My parents listened to music in our house all the time when we were growing up. It was everything from Dolly Parton… — Clare Bowen Copy Share Image
My parents felt old-fashioned, growing up - they were quite disciplinarian. We went to church and had to learn music, but in… — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
When I was a boy, my father used to criticize me for - it's hard to translate - I guess you could… — Ken Hakuta Copy Share Image
All womanhood is hampered today because the world on which it is emerging is a world that tries to worship both virgins… — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
Being a parent is such an awesome responsibility! A Blessing. But the unconditional love, fear, worry can be overwhelming at times. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“When I got to the house about an hour ago, James took one look at me and said, "Damn, girl, your parents… — Lauren Barnholdt Copy Share Image
“… When I'm ready, my uterus will lunar eclipse. You could have been my baby. I was almost your mother. In the… — Joanna C. Valente Copy Share Image
“Mother had always told me being Queen of Matrus was like being a clockmaker: you put the right people for the job… — Bella Forrest Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people, but particularly a lot of women, get to this stage when I'd say they're over 50.… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
The praise that comes of love does not make us vain, but humble rather. Knowing what we are, the pride that shines… — James M. Barrie Copy Share Image
“Your mother goes to the public library, which has been down on its luck for a long time, like most things around… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
“From the French perspective, this was not attachment parenting. This was indulgent parenting. Traditionally, the French believe that children who have not… — Karen Le Billon Copy Share Image
I cannot fail to note once again that the poor constitute the modern challenge, especially for the well-off of our planet, where… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
My father would never have said about any of his children you shouldn't express your opinions. But it's the way in which… — Patti Davis Copy Share Image
“I forgot to mention,” Father Christopher said, smiling seraphically at Sir Martin, “that I am also a priest. So let me offer… — Bernard Cornwell Copy Share Image
“I wish you and Dad had known him the way I did,” she said wistfully. “He’s such a contradiction. Rough and surly… — Debbie Macomber Copy Share Image
My father was a doctor so I was around death all my life. So, I was very used to it because he… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
Several hours later, I heard my mother calling me to come into the house, and it never occurred to me that this… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
To me, a Harris Tweed jacket is the kind of thing you should be able to have in your closet years from… — Nick Wooster Copy Share Image
“I knew what I was doing. I was helping a family who needed a mother for a few moments. And I was… — Christine Zolendz Copy Share Image
Parenting put music in the right place for me. Touring was always the first priority before, but it isn't any more. And,… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
“Why is Mommy crying?” the young boy asks his dad, all sugared up and bewildered with concern. “Because you’re an asshole,” barks… — John Waters Copy Share Image
My mother is my favorite cook and she does all cuisines really well. I eat the delicacies made by her whenever I… — Priyamani Copy Share Image
“A seafaring uncle had given it to her mother who in turn had bequeathed it to Marilla. It was an old-fashioned oval,… — L.M. Montgomery Copy Share Image
Most children - I know I did when I was a kid - fantasize another set of parents. Or fantasize no parents.… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
My childhood was bad. No father. Mother was greedy and brought me up awful - never made me breakfast once. I don't… — Rodney Dangerfield Copy Share Image
“Her mother was a woman of useful plain sense, with a good temper, and, what is more remarkable, with a good constitution.… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
My mother was the sweetest lady who ever lived on this planet, but if you tried to tell her that Jesus wasn't… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
Everybody loves to receive gifts and free goodies, and often parents are loath to look out for hidden strings attached to corporate… — Sucheta Dalal Copy Share Image
“Back then I thought Mother Nature split the good guys from the bad guys with a fat black line. But the thing… — Kristen Hubbard Copy Share Image
The Long, Long Trailer (1954) actually happened and the man wrote a book about it. Father of the Bride, same thing; a… — Vincente Minnelli Copy Share Image
“Parents are the mystified criminals, blinking in the docks, making it all the worse for themselves with every word they utter.” — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
My father was executive officer, which is second-in-command, on a ship called the Hull, one of three ordered into a typhoon by… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
Happy fathers day to all the good fathers, potential fathers, fathers working to become better fathers, fathers in heaven and THE Father. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To improve short-term memory significantly, reduce the stress in your life. And choose your parents wisely. — John Medina Copy Share Image
My decision to become a lawyer was irrevocably sealed when I realized my father hated the legal profession. — John Grisham Copy Share Image
In a way, my father was lucky. He had a hunch that his vision of the National Gallery would interest other collectors… — Paul Mellon Copy Share Image
I've been brought up in a very strong female-oriented household with my mother, grandmother and grandaunt around me. They were working women,… — Esha Deol Copy Share Image
I am blessed to have parents, who believed that we should follow our dreams. They have been very supportive. — Ishita Dutta Copy Share Image
I rushed us out of your parents' house because I didn't think I could manage two hours at the dinner table with… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
