The thing that impresses me the most about America is the way parents obey their children.

More quotations from Unknown

Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done.

Nothing in the world is permanent, and we're foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we're still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it. If change is of the essence of existence one would have thought it only sensible to make it the premise of our philosophy.

Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.

Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function.

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Be gentle with the young.

—Lois McMaster Bujold

I am amused when goody-goodies proclaim, from the safety of their armchairs, that children are naturally prejudice-free, that they only learn to "hate" from listening to bigoted adults. Nonsense. Tolerance is a learned trait, like riding a bike or playing the piano. Those of us who actually live among children, who see them in their natural environment, know the truth: Left to their own devices, children will gang up on and abuse anyone who is even slightly different from the norm.

—Leo J. Burke

It is not giving children more that spoils them; it is giving them more to avoid confrontation.

—Lawana Blackwell

My mother loved children—she would have given anything if I had been one.

Babies are cool, until you've done everything to do with 'em and you get bored. That's why T.V. shows about babies don't last more than a year.

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