“My father was a renowned chef, who had learned his trade as an apprentice in Europe. During the depression with work hard… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One Copy Share Image
“My arms wrapped about little Jala, little sister, hot with fever but the fire grew too hot, and so, in my arms,… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
All from other lands, who by the terms of [congressional] laws and a compliance with their provisions become naturalized, are adopted citizens… — John Bingham Copy Share Image
“It's easier to say (I'm going to be myself and if anyone wants to be with me, then she/he has to accept… — Darrell Roberts Copy Share Image
My mother did an incredible job - one, of just being a great mom, but two, of instilling a tremendous amount of… — Morgan Spurlock Copy Share Image
In a sense, in the area of child care, children's relationships with parents' working has come full circle. We have gone from… — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
Productive collaborations between family and school, therefore, will demand that parents and teachers recognize the critical importance of each other's participation in… — Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot Copy Share Image
“As long as you're around, your life is too. So just as you shower love and affection and attention on the husbands,… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
To acknowledge, to accept, and to forgive one's parents - both what they gave and what they did not give, both one's… — Ernest Kurtz Copy Share Image
“Whether one is dealing with the state, the Mafia, parents, pimps, police, or husbands, the heavy price of institutionalised protection is always… — Wendy Brown Copy Share Image
“Whatever emotional state you’re in while you’re parenting conveys more to your child than the content of what you're doing with them,… — Michael Y. Simon Copy Share Image
“The “harsh” truth is, you are not who you think you are. “You” are an accumulation of everything you’ve learned. Everything your… — Adam James Copy Share Image
“Not all good works can turn a profit, but profits can be directed toward good. As Warren Buffett explains, “I’ve worked in… — William D. Eggers Copy Share Image
“And maybe it means you’re choosing one of your children—the one who has the best chance of survival—over the other. But that’s… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
We have partnered with hospitals. We do check-ups. We talk to the parents - we educate them - and at the same… — Nwankwo Kanu Copy Share Image
I think that having been around computers all my life - my father had brought home personal computers at a very early… — Barry Ptolemy Copy Share Image
Love is when there is no denying "it"... that magical, elusive feeling that really seizes us and takes us from the inside.… — Stephanie Ellis Copy Share Image
I'm often asked what it was like to have a famous mother. I always answer that I really don't know. I knew… — Sean Hepburn Ferrer Copy Share Image
The only thing I don't divulge is the truth about Mother killing little Carolina. I don't know why. Perhaps I sense he's… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
When I was 5 years old my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
It seems unbelievable that a man should perish in whose favor Christ said to His Mother: 'Behold thy son', provided that he… — Robert Bellarmine Copy Share Image
My father was very athletic. He was a life-of-the-party kind of guy - walked into the room and there was a presence… — Jim Nantz Copy Share Image
“Mary, mother of Jesus, pays for her maternity by giving up her body, almost entirely: she foregoes both (hetero) sexual pleasure (Christ's… — Phyllis Chesler Copy Share Image
“He wasn’t sure why he felt so compelled to follow the singing, or why he needed to bring the foot with him,… — Kevin Wallis Copy Share Image
I am here for my mother and all the Americans who are forced to spend time arguing with health insurance companies instead… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I believe, the NAACP began to try to organize parents of Negro children to file petitions with the boards of education regarding… — Ella Baker Copy Share Image
My mother, all of her sisters and my siblings all went through a stage from the age of about 15 to 19… — Sophie Dahl Copy Share Image
At times of distress, we all like to recall the advice of fathers and mothers. The best advice my father gave me… — George Papandreou Copy Share Image
“19. THE WALL OF DICTIONARIES BETWEEN MY MOTHER AND THE WORLD GETS TALLER EVERY YEAR Sometimes pages of the dictionaries come loose… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
How pitiable is it to reflect, that although you were so fully convinced of the benevolence of the Father of Mankind, and… — Benjamin Banneker Copy Share Image
“Oh, you dear good father!" cried Mary, putting her hands round her father's neck, while he bent his head placidly, willing to… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“Images of African Americans as bad mothers, ineffective mothers, and matriarchs...conceal and justify the difficult conditions in which they work and raise… — Leith Mullings Copy Share Image
“There are two influences ever present in the world. One is constructive and elevating and comes from our Heavenly Father; the other… — George Albert Smith Copy Share Image
I'm a strange mixture of my mother's curiosity; my father, who grew up the son of the manse in a Presbyterian family,… — Rupert Murdoch Copy Share Image
I wanted to give five solid years of being there all the time (with Sean). I hadn't seen my first son Julian… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Everything I've taken away from my father has been significant. So, I can't say that any one lesson is the most significant.… — Ziggy Marley Copy Share Image
I know it affected me when I saw certain actors growing up. I had a drama teacher that would take us to… — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
I lived in the house with my mother so she had no choice but to hear what I was doing. I would… — D'Angelo Copy Share Image
Even before his detention, my father was fighting many cases. He remained in jail in Multan. He remained in jail in Bannu.… — Asma Jahangir Copy Share Image
I could see the road ahead of me. I was poor and I was going to stay poor. But I didn't particularly… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image