I know I'm British. I haven't spent much time in the U.K., but my parents are British, my family heritage is British,… — Chris Froome Copy Share Image
My father was incredible: a longshoreman; my mother was a secretary. Very 'go to work' people. That's how I saw things. — Jimmy Iovine Copy Share Image
“What just happened?" "Your father invited the former love of your life in for pie." "Yeah, that's what I thought.” — Stephanie Perkins Copy Share Image
I am pro-life, I believe in exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother. That's my position, take it or… — Chris Christie Copy Share Image
I think my father would have liked to have been an artist, actually. But I think he didn't quite have perhaps the… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
I entered the water as naked as when my mother bore me. When I first touched the cold water I felt a… — Tayeb Salih Copy Share Image
This must be part of Mother Nature's master plan—making these boys so irresistibly cute, in such a naughty way, that the purity… — Rachel Cohn Copy Share Image
My mother had a radio show - a Barbara Walters type of gal and was very successful for about 20-some years on… — Jonathan Winters Copy Share Image
This tug-of-war often obscures what's also happening between us. I am your mother, the first mile of your road. Me and all… — Kelly Corrigan Copy Share Image
“Look, I know from the outside it doesn't look so bad... I know I had all the advantages. I know my parents… — Jane Tompkins Copy Share Image
I was a kid who was born and raised on Johnny Cash. My father played 'At Folsom Prison' constantly. Cash was the… — David Means Copy Share Image
“Leanne lighted an oil lamp and they continued until the moment came to receive the baby. 'Erzulie, mother loa, help it be… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
The grief of losing my father has come in waves over the years, as it does with most people. His love and… — Jennifer Grant Copy Share Image
Fortunately for those who pay their court through such foibles, a fond mother, though, in pursuit of praise for her children, the… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Years ago my mother used to say to me, she'd say, "In this world, Elwood, you must be" - she always called… — Mary Chase Copy Share Image
Do you think it is possible to increase your intellectual ability? For decades, I have studied the power of this belief to… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
I guess not being able to hear just made me adventurous and daring. And in most cases, that didn't make my parents… — Marlee Matlin Copy Share Image
What is your future? Shortly after giving birth to you if your parents kicked you out of the house is | now… — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
As everyone, you do end up becoming your mother, but also as you're acting, I find out you become every member of… — Helena Bonham Carter Copy Share Image
“Well, it's like this," began Mother, "When you die you go and live in another part of London. And that's it." ~… — Will Self Copy Share Image
“No one is so senseless as to choose of his own will war rather than peace, since in peace the sons bury… — Herodotus Copy Share Image
“Lucas Benes lay in a sleeping bag on the roof of his father’s hotel, dreaming about a past he couldn’t remember.” — Paul Aertker Copy Share Image
I used to live on a reserve, but I went back and forth between my reserve and Ottawa where my father lived,… — Kaniehtiio Horn Copy Share Image
“No, there is no escape. There is no heaven with a little of hell in it - no place to retain this… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“Dammit, Laurelyn. You make me the man I am today-the one who loves his wife and wants to be a father. When… — Georgia Cates Copy Share Image
I grew up where we were told you couldn't do anything. 'By the way, if you think you're special, you're not,' my… — Robby Hoffman Copy Share Image
My father's an early aviator, and my first flight was with him at age two. Now, despite the fact that I got… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
My father has always enjoyed games... always with a combination of the fun and social side of it, but also always highly… — Christie Hefner Copy Share Image
My mother has taught me to be self-reliant, independent and ambitious. She has taught me to chase my goals even though nobody… — Angad Bedi Copy Share Image
I think my gift expressed itself in every way possible. When I was a little child, my mother said I used to… — Floyd Norman Copy Share Image
As kids, we grow up thinking our parents are perfect and flawless - well, some of us - but they're trying to… — Danielle Fishel Copy Share Image
I wasn't raised super-poor, but my parents got divorced, and my mother didn't have much money. Even now if I have a… — Patrick Carney Copy Share Image
My father had barely any education. He could hardly write or count. But his great pride was that he was perfectly bilingual.… — Robert Lepage Copy Share Image
“Your parenting skills are much like bad porn, the kids are watching but they aren't getting much out of it.” — Dawn Jasper Copy Share Image
It's because you're always fighting sentiment. You're fighting sentimentality all of the time because being a mother alerts you in such a… — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
I had been a real problem child, but once I got into acting, my parents never had any more trouble with me… — Patricia Richardson Copy Share Image
“I’m going to claim her so there’s nothing to protect her from. I’ll make her mine, fill her with my seed and… — Laurann Dohner Copy Share Image
Almost forty-five years after my parents first became Americans, I stand before you and them tonight as the proud governor of the… — Nikki Haley Copy Share Image
Of all your associations, it is your relationship with God, your Heavenly Father, who is the source of your moral power. — D. Todd Christofferson Copy Share Image
Every man must define his identity against his mother. If he does not, he just falls back into her and is swallowed… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
