“The stories of young men searching for their fathers are the stories of young men who through their adventures father themselves by… — William S. Wilson Copy Share Image
Give parents the tiniest of confidences and they'll use them as crowbars to jimmy you open and rearrange your life with no… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
We are told to shine like Jesus. How do we shine? By doing good to others... even though some do not deserve… — Albert Kang Copy Share Image
“You may have started as my daughter, but it was always understood that one day you would be a wife, mother, and… — Michael Ben Zehabe Copy Share Image
I grew up in a world with my father where you learnt to iron, you learnt to cook, you learnt how to… — John Torode Copy Share Image
As my father went through a really, really long and dark period of his health declining and falling deeper into the abyss,… — Jim Nantz Copy Share Image
“Multiply over forty million abortions worldwide each year by the years since 1973. Over a billion babies in the world have died,… — John Price Copy Share Image
I would probably confess that I was the greatest disappointment of my mother's life, but my father only admired his son's moxie,… — Paul Heyman Copy Share Image
I can't think of any mother who would think twice about discussing the changes that happen to their body during pregnancy. But… — Luciana Berger Copy Share Image
My parents were mourning the death of my sister. She was killed in a car accident before I was born, and I… — Andrew Hudgins Copy Share Image
I realised that being a mother is similar to being an entrepreneur. You set up a system that is your family and… — Manushi Chhillar Copy Share Image
I no longer remember when I started speaking to Raffi in Russian. I didn't speak to him in Russian when he was… — Keith Gessen Copy Share Image
My father said, 'How many days can I promote your film? You need to get your own recognition and your own identity.… — Naga Chaitanya Copy Share Image
Contrary to what some parents might believe or hope for, children are not born a blank slate. Rather, they come into the… — Jane Brody Copy Share Image
He's my father married to my sister. That makes me his son and his brother-in-law. That is such a moral transgression... I… — Ronan Farrow Copy Share Image
My parents were not musical, but my mom just really wanted my brother and I to learn music as well as practice… — Olivia Merilahti Copy Share Image
Well, when Eleanor Roosevelt's mother dies, she goes to live with her Grandmother Hall. And her Grandmother Hall is in mourning. She's… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
My mother raised me to be bold. If I do not go, I will spend the rest of my life wondering what… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I grew up in a show business family, so we've always had a great sense of balance, being so close to my… — Andy Gibb Copy Share Image
“In postrevolutionary Alexandria, the country’s second city, located on the Mediterranean coast, the security situation was even more dire than in Cairo.… — John R. Bradley Copy Share Image
“Hershel Blau, son of the Chasidic wandering preacher, was not yet so distant from his father's world that he didn't know deep… — Rebecca Goldstein Copy Share Image
It was a unique childhood, to say the least. My father was born in Patiala to refugee parents and was a part… — Kapil Sharma Copy Share Image
The parent knows instinctively that if they're working and setting an example for their child that means that child is more likely… — John Engler Copy Share Image
The real questions for parents should be: "Are you engaged? Are you paying attention?" If so, plan to make lots of mistakes… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
God made and governs the world invisibly, and has commanded us to love and worship him and no other God; to honor… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
When I finally began to publish, my father never read my work. He'd say, 'Oh, that's your mother's sort of thing.' But… — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
It's a tough business. To my parents or to their friends, I was not a success, but to me I was a… — Christina Hendricks Copy Share Image
“Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated.Children come back from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women… — Anne Frank Copy Share Image
My mom's father came from a family of 11 children who came over from the island of Ischia, Italy, and settled in… — Joanna Going Copy Share Image
“I mean,” her mother paused to choose her words, “maybe you’ll get involved in some school related activities, or join a team,… — Aaron Crabill Copy Share Image
“As God is merciful, so you also be merciful. As he loves and cares for all His creatures and His children and… — Pirkei Avot Copy Share Image
Our Lord never referred to unanswered prayer. He taught that prayers are always answered: “Everyone who asks receives”. And He implied that… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
God created us so that the joy He has in Himself might be ours. God doesn't simply think about Himself or talk… — Sam Storms Copy Share Image
Anyhow, all mankind's ideas and interests, all human aims and motives, are exhibited, fully formed, in a three-year-old child. The kid is… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
“A daughter whose mother chose to leave her or was incapable of mothering may feel like a member of the emotional underclass,… — Hope Edelman Copy Share Image
My first-ever car, my parents bought me a red Fiat Uno. I was 17 and just so happy to have a car,… — Victoria Beckham Copy Share Image
Growing up in a place that has winter, you learn to avoid self-pity. Winter is not a personal experience, everybody else is… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
There was that moment of, "Oh, my parents are watching Columbo and I hate it" to "No, I love this show, too."… — June Diane Raphael Copy Share Image
I have never known a patient to portray his parents more negatively than he actually experienced them in childhood but always more… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
By the time kids are 15, they're drunks and they're drug addicts and they're getting chicks pregnant. The parents wonder, "What did… — Andrew Dice Clay Copy Share Image
