The social relations which are the basis of the reproduction of the species are founded upon the continuous union of parents in… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
I think because both of my parents were essentially salespeople, and Italian-Americans, I always seemed to get along with people; I had… — Bob Colacello Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of speeches: the Mother Hubbard speech, which, like the garment, covers everything but touches nothing, and the French… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Tyranny or slavery, born of selfishness, are the two educational methods of parents; all gradations of tyranny or slavery. — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
My very earliest memories are of watching my father study - he had his stack of law books on the kitchen table… — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
He hesitated for a moment. Then he said softly, "I love you, Mother." He took my hand and kissed it, and folded… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Every man has somewhere about him some belief for which he'd die. Only isn't it improbable that your parents and guardians told… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“Rio often showed affection through firearms. He lent them and even gave them as gifts, the way a mother might dole out… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery. I have the same violent temper my father… — Babe Ruth Copy Share Image
In colonial America, the father was the primary parent. . . . Over the past two hundred years, each generation of fathers… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
“I can see how your mother would have a point. Having a debate with a politically minded woman can be intriguing and… — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“This was how the world persisted. The heaviness of despair - how could it exist in the midst of mascara, zippers, brunches… — Bridget Asher Copy Share Image
There are lots of people out there who think they know the truth about God and religion, but does anybody really know… — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
One day I was in my room and some thing was telling me to go outside so I did, so I was… — Deanna Cotton Copy Share Image
Suppose that every prospective parent in the world stopped having children naturally, and instead produced clones of themselves. What would the world… — Nathan Myhrvold Copy Share Image
I grew up in a family in which no male upstream from me had ever finished high school, much less gone to… — Mike Huckabee Copy Share Image
“Being a parent makes you feel like a blanket that’s always too small. No matter how hard you try to cover everyone,” — Fredrik Backman Copy Share Image
“Paul shouted “Mayday!” over the radio. “Where did they come up with that word?” I asked Mother. “Easy to understand on a… — Joe Haldeman Copy Share Image
“I raised my three teens with love, perseverance, tenacity, sweat, tears, prayers, lighting candles, and the list could go on.” — Ana Monnar Copy Share Image
“[i]We were fighting so very hard and achieving so very little aside from staying alive. BUT THAT’S EVERYTHING, my father wrote to… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
I was raised well. My parents are from Nigeria; their culture is respectful. Very respectful. But I learnt that you have to… — Anthony Joshua Copy Share Image
He remembers when he was very small his mother once said she wished happiness and adventure for him. If this does not… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
We are building a country where a person's prospects are determined by their own initiative and hard work and not by the… — Cyril Ramaphosa Copy Share Image
“And you could ask your parents if they know who Flamel is,” said Ron. “It’d be safe to ask them.” “Very safe,… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Teen: Has sex, does drugs, bad grades Parent: Just don't do it again! ok? Teen: Doesn't do chores. Parent: YOU CHILD ARE… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Some of my favorite movies have explored the father-son dynamic, in a very loving way. It can be complicated, but at the… — Dan Fogelman Copy Share Image
Rap always has that undertone of rebellion and I just wanted to explore it. I felt there was a rebel within me… — Badshah Copy Share Image
“A species of pride, the kind of codependent pride that parents and children mutually share for the other's accomplishments, burned in Emmett's… — Curtis M. Lawson Copy Share Image
After years of begging, I got my parents to get me a little Craig tape recorder, a reel to reel. Then I… — Dana Carvey Copy Share Image
“He was like my father. They each wanted me to be their audience, to hear the things they needed to express.” — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
Children... are our legacy. Our responsibility. They are our destiny and we are theirs. The extent to which we fail as parents,… — Dirk Benedict Copy Share Image
I learnt from Flo how to be mother. Flo was patient, tolerant. She was supportive. She was always there. She was playful.… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Frequently parents forget that children are people. I don't try to treat Kristen as an adult, but I do try to treat… — Kent McCord Copy Share Image
Becoming a mother has been the most amazing experience-in an instant you become strong. You have to be a little bit wiser;… — Katie Holmes Copy Share Image
We didn't have a whole lot of cash growing up. My mom was a single parent for a while before my stepdad… — Chris Young Copy Share Image
“Black women are acting irresponsibly by giving birth to baby after baby out of wedlock. Most of these children are from different… — Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson Copy Share Image
My father had a dairy farm. He employed three black families and one white family, and I used to play with black… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
“I’m sure most of us have been scolded for not tidying up our rooms, but how many of our parents consciously taught… — Marie Kondō Copy Share Image
Something we all have as kids and is beaten out of us as adults. Parents come up to me, "How do I… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I was born in Stepney, in Tower Hamlets, and I think it is fair to say that I was an accident. My… — Wes Streeting Copy Share Image