“My kids never had the advantage I had. I was born poor.”
Children quotes
835 children quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines-
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“I don't think people who have children are acting selfishly or unselfishly.”
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“Everyone should have kids. They are the greatest joy in the world. But they are also terrorists. You'll realize this as soon as they are born, and they start using sleep deprivation to break you.”
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“- Mack: I didn't raise my boys just to see 'em killed.
- Charley Waite: Well you may not know this, but there's things that gnaw at a man worse than dying.”
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“Let's put the women and children to bed and go lookin' for fuckin’ dinner!”
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“I can't have a baby because I have a 12:30 lunch meeting.”
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“I would like a nice, powerful, mind-altering substance. Preferably one that will make my unborn children grow gills.”
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“There's one thing every little kid knows: Daddies mean fun; mommies mean business.”
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“- Tom: Life is more than just what is. It’s what could be. What you could make it. You need to promise them dreams that may never come true. You need to love them knowing that you may lose them at any second. Okay? They deserve dreams. They deserve love. They deserve hope. They deserve a mother. They deserve a mother. You haven’t given them...” (continue) (continue reading)
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“Children can be nasty, don't you think?”
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“- Jewel: Do you have any children?
- Forrest Tucker: I hope not.”
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“It's the most amazing feeling to hold your child in your arms.”
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“The kid makes fires. And not such little ones. He played hooky from summer school and even made fires on the beach where it's forbidden. What the hell does the kid see when he just stares into the flames? Is it the eternal power of the universe? The conversion of mass into energy? The Furies at work? Whatever his motive, it is not appreciated.”
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“- Judy Danvers: You ever wonder what kids did for fun on a Saturday 100 years ago?
- Jack Stall: I don't know. I guess I always figured they got into their parents' wagon and went cruising up and down their main drag playing loud banjo music and acting like idiots. Eventually, we grow up, we get jobs, we have affairs, and we become alcoholics.”
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“I don't know what happened to your kid, Ed. But I understand he was a bit of a snoop. Poked his nose around in a lot of dangerous places where he didn't really belong. Now, suppose I went up to your town, New York, and I started messing around with the Mafia. I wind up dead in the East River. And my wife or my father complains to the police...” (continue) (continue reading)
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