You have to utilize who you are in your work. Nobody else can do that: nobody else can pull from your background,… — David Carson Copy Share Image
The most beautiful sight in the world is a little child going confidently down the road of life after you have shown… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Thrust into single motherhood, my mom worked multiple hourly jobs to support my sisters and me. She couldn't find full-time employment that… — Wes Moore Copy Share Image
My voice as a filmmaker is always about boys searching for their fathers. And not only boys, but all children looking for… — Sheldon Candis Copy Share Image
I've met a surprising number of comedy writers whose parents are scientists. Both have an antiauthoritarian slant - they're both skeptics. — Allison Silverman Copy Share Image
“Hot tears rolled from Herschel's eyes and he wiped them away, afraid that they would drip through the boards and onto his… — Bodie Thoene Copy Share Image
All a child's life depends on the ideal it has of its parents. Destroy that and everything goes - morals, behavior, everything.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think politics is a dirty game. We've seen the sides that they take; we've seen the commentary they have had on… — Donald Trump, Jr Copy Share Image
One of the cardinal sins in our country is profanity -- the taking of the name of the Lord in vain. Reverence… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
My parents would tell us to go outside and play or to do creative stuff, but television was very limited. So we… — Jan Brett Copy Share Image
My mother is an ordained minister. I'm a Muslim. She didn't do back flips when I called her to tell her I… — Mahershala Ali Copy Share Image
I know it was a gift from God. My father was a preacher and my mother worked in churches all her life.… — Darlene Love Copy Share Image
“Maybe I'd absorbed the capacity to hurt someone by listening to my parents every night, who were under the impression that turning… — Charles Yu Copy Share Image
“When you get to the house . . .” The child’s head was already saying yes before he could finish his question.… — Holliday Vann Copy Share Image
We take the star from Heaven, the red from our mother country, separating it by white stripes, thus showing that we have… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Mother liked beauty wherever she found it, and she found it in many different places, both in nature and in contemporary art.… — David Rockefeller Copy Share Image
Face life's challenges with confidence, dare to pursue your dreams and live to the fullest just as my father did. — Royce Gracie Copy Share Image
“My mother warned me about short, determined women," he said at last, clearing his throat. "Said they're are meaner than any other… — Joey W. Hill Copy Share Image
Throughout American history our presidents have invoked our nation's founding fathers. This is particularly true of recent presidents. — Paul Kengor Copy Share Image
I was living in the border area with China, in Hyesan City. But after my father was imprisoned for informal trading, I… — Park Yeon-mi Copy Share Image
No country in history ever sent mothers of toddlers off to fight enemy soldiers until the United States did this in the… — Phyllis Schlafly Copy Share Image
There's something about a divorce in that even if your parents still love you, the fact that they can't live with each… — Jack Black Copy Share Image
“Two blades clashed, ringing like a bell. Like all small boys, Philip thought his father was invincible; and this was the moment… — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
“My father wants to take your favorite song and play it better than you've ever heard. I want to take your least… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
I was born in Pondicherry. Both my parents are French. They met in Pondicherry in the '70s, got married, and stayed back… — Kalki Koechlin Copy Share Image
“My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school,… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I wasn't ready to be a dog's mother! Trust me, I'm completely unfit and irresponsible. I'm a comic that travels 48 weeks… — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share Image
The misery of a child is interesting to a mother, the misery of a young man is interesting to a young woman,… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
“The anecdote was funny, but as my father gazed across the river at the university of his youth, his Russian life was… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
It's very, very, very, very difficult, you know any parent with children with any kind of special needs is very difficult. — Paddy McGuinness Copy Share Image
I struggled a lot in Kenya. My brother was looking to get me out, also with my parents. They managed to take… — Victor Wanyama Copy Share Image
My parents always instilled knowing that your beautiful, that your fearfully and wonderfully made, and that you know who you are. — Amber Riley Copy Share Image
People always accuse us of being overprotective with Beyonce. But I was the mother saying, 'You gonna go hang out? You gonna… — Tina Knowles Copy Share Image
What I think is really important is the flexibility to be both a high-quality, present parent and offer the best of yourself… — Laphonza Butler Copy Share Image
My mother makes a homemade hair oil with lots of natural herbs in it and I apply that once a week at… — Mimi Chakraborty Copy Share Image
I attended sports school in Bulgaria just like my parents. I attended class twice a day and trained twice a day. — Rusev Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to be sure my parents approve of what I do. Even with my tattoos, my mom went with me. — Ashley Tisdale Copy Share Image
My mother was independent. She had grown up in Dalton and Pittsfield, in western Massachusetts, and she was one of the first… — Julia Child Copy Share Image
Showing a great father, a great husband but a horrible man, or vice versa, is very important for the world to see.… — Jamie Hector Copy Share Image
We spoke French at home and I didn't know any English until I went to school. My mother was French and met… — Joanne Harris Copy Share Image
