“There was still plenty of time to spare when Çetin Efendi dropped my parents and me at the revolving doors, which were… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
When I was young I would spend more money than I should with my credit card but my father cut it off,… — Carmen Busquets Copy Share Image
My parents must have done a great job. Anytime I wanted to pursue something that they weren't familiar with, that was not… — Sally Ride Copy Share Image
Countries are either mothers or fathers, and engender the emotional bristle secretly reserved for either sire. — Edna O'Brien Copy Share Image
My father, a mining engineer and colliery manager, gave his brood many advantages not least of which, for me, was his love… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Too many people try to please their parents. My parents were Republicans, which is too bad, but they allowed me to be… — Grace Slick Copy Share Image
“My mother had soft hands that smelled like soap, and a smile like the first bit of sunlight creeping over a trimmed… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
Hey, Mother! I come bearing a gift. Ill give you a hint: its in my diaper, and its not a toaster. -Stewie… — Family Guy Copy Share Image
I was at Reed [College] for only a few months. My parents intended for me to stay there for all four years… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
My parents were lovely. They've always been supportive. When you love your child, you don't know what to do with someone who… — Lana Del Rey Copy Share Image
All my life I've felt like somebody's wife, or somebody's mother or somebody's daughter. Even all the time we were together, I… — Robert Benton Copy Share Image
“Don't blame anyone for what has happened to your father. Things have changed drastically since the days of his own youth,but he… — Buchi Emecheta Copy Share Image
My father left me with the feeling that I had to live for two people, and that if I did it well… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Among both individuals with high-functioning autism or Asperger and their parents, many are superfast at spotting details. You hardly have time to… — Simon Baron-Cohen Copy Share Image
“To the members of my family who are no longer with us, I’d like to say I’m sorry. There is a quote… — Kenny Porpora Copy Share Image
When I was a little kid, no matter what my parents told me, I would always argue - even if I agreed… — Tom Noonan Copy Share Image
The best advice I was ever given was on my twenty-first birthday when my father said, Son, here's a million dollars. Don't… — Larry Niven Copy Share Image
As a manager you have to be positive to your guys, as a father to his sons, and that was one thing… — Marco van Basten Copy Share Image
And if we can accept that a mother can kill her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
I learned a great lesson from my mother on her deathbed. She counseled me on the importance of taking care of myself… — Marie Osmond Copy Share Image
As the idealized mother, I might choose Irene Dunne as the mother in 'I Remember Mama' who strives and not just cooks… — Richard Corliss Copy Share Image
And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and… — Bible Copy Share Image
I'm playing my father's music and I'm a fan of Led Zeppelin. The response has been beyond what I ever imagined it… — Jason Bonham Copy Share Image
I have always been a mother. When I was kid, I mothered my younger brother. I mothered my parents and even my… — Sushmita Sen Copy Share Image
My father's drinking was sometimes a problem. And a great deal went unspoken. He was not particularly acute or articulate about the… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
Having a mother with an illness and being there for her, and being there for my children I just realize how precious… — Camille Grammer Copy Share Image
In the end, the type of parent you are is going to be something that you carry with you. ... Having multiple… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
People were having sex before I was born. My parents had sex before I was born, nothing to do with me. I'm… — Mechai Viravaidya Copy Share Image
Before you get married you should meet your fiance's parents. It is not enough that you like his parole officer. — Phyllis Diller Copy Share Image
If I came home with a grade of A, my father would say, 'There must have been a lot of dummies in… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
Turning 30 was when my parents both got cancer and were fighting it and beat it, but their mortality started to get… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
“Dad always insisted a man's job was to protect the women he love-whether mother, siser, wife, or teasured lover.” — Olivia Cunning Copy Share Image
My father, once he has decided on something, doesn't care about what anyone else thinks. All the men in our family swore… — Geeta Phogat Copy Share Image
It sounds morbid, but because my mother knew she was dying, she discussed with us her not being there, and it helped… — Suzy Nakamura Copy Share Image
“It was a house halfway between this and that, between upper-middle-class luxuries and absentminded squalor. My father had been too distracted, while… — Justin Evans Copy Share Image
You are more likely to be overweight if your friend's, friend's friend is overweight than if your parents are overweight. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Because I'd rather fell guilty for the rest of my life than for her to have felt a second's fear - Tess's… — Rosamund Lupton Copy Share Image
“Before becoming a mother I had a hundred theories on how to bring up children. Now I have seven children and only… — Kate Samperi Copy Share Image
Both nuns and mothers worship images, But those the candles light are not as those That animate a mother's reveries, But keep… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
“She wasn't sure that parenting ever qualified as brave. Or maybe it always did. Because it's not like you got a choice.” — Laurie Frankel Copy Share Image