Maryanne Wolf

Look around on your next plane trip. The iPad is the new pacifier for babies and toddlers. Younger school-aged children read stories on smartphones; older boys don't read at all, but hunch over video games. Parents and other passengers read on Kindles or skim a flotilla of email and news feeds.

American Educator

GloZell

Sometimes she wants her pacifier, and other times, she doesn't even want it near her. She's very strong and determined. She's always trying to stand, and she was born with her eyes open, so she's ready to go.

American Comedian

Viv Richards

My dad was assistant governor of the prison, so there were times when he would bring some of that discipline home. He was the enforcer, whereas my mother, who was a stay-at-home mum, was always the pacifier.

Antiguan Cricketer

Edward Albert

Recently, our cable went out. Without the TV, children are forced to draw and read; grown-ups are forced to talk to their wives. I call it a psychic pacifier: It washes over you. It helps you avoid reality.

American Actor

Thalia

When my daughter Sabrina was 2 years old, the pediatrician told me it was time she quit using a pacifier because that could make her teeth crooked and even cause infections in her ears.

Mexican Musician

Cyndi Lauper

I always sang. I wanted to be in a band with my sister, and I was, at 11. At 12, I started writing seriously, and that was my pacifier all through high school - that and painting.

American Musician

Emma Goldman

Anarchism is the great liberator of man from the phantoms that have held him captive; it is the arbiter and pacifier of the two forces for individual and social harmony.

Russian Activist

Andrew Clements

My sister called her pillow a pilgo. My brother called his pacifier his nimma. But I don't think I was much of a word generator myself.

American Author

Jalen Ramsey

I used to always wear a mouthpiece my whole life - a big pacifier.

American Football Player

Used to soothe babies, usually mentioned in parenting contexts or advertisements for baby products.

Baby Comfort

Comes in different sizes and shapes, important to choose one that a baby can safely use.

Size and Shape

Some babies become very attached to their pacifiers, leading to potential challenges when weaning them off.

Attachment Significance

'Pacifier' can be used metaphorically to describe something that calms a situation beyond childcare.

Metaphorical Use

In politics, a 'pacifier' might not solve the problem, just ease tension for a while.

Temporary Calm

Using 'pacifier' in political contexts could imply issues are being avoided rather than addressed.

Connotation of Avoidance

 aid scientists seeking a cure for cancer and heart disease but others like herpetologist Carl Franklin say the venom collected at the roundups is not collected in a sterile environment and therefore is worthless I think it's just a useless pacifier to give to the masses