Child Memories

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

A mother understands what a child does not say. - Jewish Proverb

Raising kids is a walk in the park. Jurassic Park. - Unknown

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

A child can ask questions that a wise man cannot answer. - Unknown

I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage. - Erma Bombeck

When I was a child, nobody died; but now it happens all the time. - Unknown

Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your head. - Martin Mull

All kids are gifted: some just open their packages earlier than others. - Michael Carr

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. - Jack London

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

Don't focus on regrets; find your inspiration in what you can do now. - Catherine Pulsifer

We have to make our inspiration first before our inspiration can build us. - Sanjive K Sharma

All kids need is a little help, a little hope, and somebody who believes in them. - Earvin "Magic" Johnson

If you're Irish, it doesn't matter where you go - you'll find family. - Victoria Smurfit

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

The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things. - Plato

The other night I ate at a real nice family restaurant. Every table had an argument going. - George Carlin

I brought children into this dark world because it needed the light that only a child can bring. - Liz Armbruster

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

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

When I was a little kid we had a sand box. It was a quicksand box. I was an only child... eventually. - Steven Wright

Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you. - Unknown

The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a family all wrapped up in each other. - Bill Vaughan

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

I have drawn inspiration from the Marine Corps, the Jewish struggle in Palestine and Israel, and the Irish. - Leon Uris

Smartness runs in my family. When I went to school I was so smart my teacher was in my class for five years. - George Burns

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm. - Aldous Huxley

My family didn't have a lot of money, and I'm grateful for that. Money is the longest route to happiness. - Evangeline Lilly

The only way we can ever teach a child to say "I'm sorry" is for him to hear it from our lips first. - Kevin Leman

Every time a child says, "I don't believe in fairies," there is a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead. - Sir James M. Barrie

Over the years, I learned so much from mom. She taught me about the importance of home and history and family and tradition. - Martha Stewart

Any fool can have a child. That doesn't make you a father. It's the courage to raise a child that makes you a father. - Barack Obama

Remember the days when you let your child have some chocolate if he finished his cereal? Now, chocolate is one of the cereals. - Robert Orben

I was not a child prodigy, because a child prodigy is a child who knows as much when it is a child as it does when it grows up. - Will Rogers

My husband and I are either going to buy a dog or have a child. We can't decide whether to ruin our carpet or ruin our lives. - Rita Rudner

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

Having kids - the responsibility of rearing good, kind, ethical, responsible human beings - is the biggest job anyone can embark on. - Maria Shriver

If you want your kids to listen to you, don't yell at them. Whisper. Make them lean in. My kids taught me that. I do it with adults now. - Mario Batali

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