I didn't read so much Japanese literature. Because my father was a teacher of Japanese literature, I just wanted to do something… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
My parents have always been very supportive. Whenever any of them says they are proud of me that's the highlight of my… — Ananya Birla Copy Share Image
My father passed me the concept that vicuna was something very special, very expensive. So it was a question of pride. I… — Pier Luigi Loro Piana Copy Share Image
“Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?" Pointing to his disciples, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers...… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think it is that parents just don't kick their kids out the door as much as they used to. I think… — Frank Shorter Copy Share Image
“While the bedlam didn’t seem to bother her mother, or even her female shifter friends, Naomi longed for peace and quiet—and the… — Eve Langlais Copy Share Image
After playing my father used to coach, we used to follow him around Spain. We used to travel with him to many… — Marcos Alonso Copy Share Image
Death is not a journey into an unknown land; it is a voyage home. We are going, not to a strange country,… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
David Shire and I have been happily married for 21 years! We have a 12-year-old son. David is a genius. He writes… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Oh, so you're untouchable, huh, Delilah? You and your fucked-up relationship with your mother and everyone else in your life? Great. Does… — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
Every life and every childhood is filled with frustrations; we cannot imagine it otherwise, for even the best mother cannot satisfy all… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
I was really drawn to thinking about the women in my life. Thinking about my mother, who's a very powerful force on… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
Mothers are given by god to nurture and guide their children... And greater still, to LOVE them with all their hearts. God… — Kaylee Copy Share Image
My father . . . used to say, 'I need my anger. It obliges me to take action.' I think my father… — Sylvia Boorstein Copy Share Image
Every child is innocent and every child should be given a proper childhood which would result in having a fighting chance in… — Danny Santagato Copy Share Image
As an actress you're perpetually about to be unemployed. That fear - when you have two parents who worked 9-to-5 jobs and… — Anna Kendrick Copy Share Image
“what were you doing there at ten o’clock at night when all good Catholic boys are fast asleep?” “It was eleven o’clock,… — Patric Juillet Copy Share Image
In my case, a papadaddy is a father. My paternal grandfather was called Papa by my father who was called Daddy by… — Clyde Edgerton Copy Share Image
Our mothers give us so many gifts. They give us the precious gift of life, of course, but they also leave treasured… — Maria Shriver Copy Share Image
My father was Catholic, my mom Baptist, so we were raised Baptist but had a lot of Catholic upbringing: fish on Fridays,… — Dennis Haysbert Copy Share Image
O liberty, Parent of happiness, celestial born When the first man became a living soul; His sacred genius thou. — Edward Dyer Copy Share Image
I was put into this business by my parents as soon as I could walk. I was groomed by them for this… — Irene Cara Copy Share Image
It's not convincing to say you are a child of God if you have none of the characteristics of your Father. — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
My father is a geologist and he really thinks that scientists are going to save the world, so he wanted me to… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
“One can survive every hurt and move on, except the hatred of a mother formed without reasons, that one could not elucidate.” — Darmie Orem Copy Share Image
Every sincere prayer is heard and answered by our Heavenly Father, but the answers we receive may not be what we expect… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
My mother married three times. My dad is... I don't really have one. I mean, he does exist, but I have zero… — Leslie Mann Copy Share Image
There is always so much talk about the sins of the fathers but it is the sins of the mothers that are… — Melanie Benjamin Copy Share Image
“We know us,” said Mother. “They’re wrong. And don’t ever allow them to convince you otherwise. Do you understand?” — Ruta Sepetys Copy Share Image
“Instead, she looked vaguely about, sniffing that familiar smell of fresh dirtiness which belongs to mankind’s extreme youth, a pleasant smell to… — Christina Stead Copy Share Image
... parents embarrass their children probably more than the other way around. I don't know why we should blush so hard for… — Peg Bracken Copy Share Image
“Children do not tolerate injustice and obey their parents. That will remain so as they get bigger. Only then they sometimes obey… — A.J. Beirens Copy Share Image
“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and… — Lysa TerKeurst Copy Share Image
“Our children cannot be assumed to follow in our footsteps, assuage our losses, or compensate for our inadequacies.” — Madeline Levine Copy Share Image
“At that moment we knew that as long as we used our brains, we were not victims. By striking out to write… — Terry Ryan Copy Share Image
When you see your father playing in the first division, and you see players like Ronaldo with the crowd singing their names,… — Romelu Lukaku Copy Share Image
My parents were so proud when I got a scholarship to go to theatre school - it was unheard of that a… — Brian Blessed Copy Share Image
When you have children, you start to play with them and you mirror yourself. You see your parents in yourself. It's all… — Jeppe Hein Copy Share Image
I'm not that worried about [my parents] right now because they are happy people. I'm pleased that in their later years, in… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“All my life I have known fear. But I have acted in spite of it. I urge you to do the same.… — Karen Essex Copy Share Image