Childhood Quotes

Most of us have unhealthy thoughts and emotions that have either developed as a result of trauma or hardships in their childhood, or the way they were raised.

From childhood I was passionately fond of music and wanted to be a musician. I have no recollection of any real desire ever to be anything else.

If only my folks had beaten me, I could have gotten some material about my miserable childhood. But as it is, I've had a great life.

Well, I would have much preferred to have had a normal childhood. I would have loved it if my greatest dilemma, at 14, was whether to go to Benetton for my pullovers. I would have preferred not to have cried all the tears I have cried.

It was a perfectly average well- adjusted childhood, not a bit unlike that of millions of other individuals.

I write in that space between Ella's childhood and mine. I know it all sounds a bit sinister.

When you finally go back to your old home, you find it wasn't the old home you missed but your childhood.

'Marnie' was ahead of its time. People didn't talk about childhood and its effects on adult life. It was taboo to discuss sexuality and psychology and to put all that into a film was shocking.

I feel very warm towards Mum and Dad for giving us the independence they did. My childhood, and the fact we didn't have a TV, gave me a boundless imagination.

I'm a Brooklyn boy. I was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised there, and spent most of my childhood there.

She is the first head of government in history to give a whole country its second childhood.

Childhood has its secrets and its mysteries; but who can tell or who can explain them!

Just this morning, out of a large memory for songs, and having been obsessed by them since childhood, suddenly, at the age of 84, I thought of a song I hadn't thought of in over 50 years. It came into my head unbidden.

In childhood I developed a serious throat infection, and my heart stopped beating. I recovered from that illness with a voice that boomed forth like Kate Smith's!

Sixth grade was a big time, in my childhood, of hoops and friendship, and coming up with funny things.

The new album is a childhood dream come true. Got to sing with Ronnie Spector, got to cover a bunch of songs that were influential in drawing a line between the punk form and original rock and roll.

One's age should be tranquil, as childhood should be playful. Hard work at either extremity of life seems out of place. At midday the sun may burn, and men labor under it; but the morning and evening should be alike calm and cheerful.

Childhood is the sleep of reason.

Friendships in childhood are usually a matter of chance, whereas in adolescence they are most often a matter of choice.

I had a serious childhood illness - sort of like spinal meningitis - that led to a three-month hospitalization. Afterward, I couldn't be insured because of a pre-existing condition.

And I started with this: I have not painted at all my childhood. In fact, I never painted. But I helped my father who was a house painter and decorative painter. He made stage sets, he made glass paintings, he made everything.

I suppose if you look back to your early childhood you accept everything people tell you, and that includes a heavy dose of irrationality - you're told about tooth fairies and Father Christmas and things.

Because of my faith and my imagination, I was able to enjoy my childhood, even though it was tough.

It's only in hindsight that you realize what indeed your childhood was really like.

That said, let me add that Joan and I never want him to be a child actor. We both feel that it takes away their childhood and puts untold pressure on children.

That great Cathedral space which was childhood.

A happy childhood... is the worst possible preparation for life.

My childhood here... was very limited. So it was a long, long time before I actually went out to Brooklyn.

I still had a normal childhood with my friends from school.

I find the subject of childhood fascinating. I explored this subject in Speak to me of love and I am curious about portraying the often painful transition into the adult world.