Wanda Sykes Quotes

When you're a kid, all you really care about are Slurpees and Slip N Slide and riding your bike, and that's what I did.

You know, it's kind of hard because I really - I see kids on their Rollerblades and their bikes, and just running around, climbing trees, and I used to do that. And I loved doing that.

I spent a lot of time outdoors as a kid.

The essence of childhood, of course, is play, which my friends and I did endlessly on streets that we reluctantly shared with traffic.

When I was a kid, we played outside until we couldn't see and had to go in. I rode my bicycle and played tag football, kick the can, and hide-and-go-seek.

When I'm not working, I'm having fun with my son. We do lots of kids' stuff.

When I was 15, I still liked climbing trees and hiding in cupboards.

I'd like to go by climbing a birch tree~ And climb black branches up a snow-white trunk Toward heaven, till the tree could bear no more, But dipped its top and set me down again. That would be good both going and coming back. One could do worse than be a swinger of birches.

As a little kid, I climbed a lot of trees because I always loved the bird's-eye view.

Even if you have nothing in your wallet, nothing can keep you from having a great summer. You can listen to crickets sing you to sleep, trace the Big Dipper, breathe in the stars, run through a sprinkler, host a cartwheel contest in the front yard.

I spent much of my childhood in northern Quebec, and often there was no radio, no television - there wasn't a lot to entertain us. When it rained, I stayed inside reading, writing, drawing.

Ever since childhood, when I lived within earshot of the Boston and Maine, I have seldom heard a train go by and not wished I was on it.

I was a typical American boy. I did a lot of outdoor activities, played a lot outside with my friends, loved to go the beach, liked to hike, boating and fishing, and I flew a lot of model airplanes as well.

I never grew up reading or fantasizing about fairy tales. I was always too busy, like, outside being a kid.

I remember riding my bike down the boardwalk with nowhere to go and looking at the girls. It was really innocent.

When I was in school, I used to look out the window and see the big red double-deck buses driving by. It just looked so free.

To people of my generation, the picture show was really another dimension - sensual, whimsical. No uniforms or collective rites, but a place where little boys like me could laugh and feel free.

I had the most magical childhood, running free and going anywhere I wanted to in my head.

We grew up climbing trees, playing outdoors and cycling.

When I grew up, we played in vacant lots.

I was no different to any other kid of my generation. I played with my mates in the park every day, every spare minute I could.

I owe a lot to playing on the street. And what was even better than playing on the street was playing football with my friends in the local graveyard. It was fantastic. We forgot what the time was and didn't even go home for our meals.

Where ever I am I always find myself looking out the window wishing I was somewhere else.

I don't like lying around on the beach. I like to be busy.

As a boy, I didn't need a lot of playmates to have a good time.