Since the late 1970s, 163 million female babies have been aborted by parents seeking sons. — Jonathan V. Last Copy Share Image
In my private circle I am a mother, grandmother, wife, friend, daughter... the success means nothing to my small tribe. — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I was kind of a strange child. My parents knew early on that something must have been wrong with me. I crawled… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
I sincerely believe that for the child, and for the parent seeking to guide him, it is not half so important to… — Rachel Carson Copy Share Image
Here is the real domino theory - gay man to gay man, bisexual man to straight woman, addict mother to newborn baby,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“My mother—with all the embarrassment and hurt that she caused me in my youth—ended up giving me the drive and the fire… — Vernon Davis Copy Share Image
Ours was a never a 'religious' religious home because my parents thought of religion as something you do: it's the way you… — Margrethe Vestager Copy Share Image
As a child, the person I admired most in the world was Lana Turner! She seemed the epitome of glamour, and her… — Lee Radziwill Copy Share Image
“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven."… — Lisa C. Temple Copy Share Image
“Now I’ll just have to do without.” She raised her eyebrows. “I’m sorry?” Then Maximus did something very strange: he went on… — Elizabeth Hoyt Copy Share Image
Tell me about yourself." "Myself?" He looks confused. "Yes," I say, patting the mattress. "You know all there is to know," he… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“In Georgia, beating back a 1949 challenge from black parents to equalize the schools, Governor Herman Talmadge had already proposed a constitutional… — Carol Anderson Copy Share Image
“She needed a distraction. “Was that your mother?” The splashing stopped. “Are you going to converse while I bathe?” “Why not?” “Feels… — Angela Quarles Copy Share Image
My parents were kids when I was born. My mother was 16. My father was 17, and they got married in high… — Mahershala Ali Copy Share Image
All my mother ever wanted to talk about was what she hated about my father and the times he cheated on her… — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share Image
The ones who got all my father's attention were his patients. They were the ones who were sick and had problems. I… — Teddy Atlas Copy Share Image
I don't know any other job that the off-the-field issues - especially something personal like that - affects your job. But as… — Adrian Peterson Copy Share Image
On parent knees, a naked new-born child, Weeping thou sat'st while all around thee smiled; So live, that sinking in thy last… — William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell Copy Share Image
My father was very funny, so I grew up with humor in the house. And I was always really attracted to comedies… — Susan Stroman Copy Share Image
“and the wind gathered the leaves as a mother gathers her children and blew them irrevocably, lovingly, into the haunted wildness” — Elliot Mabeuse Copy Share Image
“Richard grinned, very pleased with himself for having found a way to honor his mother, thwart his father, and serve God, while… — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
Nobody else cares about you at the beginning of your career except you-and, of course, your mother. Your mother is there because… — Jimmy Buffett Copy Share Image
Sorry junior, I already ruined ya Cause you aint even alive, paparazzi pursuin ya. Sins of a father make yo life ten… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I think that parents only get so offended by television because they rely on it as a babysitter and the sole educator… — Trey Parker Copy Share Image
The commandment to honor parents was given to ensure that the elderly, although they may not feel wanted by family or society,… — Laura Schlessinger Copy Share Image
“My father had been disgusted and heartsick over the fact that I wanted to act. Thought it a silly profession closely allied… — Katharine Hepburn Copy Share Image
Keep an eye on what your kids are seeing online. Parents need to stay involved in what their children are being exposed… — Danica McKellar Copy Share Image
Parents sometimes feel that if they don't criticize their child, their child will never learn. Criticism doesn't make people wantto change; it… — Laurence Steinberg Copy Share Image
And to be merry best becomes you; for, out of question, you were born in a merry hour. BEATRICE No, sure, my… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I had a very happy childhood and very loving parents. We didn't have much money and I suppose therefore you felt that… — Terry Leahy Copy Share Image
“I think it was so splendid in Father to go as a chaplain when he was too old to be drafted, and… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Everybody wants to be a Bond villain. That is the coolest. To be able to portray a Bond villain, that is the… — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
I built my first car at 16. I was really lucky, because at the back of my parents' house, there was a… — Ant Anstead Copy Share Image
My mum brought me up by herself, pretty much. She had me at the age of 20, and my grandmother was a… — Jade Bird Copy Share Image
I ask only child-free pals for parenting advice because they're the only ones sane and well-rested enough to have any real insight. — Glennon Doyle Melton Copy Share Image
I am tied to my father's land and am happy to visit relatives in Egypt, but I feel Italian and was never… — Stephan El Shaarawy Copy Share Image
“Correct choices don’t help only when competing against other people. You can make choices that lead to behaviors that make you a… — Trevor Moawad Copy Share Image
“Of course, the wedding preparations are very stressful," my mother says. My father grunts. "You're not the one writing the checks.” — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
Agents in this day and age, they're not just agents. They're a parent, they're a best friend, they're a financial advisor, they… — Paul Merson Copy Share Image