“Like his father, like Jules Renard, he had been carried along the slow, steady swindle of history and experience.” — Mavis Gallant Copy Share Image
“Out of the ugliness of the ironworks lepers will eat, children will be born, their parents will grow old.” — Helen McCarthy Copy Share Image
I don't like kissing on camera. It's bad enough to be caught kissing by your parents. But when you have a whole… — Christine Lakin Copy Share Image
“My mother used to say that sometimes if you turn a tragedy over in your hand, you can see a miracle running… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
My parents were teachers and they went out of their way to see to it that I had books. We grew up… — Alex Haley Copy Share Image
“They never asked any reasons for their parents’ fights, thinking all adults unreasonable, violent beings, the toys of their own monstrous tempers… — Christina Stead Copy Share Image
Has it ever occurred to you that parents are nothing but overgrown kids until their children drag them into adulthood? Usually kicking… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Cloning looks like a degrading of parenthood and a perversion of the right relation between parents and children. — Leon Kass Copy Share Image
My father never got films to our dinner table. It was never the case with us as well that our father works… — Vicky Kaushal Copy Share Image
“What mazes there are in this world. The branches of trees, the filigree of roots, the matrix of crystals, the streets her… — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
“He even pursued the story of a four-year-old girl who bragged that her father, a Jewish merchant of herculean physical stature, had… — Helmut Walser Smith Copy Share Image
“The Titans knew the abominations we would become. The horrific deeds we would commit. All the ways we would go on to… — Kaitlin Bevis Copy Share Image
Dont ever thing u wont survive widout anyone..those who do dat r very wrong n dnt no beauty of life..coz sum r… — Raveen Copy Share Image
My father used to tape 'Top of the Pops' for me every Sunday, and I would sit in my bedroom, write down… — Bonnie Tyler Copy Share Image
We all need to have heroes, people to admire and look up to. To find a hero, first look to your parents… — Robert Cheeke Copy Share Image
For working mothers, creating a work-life balance is critical, as we must ensure we do not neglect any significant part of our… — Sonali Bendre Copy Share Image
My mother paid eight dollars a month for rent. When she had it. Mostly we were evicted, because she couldnt afford to… — Walter Matthau Copy Share Image
My mother is a special education teacher but also an artist, and my father an advertising executive. They are about as wacky… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
One thing my and mother and dad shared completely was their approach to money - they just didn't spend it. — Sam Walton Copy Share Image
My father was a middle manager at an oil company, but I never knew anything about his work. Whatever business acumen I… — Donna Mills Copy Share Image
Every day, every hour, the parents are either passively or actively forming those habits in their children upon which, more than upon… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
“It was Corinne’s secret belief that her daughter was a far finer person than she was herself, a riddle put to her… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“What they didn’t understand then was that love, or even the play at love, wasn’t the same thing as forgiveness, which was… — Rebecca Rasmussen Copy Share Image
Everyone in my family is an artist. Both my parents are painters and my mom's an opera singer. I was never shown… — Aleksa Palladino Copy Share Image
I am extremely tough and extremely physical, and that is because my father taught me to be tough, physical, and not to… — Baron Corbin Copy Share Image
“Dearest Matthew, We buried your father today. Do you know what his last words were to me? “Damn stubborn woman.” — Nalini Singh Copy Share Image
My mother was a stout woman with a man's name - Billie. She was plain-faced with honest eyes - no black grease… — Charles M. Blow Copy Share Image
A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society. — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
I never knew my father, which explains the Clint thing. He called himself Daddy... I loved it then, because it filled a… — Sondra Locke Copy Share Image
Like the appearance of silver in mother of pearl, the world seems real until the Self, the underlying reality, is realized. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“What do you say, son? Doesn’t your father look great in his new uniform?” Poul-Erik’s Father The Informer by Steen Langstrup” — Steen Langstrup Copy Share Image
“The sight of these two vying for custody of that pathetic brood makes you wonder how a society that requires licenses for… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
Do you expect, forsooth, that a mother will hand down to her children principles which differ from her own? — Juvenal Copy Share Image
Have a happy Mother's Day before your kids reach an age when they're completely jaded about Mother's Day. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I wasn't happy at all as a child. I was very privileged and knew extraordinary people, but I felt very lonely: my… — Marisa Berenson Copy Share Image
The 'Mother of God' stuff comes from my dad who used to use that all the time. He would say, 'Mother of… — Adrian Dunbar Copy Share Image
God has a father! A long-dead human being is the father of God, the ancient anonymous who spawned the myth. — Steve Fowler Copy Share Image
My mother, religious-negro, proud of having waded through a storm, is, very obviously a sturdy bridge that I have crossed over on. — Toni Cade Bambara Copy Share Image
She's my mother, but at the same time, if you struggle all your life and your mother has never been there for… — Keyshia Cole Copy Share Image
I have three brothers and they're all into computers. They're all intellects. My mother would pay me a quarter a page to… — Josh Holloway Copy Share Image
