If you have one of the worst schools in the city, then chances are the teachers are not going to care for… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
Ultimately when I fell out with my parents, I hit rock bottom. I didn't care whether I lived or died to be… — Ricky Hatton Copy Share Image
My father always told my sisters and me that once you succeed, people will automatically be quiet. And he was right. — Geeta Phogat Copy Share Image
[My mother] is much more musical, and by the time I started writing songs - by the time I was about 17… — George Michael Copy Share Image
My father gave me the greatest give anyone could give me he believed in me and told me to be the best… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My mother knows struggle and has taught me how to lead with compassion, the compassion that should be required for every representative… — Rashida Tlaib Copy Share Image
A woman wishes to mother a man simply because she sees into his helplessness, his need of an amiable environment, his touching… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Studies show that children of divorced parents can have outcomes as positive as those coming from intact homes, provided the father remains… — Larry Elder Copy Share Image
I remember very vividly a little plaid dress on which my father sewed all these hanging beads, little horses and stuff. It… — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
Coming from a Haitian-American home, I thought it was necessary to give back to the country in which my parents were raised.… — Karen Civil Copy Share Image
“They did the best they could with the knowledge they had." How the fuck did people know that? They didn't have no… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
I picked up the Puerto Rican accent from my father, and my sister picked up my mother's very clear, concise, and slow… — Alanna Ubach Copy Share Image
“In my dream, I am not returning to Detroit to be with my parents. I'm not dreaming of being back in Mexico… — José N. Harris Copy Share Image
My father died very suddenly at sixty-three. Just dropped dead. For a long time afterward, I'd ask myself, Why didn't I ask… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
“The man who says that his mother was or is the best cook in the world can lay claim to little originality.… — Lodwick Charles Hartley Copy Share Image
“At Abraham's burial, his two most prominent sons, rivals since before they were born, estranged since childhood, scions of rival nations, come… — Bruce Feiler Copy Share Image
There is a time to separate from our mother. But unless we are ready to separate-unless we are ready to leave her… — Judith Viorst Copy Share Image
Children learn much more from how you act than from what you tell them. There are times this worries me - we… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
You must come out. Come out... to your parents... I know that it is hard and will hurt them, but think about… — Harvey Milk Copy Share Image
My mother told me you marry whoever you want to, as long as you are happy. My parents are very accommodating, and… — Sangram Singh Copy Share Image
I grew up in a house my parents built together on a mountain in Tennessee. When we moved in, the walls were… — Rachel Boston Copy Share Image
Hating the (New York) Yankees is as American as pizza pie, unwed mothers, and cheating on your income tax — Mike Royko Copy Share Image
The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father goes forward, not backward. What we owe our parents is the bill… — Nancy Friday Copy Share Image
“As all of us who strive to be good parents know, love is self-restricting when it comes to power… Likewise God has… — William Sloane Coffin Copy Share Image
My father pushed me to be a footballer. At every opportunity, he took me with him to play football. He came with… — Riyad Mahrez Copy Share Image
“Crap. He was actually crying. I didn't know how to deal with a crying father. I barely knew how to deal with… — Rachel Vincent Copy Share Image
“Kaylee Wilhelm knows what she wants for Christmas—for Elliott Alexander to notice her. Unfortunately, he doesn’t like her much, so she’s spending… — M. Malone Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, you don't remember 'Mother India' or 'Pyaasa' for the business it did, you remember them because… — Rajkumar Hirani Copy Share Image
Anthony's father was a mad baronet and his mother a very beautiful woman. That's Anthony-half mad baronet, half beautiful woman. — Anthony Eden Copy Share Image
Christmas is taken very seriously in this household. I believe in Father Christmas, and there's no way I'd do anything to undermine… — Carol Ann Duffy Copy Share Image
My father. I snorted my father. He was cremated and I couldn't resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow. — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
“Such is the lot of the narcissist's child, to inherit her parent's umbrage over the world's indifference.” — Ann Packer Copy Share Image
Interestingly enough, even though my parents didn't necessarily support what I was doing at first, going into comedy, a lot of what… — Quinta Brunson Copy Share Image
My parents are from the former Soviet Union, from Ukraine, and I grew up wanting to be a professional hockey player. — Gabe Polsky Copy Share Image
It is a remarkable fact, a scientific fact, that the healthiest children come from the happiest mothers. — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
“I feel like marching into my parents’ room and shaking my mom. How could you send her to that place without her… — Gennifer Choldenko Copy Share Image
My father is always with me. But moving forward and making my father more proud of me is very important. Taking care… — Gennady Golovkin Copy Share Image
On the good days, my mother would haul out the ukulele and we'd sit around the kitchen table - it was a… — Carol Burnett Copy Share Image
“In spite of continual railing against those unworthy mothers who did not suckle their babies, there was little interest or research into… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
You already know I desire that neither Father or Mother shall be in want of any comfort either in health or sickness… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image