My mum had me brought up by nannies and governesses. I didn't have much to do with my parents until I was 21. — Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark Copy Share Image
I want to be an involved parent in my daughter's life and do the things that other parents do, like go to… — Laura Jane Grace Copy Share Image
Mothers have as powerful an influence over the welfare of future generations as all other earthly causes combined. — John Stevens Cabot Abbott Copy Share Image
I'm descended from southern slaves, and I'm descended on my mother's side from northern European Protestant immigrants. — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image
I was allowed to do whatever made me happy. I can't think of a better or more worthwhile approach to parenting. — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
“Your dad called and sent me in with a replacement part. He doesn’t want you down for even a second. I’m also… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a father cruel? — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Children will rarely appreciate their legacy with the same ardency that their parents labored to provide it. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Riddle me this - she is my daughter but I am not her father: who am I? I am a step parent.… — Tony Parsons Copy Share Image
A wind blew, and the sand around his drawing scattered. He wrapped his fingers inside his wife's, and Father Time rekindled a… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“When I asked my parents how the baby got inside Ma, they both laughed, and then Daddy told me they had made… — Wally Lamb Copy Share Image
“Despite the pecuniary spirit of Poor Richard’s sayings and the penny-saving reputation they later earned Franklin, he did not have the soul… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
How was it that, even in the common tasks of an ordinary life, Jesus drew the praise of heaven? At the core… — Francis Frangipane Copy Share Image
Water, the Hub of Life. Water is its mater and matrix, mother and medium. Water is the most extraordinary substance! Practically all… — Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Copy Share Image
I had parents who were attentive to what was going on politically. There was the Greek connection, a sense of a larger… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
“School administrators can’t say it’s up to the parents. Parents can’t say it’s up to the teachers. Teachers can’t say it’s not… — Megan Kelley Hall Copy Share Image
Sixty per cent of how you act is drawn from memories. And it's about who you are. I am a son, brother,… — Suriya Copy Share Image
Any artiste would die to be a part of a film like 'Gandhi My Father.' Director Feroz Abbas Khan had a very… — Shefali Shah Copy Share Image
Back in high school, I went on dates, but I was too focused on my career. My parents were like, 'It's nice… — Amber Riley Copy Share Image
“What is it about mothers and the phone which, immediately you say you have to go, makes them think of nineteen completely… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
In a Polynesian family it's not always about yourself, you've got to look after your parents and your younger siblings. — Israel Folau Copy Share Image
The Italian comes to his table with the same open heart with which a child falls into his mother's arms, with the… — Marcella Hazan Copy Share Image
Like most parents, Gloria and I had to deal with the problems of rebellion in our children. We realized that it had… — Kenneth Copeland Copy Share Image
You are far less likely to soil your pants and cry for your mother if you’re prepared to defend yourself. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
My mother really pushed me when I was young. I didn't want to go to dance classes, but for some reason, when… — Sylvie Guillem Copy Share Image
“My father became a mythical figure, more force than man. . .he was a force my mother would use as a threat… — Dagoberto Gilb Copy Share Image
O heavenly Father, protect and bless all things that have breath: guard them from all evil and let them sleep in peace. — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
“If your mother says she loves you, check it out.” —THE MAXIM OF CHICAGO NEWSPAPERMEN, ATTRIBUTED TO EDWARD “EULIE” H. EULENBERG, REPORTER… — Michael Hainey Copy Share Image
I don't think for this generation, but for my generation and my father's generation, men had difficulty in accessing emotion and then… — Liam Neeson Copy Share Image
“Yes,’ said Miss Susan. ‘Sometimes I really think people ought to have to pass a proper exam before they’re allowed to be… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Sometimes kindness can be delivered in a clumsy way. But it's far more sincere in its clumsiness than those distinguished men you… — Ruta Sepetys Copy Share Image
It definitely puts a strain on family life - I miss them like mad. Being a working mother I've been juggling house… — Louise Jameson Copy Share Image
“Children listen to their parents And to their wife when they are bigger. In places where women are of little consequence, they… — A.J. Beirens Copy Share Image
Im just lucky to have great parents. My sisters an actress. My brothers a musician. I found it hard growing up in… — Grace Gummer Copy Share Image
I only wrote one diary to be read by others. I went on an exchange to France, working as an au pair,… — Sheila Hancock Copy Share Image
Do parents sit down and tell their kids everything? I don't know. I don't know. I've convinced myself - I hope I'm… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I used to miss my father so much, I'd keep crying between takes. I'd feel 'Let me call him up and ask… — Sanjay Mishra Copy Share Image
“Ay! but mother's words are scarce, and weigh heavy. Father's liker me, and we talk a deal o' rubble; but mother's words… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
[My parents] were very interested in social justice issues, and there was a time, very early on, where my mother, I think,… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
My father is someone I've always looked up to as the ultimate example of chivalry and humility, and someone who's just deeply… — Alexander Gilkes Copy Share Image
![“I had parents who were attentive to what was going on politically. There was the Greek connection, a sense of a larger world. People coming in from abroad. There was a sense of community around ideas: a discourse and an adhesiveness which is my favorite word from [Walt] Whitman.” quote by Anne Waldman](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/d65/anne-waldman-4046_community_i-had-parents-who-were-attentive-to-what_388144.jpg)
![“[My parents] were very interested in social justice issues, and there was a time, very early on, where my mother, I think, actually went to some demonstrations for integrating housing.” quote by Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/e3b/jill-stein-660_demonstration_my-parents-were-very-interested-in-socia_216160.jpg)
