I have amazing parents and some really great friends that would kick my butt if I ever started acting different. — Jane Levy Copy Share Image
Of course I can change a plug. But my father would not only know how to change a plug, he could have… — Grayson Perry Copy Share Image
“You’d better open the gate soon, or your mother’s going to put you in time-out when she finally gets in the house,” — Kelly Oram Copy Share Image
“There are one or two people - I’m not talking about family, about Zhenya or your mother - whom a pariah can… — Vasily Grossman Copy Share Image
I grew up without a lot of money and my parents grew up with far less money. And that's kept me in… — Adrien Brody Copy Share Image
Our mothers give us so many gifts. They give us the precious gift of life, of course, but they also leave treasured… — Maria Shriver Copy Share Image
O liberty, Parent of happiness, celestial born When the first man became a living soul; His sacred genius thou. — Edward Dyer Copy Share Image
My father was Catholic, my mom Baptist, so we were raised Baptist but had a lot of Catholic upbringing: fish on Fridays,… — Dennis Haysbert Copy Share Image
The number one thing in my opinion parents can do is be the way you would like your child to be. Don't… — John Assaraf Copy Share Image
“Bett didn't have any siblings because she said her father had preserved what was dead for too long to be able to… — Rebecca Rasmussen Copy Share Image
Every articulate family ... generates its own stories, explanations and myths to illuminate the differences in temperament and talent among its children,… — Elizabeth Fishel Copy Share Image
“I have no need to be considered a great prayer warrior. I’m not looking for wonderful stories to tell others as a… — Scotty Smith Copy Share Image
Isn't it somewhat remarkable that we can go back a a few hundred years and find no shortage of quotations from our… — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image
“No,” Jason said. “No ban.” The idea that Vale might write poems about him was deliriously wonderful. His heart squeezed and jolted.… — Leta Blake Copy Share Image
Most young people seem to be behaving very intelligently: They look at things once in a while, but then they find it… — Volkmar Sigusch Copy Share Image
A name with meaning could bring up a child, Taking the child out of the parents' hands. Better a meaningless name, I… — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
“what were you doing there at ten o’clock at night when all good Catholic boys are fast asleep?” “It was eleven o’clock,… — Patric Juillet Copy Share Image
In my case, a papadaddy is a father. My paternal grandfather was called Papa by my father who was called Daddy by… — Clyde Edgerton Copy Share Image
Death is not a journey into an unknown land; it is a voyage home. We are going, not to a strange country,… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
After playing my father used to coach, we used to follow him around Spain. We used to travel with him to many… — Marcos Alonso Copy Share Image
“While the bedlam didn’t seem to bother her mother, or even her female shifter friends, Naomi longed for peace and quiet—and the… — Eve Langlais Copy Share Image
I think it is that parents just don't kick their kids out the door as much as they used to. I think… — Frank Shorter Copy Share Image
My father passed me the concept that vicuna was something very special, very expensive. So it was a question of pride. I… — Pier Luigi Loro Piana Copy Share Image
My parents have always been very supportive. Whenever any of them says they are proud of me that's the highlight of my… — Ananya Birla Copy Share Image
“Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?" Pointing to his disciples, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers...… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“We know us,” said Mother. “They’re wrong. And don’t ever allow them to convince you otherwise. Do you understand?” — Ruta Sepetys Copy Share Image
“Instead, she looked vaguely about, sniffing that familiar smell of fresh dirtiness which belongs to mankind’s extreme youth, a pleasant smell to… — Christina Stead Copy Share Image
There is always so much talk about the sins of the fathers but it is the sins of the mothers that are… — Melanie Benjamin Copy Share Image
Every sincere prayer is heard and answered by our Heavenly Father, but the answers we receive may not be what we expect… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
“One can survive every hurt and move on, except the hatred of a mother formed without reasons, that one could not elucidate.” — Darmie Orem Copy Share Image
My father is a geologist and he really thinks that scientists are going to save the world, so he wanted me to… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
My mother married three times. My dad is... I don't really have one. I mean, he does exist, but I have zero… — Leslie Mann Copy Share Image
It's not convincing to say you are a child of God if you have none of the characteristics of your Father. — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
I was put into this business by my parents as soon as I could walk. I was groomed by them for this… — Irene Cara Copy Share Image
“All my life I have known fear. But I have acted in spite of it. I urge you to do the same.… — Karen Essex Copy Share Image
“In the back of my mind, my mother's often-recited warning comes to me: 'Never trust a man who can dance.” — E.L. James Copy Share Image
I'm not that worried about [my parents] right now because they are happy people. I'm pleased that in their later years, in… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
When you have children, you start to play with them and you mirror yourself. You see your parents in yourself. It's all… — Jeppe Hein Copy Share Image
My parents were so proud when I got a scholarship to go to theatre school - it was unheard of that a… — Brian Blessed Copy Share Image
“Our children cannot be assumed to follow in our footsteps, assuage our losses, or compensate for our inadequacies.” — Madeline Levine Copy Share Image