The last thing in the world my parents would want to do is get on a stage or do a movie. They… — Emma Stone Copy Share Image
Most advice on child-rearing is sought in the hope that it will confirm our prior convictions. If the parent had wished to… — Bruno Bettelheim Copy Share Image
Child abuse is still sanctioned — indeed, held in high regard — in our society as long as it is defined as… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
Ever since time began: What song is not about love? Whether it's about love from man to woman or parent to child,… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
Perhaps one reason that many working parents do not agitate for collective reform, such as more governmental or corporate child care, is… — Faye J Crosby Copy Share Image
My parents were both in the army for 20 years and then worked in government departments; but they had gone through the… — Veronica Webb Copy Share Image
I am utterly against any kind of guilt. Remember it always: if you start feeling guilty about something around me, then you… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I think there's a karmic purpose that souls make before they decide to come into people's bodies and become someone's parent, or… — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
There are all sorts of experiences we can't really put a name to...The birth of a child, for one. Or the death… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I feel like being an actor it is a great way to do your job and be a parent, because you have… — Cynthia Nixon Copy Share Image
I know most people don't like to be around teenagers but I do. I'm one of the only people I can think… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
It's one of those things that it's everything you think it is, but then again you have to - you need time… — Joe Maddon Copy Share Image
Rather than accepting the drifting separation of the generations, we might begin to define a more complex and interesting set of life… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
The conception of gods originated in fear and curiosity. Primitive man, unable to understand the phenomena of nature, and harassed by them,… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
She looked at me, confused. “He hardly knew me. My parents dated and got married before we knew what happened. Let’s just… — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
Why did I not die? More miserable than man ever was before, why did I not sink into forgetfulness and rest? Death… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's everyone's dread to lose a child. You lose someone you love so much, so young. It does hit you like nothing… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
It's okay to grow up, it's just slowing down that's the scary part. Running out of time. It's okay to grow up,… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
Never having been in love, this is going to be a real trick. I think of my parents. The way my father… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Think of the universe as a benevolent parent. A child may want a tub of ice-cream and marshmallows, but a wise parent… — Srikumar Rao Copy Share Image
There are parents, siblings, teachers and friends, but counting on them to motivate you isn't fair. They've all got their own lives,… — Shannon Miller Copy Share Image
It triggers something in you as a human being because you forget what your parents did for you. But when you become… — Mo Farah Copy Share Image
Young women are not as likely to receive the encouragement they need from role models like teachers and parents. And they should… — Tammy Duckworth Copy Share Image
Money is a life skill – and as parents, grandparents, interested adults – it's up to us to make sure our children… — Sharon Lechter Copy Share Image
If your parents are billionaires, that might actually be an obstacle to your own happiness and self-development. If you go to Oxford… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
It's clearly possible for a something to acquire higher intelligence than its ancestors: we evolved to be smarter than our ape-like ancestors,… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
In terms of parenthood, I think the pressure has amped up massively too. Some parents are setting the bar ludicrously high in… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
My mom used to say it doesn't matter how many kids you have... because one kid'll take up 100% of your time… — Karen Brown Copy Share Image
Well, I have a Norwegian father who emigrated to America in the 1950s, and he still speaks with varying degrees of an… — Christopher Heyerdahl Copy Share Image
It was love that motivated His self-emptying, that led Him to become a little lower than angels, to be subject to parents,… — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
My parents lived in a poor rural community on the Eastern Shore, and schools were still segregated. And I remember when lawyers… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
Most of us are raised to believe we are ordinary. The anchor of the universe is present in every child. A parent… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
If dysfunction means that a family doesn't work, then every family ambles into some arena in which that happens, where relationships get… — Mary Karr Copy Share Image
I, a product of the New Frontier and Great Society, honestly believed that the world pretty much owed me a living--all I… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I think happiness comes from self-acceptance. We all try different things, and we find some comfortable sense of who we are. We… — Jamie Lee Curtis Copy Share Image
Beloved, pursue Jesus and you will experience wisdom in every area of your life. You cannot try to earn, deserve or study… — Joseph Prince Copy Share Image
You know . . . a lot of kids at school hate their parents. Some of them got hit. And some of… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
If you asked me, parents were supposed to affect the life of their child in such a way that the child grows… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
My family moved - first to Washington, D.C., and then, in the spring of 1975, to Lebanon, where my father worked as… — Greg Kinnear Copy Share Image
Very few American parents give a crap about how they raise their kids. They put minimal effort into it. Who told you… — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
