When I was a kid, we watched the Vietnam War on the six o'clock news, and it was desensitizing. You felt you… — Johnny Depp Copy Share Image
I used to be someone that needed nine hours of sleep; otherwise, I didn't think I was going to sound good when… — Idina Menzel Copy Share Image
Every good teacher and every good parent has somehow learned to negotiate the paradox of freedom and discipline. We want our children… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
People that are that good at motivating and inspiring are rare. In many cases, you wish it was parents, and in many… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
One thing I've learnt is you should never fight it. They're natural emotions and when you try and bottle everything up, that's… — Simon Cowell Copy Share Image
Hi," Kami said to Dorothy, the head librarian…"Can you tell me where I could find the books on Satanism?" Twenty minutes later,… — Sarah Rees Brennan Copy Share Image
I owe a lot to my parents, because they kept no genre off limits. Music was always playing in the house. They… — Tori Kelly Copy Share Image
The best and most popular novelists do not, as a rule, have children in their books at all, and this is wise.… — E. M. Delafield Copy Share Image
I grew up in a very loving middle class family. My parents were educators. I'm not even the first PhD in my… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
I've tried really hard to care about things that were very different from my parents. I was curious if I could care… — Chelsea Clinton Copy Share Image
My daughter is 12, and we have an amazing relationship. She knows without a doubt that she can literally come to me… — Justin Hartley Copy Share Image
'Our parents' generation had it a lot tougher than we did. They had to live through the Depression, World War II, and… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
When I look at birds and animals, their survival is without rules, without conditions, without organization. But mothers take good care of… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I was a writer first, and knew I'd be a storyteller at age seven. But since my parents are very practical, they… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
A thousand recollected lives were passing through her, a thousand stories - of love and work, of parents and children, of duty… — Justin Cronin Copy Share Image
When I say that all men have the mind which cannot bear to see the suffering of others, my meaning is illustrated… — Mencius Copy Share Image
That generation really has to fight for a new political language, social movements, and alliances with students from other countries. They have… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
I've found it easier to write, to coalesce my thoughts, since having children. It brings you back to what you experienced yourself… — Jill Hennessy Copy Share Image
If you want to write, write it. That's the first rule. And send it in, and send it in to someone who… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share Image
When Marlee [Matlin] won her Oscar, she said, "and I just want to thank my parents." When I was saying those words… — Jack Jason Copy Share Image
The educating of the parents is really the education of the child children tend to live what is unlived in the parents,… — Laurens van der Post Copy Share Image
In the Fifties, my parents were known as 'America's sweethearts'. Their pictures graced the covers of all the newspapers. They were the… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
The young need old men. They need men who are not ashamed of age, not pathetic imitations of themselves. ... Parents are… — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
I would direct TV. That's a little different. It's more of a contained world as a director. When you're doing a film… — Cheryl Hines Copy Share Image
The money we spend on education should follow the choice of the parents, not the choice of educrats, bureaucrats, politicians, who, unfortunately,… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
When you are young, you enjoy a sustained illusion that sooner or later something marvelous is going to happen, that you are… — Brian Aldiss Copy Share Image
If you are a parent, you have probably already realized that your children are always watching what you do. And just as… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
People are interested in family traditions, and I think a lot of families can benefit from some of the ways that my… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
I bought my parents some stuff. That feels kind of good to be able to do that. I got them a place… — Adam Sandler Copy Share Image
I thought at the time of my parents' divorce that I was upset by deeper, more profound things and I was just… — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
There comes a time when we realize that our parents cannot save themselves or save us, that everyone who wades through time… — John Green Copy Share Image
The phenomenal success of the recovery movement reflects two simple truths that emerge in adolescence: all people love to talk about themselves,… — Wendy Kaminer Copy Share Image
Come forth, old man,--thy daughter's side Is now the fitting place for thee: When time has quell'd the oak's bold pride, The… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
You know what I mean. I'm telling you I was stupid over it. I thought it was about trying so hard to… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
There can be no greater stretch of arbitrary power than is required to seize children from their parents, teach them whatever the… — Isabel Paterson Copy Share Image
I learned lots of dirty jokes very young. There was this girl who told me them. The gang I led went in… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Growing up in Atlanta I always had a sense of what fashion was, a sense of style - my parents always talked… — Cam Newton Copy Share Image
Divorce is war and unfortunately, some parents live in constant entanglements with their ex-spouses and they shift aside the issues that post-divorce… — Diane Greene Copy Share Image
Like most parents, I've been stumped by homework, the big questions, such as: 'What is the point of geography - the pilot… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
Homes should be an anchor, a safe harbor, a place of refuge, a place where families dwell together, a place where children… — L. Tom Perry Copy Share Image