The best thing about success was being able to buy my parents a house. — Bonnie Tyler Copy Share Image
Humans are incredibly selfish. And in parents, flaws become hyper focused. — Catherine Reitman Copy Share Image
I’m probably just as good a mother as the next repressed, obsessive-compulsive paranoiac. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
My father Apresh Lahiri and mother Bansari Lahiri were great composers of their time. — Bappi Lahiri Copy Share Image
From my mother, a rock, / I have learned that rocks give / most of all. — Judy Grahn Copy Share Image
“We can't all be perfect parents and spouses, so we might as well laugh!” — Jon Ziegler Copy Share Image
My mother was a very talented artist. When she was in jail, we'd write letters back and forth; that was pretty much… — Jarrett J. Krosoczka Copy Share Image
But it's also because of something personal. My mother and father met while playing chess, so I've always had a fondness for… — Dorothy Dunnett Copy Share Image
My mother turned into a professional widow. She couldn't understand why I wanted to be an engineer; she thought I should be… — David Antin Copy Share Image
“Who gets the change?" the clerk asked. "You or...your fella?" Oh, he's not my boyfriend," I said. "He's my mother.” — Wally Lamb Copy Share Image
The only marriage I've observed for any length of time is my parents - 35 years. I asked my pop, I go,… — Adam Ferrara Copy Share Image
“My mother would say, 'Why are you always playing alone?' And I would say, 'I'm not playin', Ma. I'm fuckin' serious!” — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Mama and Daddy King represent the best in manhood and womanhood, the best in a marriage, the kind of people we are… — Coretta Scott King Copy Share Image
“If my father were Cupid, and my mother were Helen Keller, I suppose I probably would subscribe to the notion that “Love… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“It wasn't fair, he thought peevishly. "Who said life was fair?" his father had said to him a hundred times. He had… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
“When I think of my father’s eyes I’m reminded of blood. I’m reminded of hate. I’m reminded of death. How in a… — Daniel Abbott Copy Share Image
It's okay that your parents aren't perfect; no one's are. And it's okay that they didn't have any perfect children either; no… — Ardeth Kapp Copy Share Image
“That night, when SanJuanna had cleared the main course and brought dessert in, my mother called for quiet and said, "Boys, I… — Jacqueline Kelly Copy Share Image
I write a tiny fraction of what I used to write. My only job used to be to just write songs, and… — Regina Spektor Copy Share Image
“Leah looked at her parents, lost in their own fantasies, and decided that the three of them were a pretty pathetic family… — J.M. Reep Copy Share Image
We're living in a time, unfortunately, where, you know, a lot of young men, particularly young men of color, being raised by… — Hill Harper Copy Share Image
“We hear a great deal about the rudeness of the ris- ing generation. I am an oldster myself and might be expected… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
I get more fulfilment from being a father than I do from being an actor. — Aaron Taylor-Johnson Copy Share Image
I owe much to mother. She had an expert's understanding, but also approached art emotionally. — David Rockefeller Copy Share Image
I am the mother of a 6-year-old now, so that's changed my entire perspective. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
My mother was passionate. She was stubborn, the dominant one in the family. She dominated my father. — Hugh Leonard Copy Share Image
I used to talk politics with my father all the time before he passed away. — Jessica Tarlov Copy Share Image
“Who says there have been no female prophet on earth, what about your mother.” — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
My No. 1 responsibility when I'm not slaying zombies is being a parent. — Andrew Lincoln Copy Share Image
JB’s mother had taught him early on that appreciated women are happy women. — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
I was lucky that my parents had supported and guided me with a positive framework. — Shiva Ayyadurai Copy Share Image
My mother served me wine and water from the time I was 3 years old. — Robert Mondavi Copy Share Image
“Mothers are o loving and kind they never want their kids to grow up.” — Donnajo Calhoun Copy Share Image
