This letter is written on the skin of one of the water sprites who drowned your parents.' 'Ick!' I cried, and dropped… — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
When my parents fought, I'd run up to my room, put on The Sound of Music, open the window and sing out.… — Christina Aguilera Copy Share Image
As a parent you try to maintain a certain amount of control and so you have this tug-of-war ... You have to… — Aretha Franklin Copy Share Image
There is no greatness without passion to be great, whether it's the aspiration of an athlete or an artist, a scientist, a… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
My parents divorced when I was a boy and I have since devoted my life to healing families, which is what my… — Shmuley Boteach Copy Share Image
I never waited 27 years, because 27 years ago I was just born. My parents never told me, 'If you don't win… — Roger Federer Copy Share Image
How many hopes and fears, how many ardent wishes and anxious apprehensions are twisted together in the threads that connect the parent… — Samuel Griswold Goodrich Copy Share Image
I'm concerned about the insidious influence of the media's bad messages that undermine the lessons parents try to instill in their sons… — John Ratzenberger Copy Share Image
My parents worked really hard at communicating other values they felt were important, such as integrity, courage, humility, treating others with dignity… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
Outside of my family, I don't really know. They're great people and my parents are great parents, and they brought me up… — Robert Pattinson Copy Share Image
My parents are my role models. I also love Halle Berry, Robert DeNiro, Eddie Murphy, Angela Bassett, Tom Cruise and Jennifer Lopez.… — Raven-Symone Copy Share Image
I was happy because I made enough money to give to my parents. I made enough money to get married on. I… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
It is time for us to focus on the issues that bring us together as a nation. Supporting parents' capacity to raise… — Joan Blades Copy Share Image
Men and women have defined roles, and it's the responsibility of a parent to make sure they know which way to go;… — Monica Johnson Copy Share Image
Our children may, at times, make parenting very difficult. Sometimes, we might be tempted to say, "Fine, I'm done with you!" But… — Gary L. Thomas Copy Share Image
My dad was an absentee dad, so it was always important to me that I was part of my daughter's life, and… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
“Mom hadn't met Ramon; her advocacy was more arm's length - petitions, the website, letter writing, meetings with politicians. Her friend Hanna… — Robin Stevenson Copy Share Image
To be a true hero you must be a true Christian. To sum up then, heroism is largely based on two qualities-… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are people a lot smarter than me investigating nature versus nurture who would have a lot to say about that, but… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
It is hard to imagine, but in a Maryland school, a 13- year old girl was arrested for refusing to say the… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
Environment is a sculptor - a painter. If we had been born in Constantinople, then most of us would have said: 'There… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
The assertion that 'culture' explains human variation will be taken seriously when there are reports of women war parties raiding villages to… — John Tooby Copy Share Image
Felicity ignores us. She walks out to them, an apparition in white and blue velvet, her head held high as they stare… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
There are new studies showing that young men and men with more progressive views of what a father should be - which… — Brigid Schulte Copy Share Image
He that has trained his children for heaven, rather than for earth- for God rather than for man- he is the parent… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
When I see a salt and pepper standing next to a bottle of ketchup, to me that's obviously a parent and two… — Richard McGuire Copy Share Image
I went to school and made good grades and went to college. So I was afforded an opportunity through my parents' hard… — Anthony Mackie Copy Share Image
Verily the kindness that gazes upon itself in a mirror turns to stone, and a good deed that calls itself by tender… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
My parents were so poor when I was a kid, I never went anywhere. I take our youngsters with us because I… — Alan Ladd Copy Share Image
I was blessed throughout my entire career. I had people rooting for me. It started with my parents, but it extended to… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I think every parent, every generation has wanted their children to do better and have a higher standard of living. But I… — Phil McGraw Copy Share Image
Children are wonderful, but they are not the center of the universe. The sooner their parents make them understand that, the better… — LZ Granderson Copy Share Image
But as for activism, my parents did what they could, given the constraints, but were never involved in the causes I think… — Paul Farmer Copy Share Image
Any parent wants the best for their children. I am not going to make a choice for my child on the basis… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
I guess that's one of the things about growing up in the fifties - it never occurred to me that you wouldn't… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
A child identifies his parents with God, whether or not the adults want that role. Most children 'see' God the way they… — James Dobson Copy Share Image
I don't think I would have been a good mother. Being a parent brings immense responsibility. It's a Herculean task. It would… — Julie Christie Copy Share Image
All my friends are funny, witty, fun-loving people. As are my parents, and the people I work with. I get at least… — Toks Olagundoye Copy Share Image
Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues. [Lat., Licet ipsa vitium sit ambitio, frequenter… — Quintilian Copy Share Image
Of what is real I say, Is it the old, the roseate parent or The bride come jingling, kissed and cupped, or… — Wallace Stevens Copy Share Image
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