All three of my parents - I also had a stepmother - were teachers, and my dad taught high school, and as… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
My parents didn't overfeed me, nor did they make an issue of it. That's when things go wrong. It doesn't have to… — Harry Melling Copy Share Image
Being a parent has taught me a lot of things already, you know, though it's only been a year and half, and… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
If all the animals and man had been evolved in this ascendant manner, then there had been no first parents, no Eden,… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
My parents were neither wealthy nor academic, but we lived comfortably and they were always extremely supportive of my academic efforts and… — Paul Nurse Copy Share Image
The more valuable you become [in your company], the more influence you have, the better communicator you are, you manage your time… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
I grew up in a Christian home. The strictness comes with religion in general. Whether you grew up Jewish or Orthodox Jewish… — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
“I was raised by my parents to believe that you had a moral obligation to try and save the world. You sent… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
If I could change the attitude of young men toward literature, I would want them to read not just for escape, but… — Lorin Stein Copy Share Image
I get a lot of parents coming up to me, telling me they are grooming their kids to be professional athletes. I'm… — Wayne Gretzky Copy Share Image
Although my parents were kind and loving, I had none of the joys, or the companionship, which small children usually have. From… — John George Haigh Copy Share Image
Within forty years of their arrival in the Plymouth colony, the first white settlers were afraid their children had lost the dedication… — Kenneth Keniston Copy Share Image
This is something I love. One thing about me, I'm gonna be hip-hop forever, until I'm 80 or whatever. I think for… — Raekwon Copy Share Image
I knew that this was something that was going to be an intense experience, just from the way I typically approach my… — Michelle Monaghan Copy Share Image
Her kitsch was the image of home, all peace, quiet, and harmony, and ruled by a loving mother and a wise father.… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
And look, we have young people in this country who are thirty years old living with their parents. We have young people… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
It was interesting to have both very a conservative and very liberal parent, because we deal with both these elements in the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Every day I look for ways to be inspired, to learn and to grow. And trying to be the best for my… — Mia Hamm Copy Share Image
My parents always stressed the importance of education, working hard in school and learning as much as possible. They also encouraged me… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
You make certain assumptions as a parent. And you kind of think, at a certain point, you've figured things out. And then… — Tony Shalhoub Copy Share Image
I have two boys on the autism spectrum. I don't always know what's best for them. However, I know there is grace… — Sho Baraka Copy Share Image
My father said it himself in an interview many years ago: 'Husband and wife failed, but mother and father didn't.' I've got… — Jakob Dylan Copy Share Image
“Of course our most important role as a parent is to have our children know that they are loved and worthy. Even… — Steve Karagiannis Copy Share Image
I'm kind of a disciplined person but I don't take anything too seriously. And I think a lot of that had to… — Angela Cartwright Copy Share Image
We have learned to whittle the Eden Tree to the shape of a surplice peg, We have learned to bottle our parents… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
Certainly the experiences of Seth and his relationship to his parents and his point of view of the world are very similar… — Josh Schwartz Copy Share Image
When I arrived in France, I cried every day. Not because I was in France - I could have been anywhere -… — Didier Drogba Copy Share Image
I can't come on like a parent to these kids, if I do, I won't be able to have fun working with… — Stephen Collins Copy Share Image
When my parents died, it became clear to me that there was an end in sight. Death was never a real thing… — Rick Baker Copy Share Image
Instead of just saying, "I love my baby and I pick him up because he's adorable and it's so nice to cuddle… — Alison Gopnik Copy Share Image
My parents were very supportive and always encouraged us. My father was a gentle, nice man. My mother was quite a colourful… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
The so-called mother of the child isn't the child's begetter, but only a sort of nursing soil for the new-sown seed. The… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
I was not encouraged to follow the career of a writer because my parents thought that I was going to starve to… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
One of the sad realities of being a parent is that the same stuff you know is exciting, educational, and enriching in… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
There's no real manual on being a parent. There's no real manual on being a wife. I keep reminding myself, My mother… — Kelly Ripa Copy Share Image
I think old school TV shows helped in raising your kids and helped in the way things should be done. Now you… — Ginuwine Copy Share Image
I was at an art museum with my parents, and was quite taken with a [Vincent] Van Gogh painting. I stood admiring… — Liza Campbell Copy Share Image
I was, in reality, bred by my parents as my father's concubine... What we take for granted as the stability of family… — Sylvia Fraser Copy Share Image
One of the things my parents taught me, and I'll always be grateful as a gift, is to not ever let anybody… — Wilma Mankiller Copy Share Image
I haven’t come from the typical path or background of someone who would make it to this level as a ballerina. When… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image