“I wonder if that's the difference between fathers and mothers. I'm friends with people who have kids that are like 5 and under, and they're still in that intense mother-bonding phase. It might just be that. Because the dads haven't changed.” PeopleIfsStillsMightKidsMotherFatherDifferencesWonderHavensChangedDadIntensePhasesBonding Author:Jen Kirkman
“When I was a kid, I remember trying to emulate Stevie Wonder's sound, and Donny Hathaway's sound. It's just part of who I am - I'm just a soulful kind of dude.” TryingKindKidsRememberSoundWonderWho I AmEmulateSoulful Author:Elliott Yamin
“As a kid growing up in Southern California, I was a frequent visitor to the Disneyland and developed a deep love of the magic and wonder of Disney.” KidsWonderGrowing UpGrowingMagicCaliforniaSouthernDeep LoveVisitorsDisneylandKids Growing UpSouthern California Author:Kidada Jones
“There aren't a lot of female story artists, and it's baffling to me. There are a lot of kids in school that are female and I wonder, 'Where did they all go?' People have brought it up, asking me, 'What did you do?' I don't really know. I puttered along, did my thing and gender has really never been an issue.” PeopleKnowsStoriesKidsSchoolArtistWonderIssuesFemaleAskingGender Author:Jennifer Yuh Nelson
“Essentially, the [New York] Philharmonic is just like any other orchestra-they all have the spirit of kids, and if you scratch away a little of the fatigue and cynicism, out comes a 17-year-old music student again, full of wonder, exuberance and a tremendous love of music.” IfsYearsLittlesKidsSpiritWonderNew YorkStudentsCynicismOrchestraScratchesFatigueMusic LoveCynicExuberanceOld Music Author:Zubin Mehta
“When my mother was trying to teach me how to make friends when I was a kid, she'd bring girls over to the house and I'd give them all my clothes. Nothing changes, I still do it. And then I wonder, "Where is that really nice Isabel Marant dress that I spent a fortune on? Oh my god, I gave it to Liza."” GivingTryingStillsKidsMotherGirlHouseWonderTeachNiceClothesDressesFortuneThings ChangeReally Nice Author:Courtney Love
“I've got evil in me as much as anyone, some desires that scare me. Even if I don't give in to them, just having them scares the living bejesus out of me sometimes. I'm no saint, the way you kid about. But I've always walked the line, walked that goddamned line. It's a mean mother of a line, straight and narrow, sharp as a razor, cuts right into you when you walk it long enough. You're always bleeding on that line, and sometimes you wonder why you don't just step off and walk in the cool grass.” IfsWayGivingMeanLongSometimesEnoughKidsMotherDesireEvilLinesWalksWonderStepsCuttingSaintGrassScareBleedingRazors Book:Dark Rivers of the Heart: A Novel Source: Dark Rivers of the Heart: A Novel
“By the time kids are 15, they're drunks and they're drug addicts and they're getting chicks pregnant. The parents wonder, "What did I do wrong?" What you did wrong was, you were never there. You had the kid as a status symbol, that's what went wrong. And you're paying the price for it.” KidsParentWonderDrugSymbolsPregnantAddictChicksDrug AddictStatus SymbolWhat Did I Do Wrong Author:Andrew Dice Clay
“It is technically very hard to show positive manifestations. But I can look back at the way I thought and felt even as a little kid and there was a lot of wonder there, and openness to the many sides of life.” WayLooksLittlesI CanHardShowsKidsFeltSidesWonderManifestationOpennessLittle Kid Author:George Saunders
“Miracles are happening every day. I do think that's true. If you can take the time to look. It took me a while to learn that, though some children know it instinctively and they do have wonder when they are kids. But the trouble is, as we grow older, we lose it.” IfsThinkingKnowsLooksChildrenKidsGrowsLosesWonderTroubleHappeningsMiracle Author:Julie Andrews
“when michael jackson died i wonder if his life flashed before him and if it did, i wonder if he thought 'who's that little black kid singing my songs?!'” IfsLittlesKidsSongBlackWonderSingingDied Author:Sean Lock
“I've got a reason for running. I talk about a larger goal, which is to call upon the best of America. It's part of the renewal. It's reform and renewal. Part of the renewal is a set of high standards and to remind people that the greatness of America really does depend on neighbors helping neighbors and children finding mentors. I worry. I'm very worried about, you know, the kid who just wonders whether America is meant for him. I really worry about that.” PeopleKnowsChildrenDoeReasonHelpingHumorRunningKidsAmericaPoliticalGoalWonderWorryGreatnessDependsFindingsStandardsNeighborReformWorriedMentorRenewalPolitical HumorHigh StandardsGreatness Of America Author:George W. Bush
“As a kid, I always had a super vivid imagination, like "Man, I like those shoes, but they should've made them in purple" or like, "Man, I wonder how people make songs."” PeopleMenShouldMadeKidsSongImaginationWonderShoesPurpleVividVivid Imagination Author:Pharrell Williams
“Since we were renamed, and now it feels like 80 percent of the African-American population has the name Washington or Jefferson or some president or slave owner's name. And, I almost wonder is this, like, is this part of a way of taking back the principle of naming your - I might be going too far into this - but naming your kids something of your choice?” WayFeelsMightKidsChoicesNamesPresidentWonderPrinciplesPercentSlavePopulationAfrican AmericanOwnersSlave Owners Author:Jordan Peele
“All this stuff is so mind-blowing to me that I get to do in my life. Throwing the first pitch out at the White Sox game on a random Wednesday? Like who am I? How did I get this life? I'm glad I'm not jaded, and little kids are the least jaded people in the entire world, so it's fun to be around people that still find wonder in how cool things are.” PeopleWorldMindFirstsLittlesStillsKidsGamesFunStuffWhiteWonderGladThis LifeThrowingLittle KidWednesdayMind BlowingCool ThingsJaded Author:Jonah Hill
“There's this scene in "The Night of the Hunter" when the kids are downstairs, and you have the feeling that they're both in a room and at the same time it looks remote. And you wonder, How can you give the effect of both "inside" and "outside" at the same time. And you realize, by watching it many times, that around the scene there's this black edging.” GivingLooksFeelingsKidsNightBlackRealizingRoomsWonderEffectsSceneHuntersInside And Outside Author:Marjane Satrapi
“When I was a kid, I'd watch pro football on TV and I'd see someone make a play and I'd say, 'I wish that could be me.' But then I'd have to wonder, 'Could I make that big play?'” PlayBigsKidsWishWonderWatchesFootballTvsPro Football Author:Terrell Owens
“Growing up, I was always the only black kid on my team and (sometimes) I'd get questions from my friends when I'd say, `I want to be in the NHL' and they'd say, `Well, there are no black people or not very many in the NHL' and as a kid, you'd wonder why. But overall, I didn't really face any racial difficulties. Nothing too bad or too lasting.” PeopleWantWellsSometimesKidsFacesBlackWonderGrowing UpGrowingTeamMy FriendsDifficultyLastingBlack PeopleNhl Author:Jarome Iginla
“I think a lot of people also have kids to reclaim thу innocence and experience it over again. I think it's about staying curious and not losing the sense of wonder.” PeopleThinkingKidsWonderLosingCuriousInnocenceStayingSense Of WonderInnocence And Experience Author:Mamie Gummer
“It's not like someday my kid's gonna be standing over my grave, and somebody's gonna hang her a folded flag and say, "You know what? This is 'cause he did 24 hours straight on Twitter." But it's just one of those little personal victories, like, "I wonder if I can do this." And I did it. A stupid goal, but I accomplished it. Life's all about...for me, at least...having very stupid achievable goals. That way, you always feel like a winner.” IfsKnowsWayFeelsLittlesI CanKidsCausesGoalCan DoHoursWonderStupidVictoryStandingGravesWinnerJust OneAccomplishedSomedayFlagsI Can Do ThisVery StupidPersonal Victory Author:Kevin Smith
“When I was a kid, they'd say, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" kids would go Wonder Woman, an astronaut. Do you know what I always said? World domination - so we're on our way.” KnowsWorldWayWantSaidKidsGrowsWonderGrowing UpDo You KnowDominationAstronautWonder WomanWorld Domination Author:Terri Irwin
“I wanted the feeling of romance and the sense of wonder I had known as a kid. I wanted the world to be what they had promised me it was going to be - instead of the tawdry, lousy fouled-up mess it is.” WorldFeelingsKidsWantedRomanceKnownWonderMessSense Of Wonder Book:Glory Road Source: Glory Road
“I couldn't get away with Halloween pranks 'cause my parents owned the health food store. So, it was so easy to bust me. I was the only kid on the block egging houses with those big 'ole brown eggs. Like, you didn't have to be a detective to figure it out. 'Oh, I wonder who Tofuttied my mailbox. Is it the same evil genius who filled my bird bath with Rice Dream?” DreamBigsKidsEvilHouseCausesEasyParentWonderFiguresLike YouGeniusBirdFilledStoresBlockBrownGet AwayEggsHalloweenBathsRiceDetectivesPranksHealth FoodMailboxesEvil Genius Author:Arj Barker
“Every parent is wondering, how do we keep our kids safe? We need a commander in chief who does what Ronald Reagan did with communism, which is he set out a global strategy to defeat Soviet communism.” NeedsDoeKidsParentWonderSafeStrategyDefeatChiefsCommunismSovietCommandersCommander In Chief Author:Ted Cruz
“I wonder if kids growing up now are actually going to have that - if they're ever going to be able to unplug and have that ability to concentrate, or if it's just never going to happen for them. It's a little unnerving, frankly.” IfsLittlesHappensKidsAbleAbilityWonderGrowing UpGrowingKids Growing Up Author:Ron Currie Jr.
“I'm glad that Jewish kids are taught about the Holocaust and other stories in our history, but I wonder if there are ways that this information and narrative can be transmitted differently.” IfsWayStoriesKidsWonderInformationTaughtGladNarrativeHolocaust Author:Jill Soloway
“All my kids love superheroes, but my middle daughter in particular is obsessed with Wonder Woman and Batgirl.” KidsWonderMiddleParticularDaughterObsessedSuperheroWonder WomanKids Love Author:Mark Millar
“Thank God that Bumble-Ardy's parents are dead so we don't have to wonder what they did to him. We only know that they were famous, and famous people have unhappy children for the most part. They don't have the time to take care of them. So he's a troubled pig-boy, a kid you've got to watch.” PeopleKnowsChildrenCareKidsParentWonderBoysWatchesTake CareUnhappyThank GodPigs Author:Maurice Sendak