My father was a rags-to-riches businessman who came over in the Sixties with no money. On my mother's side, I am the… — Chuka Umunna Copy Share Image
“After Mary confessed that dream to him, Jack got to wondering how women felt about motherhood once their children are grown and… — Lilli Jolgren Day Copy Share Image
A few months ago I was visiting my mother, and she said that as a child I had always wanted to learn… — Mark Jason Dominus Copy Share Image
Despite all the videos you see from the Ministry of Defence or the Pentagon, and all the sanitised language describing smart bombs… — Marie Colvin Copy Share Image
Imagine having a mother who worries that you read too much. The question is, what is it that's supposed to happen to… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
And we debate whether it's a - some woman's right to tear you out of there a piece at a time! C'mon!… — Phil Robertson Copy Share Image
Raising boys has made me a more generous woman than I really am. Undoubtedly, there are other routes to learning the wishes… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
“Sometimes the thought of his mother working so hard while he did nothing would come suddenly upon his and he would rush… — E. Nesbitt Copy Share Image
Everything in my life boils down to my mother. A tradition, which a lot of people do not know of, is that… — Sonu Nigam Copy Share Image
Foreign languages was the only thing that interested me when I was at school, so playing in another language... it is quite… — Tom Wlaschiha Copy Share Image
Here in the United States, a study of nearly 700 women in California showed an increased risk of fetal death among babies… — Sandra Steingraber Copy Share Image
Before every show, I would call my mother and say, 'Mummy ,I don't know how I will sing today.' But that would… — Sonu Nigam Copy Share Image
Did I tell you I finally found the perfect page-cutter? It's a pearl-handled fruit knife. My mother left me a dozen of… — Helene Hanff Copy Share Image
There's a character I played in 'Love in a Cold Climate' - very like my mother. I asked if I could wear… — Celia Imrie Copy Share Image
Men,” she said as she took my arm and led me to the brightly lit room. “They forget we need to see… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
I've had the kind of complex life I write about. I was a single mother for 12 years. I'd been engaged. The… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
My mother and father took me in and provided everything for me - the love, nurturing, basic necessities - to give me… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
I had a mother who was very emotionally demanding, wanting to be the centre of attention. As they say in EastEnders, she… — Andrew Davies Copy Share Image
I remember, when I was a teenager, people telling me, 'You know, when you are a mother, you will never feel lonely.… — Leila Slimani Copy Share Image
I remember when my mother pointed to a stone, and she said this was the kind of stone people used to place… — Jung Chang Copy Share Image
My mom is a hard worker. She puts her head down and she gets it done. And she finds a way to… — Jennifer Garner Copy Share Image
I wanted to write something in a voice that was unique to who I was. And I wanted something that was accessible… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
“And perhaps it is not too beautiful a thing to believe in this redeemed world, that, as the babe turns to his… — Charlotte M. Mason Copy Share Image
My mother wanted to be a mother. That's the only thing she wanted from the bottom of her heart. She didn't want… — Prateik Babbar Copy Share Image
I traded my 2002 Silverado in for the Trailblazer, and after my second fight, I got a win bonus. It was the… — Stipe Miocic Copy Share Image
"Have you done your homework?" my mother would ask. "I'll do it later." "You will do it now, young man. I don't… — Lewis Grizzard Copy Share Image
A poet, qua poet, has only one political duty, namely, in his own writing to set an example of the correct use… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
We got latched together and I was hoping you could separate us? (Amanda) They were made by your stepfather. Any chance you… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
“But even thinking that brought on an incredible isolation, a suspicion she'd always had, she didn't belong anywhere, she was going to… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share Image
My friendship with Mitzi was like the friendship that many children have with their pets. My mother and father thought it was… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
It is not enough for us to say: "I love God," but I also have to love my neighbor. St. John says… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
You can say I'm a hater. But I would argue I'm a lover. I'm a lover of traditional families and of the… — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
Someone killed my Mother and my Father and my Sister?" "Yes, someone did." "A Man?" "A Man." "Which means," said Bod, "you're… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
When you're a father in a marriage, you sort of become the mother's assistant. And you sort of get a list from… — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
Where I grew up in Pakistan, it's really the luck of the draw. My mother got married when she was 17. She… — Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Copy Share Image
I wish I had read Sacred Pregnancy when I was pregnant instead of the dozen books I had to piece together to… — Mayim Bialik Copy Share Image
“Gwen was kind of amazed. A mother with several degrees and a prestigious position at an Ivy League college did not ensure… — Shelly Laurenston Copy Share Image
“How you figure that, grom? Your mother’s the Destroyer. It’s a title she not only earned, but one she relishes. And you’re… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
I am the product of the sustained indignation of a branded grandfather, the militant protest of my grandmother, the disciplined resentment of… — Adam Clayton Powell, Jr Copy Share Image
Single mothers have as much to teach their children as married mothers and as much love to share--maybe more. Yet their motives… — Anne Cassidy Copy Share Image
