Quotes about children

„You know, schizoid behavior is a pretty common thing in children. It’s accepted, because all we adults have this unspoken agreement that children are lunatics.“

—  Stephen King, book The Shining

The Shining (1977)

„Children often ask for things they do not really want.“

— Raised by Wolves

Raised by Wolves, season 1, episode 4. Character Mother.

„Some mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.“

—  Banksy pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activist, and painter

Cut It Out (2004)
Source: Wall and Piece

„They take the children and ask them; What is the greatest country in the world? The kid say's; I haven't the slightest idea. They say; This country! This is the greatest country in the world! And God is on our side. So you get a bunch of pin heads all over the world, responding to these mechanisms of control.“

—  Jacque Fresco American futurist and self-described social engineer 1916 - 2017

„Do not fight them. Instead think of them the way you think of children, or pets, not important enough to affect your mental balance“

—  Robert Greene, The 33 Strategies of War

Source: The 33 Strategies of War

„Anybody white could take your whole self for anything that came to mind. Not just work, kill, or maim you, but dirty you. Dirty you so bad you couldn't like yourself anymore. And though she and others lived through and got over it, she could never let it happen to her own. The best things she was, was her children. Whites might dirty her all right, but not her best thing, her beautiful, magical best thing — the part of her that was clean.“

—  Toni Morrison, book Beloved

Source: Beloved (1987), Ch. 26

„There are some things children cannot know, because once they learn them they are no longer children.“

—  Ashleigh Brilliant American author and cartoonist 1933

„… the love, respect, and confidence of my children was the sweetest reward I could receive for my efforts to be the woman I would have them copy.“

—  Louisa May Alcott, book Little Women

Source: Little Women

„Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children. “

—  Чарльз Свиндолл 1934

„I will only make pictures that I won't be ashamed to have my children see.“

—  Louis B. Mayer American film producer 1884 - 1957

Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies (2001 ed)

„Some people seem as if they can never have been children, and others seem as if they could never be anything else.“

—  George D. Prentice American newspaper editor 1802 - 1870

Prenticeana http://books.google.com/books?id=4P0gAAAAMAAJ&q=%22SOME+people+seem+as+if+they+can+never+have+been+children+and+others+seem+as+if+they+could+never+be+any+thing+else%22&pg=PA100#v=onepage (1860)

„Regressive listeners behave like children. Again and again and with stubborn malice, they demand the one dish they have once been served.“

—  Theodor W. Adorno German sociologist, philosopher and musicologist known for his critical theory of society 1903 - 1969

Source: On the Fetish Character in Music and the Regression of Listening (1938), p. 290

„I would like to make a film to tell children "it's good to be alive".“

—  Hayao Miyazaki Japanese animator, film director, and mangaka 1941

„Everything here is edible; even I'm edible. But that, dear children, is cannibalism, and is in fact frowned upon in most societies.“

—  Johnny Depp American actor, film producer, and musician 1963

„I advise you to fear Allah alone, with no partner of associate. I advise you to treat the first Muhâjireen well and acknowledge their seniority. I advise you to treat the Ansār well, and show approval of those among them who do well, and forgive those among them who make mistakes. I advise you to treat the people of the outlying regions well, for they are a shield against the enemy and conduits of fay; do not take anything from them except that which is surplus to their needs. I advise you to treat the people of the desert well, for they are the original Arabs and the protectors of Islam. Take from the surplus of their wealth and give it to their poor. I advise you to treat ahl adh-dhīmmah well, to defend them against their enemies and not burden them with more than they can bear if they fulfill their duties towards the believers or pay the Jizyāh with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued. I advise you to fear Allah and fear His wrath, lest you do anything wrong. I advise you to fear Allah with regard to the people, but do not fear the people with regard to Allah. I advise you to treat the people justly, and to devote yourself to looking after them and protecting them against their enemies. Do not show any favour to the rich over the poor. That will be better for your spiritual well being and will help to reduce your burden of sin, and it will be better for your Hereafter, until you meet the One Who knows what is in your heart. I instruct you to be strict with regard to the commands of Allah, His sacred limits and disobedience with all people, both relatives and others. Do not show any mercy to anyone until you have settled the score with him according to his offence. Treat all people as equal, and do not worry about who is as fault or fear the blame of the blamers. Beware of showing favouritism among the believers with regard to the fay that Allah has put you in charge of, lest that lead to injustice. Keep away from that. You are in a position between this world and the Hereafter. If you conduct your affairs justly in this world and refrain from indulgence, that will earn you faith and divine pleasure. I advise you not to let yourself or anyone else do wrong to ahl al-dhimmah. I advise you sincerely to seek thereby the Countenance of Allah and the Hereafter. I have chosen advice for you that I would offer to myself or my son. If you do as I have advised you and follow my instructions, you will have gained a great deal. If you don not accept it or pay attention to it, and do not handle your affairs in the way that pleases Allah, that will be a shortcoming on your part and you will have failed to be sincere, because whims and desires are the same and the cause of sin is Iblīs, who calls man to everything that will lead to his doom. He misguided the generations who came before you and led them to Hell, what a terrible abode. What a bad deal it is for a man to take the enemy of Allah as his friend, who calls him to disobey Allah. Adhere to the truth, strive hard to reach it and admonish yourself. I urge you by Allah to show mercy to the Muslims, honour their elderly, show compassion to their young ones and respect the knowledgeable ones among them. Do not harm them or humiliate them, and do not keep the fay for yourself lest you anger them. Do not deprive them of their stipends when they become due, thus making them poor. Do not keep them away on campaigns for so long that they end up having no children. Do not allow wealth to circulate only among the rich. Do not close your door to the people or allow the strong to oppress the weak. This is my advice to you, as Allah is my witness, and I greet you with peace.“

—  Umar Second Caliph of Rashidun Caliphate and a companion of Muhammad 585 - 644

Umar ibn al-Khattab, Vol. 2, p. 389-390, also quoted in At-Tabqaat ul-Kabir, Vol. 3, p. 339
Last Advise

„Our competitors are always saying that Nintendo is just for children. To counter that, what we really need to do is explain to customers and potential customers [that we do not just make games for kids].“

—  Satoru Iwata Japanese video game programmer and businessman 1959 - 2015

„Do not count the days, do not count the miles. Count only the Germans you have killed. Kill the German - this is your old mother's prayer. Kill the German - this is what your children beseech you to do. Kill the German - this is the cry of your Russian earth. Do not waver. Do not let up. Kill.“

—  Ilya Ehrenburg Russian-Soviet writer and poet 1891 - 1967

„It's no longer enough to teach our children Bible stories; they need doctrine and apologetics.“

—  William Lane Craig American Christian apologist and evangelist 1949

„Look at London. Of course it matters to all of us that London's economy flourishes. But the test of the enormous wealth generated in patches of the capital is not that it contributed 20%-30% to Britain's GDP but how it affects the lives of the millions who live and work there. What kind of lives are available to them? Can they afford to live there? If they can't, it is not compensation that London is also a paradise for the ultra-rich. Can they get decently paid jobs or jobs at all? If they can't, don't brag about all those Michelin-starred restaurants and their self-dramatising chefs. Or schooling for children? Inadequate schools are not offset by the fact that London universities could field a football team of Nobel prize winners.“

—  Eric Hobsbawm British academic historian and Marxist historiographer 1917 - 2012

The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/10/financial-crisis-capitalism-socialism-alternatives (2009).