“I don't want to be memorized for everyone. I want to stay real,endless and inchangeable for my parents, kids and their descendants.” — Alexander Zalan Copy Share Image
My father was a black, working-class man who arrived here with no money in his pocket from Nigeria; my mum came from… — Chuka Umunna Copy Share Image
“Spirituality means to me living the ordinary life extraordinarily well. As the old-church father said, 'The glory of God is a human… — William Sloane Coffin Copy Share Image
I have taken my friends' bikes for rides, but my parents never allowed me to get one for myself, as they think… — Taapsee Pannu Copy Share Image
I would say that my parents were intermittently proud of me. They couldn't hang onto it, you know? It would come and… — John Patrick Shanley Copy Share Image
My parents were there to support us in whatever we wanted to do. But if we did something, they wanted to make… — Ryan Zimmerman Copy Share Image
“Necessity is the mother of delusion. For true love to exist there must be nothing that is necessary to it. Lovers have… — Billy Bob Stone Copy Share Image
My father was judgmental and kind of mean, and I'm like that. And he was very perfectionistic, and I'm like that. And… — Susanna Kaysen Copy Share Image
I am a Tambrahm born and brought up in Jamshedpur 20 years of my life, as my father worked for the Tatas… — R. Madhavan Copy Share Image
You signed no contract to become a parent, but the responsibilities were written in invisible ink. There was a point when you… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“If you want to bring forth grit in your child, first ask how much passion and perseverance you have for your own… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
Ask of Her, the mighty Mother. Her reply puts this other Question: What is Spring?- Growth in every thing - Flesh and… — Gerard Manley Hopkins Copy Share Image
“It's Salvation. When Jen told me I had a vision. A vision Rena. I think I saw the blessed mother smiling and… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
They never say to you, 'What does his voice sound like? What games does he love best? Does he collect butterflies?' Instead,… — Antoine De Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
“That was the attorney. He said the doctors are very pleased with your father's progress and that his behavior has been exemplary-'… — Laura Wiess Copy Share Image
“To get Enlightened, therefore, we have to correct, first of all, our notions concerning Self. Individual body and mind are not the… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“But my relationship with my father was now ashes on the river and I felt myself becoming jealous of Mummy, because as… — Jeffrey Blount Copy Share Image
I was in love with Tina Goodman since I was three and her parents came popping out of the trash cans. I… — Val Kilmer Copy Share Image
I miss both of my parents terribly every day, but especially as we approach Thanksgiving. We always came together as a family… — Mark Shriver Copy Share Image
“Yukiko steered the subject away from sex as fast as she could. She was still occasionally woken by nightmares about the day… — Jay Kristoff Copy Share Image
I think there is a time in every person's life where they have to let their parents go and figure out what… — Chris Sullivan Copy Share Image
“Be careful that you don't give charitable gifts before men to be seen by them, otherwise you have no reward from your… — Frederick Hoehn Copy Share Image
My father worked for more than four decades in politics, in Indian democracy, and it took us 20 years to build a… — Mehbooba Mufti Copy Share Image
My upbringing was middle-class but my parents' families were both working-class so I had this odd combination of working-class background but in… — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
I want to thank my parents for somehow raising me to have confidence that is disproportionate with my looks and abilities. — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
“He has his father’s distinctive good looks, like a badly made crash test dummy. He also smells like a funeral parlor, but… — John Connolly Copy Share Image
My father being incarcerated for 25 years, 26 years, so I had a rough past, but me moving to Atlanta, I just… — Lil Durk Copy Share Image
“You can stay here with me. My parents wouldn't care. We can pretend we're sixteen and having quiet, dirt sex so no… — J. Lynn Copy Share Image
“All I can say is that nothing that happens is down to just one person, or just one action. It was part… — Anne Corlett Copy Share Image
“She smelled of home...as if home had never been a place, but had always been this little person whom she'd carried alongside… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
“We all wept as my mother pointed out every team member from Boston. (Everyone from Boston likes to point out everyone from… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
If you are beautiful it's a gift from God through your parents; if you make your life beautiful, that's a gift from… — Dr Kurien S Thomas Copy Share Image
My parents both played golf and introduced me to golf when I was 5 years old. They took me to the driving… — Yani Tseng Copy Share Image
“My own father had always said the measure of a man wasn't how many times or how hard he got knocked down,… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
Happy is it to place a daughter; yet it pains a father's heart when he delivers to another's house a child, the… — Euripides Copy Share Image
“Earth is our spiritual mother and we sense that the Divine is not 'out there' but all around us. Nature itself is… — Sophie Cornish Copy Share Image
Government and companies working together to support parents, teachers, and mentors within the community can give kids a strong background in financial… — Malcolm Jenkins Copy Share Image
I never felt like a good Jew. My mother was not Jewish, and that makes me a non-Jew according to Jewish religious… — Stephane Hessel Copy Share Image
“I want to be known as a good wife, mother and writer; but most of all, I desire to be known as… — Alisa Hope Wagner Copy Share Image
Before I was married to Martin and became a King, I was a proud Scott, shaped by my mother's discernment and my… — Coretta Scott King Copy Share Image