My mother is the war,' declares Roger Mexico, leaning over to open the door. — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
I listened to gospel music because that was just our culture, you know? My parents are pastors. — Masego Copy Share Image
I was born in Nagpur and brought up in Ahmedabad, where my father had a small factory. — Ronit Roy Copy Share Image
My father became the man he wanted to be by allowing dreams and supporting his family's dreams. — Rudy Ruettiger Copy Share Image
My parents left Libya in 1979, escaping political repression, and settled in Cairo. I was nine. — Hisham Matar Copy Share Image
My mum's from Yorkshire and my parents aren't snotty or posh - they're very hard workers, both of them. — Sally Phillips Copy Share Image
I've studied martial arts, but of course I'm not anywhere near the level of my father. Still, people assume I'm a lethal… — Shannon Lee Copy Share Image
It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
My childhood was rough, we were poor and my parents were alcoholics, but nobody was mean. I knew I was loved. We… — Carol Burnett Copy Share Image
Morrissey was my Mrs. Garrett, the house mother from the Facts of Life, a soothing adult figure giving me words of wisdom. — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
Smaller families mean we have more time and money to lavish on each child. Parents are more anxious because small families give… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
The first musical sound I ever heard was from a banjo. My father played, and I was an infant in a crib,… — Roy Clark Copy Share Image
Daddy,' my mother asked, 'aren’t we going to run out of gas?' No there’s plenty of god-damned gas.' Where are we going?'… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
The world you live in is 100 percent your own responsibility. If you don't like your world, it doesn't work to say,… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
“I thought everything I knew about you might have been a lie, but since meeting him and your parents, I've realized that… — Jennifer Brown Copy Share Image
“I do know a boy and a girl who've benefitted from their parents' high regard for academic achievement. But they've suffered from… — Muffy Mead-Ferro Copy Share Image
“In a study in 1995, Betty Hart and Todd Risley of the University of Kansas found that children in professional families heard… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Elvis came along when I was 10. My father gave me a bass ukulele. I taught myself how to play from a… — Bob Seger Copy Share Image
If people look at me and, certainly, my brothers, and they see strength and guts, they'd have to know my parents. If… — Diana Lopez Copy Share Image
My mother was very good about giving us a life that was, let's say, as normal as it could be, not a… — Ginevra Elkann Copy Share Image
“What you call your life is not yours at all--not yours to plan, manipulate, or control, at least not very often. .… — Karen Maezen Miller Copy Share Image
A parent who from his own childhood experience is convinced of the value of fairy tales will have no difficulty in answering… — Bruno Bettelheim Copy Share Image
The jiu-jitsu my father created was for the smaller guy to beat the bigger guy. — Royce Gracie Copy Share Image
“Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves poison the fountain.” — John Locke Copy Share Image
I have nothing maternal in me, and men want to be mothered a lot of the time. — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
A father may turn his back on his child, … . but a mother's love endures through all. — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
I've always enjoyed acting. When we were younger, my sisters and I would put on plays for our parents. — Serena Williams Copy Share Image
Watch over me, Father, so that everything I do may be with the intention of pleasing Jesus. — Bernadette Soubirous Copy Share Image
I stopped loving my father a long time ago. What remained was the slavery to a pattern. — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
It is my intention at all times to see that my mother and my little brother are amply provided for. — Jackie Coogan Copy Share Image
She's been through growing up without a mother & makes my heart all of a sudden. — Kang Seung-jo Copy Share Image
Some parents could do more for their children by not doing so much for them. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Oliver Biddle was who you became if you couldn't find anyone to love except your parents. ” — Melissa Bank Copy Share Image
Don't worry about your father. He's a perfectly contented, self-sufficient zombie. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
