Tom Shakespeare

The first duty of a State is to see that every child born therein shall be well housed, clothed, fed and educated, until it attain years of discretion.

John Ruskin

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Proverbs 22.6

The future is not what older people think but what younger people do.

Nicholas Negriponte

When asked ‘Shall I tell my mother I’m gay?’, I reply ‘Never tell your mother anything.’

Quentin Crisp

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears

Francis Bacon

Parents are the bones on which children sharpen their teeth.

Peter Ustinov

When in doubt, ask a lesbian.

Demosthenes Panayotou

Who knows most, doubts most.

Robert Browning

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

Seneca

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.

Bertrand Russell