Children quotes

“Nowadays people say that you must let children be what they are, but when I was growing up the parents defined the child. And my parents had a definite vision of how they wanted me to be.”
Miriam Margolyes

“I think that it's really, really funny to see adult themes in a genre that's usually directed towards children.”
John DiMaggio

“When you are a kid, everybody wants to be an actor.”
Brent Spiner

“Monogamy is a possibility - and a necessity. Kids have got to have something they can rely on. You have got to have something you rely on.”
Bob Hoskins

“If you read in front of your kids, it's very likely that they'll become readers, too.”
John Lithgow

“Every kid that goes to Catholic school believes he's going to be a priest one day.”
Cheech Marin

“Kids are a great excuse for you to stop acting like one.”
Michael Madsen

“Everyone is an abused child, if you think about what governments do.”
Tim Roth

“If anyone would have been paying serious attention to my puppet shows, I would have been sent to therapy very young.”
Bob Balaban

“- Willie Scott: For crying out loud, there's a kid driving the car!
- Indiana Jones: Relax, I've been giving him lessons.”
Kate Capshaw - Willie Scott
Harrison Ford - Indiana Jones

“I never help my kids and I never encourage them and I never give them any advice.”
Stellan Skarsgård

“One thing that's great about seeing your kids is you see things that you admired in your parents.”
Jon Voight

“- Frank Beardsley: Occasionally. A little pat on the butt sends a clear message.
- Helen North: Well you're not spanking my children.
- Frank Beardsley: I thought they were our children.
- Helen North: You're not spanking our children.
- Frank Beardsley: Okay, fine. Let's just let them all run naked and wild.”
Dennis Quaid - Frank Beardsley
Rene Russo - Helen North

“You like baseball? We need lights for the parks, so kids can play at night. So they can play baseball. So they don't become burros para los malones. Everybody likes baseball. Everybody likes parks.”
Benicio del Toro - Javier Rodriguez

“I'm sorry. I can't watch you go through this. I'm sorry. I thought I could, but I can't. I'm here. I'm here for you. Just listen to my voice, Cooper. I'm right here. You're not alone. [looking back] Do you see your children? It's okay, they're right there with you.”

Matt Damon - Mann

“Kids like Henry need a hero. Courageous, self-sacrificing people. Setting examples for all of us.”

Rosemary Harris - May Parker

“- Lisa: Are you going to kill me?
- Addison: No, you're a child, and children should be protected.
- Lisa: Angels protect me.
- Addison: Maybe that's how you should think of me.”
Teale Bishopric - Lisa
Eric Bana - Addison

“- Chomper: I'm sure they'll like you.
- Cera: How? Rare, medium, or well done?”

Cannon Young - Chomper
Anndi McAfee - Cera

“God hates stupid children!”
Marc Marut - Johnny McFarley

“Naming a baby is an act of poetry, for many people the only creative moment of their lives.”
Richard Charles Hastings Eyre

“I've made a lot of movies with kids in them. I don't know why that is, but it's something I've noticed.”
Joe Dante

“When your child is sick, you have tunnel vision.”
Nick Cassavetes

“There's nothing more nasty than giving kids hope and then snatching it away as fast as you can.”
Brad Silberling

“Kids are always open to anything. It's very rare that a kid isn't extremely eager to make you happy.”
Wes Anderson

“Kids love to be scared - there's way to do it right, and ways to do it wrong.”
Henry Selick