My father worked in currency exchange, and my mother is a businesswoman. — Emmanuel Adebayor Copy Share Image
I had to escape the destruction of my father's bankruptcy and all that difficulty. — Brendan Coyle Copy Share Image
My mother died of lung cancer last year. I felt helpless. As an economist, I thought, 'What can I do?' — Andrew Lo Copy Share Image
I got a very strong sense from my mother, in particular, that we are all equal in the sight of God. — Johann Lamont Copy Share Image
“My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules.” — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I started working at the age of 16 and since then my mother has been my guide. She has always advised me. — Madalsa Sharma Copy Share Image
Under these conditions it is not astonishing that learning was highly prized; in fact, my parents made sacrifices to be able to… — Simon van der Meer Copy Share Image
“Father,' he asked, 'are rich people stronger than anyone else on earth?' 'Yes Ilusha,' I said, 'there are no people on earth… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
And me having kids, with my family history? My mom: mentally ill, shot and killed her last husband. My father: six ex-wives,… — Christopher Titus Copy Share Image
Optimistic parents raise resilient children, but pessimistic parents raise broken offspring. Wherever there is darkness, show your children the light. — Shmuley Boteach Copy Share Image
My father was in the army, and there wasn't too much money. Yet, we learnt to enjoy the small pleasures of life,… — Suresh Raina Copy Share Image
You have to decide what it is that shapes and defines you. I'm a big sister and a co-parent with my mom… — Kiersey Clemons Copy Share Image
My mother brought home the accordion in 1942. I was fascinated and wanted to learn to play it. Some of my music… — Pauline Oliveros Copy Share Image
My father was a wildfire. Really. Nobody could save him from anything. His family turned away from him, and he broke up… — John Carter Cash Copy Share Image
“There is hardly anything at all. His life is suddenly a large, empty house, with each vacant room waiting to be furnished.… — Dan Chaon Copy Share Image
My mother, Anne, was a cleaner and a shopkeeper. Out of economic necessity she had to hold down two jobs and she… — Robson Green Copy Share Image
“In the end, his mother’s memory could not be shamed by a gift from God. Don’t worry about me, she would say,… — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
“I pray Aphrodite will help him find someone who loves him as much as he loves her.” “That’s a good prayer.” Father… — Esther M. Friesner Copy Share Image
I think I probably got a lot of my father's natural security or ego or whatever. I can be my own person… — Donald Trump, Jr Copy Share Image
When a daughter loses a mother, the intervals between grief responses lengthen over time, but her longing never disappears. It always hovers… — Hope Edelman Copy Share Image
“Be my lover between two wars waged in the mirror, she said. I don't want to return now to the fortress of… — Mahmoud Darwish Copy Share Image
Both my parents are chefs... I grew up in a restaurant and was always surrounded by cooks. I love food. — Ming-Na Wen Copy Share Image
My father always told me that. "Nobody knows anything, so don't listen to anyone else." — Scott Eastwood Copy Share Image
I learned more about Christianity from my mother than from all the theologians in England. — John Wesley Copy Share Image
Dear parents, we know money doesnt grow on trees, thats why we are asking you for it. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My father was always saying we were Serbs, but I didn't pay much attention. — Emir Kusturica Copy Share Image
“I always thought my parents could fix anything. Now it's my turn. Dear God, how did this happen?” — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“Asking a parent not to be a parent is like asking the sun not to be hot or snow not to be… — Lesa Howard Copy Share Image
My father quite honestly played no role in my decision to become an actor. — Max Minghella Copy Share Image
The challenging part of parenting is to stick to your ideals and not give in. — Gretchen Carlson Copy Share Image
Our parents instilled in us a sense of community and how it takes a village to raise a family. — T. J. Watt Copy Share Image
I suppose you could say my father's world was Thomas Hardy and my mother's D.H. Lawrence. — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image
Now, father, you're living in the past. This is the 14th century! -Prince Phillip — Sleeping Beauty Copy Share Image
