15 Movie Quotes about Childhood

15 qtes – November 16, 2020

Sweet child o' mine

There is nothing like childhood memories. When we are kids we can't wait to become adults but once you've grown up you wish you were a kid again, right? Time flies so it's important to not only cherish your childhood while you still can but as you become an adult you shouldn't forget about your inner child. With all the responsibilities you have as an adult it is hard to find some time for having fun and being playful so here are some movie quotes about childhood to bring you back in time, when everything was easier and all you did was taking naps and enjoying the little things in life.

From the animation: The Boss Baby

“- Boss Baby: Tim, I may look like a baby, but I was born all grown up.
- Tim: I can't even imagine not being a kid. You missed out on your whole childhood? You never had someone to love you?
- Boss Baby: Well, you can't miss what you never had.”

Alec Baldwin - Boss Baby
Miles Bakshi - Tim

From the TV Series: Scrubs

“I grew up on the street... No, not the hood. The Sesame Street.”

Zach Braff - J.D.

From the TV Series: Scrubs

“It's the kid inside of us that keeps us all from going crazy.”

Zach Braff - J.D.

From the movie: Rope

“- Mrs. Atwater: Do you know, when I was a girl I used to read quite a bit.
- Brandon: We all do strange things in our childhood.”

Constance Collier - Mrs. Atwater
John Dall - Brandon

From the movie: Mary Poppins Returns

“You've forgotten what it's like... to be a child.”

talking to Michael

Dame Angela Lansbury - Balloon Lady

From the movie: Bigger Than Life

“Childhood is a congenital disease - and the purpose of education is to cure it. We're breeding a race of moral midgets.”

James Mason - Ed Avery

From the movie: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

“- Bellman: Do you know how the TV works?
- Kevin McCallister: I'm 10-years-old. TV is my life.”

Rob Schneider - Bellman
Macaulay Culkin - Kevin McCallister

From the movie: The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

“- SpongeBob: This is man's country. And let's face it, Pat. We're just... kids.
- Patrick Star: We're not kids!
- SpongeBob: Open your eyes, Patrick! We blow bubbles, we eat ice cream, we worship a dancing peanut, for corn's sake! We don't belong out here.”

Tom Kenny - SpongeBob
Bill Fagerbakke - Patrick Star

From the movie: Peter Pan

“- Peter Pan: I want always to be a boy, and have fun.
- Wendy Darling: You say so, but I think it is your biggest pretend.”

Jeremy Sumpter - Peter Pan
Rachel Hurd-Wood - Wendy Darling

From the movie: Hearts in Atlantis

“It's funny how when you're a kid, a day can last forever. Now, all these years seem just like a blink.”

David Morse - Adult Bobby Garfield

From the movie: Stepmom

- Ben Harrison: See Mom? I told you! I'm telepathetic.
- Jackie Harrison: You mean “telepathic”.
- Ben Harrison: That's what I said.

Susan Sarandon - Jackie Harrison
Liam Aiken - Ben Harrison

From the movie: The Reflecting Skin

“It's all so horrible you know, the nightmare of childhood. And it only gets worse. One day you'll wake up, and you'll be past it. Your beautiful skin will wrinkle and shrivel up, you'll lose your hair, your sight, your memory. Your blood will thicken, teeth turn yellow and loose. You will start to stink and fart and all your friends will be dead.”

Lindsay Duncan - Dolphin Blue

From the movie: Cobain: Montage of Heck

“Kurt, he was hyper, full of energy, always busy, y'know, jumping off of things, knocking things over - anything that would have to do with being a normal child.”

Wendy O'Connor - Herself

From the movie: Indian Summer

“I want to be a kid again. I was good at being a kid.”

Elizabeth Perkins - Jennifer Morton

From the movie: Pretty Woman

“When I was a little girl, my mama used to lock me in the attic when I was bad, which was pretty often. And I would... I would pretend I was a princess... trapped in a tower by a wicked queen.”

Julia Roberts - Vivian Ward