoolNamesSpeakTeacherChildhoodTough Author:Giada De Laurentiis
“Insecure managers create complexity. Frightened, nervous managers use thick convoluted planning books and busy slides filled with everything they’ve known since childhood……. They worry that if they’re simple, people will think they’re simple minded. In reality, of course, it’s just the reverse. Clear, tough minded people are the most simple.” PeopleIfsThinkingBookUseRealityCoursesSimpleKnownWorryClearChildhoodToughFilledBusyPlanningNervousManagersComplexityFrightenedThickReverseInsecureSlidesConvoluted Author:Jack Welch
“Adolescence is a tough time for parent and child alike. It is a time between: between childhood and maturity, between parental protection and personal responsibility, between life stage- managed by grown-ups and life privately held.” ChildrenParentResponsibilityChildhoodStageToughProtectionMaturityAdolescenceTough TimesPersonal ResponsibilityParentalChildren And Parents Book:Thinking Out Loud: On the Personal, the Political, the Public and the Private Source: Thinking Out Loud: On the Personal, the Political, the Public and the Private
“I think there is something barbaric in children, and it's missing in lots of books for them because we don't like to think of it. We want them to be happy [but] childhood is a very tough time.” ThinkingWantChildrenBookChildhoodMissingToughTough TimesBarbaric Author:Maurice Sendak
“I think the bottom line is that if you get through a childhood like mine, it's not at all bad. Obviously, you come out a pretty tough turkey, and you have had all the inoculations you need to keep you on a level keel for the rest of your life. The sad part is, most of us don't come out.” IfsThinkingNeedsLinesLevelsChildhoodMinesToughBottomTurkeysBottom LineRest Of Your LifeKeel Author:James A. Michener
“In tough economic times, we have to make every dollar count, and studies have shown a return of up to $17 for every dollar invested in early childhood.” StudyEconomicChildhoodReturnToughDollarsEarly ChildhoodTough Economic Times Author:Shakira
“I had a tough childhood, yes. I was born in rural Bangladesh to parents who had had no education beyond high school. We moved to the UK where I grew up in poverty, in some of the worst conditions in a developed economy, before moving to the projects - heaven - and I went to unremarkable schools before going to university. My father was a bus conductor first and then a waiter, and my mother a seamstress.” SchoolMovingMotherFatherHeavenParentPovertyEconomyChildhoodWorstHigh SchoolToughMovedBusConductorWaiter Author:Zia Haider Rahman