“Spare your father's white hair; spare the tender years of your child, offer a sacrifice for the prosperity of the emperor'. I… — Vibia Perpetua Copy Share Image
My mother was this force of nature when it came to both communication with people and the whole of learning music. She's… — Jacob Collier Copy Share Image
I think it is only when you marry and become a parent that you begin to understand that life isn't always straightforward. — Zoe Ball Copy Share Image
Work is a great thing. This is something my father taught me. He didn't want me to grow up to be somebody's… — Giovanna Cau Copy Share Image
I don't want to get too detailed and personal, but my parents got divorced when I was about nine. A lot of… — Thomas Rhett Copy Share Image
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In the water I saw my father's face, and that face saw the face of its father, and so on, and so… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
“One of the problems with being relatively wealthy if you are a parent is that you cannot provide your children with necessity.” — Jordan B. Peterson Copy Share Image
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I think humans have always been desperate. I think it has always been about doing something awful if it might help, when… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“ The Day is Done The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
I grew up on the Eastern Shore during desegregation. A lot of white parents chose to send their kids to private schools… — Ralph Northam Copy Share Image
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You get to a certain age and it really occurs to you: "My mother and my father will not always be here.… — Angel Olsen Copy Share Image
I love anything paneer! Our family favorite, however, is 'Dal Dhokli,' a quintessential Gujarati dish of bread dumplings and lentil soup. That's… — Sunita Williams Copy Share Image
It is the will of our heavenly Father that we should come to Him freely and confidently and make known our desires… — Ole Hallesby Copy Share Image
“I kept traveling down the road. And everywhere it was the same. What was my name, who were my people? What was… — Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Copy Share Image
We all have a role to play - the President, Congress, parents, students and schools - in making college affordable and keeping… — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
My father went to Rutgers, and I grew up in New Jersey, so I'm a great Rutgers fan. I have season tickets. — Peter Eisenman Copy Share Image
I grew up a competitive swimmer. I wanted to go the Olympics. Both my parents were professional swimmers. I competed internationally quite… — Cody Simpson Copy Share Image
As someone whose parents once owned small businesses, I know first-hand trying to reopen after closing is sometimes nearly impossible, and we… — Michelle Steel Copy Share Image
Years later, nothing makes me more grateful as a parent than my daughters' encounters with classroom wizards. — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
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I've listened to Prince since I was a kid. I think my parents played me that, and then I just stole their… — Jackson Wang Copy Share Image
“The nature of Christian love is to do the will of God. Obeying the Father was a delight for Jesus because he… — Alexander Strauch Copy Share Image
“That a woman who managed to be both a virgin and a mother is often presented as God’s standard for womanhood and… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
I have grown up being a father. When my first son was born I was 17. I was a child bringing up… — Ashley Walters Copy Share Image
Alec's trying to get Magnus to take him seriously, but he's never told our parents about Magnus, or even that he likes,… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Adults who think that children must be manipulated for their own good have developed the attitude of a controlling parent who lacks… — Carl Rogers Copy Share Image
One day some of the kids from the neighborhood carried my mother's groceries all the way home. You know why? It was… — Goodfellas Copy Share Image
My parents certainly didn't understand TV comedy. They wouldn't turn on 'Married... With Children' and laugh. — Nahnatchka Khan Copy Share Image
I was lucky enough to spend some of my school days in Barbados, where my father was working, and this gave me… — Peter Mayle Copy Share Image
You can't find a YouTube clip to become a craftsman, friend, parent - or disciple of Christ. It's all of grace. And… — Michael Horton Copy Share Image
I ask only child-free pals for parenting advice because they're the only ones sane and well-rested enough to have any real insight. — Glennon Doyle Melton Copy Share Image
My mum brought me up by herself, pretty much. She had me at the age of 20, and my grandmother was a… — Jade Bird Copy Share Image
I built my first car at 16. I was really lucky, because at the back of my parents' house, there was a… — Ant Anstead Copy Share Image
“I think it was so splendid in Father to go as a chaplain when he was too old to be drafted, and… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
I had a very happy childhood and very loving parents. We didn't have much money and I suppose therefore you felt that… — Terry Leahy Copy Share Image
And to be merry best becomes you; for, out of question, you were born in a merry hour. BEATRICE No, sure, my… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Everybody wants to be a Bond villain. That is the coolest. To be able to portray a Bond villain, that is the… — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
