If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children, I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life.

如果我能影响到这位善良的仙女，她应该主持所有孩子的洗礼仪式，我应该要求她给世界上每个孩子的礼物都是一种不可摧毁的奇迹感，这种感觉将会持续一生。

If I have no children what would be the point of living.

如果我没有孩子，活着还有什么意义?

If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder without any such gift from the fairies, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in

如果一个孩子想要保持他与生俱来的好奇心，而没有仙女的礼物，他至少需要一个成年人的陪伴，和他一起重新发现我们生活的世界的快乐、兴奋和神秘

If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in.

如果一个孩子想要保持他与生俱来的好奇心，他至少需要一个成年人的陪伴，和他一起重新发现我们生活的世界的快乐、兴奋和神秘。

If a composer has a nice wife and some nice children, how can he let the children starve on his dissonances?

如果一个作曲家有一个好妻子和几个好孩子，他怎么能让孩子们因为他的不和谐音而挨饿呢?

If my children were hungry I should think I would steal to feed them.

如果我的孩子们饿了，我想我会偷东西喂他们。

If my kids are doing well, then my life is going pretty well. And if my kids aren't doing well, it doesn't matter how the other elements of my life are. It's kind of amazing to have a context like that. This is really wonderful.

如果我的孩子过得很好，那么我的生活也很好。如果我的孩子做得不好，我生活中的其他因素如何都不重要。有这样的背景真是太棒了。这真是太棒了。

If there are kids who want to follow in my footsteps, I'd say that my shoes are too big for them to fill! But their shoe size is just perfect.

如果有孩子想追随我的脚步，我会说我的鞋太大了，他们穿不进去!但他们的鞋码是完美的。

If these men decided that they have to go in there and fight, I want them to send their own children and grandchildren. I want them to not send a bunch of strangers' kids in there to fight and die.

如果这些人决定要去那里战斗，我想让他们把自己的孩子和孙子都送去。我希望他们不要把一群陌生人的孩子送去战斗然后死去。

If we call ourselves children of God, then others are also children of God.

我们若自称是神的儿女，别人也是神的儿女。

If we can't begin to agree on fundamentals, such as the elimination of the most abusive forms of child labor, then we really are not ready to march forward into the future.

如果我们不能开始就基本问题达成一致，比如消除最具虐待性的童工形式，那么我们真的还没有准备好走向未来。

If we don't stand up for children, then we don't stand for much.

如果我们不为孩子们站出来，那么我们就不能代表太多。

If we had paid no more attention to our plants than we have to our children, we would now be living in a jungle of weed.

如果我们不像关心孩子一样关心我们的植物，我们现在就会生活在杂草丛生的丛林中。

If we keep on ignoring and leaving children to their own devices at home, they become latchkey kids, and trust me, the consequences of that are not good.

如果我们继续忽视孩子，把他们留在家里，让他们自己玩自己的设备，他们就会变成挂钥匙儿童，相信我，这样做的后果并不好。

If we talk about literacy, we have to talk about how to enhance our children's mastery over the tools needed to live intelligent, creative, and involved lives.

如果我们谈论读写能力，我们必须谈论如何增强我们的孩子对生活所需的工具的掌握，这些工具能使他们过上智慧、创造性和参与性的生活。