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Kids Quotes

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

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

Jerry Lewis, American Comedian

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"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

44

"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

44

"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

44

"Kids' views are often just as valid as the teachers'. The best teachers are the ones that know that."

"Kids' views are often just as valid as the teachers'. The best teachers are the ones that know that."

Morley Safer, Canadian Journalist

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"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

43

"I think Little League is wonderful. It keeps the kids out of the house."

"I think Little League is wonderful. It keeps the kids out of the house."

Yogi Berra, American Athlete

43

"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

43

"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

43

"I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did."

"I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did."

Yogi Berra, American Athlete

43

"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

43

"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

43

"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

43

"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

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"I would let my kids watch this stuff way before I'd let them watch something like 'Full House' that I think would make them stupid."

"I would let my kids watch this stuff way before I'd let them watch something like 'Full House' that I think would make them stupid."

Trey Parker, American Artist

43

"Our educational results lag behind other states, and other nations, but worse still, behind the potential of the kids and the devoted teachers in our classrooms."

"Our educational results lag behind other states, and other nations, but worse still, behind the potential of the kids and the devoted teachers in our classrooms."

Mitch Daniels, American Politician

Kids, Nations, Potential, Results

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"But there's a lot of 50's and a lot of boomers and a lot of kids in their 30's that grew up with us."

"But there's a lot of 50's and a lot of boomers and a lot of kids in their 30's that grew up with us."

Harvey Korman, American Actor

42

"My songs are like my kids."

"My songs are like my kids."

Billy Joel, American Musician

42

"On Halloween, the parents sent their kids out looking like me."

"On Halloween, the parents sent their kids out looking like me."

Rodney Dangerfield, American Comedian

42

"I think when I have kids and grandchildren I will be very proud to have them watch this movie."

"I think when I have kids and grandchildren I will be very proud to have them watch this movie."

Mike Myers, Canadian Comedian

42

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

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

Marge Schott, American Businessman

41

"Sometimes you get from the mouth of kids wonderful things."

"Sometimes you get from the mouth of kids wonderful things."

Itzhak Perlman, Israeli Musician

41

"When I started, there weren't that many kids doing it in the city, but the in the wave after me there were a lot of them and they actually never spoke to each other."

"When I started, there weren't that many kids doing it in the city, but the in the wave after me there were a lot of them and they actually never spoke to each other."

Eric San, Canadian Musician

41

"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

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"I've had lots of kids come up and ask for my autograph, I've had a grandmother stop me and ask me if I know a good place to buy underwear."

"I've had lots of kids come up and ask for my autograph, I've had a grandmother stop me and ask me if I know a good place to buy underwear."

Prince William, British Royalty

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"Kids can amuse themselves with almost anything."

"Kids can amuse themselves with almost anything."

Allen Klein, American Businessman

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"The only problem in the past has been my kids. I'd want to bring them to London with me, but they are at an important stage in high school."

"The only problem in the past has been my kids. I'd want to bring them to London with me, but they are at an important stage in high school."

Mimi Rogers, American Actress

Kids, London, Past, School

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"I think these shows with the young kids doing these jumps, doing these fantastic back flips, I think they're absolutely great. They did what I never did."

"I think these shows with the young kids doing these jumps, doing these fantastic back flips, I think they're absolutely great. They did what I never did."

Evel Knievel, American Entertainer

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"Trouble is, kids feel they have to shock their elders and each generation grows up into something harder to shock."

"Trouble is, kids feel they have to shock their elders and each generation grows up into something harder to shock."

Ben Lindsey, American Judge

41

"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

40

"They're really nice kids. Michael is really raising them properly and right."

"They're really nice kids. Michael is really raising them properly and right."

Joseph Jackson, American Businessman

40

"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

40

"It seems like the older bands are bigger than ever. We get a mixed crowd where you have kids and old blokes like me."

"It seems like the older bands are bigger than ever. We get a mixed crowd where you have kids and old blokes like me."

Geezer Butler, English Musician

40

"It'll be basically a live album, but it will also include songs, Judas Priest songs, the audience have never heard before, because we felt we wanted to give the kids something else, something they haven't already bought."

"It'll be basically a live album, but it will also include songs, Judas Priest songs, the audience have never heard before, because we felt we wanted to give the kids something else, something they haven't already bought."

Glenn Tipton, English Musician

Kids, Songs, Will

40

"Adopted kids are such a pain - you have to teach them how to look like you."

"Adopted kids are such a pain - you have to teach them how to look like you."

Gilda Radner, American Actress

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"The reason that MGM hired Bobby for Our Gang was that they could look at him and say, cry, and he'd cry, and not many kids can do that unless they really want to cry."

"The reason that MGM hired Bobby for Our Gang was that they could look at him and say, cry, and he'd cry, and not many kids can do that unless they really want to cry."

Tommy Bond, American Actor

Kids, Reason, Want

40

"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

40

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

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

Robert Englund, American Actor

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"Nobody got Punk'd and he was still in his season for that show when we were filming. So the kids were very aware that it was filming and that was his show and they were very much on the lookout for that."

"Nobody got Punk'd and he was still in his season for that show when we were filming. So the kids were very aware that it was filming and that was his show and they were very much on the lookout for that."

Piper Perabo, American Actress

39

"If you sing honestly and sincerely to kids, they will respond with all their hearts."

"If you sing honestly and sincerely to kids, they will respond with all their hearts."

Susannah McCorkle, American Musician

39

"We are shaping young kids to be leaders in their communities and also to be healthier."

"We are shaping young kids to be leaders in their communities and also to be healthier."

Brandi Chastain, American Athlete

39

"I want to get married again and have kids and even adopt."

"I want to get married again and have kids and even adopt."

Sophia Bush, American Actress

39

"Encourage your kids' artistic side. Toughen up everything else."

"Encourage your kids' artistic side. Toughen up everything else."

Michael Madsen, American Actor

39

"Even though your kids will consistently do the exact opposite of what you're telling them to do, you have to keep loving them just as much."

"Even though your kids will consistently do the exact opposite of what you're telling them to do, you have to keep loving them just as much."

Bill Cosby, American Comedian

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"You've never seen a Columbine done by a black child. Never. They always say, 'We can't believe it happened here. We can't believe it's these suburban white kids.' It's only them!"

"You've never seen a Columbine done by a black child. Never. They always say, 'We can't believe it happened here. We can't believe it's these suburban white kids.' It's only them!"

Van Jones, American Activist

39

"Yeah, well that's the best thing about it, I think, is knowing kids and kids getting mental when they know you're in it. Any kid you meet and anyone I know tells the kid you're in it and they get short of breath."

"Yeah, well that's the best thing about it, I think, is knowing kids and kids getting mental when they know you're in it. Any kid you meet and anyone I know tells the kid you're in it and they get short of breath."

David Thewlis, English Actor

39

"I want to live 50 more years. I'm 33 years old... and I want to live to at least be 80 and see my kids grow up and see my grandkids. That's important to me."

"I want to live 50 more years. I'm 33 years old... and I want to live to at least be 80 and see my kids grow up and see my grandkids. That's important to me."

Alonzo Mourning, American Athlete

Kids, Old, Want, Years

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"Everybody around the world wants to send their kids to our universities. But nobody wants to send their kids here to public school."

"Everybody around the world wants to send their kids to our universities. But nobody wants to send their kids here to public school."

Walter Annenberg, American Businessman

Kids, Public, School, World

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"Wisconsin's kids shouldn't be allowed to fail just because Washington is failing them."

"Wisconsin's kids shouldn't be allowed to fail just because Washington is failing them."

Jim Doyle, American Politician

Kids, Washington

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"White Zombie was a bunch of kids with the worst equipment playing in a basement. But that is what is so great about it. There is no reason to think that you can't do it."

"White Zombie was a bunch of kids with the worst equipment playing in a basement. But that is what is so great about it. There is no reason to think that you can't do it."

Rob Zombie, American Musician

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