Make no mistake about it: Next to parents and families, our teachers are the most important influence in our childrens lives. — Kenny Guinn Copy Share Image
My parents told us how they felt but never imposed their beliefs on us, although I appreciate I got a healthy sense… — Ahmet Zappa Copy Share Image
I lost my dad when I was younger, and I know what it's like to lose a beloved parent. — Simone Elkeles Copy Share Image
It is time to set aside the old partisan bickering and finger-pointing and name-calling that comes from freeing parents to make different… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I have memories of clouds whisking by while sitting in the pushchair on the roof of my parents' flat. I loved it!… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
Parents would rather have their son get all-state than his team win the state championship. — Don Meyer Copy Share Image
The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Children become more liberal partly as a reaction to their parents and partly through education. Education tends to make people a bit… — Ninian Smart Copy Share Image
When a couple decide to divorce, they should inform both sets of parents before having a party and telling all their friends.… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Being a parent is a life sentence. From the day that kid is born until the day you die and then some.… — Christopher Titus Copy Share Image
There is a perennial and unobtrusive view that morality consists in such things as telling the truth, paying one's debts, respecting one's… — Allan Bloom Copy Share Image
My parents were very well-off, but we didn't have a crazy-huge house. We didn't have thousands of workers and staff; it was… — Petra Stunt Copy Share Image
My parents didn't have records, they didn't have radios, and they didn't listen to music. My grandmother was my main connection to… — Gerard Way Copy Share Image
My childhood was really nice. My parents never forced me to do anything; it was always, "If you want to do that,… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
My son was born somewhat late in my life and I just found myself really feeling like I didn't want to miss… — Karen Allen Copy Share Image
Character is just another term for "good person." A person of character lives a worthy life guided by moral principles. A person… — Michael Josephson Copy Share Image
I’m honored that PBteen has seen me as someone who can help a broader audience understand the need to use recycled, repurposed… — Kelly Slater Copy Share Image
I am much more settled in who I am. I think a lot of your 20s is trying to figure out who… — Sutton Foster Copy Share Image
I will say they were horrified when I wanted to be an actor. It wasn't a showbiz-y family, and my parents are… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
Of course, an exhausting day at sail lines and nets left little energy to expend on running or laughing. Perhaps that was… — Anne McCaffrey Copy Share Image
I'd be devastated if my son grows up to be a hetero. I mean, I'd still love him ... but as a… — Debra Messing Copy Share Image
Teachers give so much to the future and to youth. So, when you see somebody make that type of sacrifice towards work… — Common Copy Share Image
You will notice that what we are aiming at when we fall in love is a very strange paradox. The paradox consists… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
...I had to point at Hanna. But the finger I pointed at her turned back to me. I had loved her. I… — Bernhard Schlink Copy Share Image
Everyone else we knew growing up is the same: image of their parents, no matter how loud they told themselves they'd be… — Tana French Copy Share Image
It wasn't a secret that I was gay. I'd come out to my parents during my junior year of high school, on… — Mary Cheney Copy Share Image
Divorce is very difficult, especially on the kids. Of course, I'm the result of my parents having stayed together, so you never… — Jason Alexander Copy Share Image
Sometimes as a parent, you have to give your child that doesn't do his or her chores some tough love and withhold… — Ami Bera Copy Share Image
The harder you try to become the opposite of your parents, the more quickly you become them. — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
I never looked at my parents' marriage or really anyone who had been married more than 30 years and thought, 'I gotta… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
A baseball manager has learned a lot about his job from having played the game, but a parent has not learned a… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
For some people, the better route for finding like-minded parents is just to get out of your house with your baby and… — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
And children, if your parents haven't been teaching you what it means to be an American, let 'em know and nail 'em… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
My parents always pushed creativity on us, but they made it seem like the fun thing to do. — Gwen Stefani Copy Share Image
In a poll commissioned by Time and CNN, two-thirds of American parents said they think that their children are spoiled. — Elizabeth Kolbert Copy Share Image
I was raised by parents who really admired the religious leaders of the left, as many 60s and 70s liberals did. — Dar Williams Copy Share Image
Before you have children, you mostly think about the world in terms of yourself. And when you become a parent, the focus… — Joanne Harris Copy Share Image
Love, children, and work, are the great sources of fertilizing contact between the individual and the rest of the world. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
You rebel against your parents until you become them. One day you look in the mirror and you see your father's face. — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
If your children spend most of their time in other people's houses, you're lucky; if they all congregate at your house, you're… — Mignon McLaughlin Copy Share Image
