Quotes about Just Kids

I wrote every day. I don't think I could have written 'Just Kids' had I not spent all of the 80s developing my craft as a writer. Votes: 4

I'm halfway through Patti Smith's memoir 'Just Kids,' which is heart-stoppingly vivid. It drips with beauty and hope and devastating candour. I don't want it to end. Votes: 3

I don't stay in one discipline because it's more lucrative than another. In fact, the most successful thing I ever did was 'Just Kids,' for which I had absolutely no expectations. Votes: 3

I love a lot of the New York bands, but Patti Smith stands out. I just read 'Just Kids' and it's an inspirational, well-written account of an emerging New York artist in the late seventies. Votes: 3

I love biographies. I read Patti Smith's 'Just Kids.' I'm into that time frame in New York, the '70s and '80s. In art school, I read 'Close to the Knives,' the autobiography of the artist and AIDS activist David Wojnarowicz. Votes: 3

We're all just kids who grew up way too fast. Votes: 2

My passion is kids, more than just kids is underprivileged kids and orphans. Votes: 2

Of course you have to support the troops. They're just kids. They're doing for their country what's expected of them. Votes: 2

I keep everything that is most important to me close to me: my family, my bible, my X-Box - just kidding. Votes: 2

When I was a young student, I thought grow-ups would come and make things work. Now I realize that grown-ups are just kids with wrinkles. Votes: 2

I am everything and I am nothing. I am just kidding; I am not everything and nothing. That would be ridiculous. I am just everything. Votes: 2

Shut up before I drop yo ass off at Koreatown. Now hold on, America, don't start writing no letters. I'm just kidding. But am I lying? Votes: 2

I imagined myself as Frida to Diego, both muse and maker. I dreamed of meeting an artist to love and support and work with side by side. Votes: 2

I decided I was going to tell these stories. I went around and met Crumb. He was the cartoonist. I started realizing comics weren't just kid stuff. Votes: 2

I'm celibate. It's not that I'm a religious or moral person or anything, it's just, if you aren't ****ing Thom Yorke, what's the point? Actually, just kidding, Thom Yorke and I **** all the time. Hehehe. Had you. Votes: 2

All my important decisions are made for me by my subconscious. My frontal lobes are just kidding themselves that they decide anything at all. All they do is think up reasons for the decisions that are already made. Votes: 2

It's an opportunity of a lifetime to be teamed up with (Kevin) Harvick, with Tony (Stewart), Danica (Patrick). Us four in the same meetings, it could be hell or could be great. I'm just kidding about the hell part. Votes: 2

I think it's very important - no matter what you may do professionally - to keep alive some of the healthy interests of your youth. Children's play is not just kids' stuff. Children's play is rather the stuff of most future inventions. Votes: 2

The best part of being an angel investor is seeing these kids coming up with companies that get way more traffic than Reddit had when we sold it. I think, 'Are you kidding me? They're just kids, and they've done so much. Votes: 2

I fired the nurse the next day because she didn't check out the NFL schedule in advance - just kidding, ... I plan to be in Denver. I haven't missed a lot of games over the years. But there's a bunch I wish I had. Votes: 2

Looking back, I realize that this period of my life has irrevocably come to a close; my happy-go-lucky, carefree schooldays are gone forever. I don't even miss them. I've outgrown them. I can no longer just kid around, since my serious side is always there. Votes: 2

Love. It's God's greatest gift. He fills our world with it and makes sure we grow up with caring, supportive parents. I'm just kidding. Pain is God's greatest gift. Pain is God's way of saying, Hurts, don't it ? Well, go ahead. Say, me dammit again. Votes: 2

We were walking toward the fountain, the epicenter of activity, when an older couple stopped and openly observed us. Robert enjoyed being noticed, and he affectionately squeezed my hand. "oh, take their picture," said the woman to her bemused husband, "I think they're artists." "Oh, go on," he shrugged. "They're just kids. Votes: 2

With Iraq plunging into chaos and gas prices at record highs President Bush took time out this weekend for a ride on his bicycle, but unfortunately he fell off and sustained cuts to his face and hands. Apparently Bush was distracted by the enormous responsibilities of the presidency. I'm just kidding. He hit some gravel or something. Votes: 2

We don't have a clue what's really going down, we just kid ourselves that we're in control of our lives while a paper's thickness away things that would drive us mad if we thought about them for too long play with us, and move us around from room to room, and put us away at night when they're tired, or bored. Votes: 2

I struck out with two men on base. I was so angry, so frustrated, I turned and without even thinking about it, snapped my bat over my thigh. The bat split right in half. Afterward, reporters asked me if it was the first time I'd ever broken a bat over my thigh. "I broke an aluminum bat over my knee in college," I said. (I was just kidding). Votes: 2

My kids are doing just great. Votes: 0

Don't just parent your kids, develop them. Votes: 0

[Kids] are just like annoying short people Votes: 0

Kids love rabbits... they just like them. Votes: 0

I just love kids. I always have. Votes: 0

Kids love rabbits... they just like them. Votes: 0

You can't save kids just with vaccines. Votes: 0

The kids just aren't the same today. Votes: 0

Please waste time just playing with your kids! Votes: 0

Kids will tease you for just about anything. Votes: 0

My books are just pure escapism for kids. Votes: 0

I'm just passionately in love with my kids. Votes: 0

We don't need less kids, just more middle managers Votes: 0

Teaching kids about money is never just about money. Votes: 0

I want to just be what kids believe in. Votes: 0

When you're married with kids, you just think differently. Votes: 0

Kids books Grownup books That's just marketing. Books are books, Votes: 0

You think my kids just popped out of the ground? Votes: 0

I just want to be a great example to younger kids. Votes: 0

I just want to make lunches and organize my kids' playroom. Votes: 0

Popular kids are just a powerful union of needy, insecure losers. Votes: 0

I am just blessed they are such great, really wonderful kids... Votes: 0

You kids were all planned, you were just planned really, really quickly. Votes: 0

Violence isn't just a conceptual thing. it could happen to your kids. Votes: 0

Just taught my kids about taxes by eating 38% of their ice cream. Votes: 0

Parents like the idea of kids, they just don't like their kids. Votes: 0

One can feel calm and at ease. Just leave kids alone, please. Votes: 0

I just didn't work that much while the kids were growing up. Votes: 0

Sure, it's simple, writing for kids... Just as simple as bringing them up. Votes: 0

Wisconsin's kids shouldn't be allowed to fail just because Washington is failing them. Votes: 0

With usenet gone, we just don't teach our kids entertainment-level hyperbole any more. Votes: 0

We just want kids to come to our concert and forget about everything. Votes: 0

I just want to keep making movies that hopefully makes some kids smile. Votes: 0

With three kids you are just trying to survive. You can't be fastidious. Votes: 0

I just am a huge cheerleader for getting kids interested in science and technology. Votes: 0

There were just things in Disney movies that probably were too scary for kids. Votes: 0

These younger kids - I think growing up with social media, they're just savvy. Votes: 0

Do you really think he untied you? .. He was just checking his kids handiwork. Votes: 0

There's a lot of pressure on kids, period, just to be successful in life. Votes: 0

Why do I have to feed the kids? They just ate twelve hours ago! Votes: 0

It is just that I don't want a wife and I don't want kids. Votes: 0

So you just...left?' Zach huffed. 'All the cool kids are doing it. Votes: 0

I just think you should get married if you want to have some kids. Votes: 0

I wasn't one of the cool kids by any stretch. I just bumbled along really. Votes: 0

I feel kind of sorry for those kids who just play one sport growing up. Votes: 0

Parents, just keep in mind that kids will always round off to the nearest obscenity.. Votes: 0

...we’re just kids growing up on an island, doing bad things in pretty places. Votes: 0

You won't believe what our kids are eating in the public schools. It's just nuts. Votes: 0

Commercials that are geared towards kids. I think they should just, like, wipe them out. Votes: 0

Kids deserve arts, and it's just as important as science, math, history, English or athletics. Votes: 0

My wife and I will probably have lots of kids. Just not with each other. Votes: 0

Love your friends' kids, even if you don't want or like children. Just do it. Votes: 0

I think that, as with marriage, you just know when it's time to have kids. Votes: 0

Kids aren't supposed to have to figure out how to be happy. They just are. Votes: 0

We were just a bunch of high school kids who got into the Ramones together. Votes: 0

As far as carrying the American banner, you just do what's right for the kids. Votes: 0

My kids have become wonderful dancers themselves and enjoy teaching just as much as I do. Votes: 0

Kids shouldn't see all the violence they do these days. But the industry just doesn't care. Votes: 0

You can enjoy stargazing just by going out and learning a couple constellations with your kids. Votes: 0

We need children to play the parts in movies. I'm just glad it's not my kids. Votes: 0

You like a woman, she's got kids, it's a package. You can't just go in one-sided. Votes: 0

You can enjoy stargazing just by going out and learning a couple constellations with your kids. Votes: 0

Kids are very visual, and they might not eat a food just because of its colour. Votes: 0

It wasn't a conscious effort to have kids later. It was just the way life goes. Votes: 0

I have so many things that I say to my kids, I just drive them crazy. Votes: 0

I wasn't ever a huge fan of comics. Just not one of those kids, you know? Votes: 0

Just my luck: My bloodthirsty killing machine was better with both kids and women than I was. Votes: 0

It's always just a great thing to see your kids connecting and you see the different stages. Votes: 0

Divorce isn't just the person, it's everything that goes with it - your kids, the adjustment, everything. Votes: 0

It turns out kids today still learn that four-chord progression when they're just picking up the guitar. Votes: 0

We're just like you. Were not these older idols, you know, were just kids like you guys. Votes: 0

All kids draw some kind of cartoon characters. They just grow out of them, and I didn't Votes: 0

There's nothing heroic about suicide bombers. They're mostly just dumb, brainwashed kids, stoned out of their minds. Votes: 0

Why try to explain miracles to your kids when you can just have them plant a garden. Votes: 0

Actually, the kids at school don't treat me any differently at all just because I'm on television. Votes: 0

If kids say I'm just a gospel rapper, I won't be able to get in their cars. Votes: 0

I just want to be the guy that inspires other kids to come do what I'm doing. Votes: 0

I don't really think kids care much these days - they just tell you to f*** off. Votes: 0

Don't just tell your kids to be active and to get outside and play. Lead by example. Votes: 0

I love the new legal immigrants; they want their kids to be safe just like I do. Votes: 0

I just can't imagine a Heaven without children!-What a dead lifeless place without babies and kids! Votes: 0

Kids think you just sit down and start writing. I always tell them you never do that. Votes: 0

We give our kids vaccinations. That's a biological enhancement that's considered not just acceptable but actually admirable. Votes: 0

Cooking with kids is not just about ingredients, recipes, and cooking. It's about harnessing imagination, empowerment, and creativity. Votes: 0

Communicating w/kids, its a 2 way street, sometimes they just need us to be there for them & listen. Votes: 0

I just focus on my work with inner-city kids, and in my community, and on my philanthropic work. Votes: 0

People are just up tight because the kids are having fun and they didn't have the same freedom. Votes: 0

There are always the kids who just love animals. Unfortunately, though, people have become afraid of the outdoors. Votes: 0

Thrilled to be part of this new project Generation Nature and just encouraging kids to change the world. Votes: 0

Kids can and are a blessing. But plenty of people without kids live and die just as happy. Votes: 0

There are just so many funny kids and teenagers. They're just not aware of how funny they are. Votes: 0

I just want to be happy, have kids, enjoy my life, help others and create some good work. Votes: 0

I'm just trying to get kids motivated to be readers by connecting them with a book they like. Votes: 0

Your parents put a curse on you - Someday your kids are going to act just like you. Votes: 0

I'm not a role model... Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids. Votes: 0

Kids are really inspired to not just apply senses to robots and machines, but to try them on themselves. Votes: 0

My message with 'LazyTown' has always been really simple; I just want to get kids and families moving together. Votes: 0

My kids are just waiting for me at home. I'm their father. They're wondering, 'When's Daddy coming home?' Votes: 0

Sometimes kids just act impulsively, but it's because we have strong feelings, not because we're trying to make trouble. Votes: 0

I think some people are just very passionate that things remain the way they were when they were kids. Votes: 0

I never really wanted kids. I didn't not want them, but motherhood just wasn't something that pulled at me. Votes: 0

Kids' views are often just as valid as the teachers'. The best teachers are the ones that know that. Votes: 0

My message with 'LazyTown' has always been really simple; I just want to get kids and families moving together. Votes: 0

Battle For The Planet Of The Apes', was just a film for kids and didn't have any deep meaning. Votes: 0

Kids, man. They'll be the ones to take mountain biking to the next level for us. You just watch Votes: 0

I just came from Aspen, Colorado and they had fifteen kids I played for and they all played horns. Votes: 0

I think fans can tell if you just slap a skateboarder on a game - you can't fool kids. Votes: 0

I think as far as kids go, you just have to work hard. Work on your skills, keep focused. Votes: 0

I want to go back to Brazil, get married, have lots of kids, and just be a couch tomato. Votes: 0

Surfing music is dead. It was just a summer craze for kids on the beach. I'm finished with it. Votes: 0

If you want grown-ups to recycle, just tell their kids the importance of recycling, and they'll be all over it. Votes: 0

Don't be afraid of giving kids responsibility, be there to guide & support them, not just to do things for them Votes: 0

Acting for kids is like playing house, you know? But growing up in Hollywood, it just made it seem possible. Votes: 0

For the longest time, you just sound like a broken record, but you have to be consistent when teaching kids. Votes: 0

I tell the kids, somebody's gotta win, somebody's gotta lose. Just don't fight about it. Just try to get better. Votes: 0

When you have kids you do grow up. I have just started realising it now-it changes the world, having children. Votes: 0

I just don't think that a lot of the time the messages we send kids prepare them for real life. Votes: 0

I feel like kids in general, not just African-American kids, are influenced by what they see, both positive and negative. Votes: 0

The Replacements' is where I met Jon Favreau, and we just clicked like, you know, like kids at a camp. Votes: 0

My parents were huge fans of westerns, European cinema, and horror in particular. They wouldn't just show me kids' films. Votes: 0

Everything has to be organised for kids in London - you can't just walk three roads to see a friend. Votes: 0

I was never an actress -- none of us kids at Metro were. We were just good to look at. Votes: 0

I didn't want to be a hero to kids; I didn't think I had that. I just wanted to be popular. Votes: 0

I've got kids and that's important. It's funny, you think that there's an expiration date on them and there just isn't. Votes: 0

Kids piercing themselves, piercing their tongues, what kind of masochism is that? Is it to show you can just take it? Votes: 0

I love kids. I just love kids. They put you in a good mood and they are so full of life. Votes: 0

Jill, we became parents so we could tell our kids what to do. Otherwise we're just the tallest people living here. Votes: 0

I get little kids who recognize me from 'Mary Poppins,' and it just delights me because it's our third generation. Votes: 0

A lot of kids do look up to us. But there are just as many elderly people to put us down. Votes: 0

Many think kids have lots of time and few responsibilities. And that's just not true. They are stressed and under pressure. Votes: 0

You can tell I have kids right? Just so I don't break out into a Barney tune here in three minutes. Votes: 0

I've always had a really active imagination. Lots of kids have imaginary friends. Mine just took on a rather demonic form. Votes: 0

Maybe it's just L.A., but [high school girls] look like men, like they would have kids and s - t. Votes: 0

All this fashion stuff - who's cool now - is just a bigger version of the cool kids versus the nerds. Votes: 0

To me, I'm still a 24-year-old kid who just happens to have a better paying job than other kids my age. Votes: 0

We couldn't sustain it. And they got a lot of kids that can shoot. We just couldn't close out well enough. Votes: 0

I don't just want to catch some guy and have a bunch of kids. I want to make something of myself. Votes: 0

Look, just go sit at the card table with the rest of the kids and let the adults run the country. Votes: 0

I was just a small boy from Mississippi, and now little kids are going to identify with me through this game. Votes: 0

Sometimes people say that kids with autism aren't capable of love. That's ridiculous. My son loves deeply. He just doesn't communicate well. Votes: 0

Sometimes people say that kids with autism aren't capable of love. That's ridiculous. My son loves deeply. He's just doesn't communicate well. Votes: 0

I don't know, but I think kids just want to be listened to, so I want to make sure I do that. Votes: 0

I think for every parent, they know their kids better than anybody else, and they have to just trust their own instincts. Votes: 0

By trying so hard to provide the perfectly happy childhood, we're just making it harder for our kids to actually grow up, Votes: 0

Have you ever thought about registering as a sex offender just so your friends won't bring their kids over to your house? Votes: 0

I still think most writers are just kids who refuse to grow up. We're still playing imaginary games, with our imaginary friends. Votes: 0

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important. Votes: 0

Talk about cheap - on Christmas Eve, my neighbour shoots off three blanks and tells his kids Santa Claus just committed suicide. Votes: 0

The car was the iPhone of the 20th century. Kids these days don't have to drive anymore. They just go there virtually. Votes: 0

As soon as I get bored, I start missing the kids, so I don't let myself get bored. I just go surfing. Votes: 0

I don't live through my kids. But I do know what will happen in life, and I just want them well prepared. Votes: 0

Little kids shoot marbles where the branches break the sun into graceful shafts of light"¦ I just want to be pure. Votes: 0

As soon as I get bored, I start missing the kids, so I dont let myself get bored. I just go surfing. Votes: 0

In our society leaving baby with Daddy is just one step above leaving the kids to be raised by wolves or apes. Votes: 0

I've always wanted to have kids of my own, it's just tough finding a woman I wouldn't be wasting my DNA on. Votes: 0

I hated school. Even to this day, when I see a school bus it's just depressing to me. The poor little kids. Votes: 0

When I'm 70 I might be a man in a park just wandering around, speaking in tongues with kids throwing bread at me. Votes: 0

I suppose you can't take kids into consideration all the time, but I just wish there could be a bit of flexibility. Votes: 0

Personally, it's rude. You got three kids with the lady, she just did 17 years for you and you're not gonna leave your...whatever! Votes: 0

Nobody's born rotten. You just don't have bad kids. It's not true. There is no such thing. But we can make them bad. Votes: 0

Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen and I was three. Votes: 0

I just love making a fool out of myself. I made my living as a clown at kids' parties for about three years. Votes: 0

Just as our kids don't understand the difference between broadcast and cable, the line between TV and Internet TV is about to disappear. Votes: 0

I want a certain thing for my children. I just want to be in their life. I don't want nannies raising my kids. Votes: 0

When moms and dads put their kids in acting class, good luck. Because you're just filling them with stuff they don't need yet. Votes: 0

There have been countless times where I've worked out with my kids crawling around all over the place. You just make it work. Votes: 0

I was just your average hockey mom, and signed up for the PTA because I wanted to make my kids' public education better. Votes: 0

I find it personally distracting when kids are constantly texting, but they can be texting something that is just benign and just fine. Votes: 0

I think it's really important with kids just to show them the beauty of nature and teach them a profound respect for nature. Votes: 0

Today, I'm a candidate for the office of president of the United States of America. My kids can't believe I just said that. Votes: 0

You might be a redneck if your kids are going hungry tonight because you just had to have those Yosemite Sam mud flaps. Votes: 0

I love working with kids and I want to just be able to do it from my heart and not as a job. Votes: 0

When it comes to their kids, parents are all just instinct and hope. And fear. Rules and laws fly straight out the window. Votes: 0

Kids love games and chess is a game where you have to sit down and concentrate and it just helps in every way. Votes: 0

~When your kids come home, they don't necessarily want to talk to you. They just want to know you're standing there, ready to talk.~ Votes: 0

Kids today don't want to get married. Too many of their friends have been married and divorced already. They just don't believe in it Votes: 0

Kids today don't want to get married. Too many of their friends have been married and divorced already. They just don't believe in it. Votes: 0

I don't advise kids to do what I do. I'm just doing me. I just smoke a little weed and do a little drink. Votes: 0

There was a time when I was in this private school and the kids were so conservative and close-minded that it was just appalling. Votes: 0

The ugly reality is that peer pressure reaches its greatest intensity at just the age when kids tend to be most insensitive and cruel. Votes: 0

The longer I live, the more I'm convinced the world is just one big high school, with the cool kids always targeting the uncool. Votes: 0

I love just sitting quietly meditating. With an hour free, it depends. I love getting down on the floor and playing with my kids. Votes: 0

I hate the idea of sheltering kids from challenging books. It's just another form of conservative fear that promotes ignorance more than anything else. Votes: 0

When Walt Disney was making his films, he trusted his instincts and made films for himself, but they appealed to everybody, not just kids. Votes: 0

Kids can make fun of you for having the wrong shoelaces: that's just kids. But I don't think I had any trouble making friends. Votes: 0

I've never been pregnant, so I just feel God didn't mean for me to have kids so that everybody else's children could be mine. Votes: 0

I just feel such a connection to the little kids in Naples. I remember being on the street wanting a small piece of candy. Votes: 0

[A]s a parent you just have no idea what anything means. On some level everything your kids do and say is in code. Votes: 0

I'm very involved with kids because after being a teacher for seven years, I just can't stop loving the kids. I am a teacher forever. Votes: 0

I'm very grateful to have my kids in my life; they're my greatest teachers. But to pretend it's always easy is just not really true. Votes: 0

We put stereotypes on ourselves. Everybody does that. But I think it's just a little harder for black kids to just be who they are. Votes: 0

I really enjoy sailing on Lake Geneva because I can just look at the shore and see my wife having a barbecue with the kids. Votes: 0

I'd love to travel more. I really look forward to traveling with my kids. I'm just waiting for them to want to travel with me. Votes: 0

When I look at young kids today I just don't believe it, parents take away the Gameboy and they're suicidal. They cannot take the pressure. Votes: 0

I was cooking breakfast this morning for my kids, and I thought, He's (Ronald Reagan) just like a Teflon frying pan Nothing sticks to him Votes: 0

I just want my kids to see that when you serve and put other people first and invest in other people it will come back! Votes: 0

I was one of those kids who took apart their toys to see how they work, just to see what they were made up of. Votes: 0

Some women just aren’t cut out to be mothers, and unfortunately it had taken Susanna three kids to realize she was one of them. Votes: 0

I happen to be very good with younger actors because I have extremely vivid memories of that time of my life, and kids are just funny. Votes: 0

I just really enjoy the ritual of going to work and playing, which is essentially what we do. We play pretend. Acting is a kids' game. Votes: 0

So many kids and adults, too, have gotten just about one of the roughest breaks that can happen to a person. We can help these people. Votes: 0

I like skiing and surfing with kids. They are the cutest little skiers out there, in their little outfits. I just want to eat 'em up! Votes: 0

Too bad for any parent who has become accustomed to ruling by force, because at some point the kids just get too big to slap around. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

For old actors, just remember that inside you're only 14. Acting is for kids. You poor old grown-ups, you've forgotten how to do what kids know automatically. Votes: 0

Most movies use older actors, but I thought, if I could just put kids on camera and get them to be themselves, what could be easier? Votes: 0

Reading is a joy for my kids, and to swing in a hammock on a lazy summer day reading a good book just goes with summer. Votes: 0

Kids are beautiful, man. And they know much more than grownups think they know. Kids are just perfect people until grownups get their hands on them. Votes: 0

If you're using most of your energy to do stuff for your kids, then you'll have that much less energy to just be there for them. Votes: 0

I think the patterns are set very early when the kids are young. But at the same time, there are some flavors kids just don't like. Votes: 0

I do know its important to keep the romantic spark alive in your marriage. But with four kids, sometimes it's enough just to keep yourself alive. Votes: 0

For my kids, I cook everything. We have dinner every night, pretty much, just the four of us: my husband and me and our two kids. Votes: 0

I was one of those kids that could just show up and take the test and do well on it. I didn't study a whole lot. Votes: 0

When it comes to kids, it's just not hard to get them healthy. I don't find it hard and don't understand why people find it hard. Votes: 0

You have to trust your kids. They have to experience life, and you just hope you've provided them a foundation for what's right and what isn't. Votes: 0

I have met parents all over the world, and they all just want to raise their kids to a higher standard than they were raised with. Votes: 0

Parenting is really just a matter of tracking, of hoping your kids do not get so far ahead you can no longer see their next moves. Votes: 0

~My children are my life ... It's not like I don't have my own wants and and dreams anymore - it's just that the kids come first.~ Votes: 0

Realizing you're not anything special to the kids is always a great sort of reminder that you're just a regular person. A regular, embarrassing old mom. Votes: 0

I've remained friends with all of them. We'remaking a fun kids movie and it's a comedy so we're just having fun and running around fighting these aliens. Votes: 0

It's amazing. My kids have grown me in ways I never knew possible. The patience I've received and the love I get from them is just amazing. Votes: 0

Kids are very sensitive to the value system of their parents, and I just felt my parents were attaching too much importance, too much meaning, to things. Votes: 0

My kids have played soccer and baseball and basketball, and the parents who come to games are always saying and doing things that are just wildly inappropriate. Votes: 0

It's amazing. My kids have grown me in ways I never knew possible. The patience I've received and the love I get from them is just amazing. Votes: 0

I'm not focused on the outrageousness. I'm just focused on being funny, and raising my kids. I don't even read the newspaper, I don't read that crap. Votes: 0

I don't take Hollywood too seriously. I have kids that don't give a damn about what I'm shooting, they just want dinner. So that keeps me grounded. Votes: 0

I think America just needs to get real when it comes to the way our kids speak and communicate. They need to understand what happens in rap. Votes: 0

To me, it's important to prove that this isn't just teenage kids' s**t and you should feel embarrassed when you're over forty and still doing it. Votes: 0

We had to make ends meet. My parents were divorced, so my father wasn't really in my life. We grew up like most kids, just wanting things. Votes: 0

The book [ One Thousand Gifts] took just over a year to write, on the fringe hours, early and late, around home educating 6 kids and farming and blogging. Votes: 0

There were scenes that just for length purposes, and knowing that the attention span of kids is not great, don't make it much longer than about 90 minutes. Votes: 0

What do little kids do? They crawl on the floor and they build with blocks. I just continued to do that for the rest of my life. Votes: 0

I'm a family man, I have kids, and I go to the movies. And I'm just going to make the kind of movie I want to see. Votes: 0

I'm not a great man to my children. I'm just 'Pop.' The more involved I am with my kids, it keeps my head flat on top. Votes: 0

You are a person of the greatest importance when you are a mother of a family. Just do your job right and your kids will love you. Votes: 0

I just want to say to the kids out there watching: You can do anything you want in life. Unless Jay Leno wants to do it too. Votes: 0

These movies are like my kids. I just love them to death. Some of them go to Harvard and some of them can barely graduate high school. Votes: 0

There's a level of protection you need to give to your kids, and then sometimes you need to just let them figure out things on their own. Votes: 0

My only regret is that we didn't have more kids. I came from a family of four kids, but my wife and I just started too late. Votes: 0

Women can be incredible role models for their kids, neighbors and communities just by making good choices in terms of what they're eating and whether they're exercising. Votes: 0

My kids don't really like when I sing for some reason...but they like when I play guitar. So I started writing songs just playing guitar for them. Votes: 0

Kids are dying from diarrhea ... that just shouldn't be in this day and age, and it's that kind of thing that needs to be changed. Enough is enough Votes: 0

I see bright kids trapped in public schools that are just warehousing them. As an educator this makes me scared. As Secretary of State, this makes me terrified. Votes: 0

I was always a little adult. Even as a little kid, I just couldn't understand why I was surrounded by all these kids. I took things very seriously. Votes: 0

My kids are not that interested in my movie career, by the way. My son, in particular, never talks about it. He just wants me as his dad. Votes: 0

Halloween's eve is also known as mischief night. Kids are supposed go around playing pranks tonight. That's great, just what teenagers need -- another excuse to be jerks. Votes: 0

I just hope I remember to tell my kids that they are as happy as I look in my old photographs. And I hope that they believe me. Votes: 0

I feel a part of the congregation. I've never had to do special music. The kids sing in the choir. It's just normal. We're treated like everybody else. Votes: 0

I think sometimes parents and teachers fail to stretch kids. My mother had a very good sense of how to stretch me just slightly outside my comfort zone. Votes: 0

I wish I could freeze time or go back in time and watch my kids grow up all over again because it is just going by too fast. Votes: 0

Even the way the kids react with media today is so completely different than what most movies have. We just wanted to make a movie that challenged them. Votes: 0

Some of the greatest guitarists, historically, have had no chops, they've just had great taste. I know a lot of musical school kids who just have no taste. Votes: 0

I trust that the president will try, just give it one more shot, some revolutionary way of not doing this, of bringing all those kids back home safely. Votes: 0

I can't just wake up and watch TV and do nothing. I need a day off working out, seeing the wife, play a little golf, see my kids. Votes: 0

I did some writing. I was just taking the kids to school. I did a couple things and we did some tours. It was a lot of downtime. Votes: 0

The greatest thing that prepared me for editing 'Vanity Fair' was having four kids because you just learn to subjugate your ego with the greater interest in mind. Votes: 0

My kids - even though it's a family business - they don't even know what day or time 'Survivor' is even on. They just know it's on TiVo. Votes: 0

Doctor just told me I can't have kids. I asked for a second opinion. He said, Why? No one's gonna to let you take kids from this hospital. Votes: 0

People say their weight is genetic. But it turns out that people who are overweight don't just have overweight kids. They also have overweight pets. That's not genetic. Votes: 0

We're taught as young kids Acknowledge your mistakes, admit your lies, ... It's cathartic. That's what I think the speech did. He didn't just try to blame someone else. Votes: 0

I hate to say it to the kids out there but I just kind of blew off everything and made snowboarding the number one priority in my life Votes: 0

Don't be ridiculous, Charlie, people love the parents who beat their kids in department stores. It's the ones who just let their kids wreak havoc that everybody hates. Votes: 0

Instead of kids just hearing about beads and baskets and fringe, and about what 'was' and 'were,' we present Native American culture as a living contemporary culture. Votes: 0

I am so sick of you smart kids. Why can't you just boost cars or steal stuff like normal kids?' 'We do steal stuff. Just bigger stuff. Votes: 0

I think it's [concern about global warming] mainly just like little kids locking themselves in dark closets to see how much they can scare each other and themselves. Votes: 0

I hate the cliche of 'just have fun,' but what I've seen in today's sports, especially with parents, is they put so much pressure on the kids. Votes: 0

You get married and have kids, and you get sick of having the government take your money and tell you what to do. I'm just a conservative guy. Votes: 0

It’s amazing what a healing effect horses can have on kids, particularly troubled kids, that might bridge the gap that a well-intended human just can’t do. Votes: 0

Just as we send young American Jews to Israel through the Birthright program, we need to also consider a 'reverse Birthright' for Israeli kids to come see America. Votes: 0

We're parents first, and once you have kids, everybody knows that you have priority lists. Number one is your family and everything else just kind of finds its place. Votes: 0

Just the other day, it seems, the kids were running through the house, slamming doors, breaking glass, making noise. Time goes by so quickly. Sometimes everything seems so fleeting. Votes: 0

If you're bringing up kids, you just want to smother them with love and praise and enthusiasm. So I don't think you can mollycoddle your kids too much really. Votes: 0

The kids out there want something they can relate to, something that's real; most of that whiny stuff isn't real. The cheesy pop songs just bore me to death. Votes: 0

I'm just one of the kids, and all because the students at Hamilton Heights High School listened to the facts, educated their parents and themselves, and believed in me. Votes: 0

My book is very wild. But you know during the period of BATMAN, that there were thousands of Batman and Robin costumes sold and these weren't just for kids. Votes: 0

Like most parents, I want everything for my kids that I didn't have. But I don't intend to spoil them. I just enjoy everything that comes naturally with parenthood. Votes: 0

I think the education system is great just the way it is. There's kids in my neighborhood in Los Angeles, seven years old, that can already speak fluent Spanish. Votes: 0

My favorite thing about being a father is just seeing my kids grow and do some of the same things that I did when I was a kid, man. Votes: 0

I'm just so against kids being on Twitter because they are not thinking about the ramifications of what they are saying or the emotion of how they say it. Votes: 0

When I'm 40 and nobody wants to see me in a sparkly dress anymore, I'll be like: 'Cool, I'll just go in the studio and write songs for kids.' Votes: 0

I'm not much of a family man. I'm just not that into it. I love kids, I adore them, but I don't want to live my life for them. Votes: 0

My wife and I don't have kids and people are down on us about it. But we're just not wired that way, so don't tell me I have to. Votes: 0

I say no to a lot of things that just don't fit my life. I involve my kids in what I'm struggling with so they don't compete with it. Votes: 0

Saw a lost dog sign with a pic of the dog and a little boy hugging it. I'm assuming the kids safe and we're just focusing on the pooch. Votes: 0

Look, at some point, people have to tell their kids that Santa Claus isn't real. I hate to be the guy to do it, but it's just not real. Votes: 0

I understand people have to go to work and earn money and bring up kids, but I always thought, "Why can't I just do what I want to do?" Votes: 0

It's been a few days since I've seen my kids. My hearts racing; I can't wait to hold them. This is just a glimpse into God's heart at Mass. Votes: 0

We feel that there are so many kids who need adopting. We thought we'd do it after having a couple of our own, but we just changed our mind. Votes: 0

We're all just big kids. That's all we are. We are artistes. We grew up wanting to be part of the fantasy of the fairy tales and the stories. Votes: 0

Let me tell you about gays in the military. I don't want any gay people hanging around me while I'm killing kids. I just don't want to see it. Votes: 0

There's a lot of rudeness and sullen behavior and kids that are very entitled and spoiled, just buy me more stuff. I didn't want to raise kids like that. Votes: 0

The great thing about having a bunch of kids is that they just remind you that you're the person who takes them to go poop. That's who you are! Votes: 0

Paul Gleason played the teacher. I just tortured him as best I could. 'Cause he wasn't one of the kids, you know, so it was okay. He was great. Votes: 0

These kids know so much these days, and are bigger, stronger and quicker mentally. We just have to find out how to use it for good and not evil. Votes: 0

I'd love to win a Grammy! Not ambitious or anything. And just having a really lovely bunch of kids and a happy family life, would be good for me. Votes: 0

We need to teach our kids that it’s not just the winner of the Super Bowl who deserves to be celebrated, but the winner of the science fair... Votes: 0

[Kids today] think "Grease" is just one long music video. So they watch it over and over again the way we, when we were kids, we listened to albums. Votes: 0

Teasing and a sense of humor, if you can develop that in your kids, and if you can exercise it with the kids, just makes for a pleasanter atmosphere. Votes: 0

I was at college studying psychology, philosophy, textiles and drama. But because I wasn't one of those all-singing, all-dancing stage-school kids, I just assumed I'd never become an actor. Votes: 0

The Replacements' is where I met Jon Favreau, and we just clicked like, you know, like kids at a camp. And he wrote my next movie, which was 'Made.' Votes: 0

You should've just gotten a kids' meal." Adrian told me, pointing to my half-eaten burger and fries. "You could've saved me a lot of money. And gotten a toy. Votes: 0

An enormous number of mothers in the U.S. are working double time, graveyard shifts, and more than one job just to put food on the table for their kids. Votes: 0