I give credit of my success to my parents. My father was a…

I was writing poems when I was young, you know, because my father was a poet, so it was absolutely normal to follow my…

— Bernardo Bertolucci

“We loved our father for the poet he'd become.”

— Frederick Reiken

My father is a poet. He's a literary giant of this country - writes in Hindi - and also quite unique because he has…

— Amitabh Bachchan

My father is a poet, my stepmother is a poet, and so I always had encouragement as a child to write.

— Natasha Trethewey

We have always been a big success as parents and I get on well, always have, with my exes - and had to because…

— Jim Kerr

I feel lucky because I was a nerd, which I talk about in the book, but I had academic success, so through that, because…

— Mindy Kaling

Long before I was a success, my parents made me feel like I could be one.

— Toni Morrison

If we measure our success as parents solely by what our children become, there is no inviolable guarantee in Scripture that we will experience…

— John Macarthur

Of course I owe so much of my success to my parents.

— Matthew Williamson

Credit for my success should go to my parents and my late guru Mandolin Srinivas garu.

— Devi Sri Prasad

“The mountain climber takes pride in planting his flag at the top because it took a lot to get there. If he took a…

— Julie Lythcott-Haims

What does "success" mean to you? Was Mother Teresa a "success"? Was your favorite teacher a "success"? Were your parents, grandparents, your pastor, your…

— Bob Teague

My parents [father Lenny Kravitz and Bonet] did exactly what they wanted and didn't let anyone tell them not to. Now, as women, we…

— Zoe Kravitz

My mother was the favorite child of her parents. My father was the favorite child of his parents. The result of these two favorite…

— Marjane Satrapi

The only people I owe an apology to are my dead parents. Except my father because he's still alive.

— Chelsea Handler