My parents put the New Yorker in my crib. I saw Vogue and Vanity Fair around the house before I could read. — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
Few fathers care much for their sons, or at least, most of them care more for their money. Of those who really… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
During my elementary and middle school years, my mother made me and my siblings' lunches every single day - this was affordable… — Deb Haaland Copy Share Image
“My father... raised me to make up my own mind. The way he did this was by yielding to me when I… — Robin McKinley Copy Share Image
What brings me the most joy is stories about progressive thinking. When a mother or father accepts their child for whoever they… — Jinkx Monsoon Copy Share Image
If you're a big Nirvana fan, a big Hole fan, then I understand why you would want to get to know me,… — Frances Bean Cobain Copy Share Image
I'm a huge fan of the Navy. My father was a Naval historian, and I've been studying Naval battles forever. — Peter Berg Copy Share Image
Don't dip your beard in the foam, Father!" They cried to Thorin. "It is long enough without watering it! — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
These are thy glorious works Parent of Good, Almighty, thine this universal Frame, Thus wondrous fair; thy self how wondrous then! Unspeakable,… — John Milton Copy Share Image
When I was a young mother at home with a two year old and a five year old, living on the Eastside… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
“Hearing, they say, is one of the last senses to go. My mother smiled. I tearfully asked her, "Mommy, can you see… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
Any man can help make a child, but it takes a special man to help raise a child. He must be selfless.… — Tony Gaskins Copy Share Image
My father worked in a post office and never made probably more than $8,000 a year as an employee of the post… — David Rubenstein Copy Share Image
The term deadbeat dad is used for any father who is not financially supportive of his children. Any male who becomes a… — Author Name Copy Share Image
If I could summarize my suggestions to parents over the past twenty-five years it would be: worry less, criticize less, preach less,… — Charlotte Sophia Kasl Copy Share Image
Staying where you now are, you must perish; coming to Christ, you can but perish; coming to Christ, no one ever did… — Samuel I. Prime Copy Share Image
I've never had a sense of entitlement. I saw how hard my father worked for his money, and it was always made… — Ivanka Trump Copy Share Image
My father was the proprietor of a music shop on Forty-third Street, where many of the finest performers and musicians of the… — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
As soon as I could talk, I was bellowing at the top of my lungs. My parents couldn't get over how weird… — Valerie June Copy Share Image
When my father died, the money he left us would have dried up within a year were it not for my mother...… — Bernice King Copy Share Image
“There was his father, looking totally different but exactly the same. “Hey, son,” his dad said, his voice bending in that weird… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
My parents always knew I was hopeless at everything else, I was fortunate in that I was backed all the way. I… — Christopher Eccleston Copy Share Image
If a studio is going to offer me the opportunity to invite my mother and grandmother and all my friends to visit… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
I was always trying to find the balance between trying my best and being an incredible parent. I literally realized that it… — Soleil Moon Frye Copy Share Image
“Son," his father said. "Run faithfully to the end, and like all good men, you will die of having lived.” — N.D. Wilson Copy Share Image
My mother loved films! She adored Ingrid Bergman, Joan Fontaine, Vivien Leigh. We couldn't afford to go together to the cinema, but… — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share Image
I was adopted legally around age three, but it's not like this thing I think about when I wake up every day.… — Angel Olsen Copy Share Image
Rich, smart parents tend to have rich, smart kids - not because it's genetic but because they can create a home environment… — George Kaiser Copy Share Image
My mother's a staunch feminist, so I grew up with very strong feminist messages. As a result, I battled her in my… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
Being a mother adds an enormous amount of stress to your life. You need to make sure you're there for everything. — Kate Spade Copy Share Image
As a father and grandfather, I have witnessed firsthand the joy of new life entering the world. I know the pain and… — Solomon Ortiz Copy Share Image
I never smoked in my life. Neither did my mother. And so many women I meet whose mothers or aunts or whoever… — Valerie Harper Copy Share Image
My parents covered police pursuits, and it was, in many ways, the beginnings of reality show TV in this captivating story that… — Katy Tur Copy Share Image
My mom woke me up this morning by screaming at the top of her lungs because Mac Miller was on mtv...Like mother,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My parents say that I was singing before I could talk. I personally remember specific moments at three or four when music… — Tori Kelly Copy Share Image
I was trying to find out who my father was. They say that at that time, that if you are illegitimate, the… — Eartha Kitt Copy Share Image
My mother's passion for something more, to write a different destiny for a dirt-poor farmer's daughter, was to shape my entire life. — Faye Dunaway Copy Share Image
“A mother shepherds her young birds She fills their mouths and warms their souls Till they are strong and good to fly… — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
“I live at the end of some interminable corridor which the lucky damned can call hell but which the much unluckier atheists… — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
In August of 1989, we arrived in Los Angeles where we had family. With their help, along with that of Jewish resettlement… — Milana Vayntrub Copy Share Image
