A diet counselor once told me that all overweight people are angry with their mothers and channel their frustrations into overeating. So… — Wendy Wasserstein Copy Share Image
I'm very fond of an old map of London that used to belong to my father. I'm a big London fan, and… — Ben Schott Copy Share Image
“No,' she whispered over those fields. 'No, you can't have this part of me.' If they tried to take Sam, she'd do… — Anna-Marie McLemore Copy Share Image
I've seen fathers criticizing their sons the moment a game's over. Not my dad. It doesn't matter if I threw an interception… — Ben Roethlisberger Copy Share Image
“George stared at the dove. What would she say if she could speak to him? What would she wish for, for her… — Mette Ivie Harrison Copy Share Image
No one really understood music unless he was a scientist, her father had declared, and not just a scientist, either, oh, no,… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
While I'm generally silent on the affairs of my biological mother, her recent tirade has taken a gross turn. I have never… — Frances Bean Cobain Copy Share Image
“As she took her father’s arm and prepared to march down the aisle, Margaret called, “Do not forget what I told you… — Brooklyn Ann Copy Share Image
“Do you think there’ll be someone in the Xanti who’ll remember your mother?” Finn blew on the embers. “I don’t know. We… — Eva Ibbotson Copy Share Image
My mom's one of the toughest ladies I know. I've seen her lose both her brothers, both her parents. She's been through… — DeMar DeRozan Copy Share Image
Baseball as I have said before to many... many parents it's not about wins and losses. It's about the life lessons that… — Goose Gossage Copy Share Image
The narcissistic, the domineering, the possessive woman can succeed in being a "loving" mother as long as the child is small. Only… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
At stake are the lives of many children who will be discriminated against in advance, and deprived of their human development given… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Happiness is not always through success. Equally, the constant pursuit of success is sure unhappiness. But we have to find the balance.… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
In interviews, on the set, talking to people, I'll just start talking about my parents' divorce, and go on and on. My… — Agnes Bruckner Copy Share Image
No Child Left Behind taught us that parents, teachers and state and local leaders are more suited to address students' needs than… — John Kline Copy Share Image
“No, my eldest brother. He was named after our father. Our parents died when the Romans first invaded, and Stephano then became… — Lynsay Sands Copy Share Image
“When ACOG (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists) claims that home birth and midwives are unsafe, they imply that the women who… — Jennifer Block Copy Share Image
“It was because 'in 1776 our fathers retired the gods from politics.' The basic principle of the American Republic is the freedom… — Joseph Lewis Copy Share Image
I've come to realize that making it your life's work to be different than your parents is not only hard to do,… — Paul Reiser Copy Share Image
A woman in the audience asked [Barack] Obama about her mother. Her mother was 101 years old and was in need of… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
Parents, first and foremost, it is important to... understand and recognise the activities your child is naturally gravitating towards. It's important also… — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
My parents never had any money. It was cash flow. It flows, and you got your fingers in it for a little… — Dan Aykroyd Copy Share Image
“Like any stepfather made entirely of bread, Loaf had some curious habits. He would lie completely still for incredibly long periods of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Judging Natalie as my mother had judged me was, I felt like telling her son, just my ass-backward way of showing love.… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
“She had smiled her way through the births and had offered the new mothers the support and the medical care that they… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
You know, my parents had a restaurant. And I left home, actually, in 1949, when I was 13 years old, to go… — Jacques Pepin Copy Share Image
“The Pranksters were now out among them, and it was exhilarating--look at the mothers staring!--and there was going to be holy terror… — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
“All of us have the potential to be an Absalom, and all of us have the potential to be a David. Absalom… — Bob Sorge Copy Share Image
“… when Michel came home from school, for example, and everything was as it should be. My own voice, above all, asking… — Herman Koch Copy Share Image
I grew up in a show business family, so we've always had a great sense of balance, being so close to my… — Andy Gibb Copy Share Image
“Did the Führer take her (mother) away?” The question surprised them both, and it forced Papa to stand up. He looked at… — Mark Zusak Copy Share Image
being a parent is not transaction ... we do not get what we give. It is the ultimate pay-it-forward endeavor: we are… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“Allow yourself to think that the possibility of failure is a necessary part of parenting well… Avoiding the possibility of failure means… — Lisa Coyne Copy Share Image
A man can't pass on, like a mother could, an awareness of your body, or sensuality, or what it means to be… — Carole Bouquet Copy Share Image
“All my parents wanted was the open road and a VW camper van. That was enough escape for them. The ocean, the… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
In order for me to parent well I have to empathize and stay open with my son. I am also vulnerable when… — Amber Valletta Copy Share Image
“When you’re the father of a little boy, which involves many joys, you do have one rationalization in your back pocket that… — Wendell Jamieson Copy Share Image
“Parents, she thought, learned to survive touching their children less and less. As a baby Pearl had clung to her; she’d worn… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
My parents never referenced Ethiopia that much, largely because of the circumstances under which we left. We left during a time of… — Dinaw Mengestu Copy Share Image
![“A woman in the audience asked [Barack] Obama about her mother. Her mother was 101 years old and was in need of a certain kind of procedure. Her doctor didn't want to do it because of her age. However, another doctor did and told this woman there is a joy of life in this person. The woman asked…” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/cad/nat-hentoff-1615_advise_a-woman-in-the-audience-asked-barack-oba_3075241.jpg)
