Quotes by Childhood I was processing a lot of different things and kind of looking over a lot of things and rethinking my childhood. Baron Vaughn childhood different kind Don't be ashamed of reliving your childhood, Ox, because all of us must do it now and then to maintain our sanity. Barry Hughart sanity childhood now-and-then With childhood comes a brief grace period of ignorant bliss -- when you're not aware of the pain around you. That is the most special, truly unique time. It is the core of adult lament. Barry Privett childhood pain unique I believe there are few whose view of life has not been affected by the stern or kindly influences of their early childhood, which threw them in upon themselves in timidity and reserve, or drew them out in genial confidence and sympathy with their fellow creatures. Basil W. Maturin childhood views believe An enthusiastic desire of visiting the Old World haunted me from early childhood. I cherished a presentiment, amounting almost to belief, that I should one day behold the scenes, among which my fancy had so long wandered. Bayard Taylor childhood desire long But still I dream that somewhere there must be Bayard Taylor childhood dream children A society in which adults are estranged from the world of children, and often from their own childhood, tends to hear children's speech only as a foreign language, or as a lie. Children have been treated. as congenital fibbers, fakers and fantasisers. Beatrix Campbell childhood lying children What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood? Beatrix Potter childhood real heaven When we work to end childhood hunger, we are giving our love to kids who need it so much they will never ask for it. Beau Bridges childhood giving kids I missed a lot of school for auditions, but other than that I had a very normal childhood. Beau Mirchoff auditions childhood school A central theme of all about love is that from childhood into adulthood we are often taught misguided and false assumptions about the nature of love. Perhaps the most common false assumption about love is that love means we will not be challenged or changed. Bell Hooks childhood love-is mean It wasn't my childhood fantasy to work with Truffaut or be in obscure films. I like Midnight Run better than I like The Bicycle Thief. It was films like Die Hard and Bladerunner that made me want to be an actor. Ben Affleck childhood midnight running I mean, there's a sense wherein you skip a part of childhood, too, when you start working at that age I did; I was out working and out of home at 15, paying my own way in the world. Ben Mendelsohn childhood home mean Destiny plans a different route and fulfills the dream in ways we couldn't have expected. Ben Okri childhood destiny dream I don't know what that weid fantasy is that makes people go, "Oh, you must have had a great childhood." Ben Stiller fantasy childhood people I recently watched that Lucie Arnaz-produced documentary [Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie, 1992] about her parents [Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz], and I saw so much of my own childhood there. Ben Stiller childhood parent home To a mother, a child is everything; but to a child, a parent is only a link in the chain of her existence. Benjamin Disraeli childhood mother children I think the category of perpetual adolescence, it's a new thing, and it's a dangerous thing. Adolescence is a pretty glorious concept. It's about intentionally transitioning from childhood to adulthood. Being stuck in adolescence - that's a hell. Peter Pan is a dystopia, and we forget that. Benjamin E. Sasse childhood forget thinking Teach your child to hold his tongue; he'll learn fast enough to speak. Benjamin Franklin tongue childhood children Our whole life is but a greater and longer childhood. Benjamin Franklin whole-life childhood life-is «345678910111213»