One of the most distinctive evolutionary features of human beings is our unusually long, protected childhood. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes being childhood distinctive
We say that children are bad at paying attention, but we really mean that they're bad at not paying attention - they easily get distracted by anything interesting. Alison Gopnik attentionbadchild Change image and share on social
The radio was an improvement on the telegraph but it didn't have the same exponential, transformative effect. Alison Gopnik effectexponentialimprovement Change image and share on social
Something like reading depends a lot on just having people around you who talk to you and read you books, more than sitting down and, say, doing a reading drill when you're 3 or 4 years old. Alison Gopnik bookdependdrill Change image and share on social
I think that, in almost all human beings, there is buried a profound tribal instinct that makes us very susceptible to being aroused to patriotic fervour. Adam Hochschild arousebeingbury Change image and share on social
I had this wild imagination. I was never me. All my childhood photos, I'm in fancy dress, playing a Russian refuge or Marvelous Mad Madam Mim. Juno Temple childhooddressfancy Change image and share on social
Of all the principles which constitute Liberal Democracy, internationalism is the clearest, the most distinctive, and the one with the longest history. Charles Kennedy clearconstitutedemocracy Change image and share on social