As a disciple of my father's, I was certain I wanted to include one of his own raga creations on 'Home', as… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
Math-thinking, I would say, encourages flipping and substituting letters in words (in the novel, one of the boys double-majors in math and… — Mary Kay Zuravleff Copy Share Image
Don't drop him," said Peter's mother to his father. "Don't you dare drop him." She was laughing. "I will not," said his… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
It's not that we have too much mother, but too little father. We can't forgive our mothers for taking the place of… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
George Bush is by American standards rabidly Upper Class - Eastern, Socially Attractive, WASP, 19th-century money, several generations of Andover and Yale… — Peter York Copy Share Image
Thomas More's birth was noted by his father upon a blank page at the back of a copy of Geoffrey of Monmouth's… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
When I was 5, my father was very much my hero. And he ran for political office in a very thankless campaign… — Howard Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
My family is blue-collar - coal miners and steelworkers. My father was an automobile mechanic, and us boys were brought up to… — F. Murray Abraham Copy Share Image
New revelations regarding faith or morals ... have always been abhorred and challenged in the Church ... Hence, the Sovereign Pontiffs, the… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
I grew up in a house where my father encouraged my brother and me to fail. I specifically remember coming home and… — Sara Blakely Copy Share Image
They were singing, Gillette, the best a man can get, with a lot of guys hugging their fathers and sailing and riding… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
There are people who say, 'Oh every time Catholics make the sign of the cross they re-crucify Christ.' Look, that's what comes… — John Corapi Copy Share Image
“I look in the jewelry box where Joanie found the drugs. She showed me a miniature Ziploc bag filled with a clear,… — Kaui Hart Hemmings Copy Share Image
My upbringing was very basic working-class on the outskirts of Nottingham. My mother, Glenis, was a nursery nurse, looking after special-needs children,… — Mathew Horne Copy Share Image
God is not an employer looking for employees. He is an Eagle looking for people who will take refuge under his wings.… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Mainstream rabbis essentially closed the book on dreams by the sixth century, and Church fathers established that only certain saints have the… — Rodger Kamenetz Copy Share Image
My father was a mailman. His father was a coal miner. My mother's mother could barely speak English. And their son today… — John Kasich Copy Share Image
The Lord has directed, Bring up your children in light and truth. To me, there is no more important human effort. Being… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
“Her father’s marvelous gentleness was not because he lacked a keen enough perception of the faults and wretchedness of others; it came… — Sigrid Undset Copy Share Image
When Obama was first proposed as a presidential candidate in 2007, the nation failed to have a meaningful debate concerning the serious… — Aaron Klein Copy Share Image
Musalia [Mudavadi] was created by [Daniel Toroitich arap] Moi and given his seat after his father's death since Musalia's was one of… — Raila Odinga Copy Share Image
Anytime I'm like, 'Ho-hum,' trying to go about my business like anyone else, I'll have a father or someone come up to… — Jessica Mendoza Copy Share Image
I came out of a culture in which my uncle, my father - they were all salesmen of one kind or another.… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
The things of God are understood by the Spirit of God. That Spirit is real. To those who have experienced its workings,… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
As a father, I believe that involving children in sports at a young age is generally, a wise proposition. I believe that… — Naveen Jain Copy Share Image
Your friends are at the house.' I sit up, straight. 'Who'? 'I don't know. Weird people. The Sullivan girl, whose father got… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
My children haven't read 'Winter Journal'. They have read some of my work, but I really don't foist it on them. I… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
Darling, You asked me to write you a letter, so I am writing you a letter. I do not know why I… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
A Japanese diplomat and jujitsu expert, Konde Maeda Kome, came to Brazil in the 1920s and there he met my grandfather, Gaston… — Rickson Gracie Copy Share Image
I am about to impart to you the sacred words my father gave to me. It’s the five responses that will get… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
I definitely had those moments, like any actor, when you get anxious and think, 'When am I going to work again?' But… — Chris O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Sometimes I try to remember things my mother told me about the awful way he was raised. But why does he have… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
My father... removed from Kentucky to... Indiana, in my eighth year... It was a wild region, with many bears and other wild… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
We're a much more touchy-feely, hands-on generation than our fathers but juggling work, family and social life and trying to be romantic… — Ben Fogle Copy Share Image
Some fathers and sons don't get along that well when they're younger because they can't find a way to reach each other,… — Braylon Edwards Copy Share Image
Seek the simplest in all things, in food, clothing, without being ashamed of poverty. For a great part of the world lives… — Gennadius of Constantinople Copy Share Image
My father represents a very interesting challenge to the Republican party. I think this is taking people by surprise. (But) I think… — Ivanka Trump Copy Share Image
Please know that your Father in Heaven loves you and so does His Only Begotten Son. When they speak to you--and They… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
People should organize people to just turn up and participate in the democratic process. Knock on doors. They may not be old… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
To desire money is much nobler than to desire success. Desiring money may mean desiring to return to your country, or marry… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image