Step Children Quotes:

It takes a strong man to accept somebody else's children and step up to the plate another man left on the table.

- Ray Johnson

topic: Strong, Children, Men, Strong Man, Stepfathers

Parents. . . are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfil the promise of their early years.

- Anthony Powell

source: Anthony Powell (1995). “A Dance to the Music of Time: First Movement”, University of Chicago Press

topic: Children, Disappointment, Years, Step Children

Common Core, the initiative that claims to more accurately measure K-12 student knowledge in English and math, also encourages children to step up their critical thinking.

- David Harsanyi

source: "No, Arne Duncan, ‘White Suburban Moms’ Aren’t The Problem. (But you might be)". thefederalist.com. November 19, 2013.

topic: Children, Math, Thinking, Step Children, Common Core

My mother, whom I love dearly, has continually revised my life story within the context of a complicated family history that includes more than the usual share of divorce, step-children, dysfunction, and obfuscation. I've spent most of my adult life attempting to deconstruct that history and separate fact from fiction.

- Melissa Gilbert

topic: Mother, Children, Divorce, Obfuscation, Step Children

When I step foot to my locker and change shoes for training, its like turning on a switch. I become a creature. Not a human. I look to tear apart anyone and everyone in my way to hugeness and I don't care how I do it. I can feel my heart start jumping and my body start saying "beat me into the ground like a red-headed step child. I want punishment" I WANT TO BE A FREAK, A FREAK I TELL YOU!!

- Jason Bennett

topic: Children, Badass, Heart, Step Children

The great man is not the child of his age but its step-child.

- Georg Brandes

source: Georg Brandes (2015). “Friedrich Nietzsche (English Edition)”, p.6, WILLIAM HEINEMANN

topic: Children, Men, Age, Step Children

Most ideas are step-by-step children of other ideas.

- Alex Faickney Osborn

source: Alex Faickney Osborn (1948). “Your Creative Power: How to Use Imagination”

topic: Children, Ideas, Steps, Step Children

Every man who has an idol or admires someone can recognise its themes. It's not only a film about the relationship between fans and idols, it's also a love story, a story of a man who is depressed, who has problems in his relationship with his teenage step-children.

- Eric Cantona

source: "Looking For Eric - Eric Cantona interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

topic: Children, Teenage, Men, Step Children