“Passover isn't about eating, Hannah," her mother began at last, sighing and pushing her fingers through her silver-streaked hair. "You could have… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
If his/her siblings and parents are not treated and he/she is strong enough to continue the recovery, a sibling will take up… — Virgil Miller Newton Copy Share Image
My father was weaned on books. I'm halfway between being weaned on books and weaned on television. And if you're weaned on… — James Burrows Copy Share Image
Almighty Father! let thy lowly child, Strong in his love of truth, be wisely bold,-- A patriot bard, by sycophants reviled. Let… — Ebenezer Elliott Copy Share Image
As soon as people heard me speak, they would compare me to my father. My siblings had the same kind of pressure. — Yolanda King Copy Share Image
“because when my father was happy, he wouldn’t be yelling or criticizing me, and that’s all I really wanted I guess. Another” — John Davis Copy Share Image
“I had so much respect for the fact that Father Andrew saw his own sins in my actions. I wished all adults… — Jenny McCarthy Copy Share Image
I think that what happens when you lose a parent, where you lose - you drop into a different kind of serious. — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
“Did you tell my mother that you called me a bitch last night,too?" I asked him. "Because that's the best way I… — Jennifer Echols Copy Share Image
God is a kind Father. He sets us all in the places where he wishes us to be employed. He chooses work… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
It really does no good to ask questions that reflect opposition to the will of God. Rather ask, What am I to… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
“want none of your money," said I, "but what you owe my father. I'll get you one glass, and no more." When… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
“The real magic - the magic we'd lived with all our lives, my mother's magic of charms and cantrips, of salt by… — Joanne Harris Copy Share Image
My mother was the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. There are moments when I remember her beauty, unadorned, unposed, not… — Jamie Lee Curtis Copy Share Image
From Mount Hollywood, Los Angeles looks rather nice, enveloped in a haze of changing colors. Actually, and in spite of all the… — Louis Adamic Copy Share Image
“At first the lives of women frightened me. They seemed so fragile, so dependent on fathers and husbands and brothers and lovers.… — Alice Steinbach Copy Share Image
I've always maintained that Mom was 100 times a better human being than she was an actor. And a 1000 times better… — Mohnish Bahl Copy Share Image
My father and mother were not that compatible. I don't think they had a good wedding night, and I was the product… — Harry Dean Stanton Copy Share Image
I don't want to be preachy, but I find it so disturbing that parents today want kids to be a certain way… — Vidya Balan Copy Share Image
While my seemingly compulsive school-hopping has raised some eyebrows among my peers and caused my parents understandable consternation, I do not regret… — Alexandra Adornetto Copy Share Image
My father has been a part of a few short films I made; he played a small but significant role in 'Jigarthanda.' — Karthik Subbaraj Copy Share Image
Some men don't have the opportunity to be the type of father they need to be, and I hope my example teaches… — Marvin Sapp Copy Share Image
My all-time low is 62 at Bel-Air, but it was in match play, and I had two putts given to me from… — Jack Wagner Copy Share Image
You can insult me - you can judge me on the football pitch - that's normal. But don't touch my family. Don't… — Emmanuel Adebayor Copy Share Image
“The past is haunting us. In Queens, in Manhattan, it is shadowing us, punching us in the stomach. I am small, and… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
“Her father told her she was pretty, but all fathers said that. Grandma Howard told her pretty on the outside didn't particularly… — Ann H. Gabhart Copy Share Image
“Without death, life would have no boundaries and our days would not be so precious. My mother was a firm believer in… — Bernadette Pajer Copy Share Image
“I loved my parents and wanted to make them proud of me - but no longer at the cost of my own… — Rachel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
My father died prematurely at the age of 52 when I was 24, and it is a recurring regret that he never… — Richard E. Grant Copy Share Image
“Parents are satisfied only if their children are gifted or exceptional (or diagnosed with a treatable problem that the right pill cocktail… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
My parents are proof that arranged marriages can work. It is a great part of my culture but I grew up in… — Konnie Huq Copy Share Image
The one thing I've always said is I don't want them growing up without a father, and they're my inspiration to make… — Ant Middleton Copy Share Image
It's not the physical location of birth that defines citizenship, but whether your parents are citizens, and the express or implied consent… — Phyllis Schlafly Copy Share Image
However, my father was a publisher and it was expected that I would become a publisher as well - in his firm. — Dick Bruna Copy Share Image
“Becoming a mother or father is so much more than giving birth to a child. It’s a developmental process that continues for… — Jerry L. Wyckoff Copy Share Image
At a certain age I just stopped arguing. I realized that there was no way [my father] could see, because for him… — George Michael Copy Share Image
It's a tale that I believe ultimately speaks of good parenting and what it means to honor one's parents. — Brendan Fraser Copy Share Image
My mother always took my brothers and me to music lessons. There were six children. Our parents attended our concerts and encouraged… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
The taboo for straight actors playing gay is gone... My mother was squirming a bit in the theater because she comes from… — Dean Cain Copy Share Image
Perhaps the soundest advice for parents is: Lighten up. People have been raising children for approximately as long as there have been… — George Will Copy Share Image