Whoever had said that the hand rocked the cradle ruled the world must have has a Southern,born bred mother. — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Repetition is the mother of learning, the father of action, which makes it the architect of accomplishment. — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
I just feel like everyone and their mother thinks they can be an artist. You can't. Sorry. I know I was born… — Paz de la Huerta Copy Share Image
Somehow, the things my mother wanted to do, the release in evangelism she sought with such frenzy, were transferred to me. — Ethel Waters Copy Share Image
“My mother used to say, ‘Don’t throw compliments away, so long as they’re free.’” His face was very earnest. “That one wasn’t… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
The father is the head of the home; the mother is the heart of the home; the children are the reward, the… — Angus Buchan Copy Share Image
My mother was in labour for two full days before having me on a sunny August afternoon. She went into labour on… — Dan Levy Copy Share Image
The fact of leaving one's country, one's family, one's roots, can be painful. My father had already found his place, but for… — Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Copy Share Image
My mother had two unshakable beliefs that she tried to drill into me. The first was that I had to study and… — Jenny Zhang Copy Share Image
My idea for 'BoneMan's Daughters' came from the loss of my own daughter when she left home to live with a monster… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
“Suddenly the light came on at the back of her parents’ house, flooding the yard. “Is there somebody out there? Amy, is… — Sarah Mayberry Copy Share Image
Any place, then, can become a cemetery. All it takes is your body. It's not fair, I think, and I get this… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
The worst of it is over now, and I can't say that I am glad. Lose that sense of loss—you have gone… — Amy Hempel Copy Share Image
“To me the front is a mysterious whirlpool. Though I am in still water far away from its centre, I feel the… — Erich Maria Remarque Copy Share Image
I have a very wonderfully, bizarrely amazing relationship with my mother in that we've been through a myriad of emotions because we've… — Laura Dern Copy Share Image
I basically am the only musician in my family. My aunt plays a little piano, but that's about it. My dad's mother… — Coy Bowles Copy Share Image
I don't know anyone who curses the way they do on the Sopranos. Not in an Italian household. I never said the… — Danny Aiello Copy Share Image
Mothers tend to be more direct. Fathers talk to other fathers about their kids more metaphorically. It's a different way of communication. — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
My mother studied English and drama at the University of Pennsylvania, where my father studied architecture. She was a great influence in… — Donald Barthelme Copy Share Image
“It takes a female to have a baby, It takes a woman to raise a child, It takes a mother to raise… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Years rolled on again, and Wendy had a daughter. This ought not to be written in ink but in a golden splash.… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
I have a belief that if I wear my placenta in a necklace, there's a possibility of me gaining second sight -… — Kesha Copy Share Image
Well, people got attatched. Once you cut the umbilical cord they attatched to the other things. Sight, sound, sex, money, mirages, mothers,… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
This is what it is the business of the artist to do. Art is theft, art is armed robbery, art is not… — Janet Malcolm Copy Share Image
I have a CBE - which I accepted because I knew how much my mum, who made it all possible, would have… — Lenny Henry Copy Share Image
My mother was adorable, a great giggler. My father was very strong and could be quite frightening. — Zoe Wanamaker Copy Share Image
To my mother, I was everything. To my father, nothing at all. To my grandmother, I was a daily reminder of loves… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always say because it's such a beautiful animal. There you… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
See I look too good to be getting with and I look to good to be having kids. You know I look… — Remy Ma Copy Share Image
The first few weeks of being a mom were profound, not just emotionally but also, physically. All the changes you instinctually go… — Alyssa Milano Copy Share Image
A mother is neither cocky nor proud because she knows the school principle may call at any minute to report that her… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People always ask me: 'When is the new Pele going to be born?' Never. My father and mother have closed the factory. — Pele Copy Share Image
Happy Mother's day to the ones who unfortunately lost their little one before they even got a chance to hold them. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Guided by my heritage of a love of beauty and a respect for strength - in search of my mother's garden, I… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
When my father died, I was nine or 10, and my mother was like a dad and a mom to me. She… — Sonita Alizadeh Copy Share Image
The sharpest memory of our old-fashioned Christmas eve is my mother's hand making sure I was settled in bed. — Paul Engle Copy Share Image
Just think: people decided one day that a day should be set aside for motherhood and fatherhood. What a great concept that… — Patti Davis Copy Share Image
I put quite a bit of study into the horn, that's true. In fact, the neighbors threatened to ask my mother to… — Charlie Parker Copy Share Image
I never went to school beyond the 3rd grade, but my mother taught me the difference between right and wrong. — Joe E. Lewis Copy Share Image
My parents were no ordinary people. My mother turned Gandhian, and my father was a staunch communist. They named me after the… — Kabir Bedi Copy Share Image
