Bob Keeshan quotes

One of the big secrets of finding time is not to watch television. (Bob Keeshan)

Children don't drop out of high school when they are 16, they do so in the first grade and wait 10 years to make it official.

Bob Keeshan

Generosity has built America. When we fail to invest in children, we have to pay the cost.

Bob Keeshan

The best teacher is an entertainer.

Bob Keeshan

The children should never be excluded from what I am doing and should never have the feeling of being part of an audience.

Bob Keeshan

Let me introduce myself. My name is, uh, Kangaroo... Kangaroo - Captain Kangaroo ... I'm the keeper here of the Treasure House.

Bob Keeshan

Play is the work of children. It's very serious stuff.

Bob Keeshan

Back in the old days, when I was a child, we sat around the family table at dinner time and exchanged our daily experiences. It wasn't very organized, but everyone was recognized and all the news that had to be told was told by each family member. We listened to each other and the interest was not put on; it was real.

Bob Keeshan

A child needs to be listened to and talked to at 3 and 4 and 5 years of age. Parents should not wait for the sophisticated conversation of a teenager.

Bob Keeshan

Parents are the ultimate role models for children. Every word, movement and action has an effect. No other person or outside force has a greater influence on a child than the parent.

Bob Keeshan

It requires more strength to be gentle, so it's the everyday encounters of life that I think we've prepared children for and prepared them to be good to other people and to consider other people. (Bob Keeshan)

We have respect for our audience. ... We operate on the conviction that it is composed of young children of potentially good taste, and that this taste should be developed.

Bob Keeshan

I enjoy meeting not only contemporary children, but yesterday's children as well. It's nice to talk about the experiences we shared, they tell me, 'You were a good friend.' That's the warmest part.

Bob Keeshan

Back in the old days, when I was a child, we sat around the family table at dinner time and exchanged our daily experiences.... It wasn't very organized, but everyone was recognized and all the news that had to be told was told by each family member. We listened to each other and the interest was not put on; it was real. ... A child needs to be listened to and talked to at 3 and 4 and 5 years of age ... Parents should not wait for the sophisticated conversation of a teenager.

Bob Keeshan