We were an underprivileged family. My parents were both tailors. We got by. But we only had a few important things in… — Arnel Pineda Copy Share Image
I was sort of born into a Subud cult that has ties to Islam and Indonesia and Middle Eastern spiritualism. My parents… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
Kids are super-independent. This is the time when you don't need your parents for a story anymore. You have a great degree… — Mo Willems Copy Share Image
Tintin comics evoke Bermuda, where my parents doled out comics for good behavior and my grandmother taught me how to shuffle cards. — Rosecrans Baldwin Copy Share Image
Though my parents assured me over and over again that I wasn't stupid or slow, I sensed that my dyslexia was now… — Carre Otis Copy Share Image
I am naturally cautious so I guess I am a saver. I'm a firm believer in not borrowing money, which is a… — Sean Lock Copy Share Image
When you have parents who are recognizable, there's a certain part of you that wants to know that people you meet are… — Brooklyn Sudano Copy Share Image
They say children are a form of God. God has arrived in your home. Congratulations! I'm sure you are going to make… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've been in this business for a long time at my age, I've just turned 30, and I feel like my wife's… — Ryan Phillippe Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, we'd go to the movies, and my parents would reach out to everyone around us in the… — Daniel Lubetzky Copy Share Image
Parents impatiently see us growing up. As old age is inevitable they gradually Become older and older. We seldom think it. But… — Pramod Wickramathilaka Copy Share Image
My parents never pushed me towards music. I feel like, growing up in a musical household and always being surrounded by it,… — Dua Lipa Copy Share Image
I work very regular hours, roughly 9 to 5:30. I think I have it much easier than a lot of parents. I… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
I come from a performing family. My parents are Nigerian, and their parents and their parents - and it's all about performance… — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
As a child, I did what any normal kid who grew up without any electricity would do - I spent countless hours… — Ryan Holmes Copy Share Image
Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater developments and greater riches and so on, so that… — Mother Theresa Copy Share Image
The most important thing to me is to give something back to my parents, because they've done so much for me throughout… — Leona Lewis Copy Share Image
My parents both had eighth-grade educations. My mother had five kids by the time she was 23, and my father was a… — Louis DeJoy Copy Share Image
Good kids are like sunsets. We take them for granted. Every evening they disappear. Most parents never imagine how hard they try… — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
My dad, he would go through these periods of self-doubt. We'd do something that was controversial or that wasn't welcomed by everybody,… — John Wesley Shipp Copy Share Image
When I was 14 and I wanted to buy stuff, I didn't like asking for stuff from my parents, so I started… — Syd Copy Share Image
You don't really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time… — William D Tammeus Copy Share Image
Nothing reassures parents more than surrounding their kids with the kind of guys who have a lot of weapons and nothing to… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
Parents are much more likely to be attuned to what they don't like than they are to the expectations that the kid… — Ross W. Greene Copy Share Image
Love your parents. They are the one who love you most. They are willing to sacrifice themselves for your sake. They love… — MeMeMe Copy Share Image
Parents talk a lot about how much strength and dedication it takes to raise a child. I think it also takes a… — Jen Kirkman Copy Share Image
I was so clear on the fact that I wanted to be a journalist that I asked my parents if I could… — Jane Goldman Copy Share Image
I would never be one to go striding over to any woman who caught my eye - after all, I'm the person… — Stephen Hendry Copy Share Image
My parents both worked full-time flipping burgers at the local fast-food joint, and my grandmother looked after us. English was her second… — Kameron Hurley Copy Share Image
My earliest interest in game design came when I was in primary school, and my parents bought a Commodore 128 computer. I… — Brendan Myers Copy Share Image
Parents matter, buildings count, curriculum choices, materials, resources - all these things are important in a top-class education. But, in the end,… — Kimberly Quinn Copy Share Image
A full accounting of adoption as an option would not underestimate its emotional challenges - the grief and loss for birth mothers,… — Nina Easton Copy Share Image
Each new generation of children grows up in the new environment its parents have created, and each generation of brains becomes wired… — Alison Gopnik Copy Share Image
Till the 10th standard, I was quite good - I got 66% that year. After my 10th, I got really involved with… — MS Dhoni Copy Share Image
I do not fear anybody on the field or in society, but I fear at night when I am away from my… — Saina Nehwal Copy Share Image
Moral values have been thrown out the window. Christianity is out the window. And that's wrong. Parents should be at home, teaching… — Albert Belle Copy Share Image
I always vaguely knew I wanted to perform, but I haven't got the greatest singing voice and my dancing isn't up to… — Ruth Wilson Copy Share Image
I was born in England - though both of my parents are American - and there's something about the 'Muppets' where they… — Nicholas Stoller Copy Share Image
I was a theatrical kid, but my parents were overprotective. When I expressed interest in show business, they shut it down. — Wendi McLendon-Covey Copy Share Image
I wonder which brother is better. Which one our parents loved the most. I sure did get in lots of trouble. They… — The Avett Brothers Copy Share Image
