“While you weren’t “born shy,” you were born dependent. As an infant, you relied on your parents for all your personal care.… — Jonathan Berent Copy Share Image
“The nuclear family is said to be the basic unit of society but is itself under extreme pressure. Divorce rates have soared.… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
“... My mother, daroga, my poor, unhappy mother would never... let me kiss her... She used to run away... and throw me… — Gaston Leroux Copy Share Image
“My parents were absolutely fantastic, and they faithfully taught me the word of God, but it was God and only God who… — Stephen Altrogge Copy Share Image
My parents are so supportive of whatever we want to do and completely nurtured that, and they're so proud of that as… — Hannah John-Kamen Copy Share Image
I think humans have always been desperate. I think it has always been about doing something awful if it might help, when… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“ The Day is Done The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
I grew up on the Eastern Shore during desegregation. A lot of white parents chose to send their kids to private schools… — Ralph Northam Copy Share Image
You get to a certain age and it really occurs to you: "My mother and my father will not always be here.… — Angel Olsen Copy Share Image
“My parents did not grant me so much as an allowance. When I had asked for one in the fourth grade, my… — Viet Thanh Nguyen Copy Share Image
It is the will of our heavenly Father that we should come to Him freely and confidently and make known our desires… — Ole Hallesby Copy Share Image
I love anything paneer! Our family favorite, however, is 'Dal Dhokli,' a quintessential Gujarati dish of bread dumplings and lentil soup. That's… — Sunita Williams Copy Share Image
It was my father who - after, at age 15, I had attempted unsuccessfully to drive the family car using a 'borrowed'… — H. Robert Horvitz Copy Share Image
Listening is everything. Listening is the whole deal. That's what I think. And I mean that in terms of before you work,… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
“Parents who daily read Robert Lewis Stevenson to their children and surrounds them with blocks, plastic animals, and some cardboard boxes or… — Diane Medved Copy Share Image
“It seems to me,” her father finally said with a sigh, “that Emperor Rat is one of those things that we’re supposed… — Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen Copy Share Image
My mother as a young girl went out with a young SS officer and she didn't really know what was going on… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
My mother and her plans for my future. She had it all worked out. I would attend a nice college, then get… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“The ideal-worker standard and norm of work devotion push mothers to the margins of economic life. And a society that marginalizes its… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“As a young father it's important to remember that, when you're at the beach, there's a BIG difference between telling your five… — Spuds Crawford Copy Share Image
By the time I was 19, my parents weren't very authoritative over my life.I didn't have any doubt about that - at… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
“In comparison, young unmarried women in America were fortunate: They had a certain measure of sexual freedom. Eighteenth-century parents allowed their daughters… — Leora Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
I worked 10 hours a day with my father, having no money in our life from the age of eight to 15.… — Bernard Tomic Copy Share Image
My father could talk about the Romany way of life and its culture. He could talk about freedom and the Scottish spirit.… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
My mother talked about the stories I used to spin as a child of three, before I started school. I would tell… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
“Twice as many paths to trouble,' their mothers would whisper. As though their daughters loving men and women meant they wanted all… — Anna-Marie McLemore Copy Share Image
Twelve years ago my mother gets her cataracts removed. So twelve years ago the doctor gives her these enormous sunglasses to wear… — Judy Gold Copy Share Image
“I had just returned to Woodstock from the Midwest - from my father's funeral. The previous week had left me drained. I… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
“Castiza: "False! I defy you both! I have endured you with an ear of fire; Your tongues have struck hot irons on… — Thomas Middleton Copy Share Image
“Our fortunes have gone up and down over the years, but my mother has never lost her ruthless poise. Whether she's in… — Teri Brown Copy Share Image
“If there was anything that seemed like paradise to me as a kid, it was when I faked my parents into believing… — Michael Martinelli Copy Share Image
“Whether it is in a sales situation, love at first sight, a husband and wife having an important conversation, a parent disciplining… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
It's funny: being green to me was ingrained because my parents were always trying to save money, save water, turn off the… — Su-chin Pak Copy Share Image
Isabella: "Why are you being so mean to me?" Harry: "Because i love you" Isabella: "Does that ever work?" Harry: "On my… — Claire LaZebnik Copy Share Image
When a significant other - a spouse, a parent or someone you're close to - is dying, it forces you to think… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
“Playing! The hardest job I ever tackled: make no mistake about that, mother. But you have no idea how frightfully interesting it… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I was happy that at home we were a closed circle and then we went out playing chess and saw the world.… — Judit Polgar Copy Share Image
The importance of heart health became very real for me when my father died of heart disease seven years ago. Having experienced… — Monica Potter Copy Share Image
If there are quarrels between the parents or if their marriage is unhappy, the ground will be prepared in their children for… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
I learned from my illiterate but wise mother that all rights to be deserved and preserved came from duty well done. Thus… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image