many tender, delicate mothers, seem to think that to make their children eat, is all that is requisite to make them great. — Sarah Josepha Hale Copy Share Image
I would have been a terrible mother because I'm basically a very selfish human being. Not that that has stopped most people… — Katharine Hepburn Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of houses in the neighborhood where I grew up-the ones where the parents stayed married, and the ones… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
“Mother cooked a big breakfast. And then, when she cleared off the table, she found a quarter and a dime and three… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
No offense, but if you want to be with my niece, you should think about getting a haircut. My mother is very… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
My father was a very good craftsman. He made furniture, he made silverware and he had an incredible gift in terms of… — Jonathan Ive Copy Share Image
Becoming a grandmother is wonderful. One moment you're just a mother. The next you are all-wise and prehistoric. — Pam Brown Copy Share Image
In your life never reli or never do what other say but have belief in just 3 people God , Your parents… — Shashwat Mishra Copy Share Image
Is a brazen and innocent confrontation with paternal authority an unbearably terrifying prospect to some? Are the consequences of a fathers anger… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
My father used to take me to the movies on Saturdays. In 1940, when I was four years old, we encountered 'Flash… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
The Buddhists or the Jains do not depend upon God; but the whole force of their religion is directed to the great… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“When my friends began to have babies and I came to comprehend the heroic labor it takes to keep one alive, the… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
And of course, FDR was very charming. At 6'2", he was tall enough to be her beau, and they made a beautiful… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
I think that in a family some are workers some are not. I certainly saw my mother work very hard and be… — Anne Robinson Copy Share Image
And I’ve said this all across the country when I talk to parents about education, government has to fulfill its obligations to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“As we paint each other's nails Cinnamon Vixen, I consider telling her how bad things are at home. After she and Dan… — Julia Scheeres Copy Share Image
My mother's only wish was to start a life in America because America was the cradle of every promise and opportunity. — Masiela Lusha Copy Share Image
“In the same way, let your light shine before men that they nay see your good deeds and praise your Father in… — Matthew Bibile Copy Share Image
My father taught that the only helping hand you're ever going to be able to rely on is the one at the… — J. C. Watts Copy Share Image
I leave my parents here behind And all my friends to love resigned 'Tis grief to go, but death to stay Farewell… — George Moses Horton Copy Share Image
You know, it comes from my mother's side of the family. She had seven sisters and one brother, and all of them… — Mel Tillis Copy Share Image
My parents gave me a boxer puppy as a present. I have wanted a dog for years and must first give her… — Natalie du Toit Copy Share Image
Growing up with a parent in the army, I saw firsthand the challenges our service members face when transitioning to new jobs… — Sharice Davids Copy Share Image
“I have seen war. I have seen war on land and see, I have seen blood running from the wounded, I have… — F.d.r Copy Share Image
And there should not be a limit on the creation of new public schools. We ought to expand choices for parents. — John Engler Copy Share Image
It's the way our founding fathers would have wanted it, if they had founded corporations instead of just a country. — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
When I do things I shouldn't do, my mother says I need a new pair of glasses -- that I should be… — Ridley Pearson Copy Share Image
Today, it's my birthday. My parents, whom I live with, told me that they did not get me anything, but instead they… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Confidence starts at home, and something my mother never did was look in the mirror and say she was ugly or fat. — Ashley Graham Copy Share Image
'No words - action' was the lesson my mother taught me: as artists, we have the privilege of holding a mirror to… — Mira Nair Copy Share Image
My mother never liked Mother's Day. She thought it was a fake holiday dreamed up by Hallmark to commodify deep sentiments that… — Meghan O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I collaborated with fellow cat lover and designer Geren Ford to create a sweater that we hope any cat parent would wear… — Kellie Pickler Copy Share Image
I can't cook! It's genetic. My grandmother can't cook, my mother can't cook. I was raised to believe you eat because your… — Jada Pinkett Smith Copy Share Image
I was born in the Bronx but my parents hated living in the Bronx so they moved to Oregon when I was… — Karl Glusman Copy Share Image
“Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents, but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.” Now” — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
He used to tell me that if I ever tried to leave, he would get custody of the kids. He threatened he… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Fix was starting to see that this was the way life worked once you got older and the kids came; there wasn't… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
“I'm a mother," said her mother, in her foodless flat where the dust did not dare to settle, "and I know what… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Oh Nadja!" my mother said. 'You're still stuck in your black-and-white phase of good and evil. The world is more complicated than… — Nadja Spiegelman Copy Share Image
“For a child, parents’ warning is like a rose blooming in the brain; it opens with difficulty and fades quickly.” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
