No adult in my family would ever tell me anything about who my father was. I knew from an older cousin -… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“And when I began to consider that, by copulating with one of the Yahoo species I had become a parent of more,… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
I hope people have pulled something about me and said "Hey Mr. T loves his mother, hey Mr. T ain't no dummy,… — Mr. T Copy Share Image
Pain cannot be ignored. However, it can be endured. When necessary, a great deal of pain can be endured. Just ask my… — Charlie Huston Copy Share Image
“She knows your mother isn't here to protect you any more. But you know what the solution is: stay out of her… — Diana Peterfreund Copy Share Image
I had all this shame because when I was a kid, my parents were like, 'You don't get on medication. That's weak.… — Taylor Tomlinson Copy Share Image
I have always admired the Esquimaux (Eskimos). One fine day a delicious meal is cooked for dear old mother, and then she… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
My grandfather and my father had wheat ranches, so we had quite a few trucks around and a lot of mules. Talk… — Adam West Copy Share Image
Christ said, "I and my father are one", and you repeat it. Yet it has not helped mankind. For nineteen hundred years… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
When your BESTfriend never sneeks over your house when your parents aren't home anymore,when they forget about you entirely,when they don't care… — Lexie Copy Share Image
My most memorable meal was with my parents at Joel Robuchon's Restaurant Jamin in Paris. It was Christmas 1982, and the flavors… — Alex Guarnaschelli Copy Share Image
By profession I am a soldier and take great pride in that fact, but I am prouder, infinitely prouder, to be a… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
“I know this remarkable Nigerian woman, Angela, a single mother who was raising her child in the United States; her child did… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
I feel lucky because I was a nerd, which I talk about in the book, but I had academic success, so through… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I have known I wanted to be a writer since I was seven-years-old. Seriously. In the second grade I wrote a 21-page… — Renee Watson Copy Share Image
“You were not really in the area,” she says now. “You look just like your father used to look when he lied… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
As a son and as a father, there are still various things that I haven't done as well as I should have… — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share Image
My father was a drill sergeant, and I've always had that mentality drilled into me of 'you've got to do better, you've… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
The first time at age 5 and a half, when I took a racket in my hands and my father fed me… — Marion Bartoli Copy Share Image
If i were to backbite against anyone, it would be about my parents for they have more right to my good deeds — Abdullah ibn Mubarak Copy Share Image
“My father's spirit in arms! all is not well; I doubt some foul play: would the night were come! Till then sit… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The baby boomers owe a big debt of gratitude to the parents and grandparents - who we haven't given enough credit to… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
I value so many people who have to work full time, definitely single mothers. Their work is the hardest work. I applaud… — Molly Sims Copy Share Image
Mother's love is bliss, is peace, it need not be acquired, it need not be deserved. If it is there, it is… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
My mother understood human nature better and never chided. She knew that a man cannot be saved from his own foolishness or… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
“I hate that I got dealt shitty parents! I hate how you make me feel like scum! I hate that you’re always… — Adriana Law Copy Share Image
“When the father is no longer an overbearing patriarch the son looks everywhere for the law - and finds no lawgiver.” — René Girard Copy Share Image
My mother used to tell me that when push comes to shove, you always know who to turn to. That being a… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
We don't have the family organization the way we used to. My father lives with us because we have the room. The… — Dixie Carter Copy Share Image
My mother was willing to support art as a summer program for me. She never supported it as a career decision until… — Amy Sherald Copy Share Image
I used to stay with my grandparents in Juhu from the beginning and my sister lived with my parents. They both died… — Sooraj Pancholi Copy Share Image
As the films of clay are removed from our eyes, Death loses the false aspect of the spectre, and we fall at… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
My father was an alcoholic. I come from a family of them, so it's genetic luck or malfunction that I've ended up… — Richard E. Grant Copy Share Image
My parents were divorced when I was seven years old and later we kids moved all over first with my mother and… — Judy Norton Copy Share Image
Everybody asks me if I sing on this record. Even my mother asks me. I am a very proud person and this… — Rob Pilatus Copy Share Image
Through all the craziness, what I know is that I'm a good husband and a good father and I do a great… — Phil Hellmuth Copy Share Image
I had a number of very strong personalities in my family. My father was a concert flutist, the solo flute for Toscanini. — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
“First, everyone's going to die. Second, love is stupid. It has nothing to do with reason. You love whomever you love. Against… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
I looked up to my parents because they were very successful in what they wanted to do. I was lucky; I didn't… — Derek Jeter Copy Share Image
You only get one family, so why not make it work? I don't understand friends who say they haven't talked to their… — Kathy Hilton Copy Share Image
