“My mother had spent one hundred dollars on shipping to send me cookies, antimeat propaganda, and laxatives.” — Molly Harper Copy Share Image
“Every child that receives life advice should keep in mind that in every parent’s past, there’s leftover booze and contraceptives.” — Bauvard Copy Share Image
“Their laughter would ring out abruptly, a sound Mother welcomed. “Our slaves are happy,” she would boast. It never occurred to her… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
My camping experiences have been miserable. Beginning with my mother sending us off for summer camping with Forest School Camps. I swear… — Hilary Farr Copy Share Image
“The memory slowly faded away. I could feel tears strolling down my snout from my eyes. I missed my father... He did… — Grace Fiorre Copy Share Image
I've always had tremendous support from my parents. I think there's a myth that gay people have lousy relationships with their parents. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“In business meetings, observers would be nonplussed that Charlie and Jared Kushner invariably greeted each other with a kiss and that the… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
Being a mother is complicated because its not just a paternal culture making demands on you; its those internal demands and expectations… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
“The "kindness of giving you a body" means that, at first, our bodies are not fully matured nor are our pleasant complexions.… — Gampopa Copy Share Image
“Memories particularly of when they weren’t being what parents are nine-tenths of the time, the taskmasters, the examples, the moral authorities, the… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
My parents both work in publishing, and I was a bright, academic kind of kid, and I read a lot of books,… — Harry Lloyd Copy Share Image
When you're actually talented, and you have something to offer, people start to look at you for you as opposed to who… — Katie Cassidy Copy Share Image
My parents made choices that would put me in environments where I would feel comfortable. And I'm really appreciative of that. They… — Carolyn Aronson Copy Share Image
It's very difficult to change your approach to how you see yourself when you suddenly get divorced. And you have to think… — Amber Rudd Copy Share Image
~When Valentina was not even 1 month old, my aunt [gave me the best advice]: 'Put her to sleep yourself every night.… — Salma Hayek Copy Share Image
My mother has always encouraged my creative side. She is a very eclectic, creative woman and looks incredibly glamorous, even when trudging… — Alice Temperley Copy Share Image
I'm completely English, but I grew up in Paris and went to school here. My parents moved when I was five. — Jemima West Copy Share Image
“Cancer walked all over my father, in large part because he opened the door, turned on the porch light, and invited it… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
Becoming Father the Nurturer rather than just Father the Provider enables a man to fully feel and express his humanity and his… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
“when the two ventricles of our home—our father and our mother—held silence as the ventricles of the heart retain blood, we could… — Chigozie Obioma Copy Share Image
We live in a world of shifting values. The family is falling apart. Parents failing in what they ought to do. — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
My parents gave up a lot to bring me up in the little house on the prairie, and I wasn't prepared to… — Tony Parsons Copy Share Image
She said, "I will go no farther." "There is no choice. We can only go on." The magician said again. "We can… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important. — Sidney Poitier Copy Share Image
I think everyone wants to know why I look like this. These jokes I make about looking Chinese... My mother's from Hungary… — Michael McIntyre Copy Share Image
Life, it is not about the power, be it natural as a father or a mother, authoritative as a president or supernatural… — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
When I visited Ireland with my father and heard the people on the farm talking, I couldn't believe the gift of language… — John Patrick Shanley Copy Share Image
“So, do you have a plan to contain your mother, or are you just going to wing it?" His fingers formed air… — Karen Greco Copy Share Image
We have home videos that are really great tape on my parents being hysterical. So I think I always knew that my… — Briga Heelan Copy Share Image
“And the stains would never wash out. That's what Lukas was saying. She would always have hurt her father. Was that the… — Hugh Howey Copy Share Image
I can trust in my parents' love. And it strikes me that is a big thing to trust, a big thing to… — Ally Condie Copy Share Image
As for mother Eve - I wasn't there and can't deny the story, but I will say this. If she brought evil… — Charlotte Perkins Gilman Copy Share Image
I will plant my feet on that step where my parents put me as a child, until self-evident truth comes to light. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I like the idea of being a youngish parent. So I've got energy to play football even though they'll be better than… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
The little boy who goes to the store and forgets what his mother sent him for, will probably grow up to be… — Evan Esar Copy Share Image
[Barack Obama] will touch you on the shoulder and, you know - in that big brother or father figure kind of way.… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
Daddy knew that Jamaica wasn't the safest place for him, but my parents were very strict about our schooling and they didn't… — Cedella Marley Copy Share Image
When a boy comes home late from college, nobody questions him. But if a girl is late by even half an hour,… — Mahima Chaudhry Copy Share Image
“The neurologist had dismissed her case after a single visit, handing out an easy nostrum by telling her father that if she… — Flora Rheta Schreiber Copy Share Image
I'm just living my life and I’m being the best mother that I can and showing that on Teen Mom because that's… — Farrah Abraham Copy Share Image
![“~When Valentina was not even 1 month old, my aunt [gave me the best advice]: 'Put her to sleep yourself every night. Sing to her and cradle her in your arms and sit by her side - every night. Because one day you won't be able to, and it's going to happen really fast.~” quote by Salma Hayek](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/b95/salma-hayek-2239_able_when-valentina-was-not-even-1-month-old_1768003.jpg)
![“[Barack Obama] will touch you on the shoulder and, you know - in that big brother or father figure kind of way. And you really do feel sort of shepherded by him.” quote by Jordan Peele](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/a63/jordan-peele-7502_barack_barack-obama-will-touch-you-on-the-shoul_2874954.jpg)
