“One day his fingers will grow knobby, he will start to sag. I pray to the goddesses, the gods, the eggs, the… — Jessica Bates Copy Share Image
Raising children was not designed for single parents. (Which is why divorce was such a taboo prior to birth control). — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
“Tell them we may not be praying with them," Father told the Vicar, "but we are at least not actively praying against… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
India must protect her primary industries even as a mother protects her children against the whole world without being hostile to it. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
My first film role was a reporter. It's funny, because my father was a news reporter. I always thought there was something… — Peter Jacobson Copy Share Image
Aside from Joan Rivers and Roseanne, it's hard for me to think of any female comedian who's had kids and has a… — Ali Wong Copy Share Image
To every parent who dreams for their child, and every child who dreams for their future, I say these words to you:… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
[My father did] advertising. That's why I got into this business. I think because we're really boxes of soap - actors and… — Rex Smith Copy Share Image
“And in the cool evenings after his mother had gone to bed, he learned to play a friendly game of cards, bluffing… — Victoria Wilcox Copy Share Image
My father taught me to love detective fiction writers such as Raymond Chandler. When I decided to have a hard-boiled detective series… — Sue Grafton Copy Share Image
(To Lucrezia Borgia) Do people say that I am both your father and your lover? Let the world, that heap of vermin… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My youngest sister, Cindy, has Down syndrome, and I remember my mother spending hours and hours with her, teaching her to tie… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
“Amy Carmichael's mother taught her to ask anything of God, for He promises to hear and answer. So three-year-old Amy knelt at… — Richard M. Hannula Copy Share Image
“In church she had prayed for contentment. She was thirty, with no husband in sight. A good job, an aging father, a… — Alice McDermott Copy Share Image
“Then when is?" she cried. "It's my friend who's been taken." "And he wouldn't have been if you were a proper vampire,"… — Isobelle Cate Copy Share Image
My two sisters and I had a very nice nanny at home in Morocco until I was 13. I remember my parents… — Leila Slimani Copy Share Image
O God... make me a child again, even before I die; give me back the simple faith, the clear vision of the… — Israel Zangwill Copy Share Image
“I walked out of his room sure I'd said the right thing maybe not as a father but as a Dad. I'd… — Steven Herrick Copy Share Image
Nobody deserves me not even my own father… my family doesnt even derseve me I think its about time to give up... — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Don't dip your beard in the foam, Father!" They cried to Thorin. "It is long enough without watering it! — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
I'm a huge fan of the Navy. My father was a Naval historian, and I've been studying Naval battles forever. — Peter Berg Copy Share Image
If you're a big Nirvana fan, a big Hole fan, then I understand why you would want to get to know me,… — Frances Bean Cobain Copy Share Image
“My father... raised me to make up my own mind. The way he did this was by yielding to me when I… — Robin McKinley Copy Share Image
During my elementary and middle school years, my mother made me and my siblings' lunches every single day - this was affordable… — Deb Haaland Copy Share Image
What brings me the most joy is stories about progressive thinking. When a mother or father accepts their child for whoever they… — Jinkx Monsoon Copy Share Image
My parents put the New Yorker in my crib. I saw Vogue and Vanity Fair around the house before I could read. — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
Few fathers care much for their sons, or at least, most of them care more for their money. Of those who really… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
My mother had taught me about the importance of finding a 'good provider,' so when my boyfriend proposed, I said 'yes' in… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
My mother was from West Bromwich; my grandfather was Pakistani. I had an aunt who started trying to trace the family tree… — Peter Hammill Copy Share Image
I was always trying to find the balance between trying my best and being an incredible parent. I literally realized that it… — Soleil Moon Frye Copy Share Image
“Son," his father said. "Run faithfully to the end, and like all good men, you will die of having lived.” — N.D. Wilson Copy Share Image
If a studio is going to offer me the opportunity to invite my mother and grandmother and all my friends to visit… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
My parents always knew I was hopeless at everything else, I was fortunate in that I was backed all the way. I… — Christopher Eccleston Copy Share Image
When my father died, the money he left us would have dried up within a year were it not for my mother...… — Bernice King Copy Share Image
As soon as I could talk, I was bellowing at the top of my lungs. My parents couldn't get over how weird… — Valerie June Copy Share Image
My father was the proprietor of a music shop on Forty-third Street, where many of the finest performers and musicians of the… — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
I've never had a sense of entitlement. I saw how hard my father worked for his money, and it was always made… — Ivanka Trump Copy Share Image
“There was his father, looking totally different but exactly the same. “Hey, son,” his dad said, his voice bending in that weird… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
My mother's passion for something more, to write a different destiny for a dirt-poor farmer's daughter, was to shape my entire life. — Faye Dunaway Copy Share Image
I was trying to find out who my father was. They say that at that time, that if you are illegitimate, the… — Eartha Kitt Copy Share Image
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