My early childhood prepared me to be a social psychologist. I grew up in a South Bronx ghetto in a very poor family. From Sicilian origin, I was the first person in my family to complete high school, let alone go to college.

I have no complaints with the whole childhood acting thing, because I wanted to do it.

Everyone has a childhood, everyone had awkward years and weird stages. Mine were broadcast for eight years.

That great Cathedral space which was childhood.

I like consistency. If you've had a childhood like mine, you want some things you can rely on to stay the same.

Right now I belong to the wonderful organization called The Children's Action Network. The first thing we did was immunize 200,000 children across the country against childhood diseases.

I'm aware of what kids like because I'm constantly in touch with them. Also, they say that a lot of people who write for children can remember their own childhoods vividly and I can remember my childhood very vividly.

Since childhood she had walked the Devon rivers with her father looking for flowers and the nests of birds, passing some rocks and trees as old friends, seeing a Spirit everywhere, gentle in thought to all her eyes beheld.

Childhood is frequently a solemn business for those inside it.

I grew up in Cambridge in England, and my love of mathematics dates from those early childhood days.

I had this rare privilege of being able to pursue in my adult life, what had been my childhood dream.

I am convinced that, except in a few extraordinary cases, one form or another of an unhappy childhood is essential to the formation of exceptional gifts.

The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind.

There's something about childhood friends that you just can't replace.

At heart, this job is about continuing to make great theatre for the people of Sheffield - a city I've known and loved since childhood.