“My father could have been a great comedian but he didn't believe that that was possible for him, and so he made… — Jim Carrey Copy Share Image
And being that my father is gone in immigrant and I have you know - that I owe my existence to immigration,… — Vic Mensa Copy Share Image
“Sorry I missed our last session, but I saw my mother and I needed some time to pick myself back up off… — Chevy Stevens Copy Share Image
It is his life and he has to decide what he wants to become. Just as I got freedom from my parents,… — Sachin Tendulkar Copy Share Image
Mothers born on relief have their babies on relief. Nothingness, truly, seems to be the condition of these New York people. They… — Elizabeth Hardwick Copy Share Image
Whether your father, husband, son, or brother has been on the front lines, driving a computer or programming a tank, wielding a… — Rick Tumlinson Copy Share Image
“I come for the woman,” the Comanche repeated, never taking his gaze from her. “And I bring my finest horses to console… — Catherine Anderson Copy Share Image
“We walked in silence towards Swinica, beyond which the road, worn by long-distance lorries, twisted and turned; we walked slowly, like one… — Wioletta Greg Copy Share Image
“For many years, February was a difficult month for me after the death of my parents. My father died in February, just… — Mary Morrell Copy Share Image
In the last 17 years of his working life, my father was finally rewarded with having landed a great job as first,… — Tony Visconti Copy Share Image
It's sort of scary to work with your parents when you're in the same business. But there was something so very safe… — Lily Rabe Copy Share Image
Our mother was killed for something she did not do. She was taken away from us. That's as personal as it can… — Robert Meeropol Copy Share Image
“Your father tells me you will take the woman back. Cousin, this is boisa. Kill her. If you cannot spill her blood,… — Catherine Anderson Copy Share Image
From her gospel-singing mother Cissy Houston, her legendary pop-diva cousin Dionne Warwick, and her Queen of Soul godmother Aretha Franklin, she [Whitney… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
My mother was a tremendous influence - and still is - on my brothers and me in terms of the work ethic… — Sajid Javid Copy Share Image
“When he prayed he touched his parents, who could not otherwise be touched, and he touched a feeling that we are all… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“When, on their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, Jerome had played his parents an ethereal, far more beautiful version of 'Hallelujah' by a kid… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
I told myself, "Lincoln, you can never make a lawyer if you do not understand what demonstrate means." So I left my… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Like a feather in a dust storm, with no direction The Raven flies through life, helpless and omitted Until night declares and… — Jessica Sorensen Copy Share Image
My father had put these things on the table. I looked at him standing by the sink. He was washing his hands,… — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
The Presidents proposed privatization plan would jeopardize that security by cutting guaranteed benefits for future retirees and endangering the benefits of current… — Chaka Fattah Copy Share Image
The notion of a rigid separation between church and state has no basis in either the text of the Constitution or the… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
No matter how children came to be living with just one parent, they need to be told, again and again, that your… — Marge M. Kennedy Copy Share Image
My dad was a scientist. More than that: my dad grew up in a tiny terraced house in Swansea, the only child… — David Baddiel Copy Share Image
I hated motorcycles. I said to my mother, 'I'll never get a motorcycle.' And she said, 'You never know what you'll want… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
“My mother did not want to go to America: this much I knew. I knew it by the way she became distracted… — Catherine Chung Copy Share Image
I have lived among negroes, all my life, and I am for this Government with slavery under the Constitution as it is.… — Andrew Johnson Copy Share Image
Even though my parents experiences were different from mine. I wasn't a child actor brat; I didn't travel with them in the… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
I have stood on the front lines of the health care system as a doctor, patient and concerned parent. Those experiences have… — Jim McDermott Copy Share Image
“People are…” Mabel wheezed. “Mostly good, you…” Wheeze. “Know? Mostly.” She tried to take a breath. It was hard. Like breathing through… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
My mother had been a country and western singer but when she moved out to Hollywood found it very difficult to get… — Morgan Brittany Copy Share Image
I was seeing B-52s, they're old enough that your father, your grandfather could be flying them. We are not - we are… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
How much more beautiful would be the world and the society in which we live if...every mother regarded her children as the… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
I think, like every working parent, I sometimes feel that there are not enough hours in the day. But overall, I'm very… — Reese Witherspoon Copy Share Image
We are not born all at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later; and the birth and growth… — Mary Antin Copy Share Image
My mother and father had so many ups and downs and stayed with each other and helped each other. My mother took… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I grew up in a theater family. My father was a regional theater classical repertory producer. He created Shakespeare festivals. He produced… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
After I got this job at the syndicate, I started sending them money so they could go on trips and do the… — Lynn Johnston Copy Share Image
“And the peasants would beat them so cruelly, sometimes even about the nose and eyes, and he felt so sorry, so sorry… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“It was Gideon who finally broke the silence, which gave me a certain satisfaction. “What’s the matter? Cat got your tongue?” The… — Kerstin Gier Copy Share Image