My childhood was influenced by the roles my father played in his movies. Whether Abraham Lincoln or Tom Joad in the 'Grapes… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
In The Deep End, you have a woman who looks like a J. Crew mother who can manage it all. Then we… — Tilda Swinton Copy Share Image
Even though it was a start-up with fewer than 20 people, and I was pregnant with my first child, the best decision… — Susan Wojcicki Copy Share Image
“Without you, African mother, there would have been no us--African fathers, sons and daughters. Do we need to say any more African… — Yosef A.A. Ben-Jochannan Copy Share Image
“We may also discover that sexual abuse helps to explain the high prevalence rates of eating disorders among women and may lend… — Karen A. Duncan Copy Share Image
Sometimes people ask me to do stuff in New York, like "Can you read at this thing?" And I say, "Nooo, I… — Victoria Chang Copy Share Image
“The next message was from my mom. “What in the hell do I have to do to get my children to call… — Renee Carlino Copy Share Image
The biggest pieces of work that we do are vaccines, because those save lives, and also family planning. Because if a woman… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
“Maybe I'll have a tumour like his someday. At first it will be a small but growing sphere that will branch out,… — Gabriel García Márquez Copy Share Image
When your story is ready for rewrite, cut it to the bone. Get rid of every ounce of excess fat. This is… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I was a middle child. I grew up in Brooklyn with three sisters and a brother. You know what that means: everybody… — Richard Parsons Copy Share Image
As a child I was taught that to tell the truth was often painful. As an adult I have learned that not… — June Jordan Copy Share Image
“What'll Geoffrey do when you pull off your First, my child?" demanded Miss Haydock. "Well, Eve -- it will be awkward if… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
I was driven, as have been many writers, both by a repulsion of the childhood home's narrow confines and a desire to… — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
If there's anything to be said in a broad way about different audiences it's that I live in a major city, and… — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
“The moment you have to recruit people to put another person down, in order to convince someone of your value is the… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Some parents place undue priority on temporal and material possessions. Some are far less diligent in their efforts to immerse their children… — Quentin L. Cook Copy Share Image
I've spent some time in North and Central Queensland, in fact as recently as yesterday I was in Rockhampton, where the seat… — George Brandis Copy Share Image
Christmas turns things tail-end foremost. The day and the spirit of Christmas rearrange the world parade. As the world arranges it, usually… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
“My father has the proper degrees and framed pictures on the walls, though they're mostly taped over with photos of children, family… — Alex McKeithen Copy Share Image
If we can love our children, in spite of the messes they make; our mother, in spite of her tendency to nag;… — Glen Rambharack Copy Share Image
I have great faith in 'ordinary parents.' Who has a child's welfare more at heart than his ordinary parent? It's been my… — Haim Ginott Copy Share Image
The creator of the heavens obeys a carpenter; the God of eternal glory listens to a poor virgin. Has anyone ever witnessed… — Anthony of Padua Copy Share Image
Listen you might dislike me cause am real but I don't give a fuck so how bout you join the rest of… — Alex Bullard Copy Share Image
When I think back on my childhood and the things that happened to me, there were certain periods of time where I… — Lonnie Johnson Copy Share Image
“What grade does she teach?” “Eighth. Where kids make the jump from nice, innocent kids to something a lot more complicated and… — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
When a child seen crying on the road being hungry in torn clothes, we least pay attention.Later we see the same scene… — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
In books I find the dead as if they were alive; in books I foresee things to come; in books warlike affairs… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I began writing these pages I believed their subject to be children, the ones we have and the ones we wish… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
I think you've all heard my story about my daughter and how we felt Children's Hospital saved her life when she was… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
“I have often thought,” she said, “that women are the only true adults in the world, and men are a species of… — Phyllis T. Smith Copy Share Image
I don't have the luxury of sitting around any more. I must have had bags of spare time before I had children,… — Julia Roberts Copy Share Image
“She wished Felix and Jay were babies again, though they were never babies at the same time, and she wished she could… — Catherine Lacey Copy Share Image
When I was a child, I got an opportunity to see all the big players in a cricket match. I was a… — Harshvardhan Rane Copy Share Image
Children read to learn - even when they are reading fantasy, nonsense, light verse, comics or the copy on cereal packets, they… — Joan Aiken Copy Share Image
I don't know about the world, but I know kids. And I feel like sometimes kids don't get involved because they think,… — Jenna Bush Copy Share Image
I'm a really nostalgic person. I love taking photos and video and having memories. I remember all my childhood videos that my… — Kim Kardashian Copy Share Image
“Sometimes an uncontrollable feeling of sadness grips us, he said. We recognize that the magic moment of the day has passed and… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I have been criticized throughout the course of my career for placing too much faith in the reliability of children's narratives; but… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
I was a very lucky kid, because I grew up affluent Santa Barbara, California. My experience as a child was probably so… — Floyd Norman Copy Share Image
