I started running because my neighbour, Patrick Sang, was an athlete and I wanted to be just like him. Patrick came from… — Eliud Kipchoge Copy Share Image
“ Breakfast was ready. He could hear his father asking for coffee. Why did his father have to yell all the time? Couldn't… — John Fante Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I played 'Super Mario Bros' and 'Megaman 2' and '3' for hours and hours, trying to convince… — Lee Pace Copy Share Image
With The King Center as her base, my mother pressed on to fulfill a role that changed lives and legislation. She was… — Bernice King Copy Share Image
“My friend Debbie from Texas sent me a poem to cheer me up. Her father told her that a friend of his… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“One day, I noticed that my father’s uniform had changed from a smart, light green colour with silver edging on the shoulder… — Alfred Nestor Copy Share Image
My mother was a champion Irish dancer and singer and most of my family were musical, particularly in Irish dancing. Music is… — Shane MacGowan Copy Share Image
“Louie's mother, Louise, took a different tack. Louie was a copy of herself, right down to the vivid blue eyes. When pushed,… — Laura Hillenbrand Copy Share Image
One of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me Superman did not exist. I was like what… — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share Image
My father is a cultural anthropologist and my mother ran an outpatient clinic and treated a lot of people who had been… — Eliza Hittman Copy Share Image
“They said nothing and our parents said nothing, so we sensed how ancient they were, how accustomed to trauma, depressions, and wars.… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
“Your mother’s coming,” he said. “I know—she probably heard us arguing. Do something!” “What?” “Anything!” “Fine!” He grabbed her around the waist,… — Jennifer Probst Copy Share Image
“Bring mademoiselle a chair. She looks weary." "No!" she said. "I have no interest in conversing with you, Monsieur le Comte. I… — Anne Stuart Copy Share Image
And also, one is a mother in order to understand the inexplicable. One is a mother to lighten the darkness. One is… — Mariama Bâ Copy Share Image
In this achievement-based lifestyle, most of us have certain boxes we're checking to make us useful humans. But a lot of things… — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
...to return to their 'native soil,' as they say, to the bosom, so to speak, of their mother earth, like frightened children,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My parents come from that immigrant culture that places a lot of emphasis on doing well scholastically. Being a comedian or an… — Maz Jobrani Copy Share Image
It's a tender and complicated dance, watching our parents age. We become protective in ways we never were before, and we study… — Patti Davis Copy Share Image
Once you are a parent, everything takes a back seat. It ceases to be a role. It is a reality. Once I… — Sonali Bendre Copy Share Image
We are all conceived in close prison; in our mothers wombs, we are close prisoners all; when we are born, we are… — John Donne Copy Share Image
~ dear mother I loved you I'm sorry I wasnt good enough dear father forgive me cuz in your eyes I just… — Five Finger Death Punch Copy Share Image
When the child sees the parent looking for something, it is as natural for it also to look for the object and… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
I like to call amethyst the mother/healer/teacher/lover of the mineral kingdom because it is for lack of a better term an all… — David Copy Share Image
“When a child isn't allowed to deal with his frustrations on his own—to cry, for instance, then to handle the situation, and… — Susan Forward Copy Share Image
“I wish either my father or my mother, or indeed both of them, as they were in duty both equally bound to… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
Our parents were very strict. Not in a brutal or awful way, but there were definite rules, such as after six on… — Caroline Corr Copy Share Image
The old notion that children are the private property of parents dies very slowly. In reality, no parent raises a child alone.… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
The voting station was like a block and a half from my house, so me and my parents just walked on over… — Bridgit Mendler Copy Share Image
Let every mother realize that she has no greater blessing than the children who have come to her as a gift from… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I think you take over my mind,” Larch said, “with your words.” Immiker’s smile widened, and then he began to laugh.… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“Once when I was young-maybe more than once-when I was extremely disrespectful to my mother, my father angrily called me "garbage" in… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
Fathers and mothers are just people, which means they make mistakes. Don't hold that against them. Whatever flaws they may have, they… — Ernest Borgnine Copy Share Image
“Jesus’ teaching is not the product of human learning, of whatever kind. It originates from immediate contact with the Father, from “face-to-face”… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
I once heard my mother tell my sister love only comes at a price, there's no way around it. You give up… — Christopher Barzak Copy Share Image
In A Man With a Pipe, my brother observed that although my father had been seen as intellectual and my mother more… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
Sometimes a child will get lucky and be placed with foster parents who are loving and supportive and who consider that child… — Rhea Perlman Copy Share Image
“Lilith listened to her father having a fucking tantrum and then she saw a retreating Ian. Ian figured he would take this… — Shadowstorm Norwicca Copy Share Image
“He couldn’t help but wonder what people might say at his funeral, or at his father’s, should it come to pass. He… — Ari Berk Copy Share Image
“I told you not to bother coming. Scott or Travis would have shown up eventually, and now you’re all here,” she grumbles.… — Emily Harper Copy Share Image
“...one day when I was a young boy on holiday in Uberwald I was walking along the bank of a stream when… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
