Like so many women, I was living out the unlived life of my mother - so I wouldn't be her. But the… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Nothing was ever clean enough for my father. You could never clean as good as he could; you could never clean as… — Chris Rea Copy Share Image
“The problem with Insanity was how incredibly sane it felt. He bit his tongue and said nothing to the smirking ghost of… — Matthew Fitzsimmons Copy Share Image
Librarians see themselves as the guardians of the First Amendment. You got a thousand Mother Joneses at the barricades! I love the… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
Do not weep, babe, for war is kind.Because your father tumbled in the yellow trenches,Raged at his breast, gulped and died,Do not… — Stephen Crane Copy Share Image
I keep telling my mother that after marriage, I appreciate her so much more. I have realised the effort that it takes… — Ishita Dutta Copy Share Image
I'm lucky to have very good genes. My mother was so tiny she was almost bird-like, and my father was tall and… — Cherie Lunghi Copy Share Image
My secret skill is baking bread. My mother was a farmer's daughter and still made bread every day when I was a… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
My father grew up very conservative, and he really had set expectations for what boys and girls were supposed to be like.… — Nicole Maines Copy Share Image
In my time, I've gotten the chance to play a few different people who are younger and have been rejected by their… — Charlie Plummer Copy Share Image
“I want you to read ‘God Sees the Truth, but Waits,’ ” said Mother. “Tolstoy writes about a man, wrongly accused of… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
“For some parents, having children meant full absolution from any future mistakes. My father wouldn't permit himself to be wrong. He shifted… — Amber Dermont Copy Share Image
Stop complaining about not having a date for valentine's day. think of all the people who don't have moms for mother's day… — Katrina Buiel Copy Share Image
In America we tell our parents to bring their child home and put him or her in a crib; as they get… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, just to see what was happening, my father would drive to the airport…. Before my birth, during the “Roaring 20’s” Newark… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Suppresed I Rise Copy Share Image
“At night she runs her fingertips over her father’s model: the bell tower, the display windows. She imagines Jules Verne’s characters walking… — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
“Striving to meet my father's expectations is like climbing out of quicksand: the harder I try to get to the top, the… — Lac Su Copy Share Image
I had a wonderful home life. My parents are the ultimate, wonderful supporters, so there was never a moment where I felt… — Colin Donnell Copy Share Image
“He climbed through the vast stillness, alone...and yet somehow, he knew, no longer alone. For now his two fathers climbed with him.” — James Ramsey Ullman Copy Share Image
It's always an honour to help the Anfi Group - a hotel timeshare company where my mother worked for many years and… — David Silva Copy Share Image
“Many persons grow insensibly attached to that which gives them a great deal of trouble, as a mother often loves her sick… — Charles MacKay Copy Share Image
I consider myself a human being, a Christian, a father, a husband, so many things, before being a black person. — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
Let's take care of mothers and infants first, and then let's see what's left over for everybody over 50. I'm over 50.… — Richard Dooling Copy Share Image
My work ethic came from my parents and my fear of failure. I came from a small, predominantly black school and I… — Jerry Rice Copy Share Image
My father was an odd stick. He was a member of MENSA and he was a uniformed yard cop for the Harvard… — Orson Bean Copy Share Image
My mother's from Thailand, and they're very strict about girls in bikinis, but I would love to do a shoot in the… — Christine Teigen Copy Share Image
I was this very precocious kid with a big personality. When my mother saw that modelling was something I enjoyed, she didnt… — Carmen Ejogo Copy Share Image
Early on, I had a passion for theater, but my parents were very sports-focused, so while I played different sports, theater was… — Ryan Serhant Copy Share Image
My mother took great relish in introducing me as 'This is my son - he's a doctor but not the kind that… — Randy Pausch Copy Share Image
Discover strategies that help you become a loving, present mother while having the time and energy to tend to your creative spirit… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I feel bad for kids who see toys on the television but can't order it cause their parents have to be over… — Percy Shabangu Copy Share Image
Nobody in my family has ever been into the field of acting. But I always wanted to be an actor and I… — Sara Khan Copy Share Image
The belt will grow dust and sit on the mantelpiece, but it's not about the belt. It's about how I can be… — Michael Chandler Copy Share Image
“I’d like to meet a woman who can think for herself and doesn’t want only what her father or husband wants.” — Ramona Flightner Copy Share Image
A beautiful women, a great friend and a wonderful mother. You are all this to me and much more¦ I feel so… — Mumbaibizarre Copy Share Image
Oh, when a mother meets on high The babe she lost in infancy, Hath she not then for pains and fears, The… — Robert Southey Copy Share Image
I really felt that I had accomplished my goals in life. My first passion has always been to be a restaurateur, a… — Guy Fieri Copy Share Image
“Babies don't come with instruction booklets. You'd learn the same way we all do -- you'd read up on dinosaurs, you'd Google… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
My father, good or bad, mistakes or no, had a direct line from his heart to the music to the people, to… — Arthur Rubinstein Copy Share Image
“There's something wonderful about Jesus the Son being presented to God the Father. Though God is spirit, not flesh, at some level… — Liz Curtis Higgs Copy Share Image
