There have been systems of religion where the mother is the prime parent, the source, and she's really a more immediate parent… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
I did not come from an academic background. My father was a smart man, but he had a fifth-grade education. He and… — Leonard Susskind Copy Share Image
Inherently, I have a social conscience which my late father inculcated in me. He was not exactly a very wealthy man, but… — Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Copy Share Image
My father was in the Navy. He is very tall and has a big presence. When he was angry, he stared you… — Erin Brockovich Copy Share Image
“My father and I live under different suns. In reality, it is the same: red and hungry, an intense crimson eye that… — Olivia A. Cole Copy Share Image
My son was born during my last semester in college. His due date was Thanksgiving, but he didn't show up until finals… — LZ Granderson Copy Share Image
Each person is made of five different elements, she told me. Too much fire and you had a bad temper. That was… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I have never been a Conservative, or at least not since being a young teenager. My father voted Conservative, and even his… — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
In the midst of her tears came the thought, "When people are in danger, they ask God to save them;" and, slipping… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
My father moved out to Park City in in the mid-'70s and lived in a Winnebago behind a hippie joint called Utah… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
I did this Super-8 film at art school called 'Tissues,' this black comedy about a family whose father has been arrested for… — Jane Campion Copy Share Image
I think we all like to see ourselves as good dads, but there's also that fear, 'Oh, I don't want to be… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
Look, as a child growing up it occurred to me that I had everything I could have wanted: a roof over my… — Frank Sinatra Jr Copy Share Image
It's just as I thought," she said. "I prefer you to every single one of these. Some of these look far too… — Diana Wynne Jones Copy Share Image
A woman is never so happy as when she is being wooed. Then she is mistress of all she surveys, the cynosure… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
Why, just a couple of economic seasons ago, was idle cash considered an indication of bad management or lazy management? Because it… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
I wasn't actually going to see the original film [Lord of the Ring], because I didn't think it was possible that a… — Evangeline Lilly Copy Share Image
My father provided; he gathered things to himself and let them fall upon the world; my clothes, my food, my luxurious hopes… — John Updike Copy Share Image
With the help of a friend I got father into a wagon, when the crowd had gone. I held his head in… — Buffalo Bill Copy Share Image
These ceremonies which are used in the administration of the Sacraments, each of which we receive as delivered and entrusted to us… — Peter Canisius Copy Share Image
Literature is always best when it is celebrating its subjects darkly. ... And because it is often by describing the thing lost… — Bill Buford Copy Share Image
In the 1980s, I was working to reform the schools in Arkansas. Donald Trump was borrowing $14 million from his father to… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
I am an Episcopalian who takes the faith of my fathers seriously, and I would, I think, be disheartened if my own… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
One improvement I have learned from my childhood experience with my father: I do not threaten punishment in the morning. That was… — Lincoln Steffens Copy Share Image
Mom and Dad were married 64 years. And if you wondered what their secret was, you could have asked the local florist… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
He had handed his daughter to Caroline Gill and that act had led him here, years later, to this girl in motion… — Kim Edwards Copy Share Image
In the beginning no power differential existed between male and female. God empowered both with full rights and responsibility to rule outward… — Carolyn Custis James Copy Share Image
“John, watching in dismay, saw his great chance slipping through his fingers, and he swung around to demand of his father, “Papa,… — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
Get to Know Yourself Once you start getting acquainted with yourselves, finding out who you are and where you belong and who… — Boyd K. Packer Copy Share Image
I believe there's 3 types of heroes: first is the mother who took care of you and loved you and also saved… — Maria Copy Share Image
My father was a very powerful influence, well, always, through our life. He taught us very much that... we were very lucky… — Jean Kennedy Smith Copy Share Image
“When I was a child, an angel came to say, A true friend is coming my warrior to sweep you away, It… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
My father, Oliver Hynes, was an educator. He was originally just a teacher, a very good one, but then he was promoted… — Garry Hynes Copy Share Image
I ... received a few hugs and dutiful pecks on the cheek at bedtime, even a couple of 'thank-yous' thrown in for… — Becky Freeman Copy Share Image
My father kind of had hopes that I was going to become an artist like him - the typical thing. Of course… — David Russell Copy Share Image
Having two boys of my own who I love more than I'll ever love myself, I can't tell you how crushing it… — Michael Buble Copy Share Image
I changed my major to English literature, which was on the advice of my father. I finally said, "You know, Dad, to… — Keith Carradine Copy Share Image
It is only reasonable to allow the administration of affairs to mothers before their children reach the age prescribed by law at… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
There are actually no political aspirations. I think you need to have the right attitude and aptitude for it. I don't think… — Sonakshi Sinha Copy Share Image
Actors aren't all the same. They have very different skills. There are actors of intellect who are very thoughtful about everything they… — Campbell Scott Copy Share Image