I was very close with my mother growing up. I have four older sisters who were an important part of my life.… — Jamie Johnson Copy Share Image
I was naughty but never demanding. I never asked my parents for shoes or tracksuits. I was happy with what I had. — Hima Das Copy Share Image
I don't agree with the whole 'my mother's my friend' approach, because you're their mum and there has to be a difference… — Jane Asher Copy Share Image
My father was a diplomat and served as Pakistan's ambassador to 14 countries. I was born in London and grew up there… — Adnan Sami Copy Share Image
“circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“How do you small-talk your father when "dad" is a language so foreign that whenever you try to say it, it feels… — Jason Reynolds Copy Share Image
I love babies. I also have this very deep desire to become a mother. I always thought that motherhood was my highest… — Zazie Beetz Copy Share Image
My father was slower, but he was severer than my mother, who was quick but light and irregular in discipline. — Lincoln Steffens Copy Share Image
I don't even think I was quite a year old. My mother was maybe seven months pregnant with my little brother. I… — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image
My father was stationed at Clark Air Base in the Philippines, which had a hospital where they brought casualties straight from the… — Annie Leibovitz Copy Share Image
My chest feels full of glitter and helium, the way it used to when I was little and riding my father's shoulders… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Some of these kids are spending more time with the coaches than they are with their parents. The coach is supposed to… — Ray Lewis Copy Share Image
O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father refuse thy name, thou art thyself thou not a montegue, what is… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“I run back to the peephole and see all three of them as they walk past with these things in their hands,… — M.B. Julien Copy Share Image
My parents were both very frugal, and I think they're responsible for my attitude of always looking for good value, especially in… — James Holzhauer Copy Share Image
How deep is our desire to do better than our mothers--to bring daughters into adulthood strong and fierce yet loving and gentle,… — Anne Roiphe Copy Share Image
There are a lot more famous fathers out there than me with daughters who wouldn't mind singing careers... but the talent and… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
“It wasn't fair. I wanted to take her to friend court. I wanted to sue her. But I could see the faces… — Leila Howland Copy Share Image
It would be very sad if children had no memories before those of school. What they need most is the love and… — Grace Kelly Copy Share Image
“I read to him from his mother's Bible the first line of Genesis: 'In the beginning God created the heavens and the… — Poe Ballantine Copy Share Image
I started doing karate at four, my parents were karatekas. I stopped when I was 17 and went to Julliard and had… — Lynn Collins Copy Share Image
“Even our parents seemed to agree more and more with the television version of things, listening to the reporters' inanities as though… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
“Balt Van Tassel was an easy indulgent soul; he loved his daughter better even than his pipe, and, like a reasonable man… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
Prosecutors say my father was the biggest crime boss in the nation... If you really want to know what John Gotti was… — Victoria Gotti Copy Share Image
I told my parents I wanted an agent, and they decided to let me have a go at it. Then I started… — Erika Christensen Copy Share Image
“Parents tend to purchase too many toys, games, etc. for their child. Instead, try to adopt a minimalist mindset and keep only… — BJ Knights Copy Share Image
My Struggles is a record close to me. It's about what I went through at home living with an abusive father. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm trying to be a good parent and set a good example. When I'm on the road, they don't see a lot… — Bob Seger Copy Share Image
My mother raised two children on a housing estate, in a place where people said once you got on, you never got… — Shirley Ballas Copy Share Image
What I understand about this concept of why is that it functions exactly the same way as parenting or exercise or any… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
When I was little, my father used to sell guns and ammo at a sporting goods store, but I always told everyone… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
When the mother of the race is free, we shall have a better world, by the easy right of birth and by… — Charlotte Perkins Gilman Copy Share Image
I once sacrificed my life to keep my parents' promiise. This means nothing to you, because to you promises mean nothing... But… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
My mother always said I was singing before I was speaking. I came to this world to sing, and I feel very… — Natalia Lafourcade Copy Share Image
Teenagers are too much misunderstood, we are like an algebra problem for parents. We have different ways of solving them so the… — Experience Copy Share Image
If there's anything worse than being 16, it's having parents visibly reliving their own teenage years in your anguished presence. — Rachel Johnson Copy Share Image
I started my career in parent education with the idea that we needed to let our kids go. I believed that parents… — Gordon Neufeld Copy Share Image
My father, unusually for a PoW, talked about his experiences, but he talked about them in a very limited way. — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
My parents taught me to believe that through the creative act, we're able to transcend and give a response to desecration. — Atom Egoyan Copy Share Image
~As a mom, you have to look at how much time you're spending with your kids. There is nothing you will regret… — Jamie Lee Curtis Copy Share Image
