Childhood quotes

“You know, one of the few good memories of my childhood were those summers at Nai Nais's. They had that garden, Ye Ye and I would catch dragonflies. And then we just moved to the States. Everything was different. Everyone was gone. And it was just the three of us.”
Awkwafina - Billi

“There’s a price you pay learning to fly. They steal your childhood, your family…leave you only with friends who hope every day that your Achilles will snap, and they never let you grow up.”
Anna Maiche - Cassie Shore

“Somedays my childhood feels so very far away, and others I can almost see it.”
Gal Gadot - Diana Prince

“Do you know how hard it is to trust people when your whole childhood was bullshit and manipulation?”
David Castañeda - Diego Hargreeves

“Well, I don’t know who’s been raising you, but I’m going to get you some new crayons because it looks like he’s shooting cabbages.”
Winona Ryder - Joyce Byers

“I grew up on the street... No, not the hood. The Sesame Street.”
Zach Braff - J.D.

“It's the kid inside of us that keeps us all from going crazy.”
Zach Braff - J.D.

“I think actors always retain one foot in the cradle. We're switched on to our youth, to our childhood. We have to be because we're in the business of transferring emotions to other people.”
Sir Derek Jacobi

“- 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

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

Dame Angela Lansbury - Balloon Lady

“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

“- 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

“- 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

“Medical evaluation: fail. Physical evaluation: fail. Psychological evaluation, alcohol and substance addiction indicated. Ooh! Pathological rejection of authority based on unresolved childhood trauma.”

Javier Bardem - Silva

“- Emily Walburn: Apparently he had a little accident.
- Maj. Benson Payne: Apparently he pissed all over the front of his pants.
- Emily Walburn: Well maybe that's because he's six.
- Maj. Benson Payne: Because he's six? Woman, when I was six years old I had a full time job.”
Karyn Parsons - Emily Walburn
Damon Wayans - Maj. Benson Payne

“I was born in a desert place. War was my only mother. As a child, I moved through the battlefield and slit the throats of screaming Russian boys. I firebombed my first tank when I was twelve-years-old and machine-gunned the crew as they fled, burning.”
Zoe Saldana - Aisha

“- Butch Cassidy: You know, when I was a kid, I always thought I'd grow up to be a hero.
- The Sundance Kid: Well, it's too late now.
- Butch Cassidy: What'd you say that for? You didn't have to say something like that.”
Paul Newman - Butch Cassidy
Robert Redford - The Sundance Kid

“- 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

“Starting tomorrow there will be hourly tours of Roxy Carmichael's birthplace. You'll see where Roxy slept and where she ate during her wonder years. You'll also see pictures of her beloved dog, Bonkers.”
Micole Mercurio - Louise Garweski

“This family has a history with those schools. And I think the last thing that little girl needs is reinforcement that she's different. Trust me, she knows. So... I think Mary. I think she's gotta be here. Today's a bad ending, you can't hit people. But a 12 year old bullies a 7 year old and she stands up? Do you know how important that is to me...” (continue)(continue reading)

Chris Evans - Frank Adler

“- Dad: [Trying to feed Riley broccoli] Here we go. All right, open.
- Joy: Hmm... this looks new.
- Fear: Think it's safe?
- Sadness: What is it?
- Disgust: Okay, caution, there is a dangerous smell, people. Hold on, what is that? That is not brightly colored or shaped like a dinosaur, hold on guys... it's... broccoli [presses buttons]!
- Riley:...” (continue)(continue reading)

Kyle MacLachlan - Dad
Amy Poehler - Joy
Bill Hader - Fear
Mindy Kaling - Disgust

“Circuses like to think of themselves as families. But, of course, each one has its clown.”
Daniel Radcliffe - Igor

“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

“- Young Shaw: Why did he die?
- Shaw’s Father: Sooner or later everyone does.
- Young Shaw: Like mommy?
- Shaw’s Father: Like mommy.
- Young Shaw: Where do they go?
- Shaw’s Father: Everyone has their own word; heaven, paradise. Whatever it’s called, it’s someplace beautiful.
- Young Shaw: How do you know it’s beautiful?
- Shaw’s Father: Cause...” (continue)(continue reading)
Lucy Hutchinson - Young Shaw
Patrick Wilson - Shaw's Father

“My poor little sister should be out trick-or-treating, but you've kept her from a normal childhood and now she's a wall ornament.”

Kimberly J. Brown - Marnie Piper