My father was one of those men who sit in a room and you can feel it: the simmer, the sense of… — John Burnside Copy Share Image
I'd like to thank the academy and I'd like to thank my mother and I'd like to thank my mother again, because… — James Spader Copy Share Image
“Will whistled quietly. 'She sounds fantastic. But I can't imagine why she'd be interested in your dick. With that tiny thing you'll… — Christina Lauren Copy Share Image
[My mother told me:] You must decide whether you want to get married someday,or have a career… I set my sights on… — Annie Elizabeth Delany Copy Share Image
In a perfect world, mothers would remind their daughters each morning of how beautiful their strong noses are, or how special their… — Bobbi Brown Copy Share Image
A woman usually respects her father, but her view of her husband is mingled with contempt, for she is of course privy… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“Your mother's betrayal will not prevent me from freeing you from the prison she left you in." From Father Conrad in Freaks… — J.O. Young Copy Share Image
The joy of motherhood comes in moments. ... Families need unstructured time when relationships can deepen and real parenting can take place.… — M. Russell Ballard Copy Share Image
My father and mother have given me so much love, so much support, that it would trivialize their parenthood if I would… — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
“Pushing Carson back out of the door, I grabbed my jacket off the hook and shoved my feet into the great old… — Rachel Vail Copy Share Image
The less obvious hurdle is that of preparing parents emotionally and putting forward realistic images of parenthood and motherhood. There also needs… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
“She was reminded of her mother's prophecy one day before her wedding that - he will go completely mad one day. But… — Manu Joseph Copy Share Image
Time does not really exist for mothers, with regard to their children. It does not matter greatly how old the child is-in… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
My first job now is as a mother, everything else is secondary. My kids understand that I am an actress, and they… — Joan Cusack Copy Share Image
“A man who is raised by a misogynistic father can absorb his father's contempt for women very early in life. The boy… — Susan Forward Copy Share Image
Listen: there was once a king sitting on his throne. Around Him stood great and wonderfully beautiful columns ornamented with ivory, bearing… — Hildegard of Bingen Copy Share Image
When I look back at The Judy Garland Show, I have such mixed feelings. It broke my mother's heart when they canceled… — Lorna Luft Copy Share Image
I learned much from my father just by watching his example. If I saw him hold a door open for someone, I… — Jerry Della Femina Copy Share Image
People ask me if I ever see my father and I say yes, because he puts in the effort. He calls all… — Jenna Bush Copy Share Image
Black college-educated people got to where they are on the backs of domestic help, meaning their parents and grandparents. So people should… — Esther Rolle Copy Share Image
I didn't learn music because I wanted to become famous or earn a lot of money. It was to follow my father's… — K. J. Yesudas Copy Share Image
“I remember complaining one night on the phone to my mother that we spent too much of our time worrying about love… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
Mother was engaged briefly to Richard Burton years ago and did a tiny part with him in the film 'Jackpot.' — Catherine Oxenberg Copy Share Image
I'm lucky I had parents willing to be open and believe that an 11-year-old might know what she wanted to do. Or… — Claire Forlani Copy Share Image
Working mothers are guinea pigs in a scientific experiment to show that sleep is not necessary to human life. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The watchful mother tarries nigh Though sleep have closed her infant's eye, For should he wake, and find her gone. — John Keble Copy Share Image
My parents had four children quickly, divorced quickly - when I was two - and my mother remarried quickly. We were suddenly… — Anna Chancellor Copy Share Image
It is commonly agreed that children spend more hours per year watching television than in the classroom, and far less in actual… — Paul Weyrich Copy Share Image
My parents are always a great litmus test. Based on the amount of shrieks my mother gives when we're out in public,… — Rick Hoffman Copy Share Image
Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets of losing one. To most men the… — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
I love and adore being a mother. Its the greatest gift Ive ever been given. Having children flips the game from being… — Uma Thurman Copy Share Image
Stealing money from your parents - I feel like I did that a lot and I now know as an adult that… — Cameron Esposito Copy Share Image
I was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, and we lived there for three to five years - with my mother and father. And… — Yasmin Aga Khan Copy Share Image
“foolish child is a father’s ruin,† and a quarrelsome wife is like the constant dripping of a leaky roof.†” — Zondervan Publishing Copy Share Image
It take someone really brave to be a mother, someone strong to raise a child, and someone special to love someone more… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The happiest years of my mother's life were spent in Washington, D.C. It was where she met my father, where John was… — Caroline Kennedy Copy Share Image
As a father, I understand the importance of the bond that develops through reading picture books with your child. — Anthony Browne Copy Share Image
You tell me these two were my parents, so now I know but it's a memory that you've given me. I'll remember… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Happy Mothers Day to the mother's to be, the mother's that are, the father's who are mother's and the mother's no longer… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“He winked at their mother, who snarled at him, and Julius decided he’d better keep things moving before someone got blood all… — Rachel Aaron Copy Share Image
![“My father was one of those men who sit in a room and you can feel it: the simmer, the sense of some unpredictable force that might, at any moment, break loose, and do something terrible. [Burnside, p. 27]” quote by John Burnside](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/672/john-burnside-8167_break_my-father-was-one-of-those-men-who-sit-i_167810.jpg)
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