You want to be a good parent and you want to be a friend, and it's hard to be both. You have… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more. — Pete Rose Copy Share Image
My mother read nursery rhymes to me, and my grandmother told me folk stories, but as a child I had no interest… — Alan Garner Copy Share Image
As a small girl I enjoyed singing with my mother's brother. He taught me all kinds of melodies and I sang the… — Mirella Freni Copy Share Image
Father was very sympathetic, and if the hero of a romance was good or to be pitied, his eyes would fill with… — Frederick Banting Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, we play for the community. They come out there and parents spend their hard-working money to… — Tristan Thompson Copy Share Image
I usually don't have a burger, a brat, and a steak but it is 4th of July. And I need the energy… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
“Father clears his throat. “Losing my son made me realize how precious little time I have left with you. I know this… — S.G. Blaise Copy Share Image
This kind of horror has become all too familiar to us. As parents, Cindy and I offer our prayers to the memory… — John McCain Copy Share Image
Early on, my emotional work had to do with feeling unheard and invisible. My parents divorce at six, when I was six,… — Daphne Zuniga Copy Share Image
My curiosity and love for food started at an early age. My mother was a working mom, so I learned to whip… — Christina Tosi Copy Share Image
The word 'divorce' wasn't foreign to me. As a child of the 1970s, I grew up as part of a generation of… — Regina King Copy Share Image
I grew up thinking my father was tacky. There was no color coordination. It was whatever was cool. 'These sweatpants are cool.… — Kerby Jean-Raymond Copy Share Image
When I was a little boy, there were a lot of children with physical problems in my hometown, and my parents used… — Edinson Cavani Copy Share Image
I think that people in the phase between being someone's kid and being someone's parent have always been uniquely narcissistic, but that… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
“Don't get me wrong, I love my parents and all. But my father and I have the sort of loving relationship in… — Leila Sales Copy Share Image
I was born in Manly Hospital, I pretty much grew up in my grandmother's house until my parents bought their own home. — Gladys Berejiklian Copy Share Image
Parents - especially step-parents - are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfill the promise of their… — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
As a parent, your perspective of childhood is through the eyes of this person that you care so much about and you… — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
When I was a boy, my parents were writers and they owned a bookstore, 'The Complete Traveler in New York,' so writing… — Mike Greenberg Copy Share Image
If I could embed a locator chip in my child right now, I know I would do that. Some people call that… — Scott McNealy Copy Share Image
“And Oscar would tell the old man his only regret: that he was living the unremarkable life his parents had always expected… — Benjamin Wood Copy Share Image
When you have a different mother, you want to be in her world. Because in mine, I didn't feel like I fit… — Patty Smyth Copy Share Image
Actually, my mother and Alfie came for three weeks' Christmas vacation and stayed for 21 years. I guess my mother never went… — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
He's always with me; I'm always asking. He can be my father, or he can be my coach, or he can be… — Son Heung-min Copy Share Image
I always celebrated my birthdays with my parents. There is no question of not being with them on that day. — Padmapriya Janakiraman Copy Share Image
A Woman once asked her mother: Mother, how will I ever find the right Man?. Her mother replied: Forget finding the right… — Abdel Copy Share Image
My father was so in love with showbiz, all the different aspects - what we're doing here, making the movies, everything about… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
Mothers Day is about letting your mother know how special and amazing she is to you by taking a little time to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating. Youngsters need good models more than they need critics. It's one… — John Wooden Copy Share Image
“Hurdle #5: The Silence of Our Dads. How much second-shift work did your father do? Probably not much. How much did he… — Joe Kelly Copy Share Image
I give my children a lot of freedom, which I suppose a lot of parents don't do. I do have rules but… — Reham Khan Copy Share Image
My brother Barry was into all sports, and so was my late father. For me, hockey was the one sport I loved… — Adam F. Goldberg Copy Share Image
Both my parents are Scottish, and although I grew up in Canada after moving over, all of my family are proud to… — Callum Keith Rennie Copy Share Image
Ever since I was five years old, running around the streets of Zona Norte with a football, my mother has been by… — Paulinho Copy Share Image
Being a father is the most important role I will ever play and if I don't do this well, no other thing… — Michael Josephson Copy Share Image
Except that my father got a raise, and my mother didn't because she doesn't get paid for housework, and my sister stopped… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
For me, my father was a pastor, and my parents are still together. They raised me, you know, to be respectful. — Ro James Copy Share Image
I would like to express a big CONGRATULATIONS to all the single Mothers out there on all their hard work and devotion… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I learned...every part of the body; I would move each part as I memorized it. As a child, I would lie in… — Joseph Pilates Copy Share Image
