Top 1200 Oldest Child Quotes & Sayings - Page 3

I'm really the only artist in my family. I have one cousin who is a painter. I think I developed all of that from television and books - from being, essentially, an only child. I'm my mom's only child and my dad's fourth child, but separated by 14 years.

The oldest principle of composition: repeat everything.

A good poem has its own life. It's like bringing a child into the world. You, the poet, birthed the child, but the child will surprise you continually. I think a work of art has its own aliveness, its own future.

It's dangerous to be a child star, but it's dangerous to be a child in the ghetto, or to be a child at school being bullied.

It was the oldest sound there was. Souls flying away.

I'll be, like, the oldest rapper alive.

You can break down anything for a child, and you have to know what your child is ready for and what your child is not.

Not every child learns for the same purpose, not every child thrives in the same settings and schools. Limiting a child to just one opportunity does nothing more than limit that child's future. The way forward must involve more public charter schools, which offer parents a tuition-free alternative to their neighborhood school.

I'm the oldest of three girls. My sisters say I can be bossy.

Peter Dinklage is one of my oldest friends from New York!

By not paying attention to your body, you are putting it in the same predicament as a neglected child. How can a child be expected to develop normally if the parents pay no attention, if they ignore its cries for help, and remain indifferent to whether their child is happy or unhappy?

we have to listen to the child we once were, the child who still exists inside us. That child understands magic moments. We can stifle its cries, but we cannot silence its voice.The child we once were is still there. Blessed are the children, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.If we are not reborn if we cannot learn to look at life with the innocence and the enthusiasm o childhood it makes no sense to go on living.

If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn. ... If a child lives with fear, he learns to be apprehensive. ... If a child lives with encouragement, he learns to be confident. ... If a child lives with acceptance, he learns to love.

Crank-calling people is the oldest bit in the world.

Teaching is not the oldest profession. But it is certainly among the loneliest.

The oldest and most important currency is debt.

The more boring a child is, the more the parents, when showing off the child, receive adulation for being good parents — because they have a tame child-creature in their house.

He was the strangest of strangers in that he was also her oldest friend.

man's oldest and least reputable occupation - war.

The oldest form of theater is the dinner table.

The bond between a parent and child is the primary bond, the foundation for the rest of the child's life. The presence or absence of this bond determines much about the child's resiliency and what kind of adult they will grow up to be.

If you take the time to listen to an upset child's story with empathy, and guide the child toward figuring out the root of the problem, then the result is often that the child not only calms down, but also in the future is less likely to get so upset.

I'll defend child pornography, how about that? What's wrong with seeing some child pornography? What if you watch child pornography because you find it hilarious? Then should it not a protected freedom of speech?

If you add children to a marriage, they bring a different dimension to the relationship. If I'd had a child and I believed it would have made my child's life better by not coming out, the chances are I wouldn't have done it. Because I think you do whatever it takes to make your child happy.

If every child matters, every child has the right to a good start in life. If every child matters, every child has the right to be included. And that is so important for children with special needs.

My father is the oldest of seven boys.

Child abuse continues to be a significant problem in the United Sates. It was estimated that 2001,903,000 children were the victims of child abuse or neglect. Child abuse is a crime perpetrated on the innocent and the defenseless.

The oldest theory of contract is I think negative.

Lobbying is the world's second - oldest profession.

I'm the oldest son of a crazy man, I'm in a cowboy band.

The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear.

It's the oldest question of all, George. Who can spy on the spies?

Today's toys contain computer chips, so they can move and talk; this stimulates the mind of your child. Notice I say "your child." MY child just wants to eat the toys.

Being the fastest/oldest is a crazy title to have.

Platitudes are generally the oldest and profoundest of truths.

The oldest sibling always knows things that the younger ones don't.

A working definition of fathering might be this: fathering is the act of guiding a child to behave in ways that lead to the child's becoming a secure child in full, thus increasing his or her chances of being happy and fruitful as a young adult.

The essential and defining characteristic of childhood is not the effortless merging of dream and reality, but only alienation. There are no words for childhood's dark turns and exhalations. A wise child recognizes it and submits to the necessary consequences. A child who counts the cost is a child no longer.

The newest is but the oldest made visible to our senses.

It's important for a parent to learn to take delight in a child whose behavior might seem mystifying. In the case of an extroverted parent with an introverted child, it can be learning to see the inner riches of your child that may not always be expressed on the surface - but are there.

The oldest book I have is a treatise on architecture from the 17th century.

Many adults play roles when they speak to young children. They use silly words and sounds. They talk down to the child. They don't treat the child as an equal. The fact that you temporarily know more, or you're bigger does not mean the child is not your equal.

Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a mushroom.

The oldest of the arts and the youngest of the professions.

I think heroes are important in the lives of kids because it shows a child what to become, it shows a child what's possible; it shows a child not just by theory but by active example.

A child is not a bargaining chip or a learning tool. Your focus, if you adopt a child of a different race, should be on nurturing and protecting your child from bigotry, not deploying him or her as an anti-racist Mr. Fix-It.

The redemption plot is one of the oldest story shapes.

Giving freaks a pass is the oldest tradition in Montana.

I don't want to be the oldest anything in America. Sorry about that.

I'm the oldest I've ever been, right now.

The two oldest professions in the world — ruined by amateurs.

CARE and our partner organizations have found that one of the most effective ways of stopping child marriage is to tap into a parent's love for their child. When parents learn about the consequences of child marriage, they're far less likely to push their children into it.

Having a child, that's always been my biggest fear. I want a child and I fear a child.

Wrestling is one of the earliest and oldest martial arts there is.

Commit the oldest sins the newest kind of ways.

Storytelling is the oldest form of education.

The roots of a child's ability to cope and thrive, regardless of circumstance, lie in that child's having had at least a small, safe place (an apartment? a room? a lap?) in which, in the companionship of a loving person, that child could discover that he or she was lovable and capable of loving in return. If a child finds this during the first years of life, he or she can grow up to be a competent, healthy person.

Anticipating the end of the world is humanity's oldest passtime

Storytelling: the world's second oldest profession.

When you're the oldest rider at the Tour de France, you really feel it.