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Kids Quotes

"Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don't belong there."

"Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don't belong there."

Joe DiMaggio, American Athlete

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"When the ball dropped in 1999, I was holding dough and champagne in my hands and holding my kids."

"When the ball dropped in 1999, I was holding dough and champagne in my hands and holding my kids."

Method Man, American Musician

24

"I listen to kids play a lot."

"I listen to kids play a lot."

Itzhak Perlman, Israeli Musician

24

"I've never minded my kids watching any of the series I did. That's important to me."

"I've never minded my kids watching any of the series I did. That's important to me."

Lee Majors, American Actor

24

"Kids are wonderful, but I like mine barbecued."

"Kids are wonderful, but I like mine barbecued."

Bob Hope, American Comedian

24

"Will Smith is young, he's cool and my kids have his CDs."

"Will Smith is young, he's cool and my kids have his CDs."

Robert Conrad, Polish Director

24

"Kids used to tease me unmercifully about that name."

"Kids used to tease me unmercifully about that name."

Marge Schott, American Businessman

23

"We have been in Victoria for 3 years now after moving here from Vancouver. Victoria is a great place to live and we plan on staying especially as the kids are now in school."

"We have been in Victoria for 3 years now after moving here from Vancouver. Victoria is a great place to live and we plan on staying especially as the kids are now in school."

Jonathan Brown, American Athlete

Kids, Now, School, Years

23

"Anyone who still supports George Bush would still let Michael Jackson babysit their kids."

"Anyone who still supports George Bush would still let Michael Jackson babysit their kids."

Hal Sparks, American Actor

23

"I have an almost seven year old... I think it's essential to be consistent with kids. And truthful, without scaring them. I could go on for hours on this one."

"I have an almost seven year old... I think it's essential to be consistent with kids. And truthful, without scaring them. I could go on for hours on this one."

Stephen Collins, American Actor

23

"No parent is there forever. So I won't be here forever with these kids."

"No parent is there forever. So I won't be here forever with these kids."

Anthony Quinn, Mexican Actor

23

"He just had a very unique way of expressing himself physically with his kids."

"He just had a very unique way of expressing himself physically with his kids."

Dennis Wilson, American Musician

23

"Sometimes I'm asked by kids why I condemn marijuana when I haven't tried it. The greatest obstetricians in the world have never been pregnant."

"Sometimes I'm asked by kids why I condemn marijuana when I haven't tried it. The greatest obstetricians in the world have never been pregnant."

Art Linkletter, American Journalist

23

"I've always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me."

"I've always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me."

Bo Jackson, American Athlete

22

"We'd go to the fraternity house. It was a good place to practice. But we really wanted the kids to overhear us. And whoever heard us would go nuts over it."

"We'd go to the fraternity house. It was a good place to practice. But we really wanted the kids to overhear us. And whoever heard us would go nuts over it."

Art Garfunkel, American Musician

22

"I want all the kids to do what I do, to look up to me. I want all the kids to copulate me."

"I want all the kids to do what I do, to look up to me. I want all the kids to copulate me."

Andre Dawson, American Athlete

22

"I feel responsible; I feel I've got to do something that will leave the kids a place where they can live healthy, safe, productive, creative and prosperous lives."

"I feel responsible; I feel I've got to do something that will leave the kids a place where they can live healthy, safe, productive, creative and prosperous lives."

Dennis Weaver, American Actor

22

"I can say whatever I want. So do not bring the kids. It's definitely rated R."

"I can say whatever I want. So do not bring the kids. It's definitely rated R."

Kathy Griffin, American Comedian

22

"We hung out on the streets, played stickball, and did all of the things that other kids did."

"We hung out on the streets, played stickball, and did all of the things that other kids did."

Bob Cousy, American Athlete

22

"If you're a good parent, see the changes that are happening in your kids."

"If you're a good parent, see the changes that are happening in your kids."

Keith Emerson, British Musician

22

"I've taught statistics, math courses and what I've found is that often if you teach them algebraically the formulas, you'll have one group of kids doing well."

"I've taught statistics, math courses and what I've found is that often if you teach them algebraically the formulas, you'll have one group of kids doing well."

Robert Sternberg, American Educator

Kids, Statistics

21

"I do tend to lose track since the kids are out of school."

"I do tend to lose track since the kids are out of school."

Marion Zimmer Bradley, American Writer

21

"I don't watch a lot of TV anymore. A lot of it isn't the kind of thing you can feel comfortable with watching with your kids. And I still feel that way even though, now, my kids are in their 30s."

"I don't watch a lot of TV anymore. A lot of it isn't the kind of thing you can feel comfortable with watching with your kids. And I still feel that way even though, now, my kids are in their 30s."

Tim Conway, American Actor

21

"Do your kids a favor - don't have any."

"Do your kids a favor - don't have any."

Robert Orben, American Entertainer

21

"Let me do five of those, and then some slower ones for those kids that can't understand what I'm sayin."

"Let me do five of those, and then some slower ones for those kids that can't understand what I'm sayin."

Big Pun, American Musician

21

"I have an audience that goes from kids to seventy year olds."

"I have an audience that goes from kids to seventy year olds."

David Cassidy, American Actor

21

"Your kids inevitably want to move where they had their vacations when they were younger."

"Your kids inevitably want to move where they had their vacations when they were younger."

Jim Harrison, American Writer

21

"I'm still raising kids myself, so I don't feel like a grandpa."

"I'm still raising kids myself, so I don't feel like a grandpa."

Sammy Hagar, American Musician

21

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

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

John Lithgow, American Actor

21

"I get paid for what most kids get punished for."

"I get paid for what most kids get punished for."

Jerry Lewis, American Comedian

21

"We don't teach kids how to feel, we don't give them the words to go by."

"We don't teach kids how to feel, we don't give them the words to go by."

John Denver, American Musician

21

"Actually, the kids at school don't treat me any differently at all just because I'm on television."

"Actually, the kids at school don't treat me any differently at all just because I'm on television."

Beverley Mitchell, American Actress

Kids, School, Television

21

"Kids today don't watch a black and white movie."

"Kids today don't watch a black and white movie."

Robert Englund, American Actor

20

"I think what's happening here is, there's a group or maybe one person who is saying this is gonna be the definition and this is what we want to get the kids to do now."

"I think what's happening here is, there's a group or maybe one person who is saying this is gonna be the definition and this is what we want to get the kids to do now."

Grandmaster Flash, American Musician

Kids, Now, Saying, Want

20

"I'm not against watching myself, but I miss a lot of it. I've got two little kids who we don't let watch TV."

"I'm not against watching myself, but I miss a lot of it. I've got two little kids who we don't let watch TV."

William H. Macy, American Actor

20

"The kids put you on a pedestal. I didn't like it."

"The kids put you on a pedestal. I didn't like it."

Tommy Rettig, American Actor

20

"The kids really enjoy what they do. I check with them constantly to make sure that they're really happy to be there."

"The kids really enjoy what they do. I check with them constantly to make sure that they're really happy to be there."

Jock Sturges, American Photographer

20

"Kids don't have ruts yet that adults have carved into their minds. They're born logical. Crooked thinking has to be taught."

"Kids don't have ruts yet that adults have carved into their minds. They're born logical. Crooked thinking has to be taught."

James P. Hogan, British Author

20

"I'm never going to let nobody take those kids. They Michael's kids. They have no right to try to take those kids. It's going to be a big mess over that."

"I'm never going to let nobody take those kids. They Michael's kids. They have no right to try to take those kids. It's going to be a big mess over that."

Joseph Jackson, American Businessman

20

"When kids play, they are working on imagining the kind of world we live in."

"When kids play, they are working on imagining the kind of world we live in."

Daniel Greenberg, American Educator

Kids, Play, World

20

"The Twilight Zone' wasn't around with the kids. They think going up in space is neat. Within their lifetime, there will be paying passengers on the shuttle."

"The Twilight Zone' wasn't around with the kids. They think going up in space is neat. Within their lifetime, there will be paying passengers on the shuttle."

Christa McAuliffe, American Astronaut

Kids, Space, Twilight, Will

20

"My kids are so much better parent than I was."

"My kids are so much better parent than I was."

Dick Van Dyke, American Actor

19

"I didn't do the typical things that young kids do."

"I didn't do the typical things that young kids do."

Balthazar Getty, American Actor

19

"I wanted to be that cranky old guy that stands on his porch and yells at the neighborhood kids."

"I wanted to be that cranky old guy that stands on his porch and yells at the neighborhood kids."

Robert Lansing, American Politician

19

"I think kids slowly begin to realize that what they're learning relates to other things they know. Then learning starts to get more and more exciting."

"I think kids slowly begin to realize that what they're learning relates to other things they know. Then learning starts to get more and more exciting."

Norton Juster, American Architect

19

"Kids will not listen to that. They're going to experiment no matter what, so you have to be honest."

"Kids will not listen to that. They're going to experiment no matter what, so you have to be honest."

Jenny McCarthy, American Model

19

"As we're bombarded with the imagery that we are and now, post 9-11, it's hard not to get hardened by the world and the amount of violence that's allowed to be shown to kids these days."

"As we're bombarded with the imagery that we are and now, post 9-11, it's hard not to get hardened by the world and the amount of violence that's allowed to be shown to kids these days."

Mark Ruffalo, American Actor

Kids, Now, Post, Violence

19

"I advise all the young kids to not overwork. You can't be out there blowing hard. You have to pace yourself."

"I advise all the young kids to not overwork. You can't be out there blowing hard. You have to pace yourself."

Freddie Hubbard, American Musician

19

"The most important thing we stressed is that we want those kids to be productive citizens."

"The most important thing we stressed is that we want those kids to be productive citizens."

Troy Vincent, American Athlete

19

"I used to go to school in Manhattan with a bunch of the City Kids."

"I used to go to school in Manhattan with a bunch of the City Kids."

Melissa Joan Hart, American Actress

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