Child Memories

The Child is father of the Man. - William Wordsworth

Inspiration is remembering the future. - Unknown

I was with book, as a woman is with child. - C S Lewis

A child's first teacher is its mother. - Peng Liyuan

With kids, the days are long, but the years are short. - John Leguizamo

A child seldom needs a good talking to as a good listening to. - Robert Brault

Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family. - Anthony Brandt

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. - Thomas Edison

The last thing my kids ever did to earn money was lose their baby teeth. - Phyllis Diller

It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart. - Rainer M. Rilke

For our immediate family and relatives, Canada was a land of opportunity. - Sidney Altman

Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man. - Rabindranath Tagore

A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five. - Groucho Marx

Nothing's as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas. - Kin Hubbard

I'm not buying my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did. - Yogi Berra

I don't have to look up my family tree, because I know that I'm the sap. - Fred Allen

My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor. - Phyllis Diller

Having a baby is like falling in love again, both with your husband and your child. - Tina Brown

As a child, I always chose a false nose and some face paint and a wig for my birthday. - Ashley Jensen

Hopefully, kids realize you can do anything you want. Skateboarding can be that gateway. - Ryan Sheckler

We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today. - Stacia Tauscher

A half finished shawl left on the coffee table isn't a mess; it's an object of art. - Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

The quickest way for a parent to get a child's attention is to sit down and look comfortable. - Lane Olinghouse

In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us. - Virginia Woolf

I do like to read in bed, but because I have two kids I'm often forced to read in the bathroom. - Eoin Colfer

You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family. - Anita Baker

When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they're finished, I climb out. - Erma Bombeck

The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf. - Bertrand Russell

Every family story has 1,000 other stories contained within it, like an unending series of nesting dolls. - Alison Pick

What is a family except memories? Haphazard and precious as the contents of a catchall drawer in the kitchen. - Joyce C Oates

The past exists only in our memories,
The future only in our plans.
The present is our only reality. - Robert Pirsig

I don't think he's gonna come Edith. He just ain't got none of that, waddya call, family unconscious. - Archie Bunker

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important. - Bill Gates

Forgiveness is that subtle thread that binds both love and friendship. Without forgiveness, you may not even have a child one day. - George Foreman

The more difficulties one has to encounter, within and without, the more significant and the higher in inspiration his life will be. - Horace Bushnell

Play is the highest expression of human development in childhood for it alone is the free expression of what is in a child's soul. - Friedrich Frobel

The family should be a place where each new human being can have an early atmosphere conducive to the development of constructive creativity. - Edith Schaeffer

I used to live an isolated existence, even in relationships, but now my family knows me for who I really am. Mostly, that's a good thing. - Tim Allen

In a big family the first child is kind of like the first pancake. If it's not perfect, that's okay, there are a lot more coming along. - Antonin Scalia

I like a quiet evening with family or friends over, great food and great discussion, and a lot of laughter. That's really what fills my tank. - Anna Eshoo