Navajo infants get so attached to cradleboard that they cry to be tied into it. Kikuyu infants in Kenya get handed around… — Melvin Konner Copy Share Image
In marrying, a man does not, to be sure, marry his wife's mother; and yet a prudent man, when he begins to… — Maria Edgeworth Copy Share Image
In the U.K., my mother had been the breadwinner. I'd seen my parents side by side. In Saudi Arabia, my mother was… — Mona Eltahawy Copy Share Image
I was studying at Stanford University with two quarters left to go before receiving an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering. Then, I… — Azim Premji Copy Share Image
My conscience does not render a positive verdict in God’s courtroom when I look inside myself. The only reason I can sleep… — Michael Horton Copy Share Image
“If you only knew what those society women are, and women in general! My father is right. Selfish, vain, stupid, trivial in… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Children, as persons, are entitled to the greatest respect. Children are given to us as free-flying souls, but then we clip their… — Gerry Spence Copy Share Image
My father passed away when I was seven, mom single-handedly brought up my brother Rahul and me. She was a civil surgeon… — Divya Dutta Copy Share Image
Everybody is excited about their projects and I'm excited too. It's not like working. It's like playing with your friends. When I… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
My mother desperately wanted children. She had a child that was stillborn - something I learned when I was looking through her… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
It seems to me that a great deal of this type of censorship has to do with absolving parents of responsibility -… — John Irving Copy Share Image
You are your child's everything, you are their love, comfort, safe place, and happy place. You are their world. Their love for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You spend your whole life trying to get out of holes. The hole you’re born into because of who your parents are.… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“Nobody spoke for a minute; then Meg said in an altered tone, "You know the reason Mother proposed not having any presents… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
The object of our being placed upon this earth is that we may work out an exaltation, that we may prepare ourselves… — Heber J. Grant Copy Share Image
My mother did play classical piano, not that well. And actually, my father sang with the big bands - he sang with… — Toni Tennille Copy Share Image
Everyone that gets an authority into his hands tyrannizes over others; as many husbands, parents, masters, magistrates, that live after the flesh… — Gerrard Winstanley Copy Share Image
“Let me put it this way, my father believed in a righteous God. Deus volt, that was his motto- 'because God wills… — Jace from Cassandra Clare's City of Bones Copy Share Image
“I recognized the great monument from the illustration in the copy of /The Jungle Book/ that my mother kept in the top… — Lee Siegel Copy Share Image
I don't hate children. My wife and I just didn't think we would be good parents, and also by the time we… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
I had a talk with my older son a couple of days ago. I explained to him that I went to a… — Sofia Helin Copy Share Image
“Yes, you’re like her, but not just like her. Do you follow me?” I thought I understood what she was saying, but… — Renée Carlino Copy Share Image
“A story about an angel who has been taking care of you even before you were born and will always take care… — Meir Liraz Copy Share Image
Parents ought, through their own behavior and the values by which they live, to provide direction for their children. But they need… — Bruno Bettelheim Copy Share Image
My mother is schizophrenic. I would love to be brave enough to learn more about it. I try to understand her, I… — Pom Klementieff Copy Share Image
Did any of you, parents, ever hear your child wake from sleep with some panic fear and shriek the mother's name through… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
My mother told me stories all the time... And in all of those stories she told me who I was, who I… — Paula Gunn Allen Copy Share Image
“Now," my mother sniffled, "WERE you abducted? Kidnapped?" "You mean did somebody snatch me?" "Yes. Well?" "Why would anybody wanna snatch ME?"… — Jerry Spinelli Copy Share Image
“Their parents had been progressive by nature. They had taken their daughters with them to the Far East on a business trip… — Mervin Miller Copy Share Image
“Why not just tell my parents the boarding school thing wasn't working out, and go home? That offer had been on the… — Elizabeth Cody Kimmel Copy Share Image
Being somebody: it's one of the ideas in life, no? That's what my father made clear to me. The importance of being… — James Salter Copy Share Image
“Penelope!” “Mother, I honestly have no idea what you are implying.” “Who wil take care of you? When your father dies?” “Is… — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
I feel most assuredly that our Father in heaven is far more interested in a soul-one of his children-than it is possible… — Joseph Fielding Smith Copy Share Image
The older I grow the more I see the influence of my family on my life. I didn't always see it. It… — Katherine Dunham Copy Share Image
I hate skinny women, especially when they say things like 'Sometimes I forget to eat.' Now, I've forgotten my mother's maiden name,… — Marsha Warfield Copy Share Image
At my worst, I even resented Nic because an addict, at least when high, has a momentary respite from his suffering. There… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
Let's ask their parents. And will those children point to their parents and tell us you really need to enforce the law… — Steve King Copy Share Image
“Heaven is our true home. This earth is no more your home than was your mother’s womb. As we were never designed… — Vance C. Kessler Copy Share Image
Dad has cancer yet again. I am the one who has to stay strong for him, for my mother, for everyone. But… — Tiana Webb Copy Share Image
Older siblings get more total-immersion mentoring with their parents before younger siblings come along. As a result, they get an IQ and… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
