Caroline Pratt Quotes
Children...need most of the same things adults need - consideration, respect for their work, the knowledge that they and the things they do are taken seriously.
Quotes to Explore
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I received my money from the treasury, I used to very early to go the clubs, but when the burden of looking after my children came upon me I tried to live a quite life, and save as much as I could.
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We need more children raised in the optimum situation, which is between a mom and a dad bonded together for life.
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I have been in private law practice in New York City, where my husband and I are raising our children.
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I don't do a film unless it has a sword in it. And if it doesn't have a sword in it, I insist that they have one in the same room to keep me comfortable.
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When you are growing up, everyone will help you. When you reach the top, everyone will start pulling you down. The same people who help you will be the same people who try to pull you down.
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I didn't have children, but I never wanted children.
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If I ever have children of my own, they will read 'Matilda.' They will watch the movie. And you can bet they will see 'Matilda: The Musical.'
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Americans have long recognized the need to protect our public lands and their vast resources.
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I'll take a look and get a second wind because so many little children are running around at my side.
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I had no interest in being an actress what so ever, and when I was about 14 or 15, I was signed to a company in England. They owned a children's TV show which they put me in as a singer, and I was on the show for three years, and I left the show when I was 18 and started looking for a record contract.
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The spark for 'In Praise of Slowness' came when I began reading to my children. Every parent knows that kids like their bedtime stories read at a gentle, meandering pace. But I used to be too fast to slow down with the Brothers Grimm. I would zoom through the classic fairy tales, skipping lines, paragraphs, whole pages.
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The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father goes forward, not backward. What we owe our parents is the bill presented to us by our children.
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Fairytales were never really meant for children; they were meant as cautionary tales for teenagers on the verge of growing up.
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I went to a number of foreign countries, and during whenever I went, I would try to go to an orphanage or a home for children. And I was seeing thousands of kids around the world that needed homes.
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I can't think of any shows I've watched about teenagers that has the same spirit that 'Skins' has, the same honesty about it.
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When you have girl children they torture you!
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Winning teams have the least amount of distractions. They have a really tight group of people working towards the same common goal.
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Even the most dishonest officer would want to be seen as a role model for his children.
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Children are all foreigners.
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I want to get involved in causes I believe in, and I know so many others that want to also get involved, but it's hard to know how. Often, it's through big organisations, and you don't know exactly where your money is going or what effect you are having.
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Having my animals or my children with me exorcises that feeling of not being wanted.
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I think the hardest part of being a working mom is that I miss my kids a lot.
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Cleaning is my favorite way to relax. I clear things out and get rid of the stuff I don't need. When the food pantry and the refrigerator are organized, I feel less stressed.
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Children...need most of the same things adults need - consideration, respect for their work, the knowledge that they and the things they do are taken seriously.
