When I was younger, I just thought that my plans were probably going to be more exciting than my parents' plans or… — Amy Grant Copy Share Image
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I was going to be a concert pianist, and when I was in high school, my parents were scared to death that… — David Hyde Pierce Copy Share Image
Of course when you are a kid you listen to what your parents had around. A lot of gospel, jazz. Now when… — Jorma Kaukonen Copy Share Image
Create a garden; bring children to farms for field trips. I think it's important that parents and teachers get together to do… — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
“The relationship between parent and child is the foundation of love upon which everything is built, and the rules you set are… — Andy Kerckhoff Copy Share Image
It’s tempting to wish for the perfect boss, the perfect parent, or the perfect outfit. But maybe the best any of us… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
I think that's the big difference between this one [Ordinary World] and a lot of the other rock 'n' roll movies. They're… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
Adam Brown’s zest for life led him down a few dark alleys and more than one dead end. Kind-hearted and wild, Adam… — Stu Weber Copy Share Image
The reduced variability of small populations is not always due to accidental gene loss, but sometimes to the fact that the entire… — Ernst Mayr Copy Share Image
I don't sleep much. Five to six, I'd say. You could argue that people, as they get older, sleep less - probably… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
The moments that you share with a person do not stop when that person is not in your life anymore. The relationship… — Benoit Lecomte Copy Share Image
...I think we should find some kind of shelter; a cave or something." "I don't want to do that! What if there's… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Looking back through the mists of time, I recall some distinctly religious experiences in my teens--when I was only fourteen years old… — Andrew Linzey Copy Share Image
Though they themselves might be as surprised as their parents and teachers to hear it said, adolescents--these poignantly thin- skinned and vulnerable,… — Louise J. Kaplan Copy Share Image
Back then, things were plainer: less money, no electronic devices, little fashion tyranny, no girlfriends. There was nothing to distract us from… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
Not that I have any little kids running around I need to keep away from the guns. I had any kids I'd… — Charlie Huston Copy Share Image
Language most shows a man; speak that I may see thee; it springs out of the most retired and inmost parts of… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Virtually all families in the middle of the earnings distribution aspire to send their children to a school of at least average… — Bob Frank Copy Share Image
My parents came from a poor background and worked their way up because of education. They saw it as a way to… — Jennifer Garner Copy Share Image
I guess I have sort of an atypical relationship with my mom for someone my age, because I think I started so… — Mandy Moore Copy Share Image
To acknowledge, to accept, and to forgive one's parents - both what they gave and what they did not give, both one's… — Ernest Kurtz Copy Share Image
India's sex ratio is 1000 boys for 940 girls. Who creates this disparity? It isn't God. Don't fill your coffers by sacrificing… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
Only a teenage boy would agree to this: deceiving both our parents while repairing dangerous vehicles using money meant for my college… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
Thus parents, by humouring and cockering them when little, corrupt the principles of nature in their children, and wonder afterwards to taste… — John Locke Copy Share Image
I started taking piano lessons when I was about four years old. My parents were both musicians. So I took piano lessons.… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
Both my parents are English and I was born in West Africa, and I moved around as a kid, lived in Bristol,… — Hugo Weaving Copy Share Image
All my jobs have been with food in one way or another since 1948. My parents were in the hotel business, and… — Graham Kerr Copy Share Image
Look, everything that you experience as a kid is the foundation of how you are today. I was brought up in a… — Melanie Brown Copy Share Image
Where do I get my seriousness? You can't help but grow up fast when your parents get divorced. You see your mother… — Tom Cruise Copy Share Image
A wide and vague impression exists that so-called Eastern religion is more contemplative, innocuous, and humane than the proselytizing monotheisms of the… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
As a child, I had to get up early for school or work. I'd get ready by myself. I'd set my alarm… — Janet Jackson Copy Share Image
You're always trying to impress your parents regardless of how old you are. And when they're gone, there's nobody to impress. But… — Raymond Kelly Copy Share Image
When you become a parent, you're the responsible one and when there are noises around your house, you'rethe one that has to… — Tom Fletcher Copy Share Image
If our parents fixed everything for us and did not allow us to do anything on our own, or intervened every single… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
The biggest mistakes most parents make (and believe me, I'm guilty of these too) seem very inconsequential. They're little, day-to-day things that,… — Andy Andrews Copy Share Image
I screwed up at a young age with my parents. They were very religious and they didn't really understand music. They didn't… — Brent Smith Copy Share Image
As an analogy one can imagine an intelligent amoeba with a good memory. As time progresses the amoeba is constantly splitting, each… — Hugh Everett III Copy Share Image
I never thought I'd be a role model this early. It caught me off-guard, but it says a lot about how I… — Danica Patrick Copy Share Image
My parents were my heroes and my role models. So I thought long and hard over decisions that I would make because… — Dick Vitale Copy Share Image