We are programmed by our past beliefs, which we inherited from our parents, our cultural traditions sometimes, and our social conditioning. — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Between the two [parents], it was a really unique upbringing, I think, especially for where I was from. — Mahershala Ali Copy Share Image
Why did I write? whose sin to me unknown Dipt me in ink, my parents', or my own? As yet a child,… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
You have to figure out what works for you as a parent, and it's hard to do everything all at once. — Brianna Keilar Copy Share Image
In schools where parent involvement is greater, you do have higher achievement levels and better functioning, better performing schools. — Michelle Rhee Copy Share Image
Scouting ought to be about building character, not about sex. Period. Precious few parents enroll their boys in the Scouts to get… — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
I realize that it is as one ages and loses one's natural force that one is at the mercy of heredity. The… — Sylvia Townsend Warner Copy Share Image
Talking to the parents of older kids was helpful for me, since parents of kids the same age as yours won't admit… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
My working poor parents told me that I could do better. They taught me that I was as good as anybody else.… — Mike Huckabee Copy Share Image
My dad's Israeli. He was born in Baghdad to Iraqi Jews. Then, at age two, his parents wanted to move to their… — Elliott Yamin Copy Share Image
My dad was a big fan of comedy. He wanted to be a stand-up. He loved Lenny [Bruce]. He also loved Lord… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
I don't think anything gives your life joy and meaning. I think your life simply has joy and meaning. The love for… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
I never learned music. I'm quite uneducated, and usually I sat in front of the TV, with soap operas on, in England.… — Graham Parker Copy Share Image
I might be better able to help parents of dying children, but for quite a while I felt less able, too emotionally… — C. Everett Koop Copy Share Image
One of the saddest sentences I know is "I wish I had asked my mother about that." Or my father. Or my… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
It is not enough to merely exist. It's not enough to say, 'I'm earning enough to live and support my family. I… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
I was born Feb. 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families--second families, perhaps… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
All in all, the communally reared children of Israel are far from the emotional disasters that psychoanalytic theory predicted. Neither have they… — Sandra Scarr Copy Share Image
What I learned at a very early age was that I was responsible for my life. And as I became more spiritually… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
A two-year-old can be taught to curb his aggressions completely if the parents employ strong enough methods, but the achievement of such… — Selma Fraiberg Copy Share Image
“I amazed myself, above all, with how well I was able to manage. Michel got to school on time, his teeth brushed… — Herman Koch Copy Share Image
When I was going through the stuff with my dad and thinking about terms like restraining order and domestic violence, I was… — Chelsea Martin Copy Share Image
At the school where I went you were able to check out instruments like you check out a library book, if your… — Joe Louis Walker Copy Share Image
I had the experience of having my grandmother in a nursing home at the end of her life, and had dementia set… — Tamara Jenkins Copy Share Image
We've all been children, we all know a parent or parent-figure. This makes us all potential writers of children's books. — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
The images I had were of people being driven mad by living in the city. Images of parents who were so hungry… — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
There are no perfect parents, and there are no perfect children, but there are plenty of perfect moments along the way. — Dave Willis Copy Share Image
My parents are very well-behaved. If anything, if my Mom were here right now, she would hug and kiss every one of… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
I should have known something was wrong with my first wife. When I brought her home to meet my parents, they approved… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I think what my parents did was perfect. They were strict, concerned about my safety and held me back just a little. — Dan O'Brien Copy Share Image
No parent or coach can be true to any child and say he's ready for the N.F.L. out of high school. — Tony Dorsett Copy Share Image
One barrier to being a great parent is the mistaken belief that we are raising kids. — Bill Crawford Copy Share Image
When I look back I can't believe how my parents managed, but the cliche is true. We didn't have money, but we… — Joaquin Phoenix Copy Share Image
Children born of married parents in America face a higher risk of seeing them break up than children born of unmarried parents… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
Children have a lot more to worry about from the parents who raised them than from the books they read. — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
A co-founder is like being somebody's parent: You want to make sure your offspring thrive. — Caterina Fake Copy Share Image
The relationship between parents and children, but especially between mothers and daughters, is tremendously powerful, scarcely to be comprehended in any rational… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
My father has passed away. He was African-American. My mother is white. So I was adopted by a couple that was of… — Keegan-Michael Key Copy Share Image
I was so ugly that my parents sent my picture to 'ripley's believe it or not' - they sent it back and… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
I think we're much more eager to know about our parents than we were in the seventies. — Francine du Plessix Gray Copy Share Image
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