My mother is a strong person. She's funny but volatile, with a pretty bad temper. — Grayson Perry Copy Share Image
War is the father and king of all: some he has made gods, and some men; some slaves and some free. — Heraclitus Copy Share Image
My mother was like a sister to me, only we didn't have sex quite so often. — Emo Philips Copy Share Image
God gave them life and they gave me life. That are my parents. — Simphiwe Scientist Dumi Copy Share Image
Surrogate motherhood has been the subject of much philosophical and political dispute over the years. — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
My father was adamant in his disapproval of my interest in show business. — Paul Lynde Copy Share Image
My father,” she admitted, “was of Italian extraction. Unfortunately, not an affliction that can be cured.” She paused. “Though he did die. — Gail Carriger Copy Share Image
Basically it's the core story. About a guy having an affair with the mother of the girl he falls in love with. — Buck Henry Copy Share Image
I was really blessed with parents who never said I couldn't do anything. And now I reflect as an adult on that,… — Olesya Rulin Copy Share Image
Or-but this more rarely happened-she would be convulsed with a rage of grief, and sob out her love for her mother, in… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I am glad that I made my television debut with 'Perfect Pati,' a show that portrays a mother and her role as… — Jaya Prada Copy Share Image
My mother says that after I first visited the home of the man I later married, she knew it was serious when… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
My childhood was defined by my father's absence. His presence looms so large. Up until the age of 18, he was a… — Said Sayrafiezadeh Copy Share Image
Father's Day each year makes me grateful for what my father did for me. This has little to do with our relationship,… — Karen DeCrow Copy Share Image
My mother, who graduated from high school at sixteen, had no hope of affording college, so she went to work in the… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
“For a long, breathless moment we wait, time spinning into an eternity, while the excitement in my chest bursts. As the red… — Teri Brown Copy Share Image
“Terry Real, who has written extensively about men in relationships, describes a particular “unholy triangle” between “the powerful, irresponsible, and/or abusive father,… — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
A lot of my friend's mothers and parents worked at Paramount Studios, so I would always go. I met the Fonz when… — Roy Choi Copy Share Image
Alice Roosevelt Longworth was only a few years older than my mother but outlived her by a decade, dying in 1980. From… — Katharine Graham Copy Share Image
“If you feel like a nearly-drowned rat that’s been dragged through the mud, all twisted up inside your mother’s borrowed, prized quilt,… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“My mother sold my virginity for two thousand dollars when I was thirteen but my sister bought it back for three thousand… — Nicholas Chong Copy Share Image
I was very fierce and very driven at eighteen. But my basic philosophy I think has stayed the same, I'm still an… — Tobsha Learner Copy Share Image