And so, a prediction, and my heartfelt wish for you: as you get older, your self will diminish and you will grow… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
I was an only child. I lost both my parents. By the time I was twenty I was bald. I'm homosexual. In… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
I had this great urge... I had it the day I was born. Some may call it destiny. My parents and friends… — Dian Fossey Copy Share Image
People say my films are dark. But like lightness, darkness stems from a reflection of the world. The thing is, I get… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
So I went to New York City to be born again. It was and remains easy for most Americans to go somewhere… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I grew up with probably three different authors having a seminal influence on my childhood, Dr. Seuss being one and Maurice Sendak… — Christopher Meledandri Copy Share Image
My parents were disappointed I didn't finish college, and they were really upset when I went to Hollywood to become an actor.… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
Most kids will not volunteer to eat veggies. At times you must step up to the plate and enforce the rule of… — Lee Haney Copy Share Image
An overzealous parent is just one example of the kind of Problem Mom or Dad who pops up at track meets, threatening… — Don Kardong Copy Share Image
My parents had an arranged marriage, as did so many other people when I was growing up. My father came and had… — Jhumpa Lahiri Copy Share Image
There is a strong side to me, that is of a homemaker. I look forward to spending time at home in the… — Deepika Padukone Copy Share Image
The great thing about my parents is they didn't preach anything they didn't practice. — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
One of my school friends' parents owned a minigolf course, and a bunch of us kids would play there all day in… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
My grandmother was also an active member of the tenants association and a staunch supporter of the Democratic Party, and both of… — Scarlett Johansson Copy Share Image
Western parents try to respect their children’s individuality, encouraging them to pursue their true passions, supporting their choices, and providing positive reinforcement… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
I never lost an argument and my parents assumed I would be a lawyer. They cast me in that role. — Jared Harris Copy Share Image
Parents don't come full bloom at the birth of the first baby. In fact parenting is about growing. It's about our own… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
Storytelling is how we survive, when there's no feed, the story feeds something, it feeds the spirit, the imagination. I can't imagine… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
My parents walked in on me Googling 'agents for kids' when I was 9. — Graham Phillips Copy Share Image
[Harriet Tubman] spoke passionately about her parents, her friends, shared stories about her childhood - learning about all these elements and aspects… — Aisha Hinds Copy Share Image
Children are free moral agents and have a right to be exposed to a range of beliefs well beyond the rigid doctrinal… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
My parents always worked through their arguments and never went to bed angry. They may not have agreed with one another, but… — Anthony Anderson Copy Share Image
Every day, every hour, the parents are either passively or actively forming those habits in their children upon which, more than upon… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
Radar threw his books into his locker and shut it. Then the din of conversation around us quieted just a bit as… — John Green Copy Share Image
I'm an only child, and I think one of the sweet things about that is that my parents are really interested in… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
I never thought I'd be a role model this early. It caught me off-guard, but it says a lot about how I… — Danica Patrick Copy Share Image
I think sitting in the car with your parents and listening to music is an essential to growing up. — James Vincent McMorrow Copy Share Image
I've never worked with an acting coach, but my parents had acting classes and I grew up around them my whole life… — Blake Lively Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I just thought that my plans were probably going to be more exciting than my parents' plans or… — Amy Grant Copy Share Image
To use what has a boundary to pursue what is limitless is dangerous; with this knowledge, if we still go after knowledge,… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
I conveniently forgot to remember that people only have two hands, or, as another parent once said of having a third child,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
People ask me. 'What about gay adoptions? Interracial? Single Parent?' I say. "Hey fine, as long as it works for the child… — Dave Thomas Copy Share Image
We feel great compassion for parents whose love and protective instincts for their challenged children have moved them to some positions that… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
My parents are both lawyers, and my father always said his best cases have been returns, cases that come into his office… — Olivia Williams Copy Share Image
I worry about the kids who have too much. As a parent living in a so-called good neighborhood with children who went… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
The best bought-up children are those who have seen thier parents as they are. Hypocrisy is not the first duty of a… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The Alien bill proposed in the Senate is a monster that must forever disgrace its parents. — James Madison Copy Share Image
I've been working on my relationship with my parents and my sister over the years. — Tre Cool Copy Share Image