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I was born during the war, on October 20, 1942, as the second of five children. My father, Rolf Volhard, was an architect. — Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

The embryo of my second novel, Bobby's Diner, came to life because of my husband's ex-wives. Let's just say, they inspired the writing. — Susan Wingate

The unity in every second of all time and all wandering mankind, all wandering womankind, all wandering children. — Kurt Vonnegut

Jade blinked. It was only for a fraction of a second but she could have sworn the the house had changed shape. — Richard J. Ward

I think children are like pancakes. You sort of ruin the first one, and you get better at it the second time around. — Kelly Ripa

God gave me a second chance. I am so very glad with what is going on with my career, but I want to be a success in my relationship with my children. — El DeBarge

In civil business; what first? boldness; what second and third? boldness: and yet boldness is a child of ignorance and baseness. — Francis Bacon

My second divorce was the worst kind of divorce. There were two children; one had just been born. My husband was in love with someone else. — Nora Ephron

A second wife is hateful to the children of the first; a viper is not more hateful. — Euripides

A lot of schools benefit from parents who are first- or second-generation immigrants, who expect the best for their children. — Michael Gove

The reason most second marriages break up, I had read, was because of the children. — Jane Green

The first half of life is learning to be an adult-the second half is learning to be a child. — Pablo Picasso

Every American child should grow up knowing a second language, preferably English. — Mignon McLaughlin

I am writing my second novel for children for Simon and Schuster. — Marlee Matlin

Old age is but a second childhood. — Aristophanes

Pity the small backs of children, he heard her saying. They carry death for us the second they are born. — Lidia Yuknavitch

On Michael Jackson and child stardom: He had one of the worst childhoods ever. I think I had the second. — Elizabeth Taylor

She asked where he lived.
Second to the right,' said Peter, 'and then straight on till morning. — J.M. Barrie

How to begin to educate a child. First rule: leave him alone. Second rule: leave him alone. Third rule: leave him alone. That is the whole beginning. — D.H. Lawrence

It's written in our DNA somewhere: our children first, the rest of the world second. — Rachel Caine

I have a husband and children, and it affects me deeply that somebody could be taken away in a second. — Hope Davis

I wanted to write for all children, even those kids who might see language as a threatening thing, even if English is their second language. — Ursula Dubosarsky

I'll take a look and get a second wind because so many little children are running around at my side. — Oxana Chusovitina

Man is not an end but a beginning. We are at the beginning of the second week. We are children of the eighth day. — Thornton Wilder

By degrees, he joins that sorry legion of passive men who abandon their children in order to placate their second wives. — Ian McEwan

Mockery is not just the interest of children; it is their second meal — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

I grew up in Cazenovia, N.Y. I'm the second of five children, with three sisters and a brother. — Siobhan Fallon Hogan

Children who are read to learn two things: First, that reading is worthwhile, and second, that they are worthwhile. — Laura Bush

The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children. — Clarence Darrow

Let the child's first lesson be obedience, and the second will be what thou wilt. — Benjamin Franklin

Parent may hinder their children's marriage; but children cannot interfere with the insane acts of their parents in their second childhood. — Honore De Balzac

I have four children and nine grandchildren. I'm presently wearing out my second wife. — Morgan Freeman

My unhealthy affection for my second daughter has waned. Now I despise all my seven children equally. — Evelyn Waugh

They were Archer's second set of children an d paragons of contemporary teenage cynicism. They enjoyed setting fire to the tails of tender thoughts. — Tom Wolfe

I always wanted children late; I had my first daughter at 39 and the second at 45. — Monica Bellucci

The wife ought to have the first child and the husband the second, then there wouldn't ever be any more. — Flora Thompson

I've had bad luck with all my wives. The first one left me and the second one didn't. The third gave me more children! — Donald Trump

FYODOR MIKHAYLOVICH DOSTOYEVSKY was born in Moscow in 1821, the second of a physician's seven children. When — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The second officer had turned fully to look down at Vincent's saws. "Those are for dissecting dwarves and children," The Saw Man said, gravely. — Jackie Trippier Holt

I think a lot of mothers are doing as I am: starting up their own ventures as their children grow older, and having a kind of second blooming. — Donna Air

I was born on September 27, 1918, the second of five children. — Martin Ryle

Children are our second chance to have a great parent-child relationship. — Laura C. Schlessinger