Kids Quotes - Page 5

• When I was young, we couldn't afford much. But, my library card was my key to the world.

  John Goodman

  Keys, Library, Cards

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• My mom and dad gave their kids the greatest gift of all - the gift of unconditional love. They cared deeply about who we would be, and much less about what we would do.

  Mitt Romney

  Love, Mom, Dad

  Republican Party Presidential Nomination Acceptance, delivered 30 August 2012, Tampa, Florida

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• The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.

  Dr. Seuss

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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  If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.

  Les Brown

  Music, Dream, Teacher

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• What would you think of a person who earned $24,000 a year but spent $35,000? Suppose on top of that, he was already $170,000 in debt. You'd tell him to get his act together - stop spending so much or he'd destroy his family, impoverish his kids and wreck their future. Of course, no individual could live so irresponsibly for long. But tack on eight more zeroes to that budget and you have the checkbook for our out-of-control, big-spending federal government.

  John Stossel

  Thinking, Eight, Government

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• I understand why Barack Obama wants to send every kid to college, because of their indoctrination mills, absolutely ... The indoctrination that is going on at the university level is a harm to our country.

  Rick Santorum

  Country, College, Levels

  "Santorum: Obama wants to 'indoctrinate' students by boosting college enrollment". www.cbsnews.com. February 23, 2012.

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• I wasn't a kid growing up thinking, 'One day I'll get an Oscar and make a speech.' That wasn't on my mind.

  Adam Sandler

  Growing Up, Thinking, Mind

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Having kids is the most innately positive thing that anyone can do.

  Jack Nicholson

  Having Kids, Can Do, Positive Things

  Source: articles.latimes.com

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• There are only two things a child will share willingly; communicable diseases and its mother's age.

  Benjamin Spock

  Funny, Mother, Children

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• Babies should enjoy the freedom to vocalize whether it be in church, a public meeting place, during a movie, or after hours when the lights are out. They have not yet learned that joy and laughter have to last a lifetime and must be conserved.

  Erma Bombeck

  Funny, Baby, Laughter

  Erma Bombeck (2013). “Forever, Erma: Best-Loved Writing From America's Favorite Humorist”, p.46, Open Road Media

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• No matter how calmly you try to referee, parenting will eventually produce bizarre behavior, and I'm not talking about the kids. Their behavior is always normal.

  Bill Cosby

  Family, Parenting, Talking

  Bill Cosby (1987). “Fatherhood”, Berkley Publishing Group

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• Developing better people should be the number one goal for any coach when dealing with kids. In trying to develop better people, we are going to develop more and better pros.

  Bobby Orr

  Success, Sports, Hockey

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• Be somebody for your kids to look up to.

  Webbie

  Looks, Look Up

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• Look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Dream, Kings, Character

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• There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.

  Graham Greene

  Love, Inspirational, Spiritual

  The Power and the Glory pt. 1, ch. 1 (1940)

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• Asking is the beginning of receiving. Make sure you don't go to the ocean with a teaspoon. At least take a bucket so the kids won't laugh at you.

  Jim Rohn

  Self Esteem, Ocean, New Beginnings

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Apr 14, 2016

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

  Phyllis Diller

  Thanksgiving, Fun, Home Cooking

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• I tell ya, I was an ugly kid. I was so ugly that my dad kept the kid's picture that came with the wallet he bought.

  Rodney Dangerfield

  Dad, Ugly, Wallets

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• Having children is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain.

  Martin Mull

  Inspirational, Funny, Family

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm not a role model... Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Sports, Children

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• Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.

  John Jakes

  Positive, Being Yourself, Believe

  FaceBook post by John Jakes from Sep 19, 2014

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• One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it.

  Knute Rockne

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• It is always the secure who are humble.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Humble, Humility, Secure

  "The Defendant". Book by Gilbert K. Chesterton, 1901.

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• What in the world would we do without our libraries?

  Katharine Hepburn

  Library, World

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• My kids probably started drinking coffee in their late teens.

  Howard Schultz

  Drinking, Coffee, Teens

  "Starbucks hits 40 feeling perky". Interview with Bruce Horovitz, www.usatoday.com. March 6, 2011.

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