I never felt like a Chinese citizen because I was pushed away at a very young age. My father, a writer, was… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
If a woman can, by careful selection of a father and nourishment of herself, produce a citizen with efficient senses, sound organs… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
When I knew I was pregnant four years ago with a boy, a friend suggested I call him Cary, but I initially… — Jennifer Grant Copy Share Image
Orthodox Jews often ask you: "Are you an Israeli first, or a Jew?" I see no difference between the two. After all,… — Yair Lapid Copy Share Image
“Being a good father to our children requires a few goals: 1. Be an example of personal responsibility 2. Display self-respect 3.… — Charles F. Glassman Copy Share Image
Our most merciful Father, seeing us to be oppressed and overwhelmed with the curse of the law . . . sent his… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I kind of grew up with a mix of two things. One was kind of this individual work ethic that my father… — Kyrsten Sinema Copy Share Image
Anyway, that's how it is! Either they obey the law, or they're expelled!! And make sure they wear their veils correctly..." -… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
Her [Mary's] motherhood extends beyond view. In the will of the Son, she becomes at once mother and maid: sheltering him, but… — Adrienne von Speyr Copy Share Image
It helps to know from a very early age what you want to do. From the time I was five years old,… — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
“fathers must do more than just send their daughters off into the world and “hope they come back with a good one.”… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Growing up as a black kid with a white father who loves you, who affirms you, who was part of your life… — Benjamin Jealous Copy Share Image
If time came before me, time is not before the Word, whose Begetter is atemporal. When the beginningless Father was there, leaving… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
From tender youth we are told by father and teacher that betrayal is the most heinous offence imaginable. But what is betrayal? Betrayal… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As for my father, I never knew whether he believed God was a mathematician but he certainly believed God could count and… — Norman Maclean Copy Share Image
People always say The God Father is the #1 movie of all time. But ask yourself, did you see Zach Braff in… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
Either Christ is a liar or war is never necessary, and very properly assuming that Christ told the truth, it follows that… — Ben Salmon Copy Share Image
Locked together in hatred. But I can't hate you Louis. Louis my love, I was mortal till you gave me your immortal… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
I started working out with my father the summer I was 13, which was incredible for our relationship. Those were my summers:… — Michael Strahan Copy Share Image
Last night it had been my father who had finally said it: "She’s never coming home." A clear and easy piece of… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
The only perfect love to be found on earth is not sexual love, which is riddled with hostility and insecurity, but the… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
Particularly in relationship to my father - there's something that daughters, girl children, do almost instinctually in their relationships with their father,… — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
Fathers are still considered the most important "doers" in our culture, and in most families they are that. Girls see them as… — Stella Chess Copy Share Image
Full fathom five thy father lies; Of his bones are coral made; Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Ecclesiastes names thee Almighty, the Maccabees name thee Creator, the Epistle to the Ephesians names thee Liberty, Baruch names thee Immensity, the… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Growing up, I was discouraged from telling personal stories. My dad often used the phrase 'Don't tell anyone.' But not about creepy… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
There are some times when I have to take off the manager hat and be a father. And sometimes I have to… — Mathew Knowles Copy Share Image
I can understand how people would despise my image and my father's persona. My father's image amongst the poorest of people, those… — Juan Pablo Escobar Copy Share Image
“Love. That splendid word. Thank you, Father. You are graciously loving us. You are love. This is such a beautiful thought. Teach… — David Holdsworth Copy Share Image
Our faith is concentrated in the Son of God, and through him in the Father; and the Holy Ghost is their minister… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him," my father had told me more than once.… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
My mother and I are more than best friends; we are partners in crime. After she and my father, Quincy Jones, separated… — Rashida Jones Copy Share Image
I don't know if my father realizes this, but I remember sitting there watching 'Apocalypse Now,' watching Pacino in 'Scarface' and watching… — Shea Whigham Copy Share Image
Take a company like GM. For years, people were warning its execs that the company was too dependent on big SUVs and… — Dan Heath Copy Share Image
During the mourning period after my father passed, his friends and colleagues were saying there was no way the business would survive.… — Julie Smolyansky Copy Share Image
It's hard for me to believe sometimes that my three kids never met my dad. Because one of the things - one… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
Theater is the foundation of how I live my life, actually. My father was a playwright, so I was around it all… — Laura Linney Copy Share Image
Democracy is something America has never really practiced. Because the Founding Fathers hated two things: monarchy and democracy. They wanted a republic,… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
I look at my little girl and I wonder what she's going to be and what she's going to do and what… — Jake Owen Copy Share Image