“The daughter of Lithuanian immigrants, born with a precocious scientific intellect and a thirst for chemical knowledge, Elion had completed a master's… — Siddhartha Mukherjee Copy Share Image
Do you suppose you will look the same when you are an old woman as you do now? Most folk have three… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
The suffering inflicted, and more often than not on the most vulnerable sectors of society, demeans all of us as humanity. That… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Even healthy families need outside sources of moral guidance to keep those tensions from imploding--and this means, among other things, a public… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
“The children had been using these spatulas as oars, but rowing a boat is very hard work, particularly if one’s traveling companions… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
We are in need of a way out of our poverty of soul and the desperate state of our human condition. We… — Stephen Nichols Copy Share Image
“Talaith leaned forward, studied her youngest daughter. “You think you’re evil?” “Pure evil,” Izzy clarified, which got her a rather vicious glare… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
Everyone wins when children - and especially girls – have access to education. An educated girl is likely to increase her personal… — Angelique Kidjo Copy Share Image
“Why was he kneeling there like a child saying his evening prayers? To be alone with his soul, to examine his conscience,… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
It was a pleasure to work with Destiny's Child in the beginning of their career. Working in the studio with Beyonce was… — Chris Stokes Copy Share Image
The Captains of Industry have always counseled the rest of us "to be realistic." Let us, therefore, be realistic. Is it realistic… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
I've got a quiet voice. I think it's because as a child I didn't speak very much. I used to put my… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
“I really feel that we're not giving children enough credit for distinguishing what's right and what's wrong. I, for one, devoured fairy… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I think the questions on the grit scale about not letting setbacks disappoint you, finishing what you begin, doing things with focus,… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
“As a parent, my fear is that when we die, we'll have to watch all those moments in our lives when we… — Will Ferguson Copy Share Image
I acted like a pro when it came to football... Then you also add the priority and responsibility of having a daughter… — Will Grier Copy Share Image
People always think that I came from this dynasty of actors. But that's not true, because it was just dad. So as… — Gustaf Skarsgard Copy Share Image
Well we thought a church wedding would be possible. It certainly would be possible in the Catholic church because after all my… — Princess Michael of Kent Copy Share Image
Hebrews 3:19 tells us why the children of Israel did not enter into the promised land. Their problem was the same thing… — Brian Williams Copy Share Image
“His oldest child from his second marriage, Matthew, stayed up all the night before he was buried, putting his father’s history on… — Edward P. Jones Copy Share Image
The world's greatest need . . . is mutual confidence. No human being ever knows all the secrets of another's heart. Yet… — Arnold J. Toynbee Copy Share Image
We find that the child who does not yet have language at his command, the child under two and a half, will… — Selma Fraiberg Copy Share Image
We know that birth takes a woman from one place in her life to another. The birth of a child certainly does… — Sameerah Shareef Copy Share Image
“The child’s wet nurse,’ said Jokaste, ‘will tell Kastor the truth if I am killed.’ ‘If you are killed.’ ‘That’s right.’ ‘You,’… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
I'm trolling through the recesses of my mind for the things I did with my kids when they used to like to… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I remember three- and four-week-long snow days, and drifts so deep a small child, namely me, could get lost in them. No… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
Melancholy had crept inside me. Small children made me cry, I got depressed eating meat, old book bindings awakened tenderness in me.… — Mati Unt Copy Share Image
Anna followed, keeping a sharp eye out for things he might back into or over. She wondered if Isaac did this all… — Patricia Briggs Copy Share Image
To really know what progress we’re making for children, we have to know how many children we have to begin with. The… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
“Shadows of Hope In the quiet neighborhood of Saint-Michel, nestled within the vibrant city of Montreal, lived Maria, a single mother of… — Michella Augusta Copy Share Image
“To my children, I will say, ‘Fill your skin with kindness and find solace in your solitude. It takes bravery to be… — Nikita Gill Copy Share Image
Even as a child, when kids my age would watch cartoons, I preferred watching horror flicks. I had watched some Hollywood horror… — Emraan Hashmi Copy Share Image
One year, I'd completely lost my bearings trying to follow potty training instruction from a psychiatric expert. I was stuck on step… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
What the fundamentalists are doing is a total negation of their own faith - encouraging and lionizing suicide bombers and killing women… — Alexander Haig Copy Share Image
In the homes of America are born the children of America; and from them go out into American life, American men and… — J. G. Holland Copy Share Image
A lot of people who start work at a very young age never grow up because they never got that opportunity to… — Janet Jackson Copy Share Image
Many ideas have been transformed by adding one crucial adjective-women's bank, women's music, women's studies, women's caucus. That adjective did more than… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Having a child is the polar opposite experience of the awards season experience. The awards-season experience requires you to be out in… — Mahershala Ali Copy Share Image
What can we give a child when there is nothing left? All we have, I think, is the truth, the truth that… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
Women themselves condition their daughters to serve the system of male primacy. If a daughter challenges it, the mother will generally defend… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
