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Some of my favorite quotes on children. A characteristic of the normal child is he doesn't act that way very often. ~Author Unknown
A three year old child is a being who gets almost as much fun out of a fifty-six dollar set of swings as it does out of finding a small green worm. ~Bill Vaughan
Kids: they dance before they learn there is anything that isn't music. ~William Stafford
Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see. ~John W. Whitehead, The Stealing of America, 1983
Children are one third of our population and all of our future. ~Select Panel for the Promotion of Child Health, 1981
If our American way of life fails the child, it fails us all. ~Pearl S. Buck
Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man. ~Rabindranath Tagore
You are worried about seeing him spend his early years in doing nothing. What! Is it nothing to be happy? Nothing to skip, play, and run around all day long? Never in his life will he be so busy again. ~Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile, 1762
Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they're going to catch you in next. ~Franklin P. Jones
Boy, n.: a noise with dirt on it. ~Not Your Average Dictionary
Children seldom misquote. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said. ~Author Unknown
The prime purpose of being four is to enjoy being four - of secondary importance is to prepare for being five. ~Jim Trelease, The Read-Aloud Handbook, 1985
Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives. ~Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1969
Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing up is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing. ~Phyllis Diller
Anyone who thinks the art of conversation is dead ought to tell a child to go to bed. ~Robert Gallagher
The only thing worth stealing is a kiss from a sleeping child. ~Joe Houldsworth
There's nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitive child. ~Frank A. Clark
There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven million. ~Walt Streightiff
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