The wave of feeling that can overcome an adult when he or she opens a book that was read to them by… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
It's interesting that people always want to ask me and a lot of working mothers, how do you do it? And it's… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
I've always had good support of parents for doing what I wanted to do. When it became music they were just as… — Negash Ali Copy Share Image
Every time you get on your knees and pray to God, 'Holy' keeps the respect and reverence while 'Father' brings Him close… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
Gerry Schoenfeld told me 'Les Parents Terribles' was not going to sell, even though we had Kathleen Turner and Jude Law in… — Roger Rees Copy Share Image
I think the mix of narrative and analysis that the 'New Yorker' requires is a perfect expression of what my parents each… — George Packer Copy Share Image
*Son walks in on dad in the shower* Son: Dad what's that hairy thing between your legs Dad: Well son that's the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My dad's a journalist, and he travelled a lot when I was young. There is no way my mother could have done… — Raquel Cassidy Copy Share Image
My mother was keen that I complete my graduation and never ever wanted me to be in the movies, as my father… — Karan Johar Copy Share Image
Women especially are often asked to choose between being a mother and being a leader. Without adequate policy support, too many women… — Michelle Wu Copy Share Image
“I think you can’t possibly know the truth about somebody unless you love them. I think the Speaker loved Father. Marcão, I… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I think parents are probably really excited for their kids and want to give them everything. But there should be a limit… — Ann Makosinski Copy Share Image
“She was deemed an unfit mother, in spite of the fact that she goes to the gym every day,' Hal once told… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“Pregnancy seems designed to prepare you for life as a mother. You start making sacrifices nine months before the child is born,… — Brett Kiellerop-Morris Copy Share Image
Why pray? Evidently, God likes to be asked. God certainly does not need our wisdom or our knowledge, nor even the information… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Jesus receives us with all of our limitations, He bring us the mercy of the Father who forgives us, and transforms our… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Every mother generally hopes that her daughter will snag a better husband than she managed to do...but she's certain that her boy… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I already had a fraught relationship with my parents, who were very traditional. They wanted me to get a proper job, like… — Naveen Andrews Copy Share Image
“Out of the ugliness of the ironworks lepers will eat, children will be born, their parents will grow old.” — Helen McCarthy Copy Share Image
“Like his father, like Jules Renard, he had been carried along the slow, steady swindle of history and experience.” — Mavis Gallant Copy Share Image
I like, 'I Believe In Father Christmas' - that is one of my favorites it is a lovely composition; 'Colder Than Winter'… — Sarah Brightman Copy Share Image
My parents tried to shield me from how famous they were when I was growing up on Long Island. I had no… — Alexa Ray Joel Copy Share Image
My parents were among the first families from their area to leave Nigeria and come to America, the land of the free. — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
“True to the precepts handed down to her by her mother and grandmother—to wit: that a true lady can neither be shocked… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Every mother is like Moses. She does not enter the promised land. She prepares a world she will not see. — Pope Paul VI Copy Share Image
Always, as a child, I would go around the house, and if I found a word that I didn't know the meaning… — Alexandra Adornetto Copy Share Image
My mother is a special education teacher but also an artist, and my father an advertising executive. They are about as wacky… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
One thing my and mother and dad shared completely was their approach to money - they just didn't spend it. — Sam Walton Copy Share Image
Cloning looks like a degrading of parenthood and a perversion of the right relation between parents and children. — Leon Kass Copy Share Image
My mother paid eight dollars a month for rent. When she had it. Mostly we were evicted, because she couldnt afford to… — Walter Matthau Copy Share Image
Has it ever occurred to you that parents are nothing but overgrown kids until their children drag them into adulthood? Usually kicking… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“They never asked any reasons for their parents’ fights, thinking all adults unreasonable, violent beings, the toys of their own monstrous tempers… — Christina Stead Copy Share Image
“My mother used to say that sometimes if you turn a tragedy over in your hand, you can see a miracle running… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
My parents were teachers and they went out of their way to see to it that I had books. We grew up… — Alex Haley Copy Share Image
I don't like kissing on camera. It's bad enough to be caught kissing by your parents. But when you have a whole… — Christine Lakin Copy Share Image
Every day, every hour, the parents are either passively or actively forming those habits in their children upon which, more than upon… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
“It was Corinne’s secret belief that her daughter was a far finer person than she was herself, a riddle put to her… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“What they didn’t understand then was that love, or even the play at love, wasn’t the same thing as forgiveness, which was… — Rebecca Rasmussen Copy Share Image
My father was a middle manager at an oil company, but I never knew anything about his work. Whatever business acumen I… — Donna Mills Copy Share Image
“The sight of these two vying for custody of that pathetic brood makes you wonder how a society that requires licenses for… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
