I've always kind of lived my life to be as much as possible a positive role model for children.

When children are very young you read them books that are positive to help them go to sleep. But there comes a moment when they begin to understand the difficulties of the world. They know there are problems and the books they read should reflect that not gloss over them.

Studies show that children of divorced parents can have outcomes as positive as those coming from intact homes provided the father remains financially supportive and active in his children's lives.

Flexible working is not just for women with children. It is necessary at the other end of the scale. If people can move into part-time work instead of retirement then that will be a huge help. If people can fit their work around caring responsibilities for the elderly the disabled then again that's very positive.

It is difficult to discern a serious threat to religious liberty from a room of silent thoughtful schoolchildren.

The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office.

If I do a poetry reading I want people to walk out and say they feel better for having been there - not because you've done a comedy performance but because you're talking about your father dying or having young children things that touch your soul.

Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme rhythm and the words themselves.

Frankly writing poetry for children is plain old fun and I consider myself blessed to have such a delightful career.

I want to write a book of poetry as well as children's stories.

Children can write poetry and then unless they're poets they stop when reach puberty.

I think poetry can help children deal with the other subjects on the curriculum by enabling them to see a subject in a new way.

Instead of trying to come up and pontificate on what literature is you need to talk with children to teachers and make sure they get poetry in the curriculum early.

I want to branch out. I want to write. I write poetry. I want to see my children grow up well.

Teach you children poetry it opens the mind lends grace to wisdom and makes the heroic virtues hereditary.

Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie.

We have three cats. It's like having children but there is no tuition involved.

Dachshunds are ideal dogs for small children as they are already stretched and pulled to such a length that the child cannot do much harm one way or the other.

People in Afghanistan want peace including the Taliban. They're also people like we all are. They have families they have relatives they have children they are suffering a tough time.

I am running for President of the United States to enable the Goddess of Peace to encircle within her arms all the children of this country and all the children of the world.

We belong to the camp of peace. We believe in peace. We believe that our one God wishes us to live in peace and wishes peace upon us for these are His teachings to all the followers of the three great monotheistic religions the Children of Abraham.

All of us deserve a greater peace of mind knowing that our children are better protected wherever they are.

Are some women and children going to die? Yeah. But it's doing the right thing. You got money you sit around talking about peace. People who don't have money need some help.

If there's no inner peace people can't give it to you. The husband can't give it to you. Your children can't give it to you. You have to give it to you.