“The fact that this was a fairly accurate portrait of my own mother is a quick indicator of how difficult it once… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I'm not someone who has had to deal with much personal drama outside of the usual: growing up with parents who hated… — Penny Marshall Copy Share Image
You should express regularly to your wife and children your reverence and respect for her. Indeed, one of the greatest things a… — Howard W. Hunter Copy Share Image
My parents have always been there to really support anything I wanted to do or learn - they provided the opportunity for… — Paula Creamer Copy Share Image
You have to learn to be patient and not give up. Look to your parents; they need to be there for you.… — Sheila Johnson Copy Share Image
The parenting style that is good for grit is also the parenting style good for most other things: Be really, really demanding,… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
“This is why I always say: "If your mother asks you to come beat up an elderly woman on the street for… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
My parents were both very intellectually honest, straightforward, and for them, faith meant that you were fully engaged. — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
By profession I am a soldier and take pride in that fact. But I am prouder - infinitely prouder - to be… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
“The journey of figuring out how to get the cookies from the cookie jar is more adventurous and exciting than your parents… — Jayden Codner Copy Share Image
I was born Feb. 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families--second families, perhaps… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I find many people: the parents, the teachers,the politicians, the friends, the neighbours and the relatives giving me the advice, the order,… — Bibeka Copy Share Image
My great-grandmother, who was known as Nana, passed away before I was born, but she and my mother were very, very close.… — Busy Philipps Copy Share Image
I carry in my datebook a piece of paper that my mother copied out for me, from the 1840 Census. Hardy Callaway… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
She didn't want to think about how wrong this was or how foolish it was to give herself to a known seducer.… — Sabrina Jeffries Copy Share Image
My father was a logger. He cut timber and hauled it out of the woods and had a sawmill. They sawed it… — Ralph Stanley Copy Share Image
The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears: they cannot utter the one, nor will they utter… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Anyone else out there has those friends when you are on the phone with you're parents they say, Yo dude, puff puff… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
But how can one criticise someone else's mother? One shouldn't, really... particularly as my first marriage failed. — Sarah Bradford Copy Share Image
I'm soooooo telling." Puck stood behind her. "You two disobeyed your parents! I'm both shocked and really impressed. — Michael Buckley Copy Share Image
A woman always has her man, but the man unconsciously leans on his roots, his heritage. He feels like an orphan without… — Raj Kapoor Copy Share Image
The most important role models should and could be parents and teachers. But that said, once you're a teenager you've probably gotten… — Andrew Shue Copy Share Image
Love is of that excellent nature, that it is esteemed by the best of men, and accepted from the meanest persons; what… — John Pearson Copy Share Image
The home is the child's first school, the parent is the child's first teacher, and reading is the child's first subject. — Barbara Bush Copy Share Image
If anyone has to leave their homeland by boat, they all have difficult stories. But my parents had a difficult journey, and… — Hong Chau Copy Share Image
I grew up with an artist father, and my parents' friends were also mainly artists or writers, so he connects what I… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
“Technology is a gift of God. After the gift of life it is perhaps the greatest of God’s gifts. It is the… — Erik Brynjolfsson Copy Share Image
Touch is the mother of the senses. Not only are women more sensitive when they touch, but they're also more sensitive to… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
The best piece of advice my father gave me was to always work hard. One thing he instilled: Proper preparation prevents poor… — Michelle Carter Copy Share Image
My father, Charles Seeger, got me into the Communist movement. He backed out around '38. I drifted out in the 50's. — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
We want people to know that classical music is for everyone. A parent or kid might be terrified of this music, but… — Richard Hyung-ki Joo Copy Share Image
Some of the material in 'Peep Show' I wouldn't sit down and watch with even my parents, who are not easily offended. — Jesse Armstrong Copy Share Image
I was actually going to be a chef before I got sidetracked. I used to make deserts for restaurants as a young… — Suzanne Somers Copy Share Image
Parents are the ultimate role models for children. Every word, movement and action has an effect. No other person or outside force… — Bob Keeshan Copy Share Image
“Fathers do as they wish with their children. They break their hearts if it suits them, as easily as they would wring… — Barbara Willard Copy Share Image
All my friends went to the Madonna concert when I was in, maybe, the 9th grade, and my mother refused to let… — Sarah Paulson Copy Share Image
May the Mother of Jesus and our Mother, always smile on your spirit, obtaining for it, from her Most Holy Son, every… — Pio of Pietrelcina Copy Share Image
“There are many things for which I owe gratitude to my dad. Most of all, I am grateful to the only man… — Ron Mayes Copy Share Image
“I wonder who my father is when he isn't just my dad, the guy who helps me with my math homework...He is… — Olivia Birdsall Copy Share Image
“I sometimes have the feeling that her entire life was merely a continuation of her mother's, much as the course of a… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
