Cats are there to be indulged. That's their function: to receive the love we never fully gave our parents. Not like dogs.… — Alex Shakar Copy Share Image
“Tess is a bit shy," her mother used to tell people in an audible whisper, her hand over her mouth. "Gets it… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
“What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; or if… — Scotty Smith Copy Share Image
My parents, Mary Agnes Smith and Rowland Smith, both had to work since their early teens, she in the holiday boarding house… — Michael Smith Copy Share Image
My mom said to me: 'Sonny, you need to study English.' And I replied to her: 'Mom, I do not need it.… — Oleksandr Usyk Copy Share Image
As a parent, I tell my boys to keep away their smartphones and go outdoors and play. I take them to our… — Prabhu Deva Copy Share Image
“But his son hated him. He hated him for coming up to them, for stopping and looking down on them; he hated… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
In an old song the Mother sings: 'My sleeping is my dreaming, my dreaming is my thinking, my thinking is my wisdom.'… — Meinrad Craighead Copy Share Image
“I think,” said my guardian, thoughtfully regarding her, “I think it must be somewhere written that the virtues of the mothers shall… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“You didn’t get it. Sacrifice is a part of life. It’s supposed to be. It’s not something to regret. It’s something to… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Though they themselves might be as surprised as their parents and teachers to hear it said, adolescents--these poignantly thin- skinned and vulnerable,… — Louise J. Kaplan Copy Share Image
All of us... anyone that's been in Fleetwood Mac, as far as I've been aware, has been seemingly pretty well brought up… — Mick Fleetwood Copy Share Image
I loved tennis since the beginning. I mean my father brought me my first racket and the first time that I played… — Carlos Alcaraz Copy Share Image
Percy," my father said, "what exactly do you mean?" "Kronos couldn't have risen if it hadn't been for a lot of demigods… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
The moments that you share with a person do not stop when that person is not in your life anymore. The relationship… — Benoit Lecomte Copy Share Image
“In a wonderful cartoon, Calvin creates a theology to counter his mother's insistence that he eat his chicken dinner. Calvin shouts: "What… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am a product of endless books. My father bought all the books he read and never got rid of any of… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
My parents' concern has been one of my greatest assets - I needed something to kick against. If they'd supported me every… — KT Tunstall Copy Share Image
For American families, Universal pre-K is an essential piece of the puzzle that not only allows their kids to get a good… — Kirsten Gillibrand Copy Share Image
With theatre, we all agree to suspend our disbelief about so many things, but not about race. It's totally OK to have… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
There have been times in many a bar that I was not so much a brother, but more of a mother to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When the father is going on in his journey, if the child will not goe on, but stands gaping upon vanity, and… — Thomas Hooker Copy Share Image
“Do you actually hear confessions in your church, Father, actual spoken confessions? For that matter, does any priest anymore, at least as… — DeSales Harrison Copy Share Image
Kids have to understand that they have control. Not their parents, not the principal, not the president of the U.S. It starts… — Eve Torres Copy Share Image
I like my body so much more now since having my baby. It”s just kind of empowering when you become a mother.… — Nelly Copy Share Image
My mother would never let me in the kitchen. I always wanted to cook, but I was never allowed to. Her view… — Ina Garten Copy Share Image
“You were once my one companion, You were all that mattered. You were once a friend and father, Then my world was… — Charles Hart Copy Share Image
While it's great to listen to your kids' ideas, there's also a time when dads simply need to be dads. In this… — Bristol Palin Copy Share Image
“I will chum with you, and suffer when you suffer, and laugh when you laugh. I will bite my tongue when impatient… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
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Her kitsch was the image of home, all peace, quiet, and harmony, and ruled by a loving mother and a wise father.… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
I think we identify ourselves by labels or things that we are able to do: I am this. I am a good… — Ann Romney Copy Share Image
My father left us three times when I was between three and six. You just couldn't tell - suddenly one day he… — Tony Leung Chiu Wai Copy Share Image
I challenge youth to cooperate with parents who are concerned about your reading and your viewing. Be concerned yourself about what you… — Marvin J. Ashton Copy Share Image
Men and swords. My father said that if you put any able-bodied man, no matter how peaceful, into a room with a… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
“...The life of the parents is the only thing that makes good children. Parents should be very patient and ‘saintlike’ to their… — Elder Porphyrios Copy Share Image
“The realization that my grandmother, mother and I are one in the same awakens something mysterious inside of me. The person I… — Sadiqua Hamdan Copy Share Image
When I was a kid my parents used to tell me, "Emo, don't go near the cellar door!" One day when they… — Emo Philips Copy Share Image
And look, we have young people in this country who are thirty years old living with their parents. We have young people… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
