 | "There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but obedience."
- Anatole Broyard
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| "Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them."
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
, "The Little Prince", 1943. |
| "Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home."
- Bill Cosby
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| "People who get nostalgic about childhood were obviously never children."
- Bill Watterson
, Calvin and Hobbes. |
| "If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be enthusiasm."
- Bruce Barton
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| "The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children."
- Clarence Darrow
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| "If your parents never had children, chances are you won't, either."
- Dick Cavett
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| "The best way to keep children home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant--and let the air out of the tires."
- Dorothy Parker
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| "Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying."
- Fran Lebowitz
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| "I must take issue with the term 'a mere child,' for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult."
- Fran Lebowitz
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