My parents were very Old World. They come from Brooklyn, which is the heart of the Old World. Their values in life… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
David Stern should get with the mothers of the NBA and let the moms decide what the dress code should be. I… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
First your parents, they give you your life, but then they try to give you their life. — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
If you look around to find meaning in everything that happens, you will end up disappointed. Sometimes there aren’t reasons behind the… — Adriana Trigiani Copy Share Image
And I definitely wanted to be a writer, but I felt a duty now, having used up those educational resources, I felt… — Thomas Keneally Copy Share Image
My parents are from the former Soviet Union, from Ukraine, and I grew up wanting to be a professional hockey player. — Gabe Polsky Copy Share Image
I look out the window again, taking slow, deep breaths into a body too tense to move. And as I stare out… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Every public elementary school ought to welcome Good News Clubs. Parents appreciate them; children love them; and the First Amendment protects them.… — Mathew Staver Copy Share Image
If there is one thing educators can agree on, it's this: children do better in school when their parents get involved in… — William Bennett Copy Share Image
This is why the terrorists hate us. And it's not the glitter and it's not the pomp and circumstance. We've got black… — Adam Carolla Copy Share Image
I think I've wanted to be an actress since the day I was born. I even asked my parents for an agent… — Shoshannah Stern Copy Share Image
It's important to see your parents as individuals. As a son or as a daughter you don't stop and think that your… — Seth Rogen Copy Share Image
But as far as the fame goes, my parents make sure they keep me grounded, for sure. They make me wash dishes… — Ashley Greene Copy Share Image
The thing I remember the most was not understanding why, if you were doing the right thing, then why did people want… — Sandra Bullock Copy Share Image
Its a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children. — Ama Ata Aidoo Copy Share Image
My advice to educators is collaborate with parents; they know a lot about their kids. — Ross W. Greene Copy Share Image
I wonder how it turns out that we all lead such different lives. Take you and your sister, for example. You're born… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
But now, being a parent, I go home and see my son and I forget about any mistake I ever made or… — LeBron James Copy Share Image
In any event, parents never underestimated the abilities of their own children. Quite the reverse. Sometimes it was well nigh impossible for… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
Ramona stepped back into her closet, slid the door shut, pressed an imaginary button, and when her imaginary elevator had made its… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
I don't think it's very healthy to hold people to idealized views. I think that's a certain stage in life, something kids… — Joan Cusack Copy Share Image
I've covered a lot of ground geographically and emotionally and for years I lost my connection with my family. But the best… — Brigitte Nielsen Copy Share Image
With my family background - my parents were both activists - writing about culture and politics came naturally. — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
God blessed me with two unbelievable parents, and I am just like both of them. I have the smile and charisma of… — Magic Johnson Copy Share Image
I pride myself as being a very supportive parent. I go to my daughter's soccer games. I hit most of them. I… — Bill Simmons Copy Share Image
Coaches know that a parent publicly scolding his kid after a race will not help the athlete perform better. — Don Kardong Copy Share Image
It seemed a marvel to her that any mortal should suffer for lack of love, and yet she had never known a… — Chris Adrian Copy Share Image
If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Women's self didn't die; it had never been born. And when women insisted on their right to have a self, they weren't… — Judith M Bardwick Copy Share Image
When I was a kid I was a big fan of the Universal Monsters movies of the 1930's and the 1940's. I… — Robbie Rist Copy Share Image
When I look in the mirror I see my parents' sacrifices being honored. I see the love from which I was created… — Zulay Henao Copy Share Image
A Jewish man with his parents alive is half the time a helpless infant! — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
It's cool to have parents and family who will always tell me the truth no matter what. They'll tell me if I'm… — Jordin Sparks Copy Share Image
One reason we have children I think is to learn that parts of ourselves we had given up for dead are merely… — Anne Fadiman Copy Share Image
All the work on heritability was never based on looking at genes; it was based on the similarity between identical twins or… — Jerome Kagan Copy Share Image
As a parent, I don't really want my child to know about all this horrible violence that people seem to be wanting… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
Faint equivalents can sometimes be found ... . Or it can be rendered obliquely-an adolescent's mental image of his or her parents… — Donald Barthelme Copy Share Image
Both my parents were doctors, and my mother had her surgery in the house. There were six children. — Diane Cilento Copy Share Image
“Bea did not want a new mother. She'd hardly even seen the one she once had, except for glimpses out the window… — Amanda McCabe Copy Share Image
