“She was the youngest of the two daughters of a most affectionate, indulgent father; and had, in consequence of her sister's marriage,… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
According to my parents, I just started drumming when I was two. I traveled with them from five to seven on the… — Questlove Copy Share Image
“Perhaps God’s providence is nowhere more evident than in the fact that he gives parents twelve years to develop a love for… — Tyndale Copy Share Image
Don't seek approval. This may be the toughest suggestion for you to follow -- and the most important. Whether you'te a teenager… — T. J. MacGregor Copy Share Image
“Sooner or later, you will discover which kind of father you are, and at that moment you will, with perfect horror, recognize… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“I love you too, I wanted to say with as much hurtful sarcasm as I could muster, but she hadn't seen me,… — Ransom Riggs Copy Share Image
“Give grace to your children today by speaking of sin and mercy. Tell Susan that she can relax into God’s loving embrace… — Elyse M. Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
You could analyze me and say that my father leaving and being absent was a motivator for early ambition, trying to prove… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Parenting is not logical. If it were, we would never have to read a book, never need a family therapist, and never… — Jeanne Elium Copy Share Image
Tim on the show does a lot of that posturing, of course, and feels sort of threatened by women. But even at… — Patricia Richardson Copy Share Image
As educators and policy makers, it is important to demonstrate for parents the connection between high levels of student participation in assessment… — Kate Brown Copy Share Image
“My mother hmms and goes to the kitchen, where cupboards dug into the clay wall are filled with round fruits of orange… — Olivia A. Cole Copy Share Image
When a little girl puts her energy to give her dad a kiss...Thats Love.When a wife makes tea for her husband &… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's been nothing proven that violence in video games has an impact. As a parent though, and I'm a parent for a… — Reggie Fils-Aime Copy Share Image
“Even in my time, we knew that men were not in charge. Oh, they might bluster as if they were. But when… — Alex Flinn Copy Share Image
I have a great respect for money. I know how hard it is to earn and keep, especially with our diabolical taxes… — Sean Connery Copy Share Image
The special relationship between America and the UK has been one of the great forces in history for justice and for peace,… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
But fortunately for us and for all men, it has not been given unto us to judge, nor to execute, nor to… — Richard L. Evans Copy Share Image
“Comparing children of a 45-year-old dad to those of a 24-year-old father it indicated: autism was more than three times as likely… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Young women are closer to the time when they were manipulative and childish and they don't let their babies manipulate them as… — Ellen Gilchrist Copy Share Image
We are a people that let the small things just go by because it's a little uncomfortable and nobody wants to ruffle… — Don Iveson Copy Share Image
Father’s silence is not merely the absence of sound. It’s a creature with a life of its own. It chokes you. It… — Franny Billingsley Copy Share Image
I was born in Darien, Connecticut, but in 1959, when I was four, my parents moved to the suburbs of Toronto. Then,… — Linwood Barclay Copy Share Image
I was between 14 and 15, when I went through my angsty period. I was never very rebellious. I never did things… — Shailene Woodley Copy Share Image
“The point behind 1-2-3 Magic is that parents are ready for anything, rather than worrying what the kids are going to do… — Thomas W. Phelan Copy Share Image
“Congrats, buddy. It's going to be hysterical seeing you try to parent. You're a disaster." "Thanks, asshole," he says, but he's smiling… — Victoria Denault Copy Share Image
“Rush under His arm And feel the calm A touch of grace From His loving embrace Be still my child, He whispered… — Maisie A. Smikle Copy Share Image
“If you want to completely destroy a child, all you have to do is mold them into your vision of what you… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Before my mother died, I was supposed to go to the local university, where I'd applied early decision. It was the same… — Camille Perri Copy Share Image
I think a lot of parents hand people over a blueprint and say, 'This is how you're supposed to do it.' And… — Rich Mullins Copy Share Image
Since babyhood, I've always evolved from one thing to another. My mother gave me ballet lessons at 6 as part of her… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
Through Nic's drug addiction, I have learned that parents can bear almost anything…I shock myself with my ability to rationalize and tolerate… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
It's so much a part of me that it's almost hard to describe myself in the absence of it. I know that… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
Is he well educated?" "Yes, I think so, as far as he's gone," I answered. "Of course he will go on being… — Gene Stratton-Porter Copy Share Image
Oh thrice fools are we who like new-born princes weeping in the cradle know not that there is a kingdom before them… — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
“Naz," I whisper. "What's going on?" "What's going on is your mother isn't happy to see you near me." "Why?" I ask,… — J.M. Darhower Copy Share Image
“We can use techniques to become our selves and to develop the self. Techniques are different from the roles our narcissistic parents… — Elan Golomb Copy Share Image
My father never wanted me to be a writer. He didn't - he came to terms with it maybe two years before… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Many artists and critics see collectors like kids see their parents: as the ones with money and power who just don't get… — Mark Kostabi Copy Share Image
Memory was that woman on the train. Insane in the way she sifted through dark things in a closet and emerged with… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
