As Plotinus tells us, we elected the body, the parents, the place, and the circumstances that suited the soul and that, as… — James Hillman Copy Share Image
Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Each and every one of us who is still lucky enough to have our parents has a duty to them. We do… — Ann Jillian Copy Share Image
Regardless of their parent's income or zip code, every child in Georgia deserves access to a high-quality, affordable education. — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
I hoped I wasn't actually dead. That would make finding our parents and saving the world really hard. — James Patterson Copy Share Image
“If I were a parent, I would feel like nudity should not be on the back of any magazine. No, it should… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Loving and parenting a dog as a single parent can create all sorts of new and unusual problems, but also new sources… — Jenna Morasca Copy Share Image
As long as anger lives, it continues to be the fruitful parent of many unhappy children. — John Climacus Copy Share Image
And my parents made me want i am. So what? We get stuff from our parents, but we also get stuff from… — Barry Lyga Copy Share Image
What I try to do in my picture books is to be all-inclusive, but not exclusive, to not exclude the kid and… — David Small Copy Share Image
I was just trying to fit in to the stereotype American dream, exactly what my parents and everyone expected of me, i… — Christophe Beck Copy Share Image
I come from a broken home. My parents split up when I was nine. Everyone gave me a good wallop. But I… — Len Goodman Copy Share Image
Each suburban wife struggles with it alone. As she made the beds, shopped for groceries, matched slipcover material, ate peanut butter sandwiches… — Betty Friedan Copy Share Image
During a visit to California, when a friend of my grandmother's told my parents that I must be deaf because I was… — Marlee Matlin Copy Share Image
Parents teach children discipline for two different, indeed diametrically opposed, reasons: to render the child submissive to them and to make him… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I believe that everyone is the keeper of a dream – and by tuning into one another’s secret hopes, we can become… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
The difference between a good educator and a great educator is that the former figures out how to work within the constraints… — Alfie Kohn Copy Share Image
To this day, we get letters at Alternative Tentacles from young teenagers who hide their Dead Kennedys albums behind their mirror or… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
As one does with a first child, I found out that my baby could roll by hearing the sound of her body… — Uma Thurman Copy Share Image
Waiting upon the Lord gives us a priceless opportunity to discover that there are many who wait upon us. Our children wait… — Robert D. Hales Copy Share Image
My parents didn't want us on the streets or in trouble, so they thought the best thing was to have us work.… — Nikki Haley Copy Share Image
The thing that strikes me now when I think about the Wilderness of Childhood is the incredible degree of freedom my parents… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
I rely on some words that actually my husband said to me. He jokes about saying, "You know it's only darkest before… — Cindy McCain Copy Share Image
For my generation - the "Children of Nixon," as I call us in the book - the Lebanese civil war was an… — Annia Ciezadlo Copy Share Image
I was raised by my parents to believe that you had a moral obligation to try and help save the world. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
No parent wants their child to get an infection or get pregnant before they're ready. — Cecile Richards Copy Share Image
A Jewish man with parents alive is a fifteen-year-old boy, and will remain a fifteen-year-old boy until they die! — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
There's nothing scarier than just having a moment where you looked away and lost your child. — Rosemarie DeWitt Copy Share Image
I think when you become a parent you go from being a star in the movie of your own life to the… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
If you really want to hurt your parents and you don't have nerve enough to be homosexual, the least you can do… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
My parents were of the generation who thought they were the children of a free Czechoslovakia, the only democracy in central Europe. — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
“To lead solely on the behalf of those being led is the utter pinnacle of fatherhood, and it is sad that so… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
My parents weren't artistic, but I was always surrounded by beautiful things. And Mexico is a country which has experienced thousands of… — Carlos Slim Copy Share Image
I've never really thought in terms of taboos. I think that books can really help parents and kids talk together about difficult… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
Growing up poor, I never missed out on anything. My parents did a beautiful job of not making me feel like I… — Mila Kunis Copy Share Image
I feel what a spouse can do for you, no child or parent can. Just that if you get the right connect… — Karan Johar Copy Share Image
My parents were always philosophizing about how to bring about change. To me, people who didn't try to make the world a… — Carol Moseley Braun Copy Share Image
I grew up with classical music blasting in my parents' living room and my older brother's practicing saxophone in his room listening… — Josephine de La Baume Copy Share Image
Few things make the life of a parent more rewarding and sweet as successful children. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I related so much to the responsibility of being a parent, the responsibility of "did you screw your kid up," the responsibility… — John Krasinski Copy Share Image
