It's not that we have too much mother, but too little father. We can't forgive our mothers for taking the place of… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
In cricket, my superhero is Sachin Tendulkar. He has always been my hero and will continue to remain so. Apart from him… — Virat Kohli Copy Share Image
I would have thought that I would have become one of those parents - just because it's my nature to be such… — Brooke Shields Copy Share Image
I think it's worth trying to be a mother who delights in who her children are, in their knock-knock jokes and earnest… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
When I was 5, my father was very much my hero. And he ran for political office in a very thankless campaign… — Howard Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
My parents wanted to be actors. They tried for years but didn't get anywhere. Then Mum got pregnant with me and they… — Honeysuckle Weeks Copy Share Image
Thomas More's birth was noted by his father upon a blank page at the back of a copy of Geoffrey of Monmouth's… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
I made a promise to Michael Brown's parents that I would do everything to bring all of the resources of the federal… — William Lacy Clay, Jr Copy Share Image
Math-thinking, I would say, encourages flipping and substituting letters in words (in the novel, one of the boys double-majors in math and… — Mary Kay Zuravleff Copy Share Image
As a disciple of my father's, I was certain I wanted to include one of his own raga creations on 'Home', as… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
We laugh, we cry, we work, we play, we love, we live. And then we die. ... And dead we would remain… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
The father who raises a son to have a profession he once dreamed of, and the mother who uses her daughter as… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“All the while Martin attempted to catch his aunt with a remorseful gaze, but the young woman was reabsorbed into her mother’s… — Carola Perla Copy Share Image
“There is no question that I am the only thing standing between these animals and the business practices of August and Uncle… — Sara Gruen Copy Share Image
No one wanted that marriage, no one. Even Mahatma Gandhi wasn't happy about it. As for my father...it's not true that he… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
I used to watch my father play the guitar and sing when I was a little boy. By the time I was… — Trini Lopez Copy Share Image
It is something that most parents hope for in life: That their children will be moderately successful, polite, decent human beings. Anything… — Jerry Kramer Copy Share Image
“We are a family whose roots are more like aerials. We pick up signals from the air around us - ideas, affinities,… — Hari Kunzru Copy Share Image
“I will love you with no regard to the outrage of certain parents or the boredom of certain friends. I will love… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
Don't drop him," said Peter's mother to his father. "Don't you dare drop him." She was laughing. "I will not," said his… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
“Atheists as well as theists unconsciously observe society’s convention that we must be especially polite and respectful to faith. And I never… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I don't really date. I have a weird vision of relationships because my parents have known each other since second grade, and… — Dakota Fanning Copy Share Image
“Later, when I was a new mother, I recognized her somewhat awestruck fascination with me. When you are fully immersed in the… — Kate Moses Copy Share Image
“My mother was the force around which our world turned. Unlike our father, who spent his life in the clouds, my mother… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
“Once I understood how pervasive adultism is in a child’s everyday life, I had to ask myself at every step, is what… — Ellen Rowland Copy Share Image
What people say about millennials is the same thing they've said about every generation: Younger people are obsessed with technology, and selfish,… — Adam Conover Copy Share Image
My father had a very unusual psychic ability, he could detect water. It's called divining. He would use a Y-shaped U-branch, and… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
My father was a taxidermist, not a run-of-the-mill profession for a West Indian immigrant. Having given up on becoming a vet, he… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
“Let Thy wonderful revelation of a Father's tenderness free all young Christians from every thought of secret prayer as a duty or… — Andrew Murray Copy Share Image
“On my way to the living room, where my family was gathered, I stopped to look at the photo in the foyer.… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“It has been said ever since that the Brankoviches of Erdély count in Tzintzar, lie in Walachian, are silent in Greek, sing… — Milorad Pavić Copy Share Image
My first vivid memory is...when first I looked into her face and she looked into mine. That I do remember, and that… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
"Baby, you know?" my mother once said to me. "I think you're the greatest woman I've ever met - and I'm not… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Being pregnant taught me how to be a better writer. It was a lesson in negative capability and surrendering to necessity. Suddenly,… — Robin Beth Schaer Copy Share Image
I do think that maybe, even subconsciously, a lot of parents in the West are wondering, have we gone too far in… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
“But as my father told him, and as anyone who reads regularly might agree, the only thing that has to be similar… — Alice Ozma Copy Share Image
When I work as a model, it feels like holiday. Doing a shoot is so light in a way that it's really… — Natalia Vodianova Copy Share Image
“Beth’s father waited until he had everyone’s attention and then instructed them to join hands. He bowed his head. Sam did as… — Debbie Macomber Copy Share Image
“Not a second has passed since she had children without her feeling like a bad mother. For everything. For not understanding, for… — Fredrik Backman Copy Share Image
“Who we are and how we engage with the world are much stronger predictors of how our children will do than what… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
