It helps when 1 can send the children off to their fathers so I can support my new book with a national… — Meg Tilly Copy Share Image
A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
My father and mother always told me to first do work and then they'll get me to training. So in order for… — Joao Felix Copy Share Image
“is a source of constant wonder to me how I came to have such a cork-brained parent. However, I have not the… — Georgette Heyer Copy Share Image
I didn't think any amount of money was worth something that would take away what you believed in or what you stood… — Tippi Hedren Copy Share Image
Having children can smooth the relationship, too. Mother and daughter are now equals. That is hard to imagine, even harder to accept,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
I didn't know Penn was an Ivy League school - I didn't know what the Ivy League was. When I got in,… — Stacy Brown-Philpot Copy Share Image
It was like Mama suddenly realized I was good, that she didn't have to apologize for me. It was the strangest feeling.… — Liza Minnelli Copy Share Image
“La Inca shook her head. She was looking at her favorite picture of his mother on her first day at private school,… — Junot Díaz Copy Share Image
I'm going to be a strict mum. I know that love is the most important thing - you've got to have lots… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
I love this child. Red-haired - patient and gentle like her mother - fey and funny like her father. When she giggles… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
My first deepening of spirituality came when I was 6, when I was moved from my grandmother and sent to live with… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
I lost my mother and my brother when I was 15 in two separate car accidents. I was doing well at school.… — Manu Bennett Copy Share Image
The things a man has to have are hope and confidence in himself against odds, and sometimes he needs somebody, his pal… — Clark Gable Copy Share Image
“Mamà believed in loyalty above all, even at the cost of self-denial. She also believed it was always best to tell the… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
I have a sister, so I know-that relationship, it's all about fairness: you want your sibling to have exactly what you have-the… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
My mother helped me to get past that. She was always there for me, until she dies. I remember she told me… — Johanna Lindsey Copy Share Image
Nobody is excused from the excellence trend. Babies are not excused. Starting right after they get out of the womb, modern babies… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Sarah Buckley is precious, because she is bilingual. She can speak the language of a mother who gave birth to her four… — Michel Odent Copy Share Image
You married Elora?” “Yes, briefly.” Oren emphasized how fleeting it had been. “We were wed because we thought it would be a… — Amanda Hocking Copy Share Image
They decided to establish a museum of modern art where works by contemporary artists would be shown. Mother was viewed as a… — David Rockefeller Copy Share Image
Teachers have had a great effect on me as a child. I've always loved school and had a great appetite for learning.… — Alison Hawthorne Deming Copy Share Image
I always wanted to play a nun, and to play the Reverend Mother was a thrill of a lifetime for me. But,… — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
To be a mother is a beautiful thing, but to be able to assume the role for a child in need is… — Raheem DeVaughn Copy Share Image
I pissed off Greeks, particularly in my family, for years to come, because I popularized the word "malaka," which hitherto had not… — John Kapelos Copy Share Image
“When she reaches the ground, she looks from the old woman to me. A moment of confusion. Then recognition. I know her… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
My mother was the only girl in the family. One brother was District Attorney of Odessa or something; another was teaching classical… — George Gamow Copy Share Image
As the mother of six, Karen Santorum knows the power of stories to shape and mold the nature of our children. In… — Janet Parshall Copy Share Image
“For the last four years of her life, Mother was in a nursing home called Chateins in St. Louis ... [S]ix months… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
“What were you asleep? Helen would say as I opened the door. "I've been up since five." In her hand would be… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“A sudden thought struck me. Wouldn't it be odd if my mother got old! ... It is only natural that when your… — Maureen Daly Copy Share Image
When society is rightly organized, the wife and mother will have time, wish and will to grow intellectually, and will know that… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
I can remember no time when I did not understand that my mother must write books because people would have and read… — Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward Copy Share Image
Auroville (City of Dawn) is an 'experimental' township in Viluppuram district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India near Puducherry in South… — Mirra Alfassa Copy Share Image
I guess I can be surprised I'm alive. I'm taking a little better care of myself than when I was a young… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
“I don't think Tera is capable of working with you by her own choice, no matter how much grass you pull for… — J.Z. Colby Copy Share Image
Most of the time, when I had hits as a soloist - maybe not so much with Simon & Garfunkel - I… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
“Maybe if we both wish hard enough, I will become invisible, with watery veins and glass bones. My translucent heart will beat… — Corrine Jackson Copy Share Image
We start caring way too much about that new TV show or how many likes we're getting on Facebook or what our… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“What did you learn, Little Father?” Cheobawn asked, catching her breath. The boy scowled at her. “It was not a fair fight.… — J.D. Lakey Copy Share Image