“I wasn't a jock in school, and by the 10th grade, when I was in boarding school I was carrying water buckets for the girls' hockey team. I was the kid with long hair and glasses and acne trying to learn how to play guitar and piano in the music center. I was not an athlete past the age of 13 or 14 when they start throwing the ball really fast.” TryingLongPlayKidsAgeSchoolPastGirlWaterTeamHairBallsGuitarGlassesAthletePianoGradesHockeyThrowingBucketsJocksLong HairAcneHockey Team Author:Michael Weatherly
“I feel a certain amount of freedom just cruising to the liquor store to get water or whatever. It just feels good. It makes me feel young getting on the bike and - again, not going crazy, I do bunny-hops and I'll hit some curbs and stuff - but just feeling like a kid again.” FeelsFeelingsKidsYoungCertainStuffWaterCrazyAmountStoresFeel GoodHopsBikeLiquorCurbBunniesGoing CrazyLiquor Stores Author:Matt Skiba
“Whoever the kid had been, whoever had the grand attitude, has finally heeded the admonishment of parents, teachers, governments, religions, and the law: "You just change your attitude now please, young man." This transformation in kids - from flashing dragonflies, so to say, to sticky water-surface worms slowly slipping downstream - is noticed with pride by society and with mortification by God, which is a fantastic way of saying I don't like to see kids throw away their truth just because it isn't worth a dime in the open market.” MenWayGovernmentKidsLawYoungParentWaterAttitudeTeacherPridePleaseTransformationSurfaceFantasticYoung ManWormsDimesSlippingStickyMortificationChange Your AttitudeDragonflies Book:I used to believe I had forever, now I'm not so sure Source: I used to believe I had forever, now I'm not so sure
“Brad got me this great thing for Christmas. It's a bookshelf that has a book on every religion. That's how we plan to raise our kids. Teach them about all religions. They can pick one or be a student of all of them. We'll celebrate Kwanzaa for our girl. We'll celebrate moon and water festivals for our boys. We'll take them to temples in certain countries. Also to church.” BookCountryKidsCertainGirlWaterChurchBoysTeachPlansStudentsMoonPicksRaisesGreat ThingsCelebrateTemplesFestivalsBradBookshelvesKwanzaa Author:Angelina Jolie
“When I was a kid, I was obsessed with different planets in the solar system, and I used to create, for every single planet, a different alien race with a certain kind of pet, a certain kind of house, a certain kind of water system, and everything.” KindDifferentKidsUsedCertainHouseWaterRacePlanetsAliensObsessedPetSolar System Author:James Gunn
“I was never a doodler. I had never felt a drive to draw... Actually when I was a kid, I really hated art classes. My father was a kind of a Sunday painter and he liked to draw and do water colors. So, I would bring him my assignment and he would do them for me, because it was easy for him to do.” KindArtKidsFatherFeltEasyWaterClassColorDrawsDrawingPainterHatedSundayAssignmentsArt Class Author:Wade Guyton
“The outdoors, the beautiful environment, both in fresh and salt water. And the thing that concerns me is the amount of kids that stand on street corners, or go into pinball parlours, and call it recreation.” KidsBeautifulWaterEnvironmentSeaStreetsAmountConcernRiversFishesCornersBoatLakesFishingSaltRecreationStreet CornersSalt WaterPinball Author:Rex Hunt
“If you take yourself too seriously, you're dead in the water. I think the key to all is to have a laugh, have fun, and express every desire you had, as a kid.” IfsThinkingKidsDesireFunWaterLaughingKeysHaving FunHave A Laugh Author:Chris Vance
“Any mother with half a skull knows that when Daddy's little boy becomes Mommy's little boy, the kid is so wet he's treading water.” KnowsLittlesKidsMotherWaterHalfBoysWetDaddySkullsLittle BoysTreadingTreading Water Book:Forever, Erma: Best-Loved Writing From America's Favorite Humorist Source: Forever, Erma: Best-Loved Writing From America's Favorite Humorist
“We were so poor as kids. I didn't even see a bathtub, running water, hot water, commode - we didn't have any of that. We started with a humble log house, milk cow, garden-raised our own food, killed a hog every year in the fall, and had the meat hanging up in the smokehouse - that was our childhood, me and ol' Si.” YearsRunningKidsFallHouseWaterPoorChildhoodGardenHotOur ChildrenRaisedHumbleMeatMilkCowsHogHot WaterBathtubsRunning Water Author:Phil Robertson
“My taxes alone keep eight lawyers busy, and when I finally get my money, its only one-third of what I earn. With the kids in school and my other responsibilities, I get no change back from the first million dollars. The money flows out like water.” FirstsKidsSchoolWaterResponsibilityMillionsTaxesFlowThirdsDollarsBusyEightLawyerMillion Dollars Author:Robert Shaw
“It starts with water. The kid who doesn't get to go to school because he's looking for water around his neck of the woods, that kid doesn't learn about HIV and then dies from AIDS. Or cholera or whatever. It all links back.” KidsSchoolDiesWaterWoodsAidsNecksLinksHivCholera Author:Kenna
“We live in a world, it's very hard for Americans to understand that every 20 seconds a kid dies, a kid under the age of five, right, dies somewhere on the Earth because of lack of access to clean water and sanitation. Every 20 seconds that happens on our planet. It's just very hard for us to relate to.” WorldHardHappensKidsAgeEarthDiesWaterFivePlanetsCleanAccessRelateSecondsOur PlanetClean WaterSanitation Author:Matt Damon
“When we were growing up, we were so poor that our heritage was the only thing we had. Mama would say, 'Kids, pour more water in the soup. Better days are coming.'” KidsWaterPoorGrowing UpGrowingHeritageSoupMamaBetter Days Author:Ashley Judd