I remember when I was a kid, with the acting thing, I resented it because, you know, you don't want to do… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
My parents, both of them had teachers in their family and were pretty well read. So my father voted for [Dwight] Eisenhower. — Jeff Sessions Copy Share Image
The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put on friendship and tenderness towards parents and… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Parents should leave books lying around marked ‘forbidden’ if they want their children to read. — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
“once you become a parent, you learn that love can involve more fear than you had ever imagined, and you never quite… — Teresa Driscoll Copy Share Image
My mom made me think I was gorgeous. When I was younger she was like, 'Look at you! You're an angel. You… — Amy Schumer Copy Share Image
What we forgot as children is that our parents are children, also. The child in them has not been satisfied or met… — Edna O'Brien Copy Share Image
I think the '70s are always inspiring to me. I was born then, so I have a lot of memories about how… — Frida Giannini Copy Share Image
parents needn't bother driving small children around to see the purple mountains' majesties; the children will go right on duking it out… — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
My maternal family are South African and when I was small and my parents separated my mother and I went back to… — Rachel Holmes Copy Share Image
Often parents communicate most effectively with their children by the way they listen to and address each other. Their conversations showing gentleness… — Marvin J. Ashton Copy Share Image
Negotiating the adolescent stage is neither quick nor easy. . . . I have often said to parents, "If it isn't illegal,… — Virginia Satir Copy Share Image
Tradionally, parents made decisions for a child, because presumably they are looking out for his or her best interests. But if they… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
It's not that I don't respect my parents' authority or appreciate all that they did for me, but when I was 18… — Ryan Sheckler Copy Share Image
Most adults would not dream of belittling, humiliating, or bullying (verbally or physically) another adult. But many of the same adults think… — Laurence Steinberg Copy Share Image
The charter school is a possibility, an alternative in certain circumstances, but not in most, and not in most places, and not… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
I think it's a sign of a gotcha political system that's looking to take down public interest candidates that they make a… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
My parents danced together, her head on his chest. Both had their eyes closed. They seemed so perfectly content. If you can… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I'm very much inspired by the Latin music, especially the romantic boleros. Not that when I sit to write a play I… — Nilo Cruz Copy Share Image
Homosexual behavior is a ground for divorce, an act of sexual misconduct punishable as a crime in Alabama, a crime against nature,… — Roy Moore Copy Share Image
It isn't that some gay will get some rights. It's that everyone else in our state will lose rights. For instance, parents… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
As a skilled psychologist, Dr. Reznick draws from her wealth of experience to offer children and parents a treasure trove of skills… — Judith Orloff Copy Share Image
I lived in a plenty tough neighborhood. When somebody called me a 'dirty little Guinea', there was only one thing to do-break… — Frank Sinatra Copy Share Image
We watched each other evolve into parents, with all the fear, rage and confusion evolution can involve. Our eight-year-old is the incarnation… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke Copy Share Image
we all grow up thinking our parents found us under cabbage leaves and that sex didn't exist before our personal coming-of-age. — Mary Jo Putney Copy Share Image
You want to give him the book of his own life, the book that will locate him, parent him, arm him for… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
A child needs to be listened to and talked to at 3 and 4 and 5 years of age. Parents should not… — Bob Keeshan Copy Share Image
Both my parents are Scottish, and although I grew up in Canada after moving over, all of my family are proud to… — Callum Keith Rennie Copy Share Image
You want to be a good parent and you want to be a friend, and it's hard to be both. You have… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
Being a soldier [in the wars of modern power politics] was like being on a team in a sport that drew no… — Dan Wakefield Copy Share Image
Just as our parents quieted us when we were noisy by putting us in front of the television set, maybe we're now… — Elizabeth Wurtzel Copy Share Image
I'm surprised I wasn't sent to therapy in the childhood to be honest. I think my parents must have gotten a kick… — Katie Dippold Copy Share Image
My parents were both Spanish-speakers and they used to speak to me and my siblings in Spanish and we'd answer them in… — America Ferrera Copy Share Image
I was an only child. I've known only children. From this experience, I do believe that the children should outnumber the parents. — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
If you’re going to have childhood dreams you should have great parents who let you pursue them and express your creativity — Randy Pausch Copy Share Image
Women have nine months more experience than you do - nine months to prepare for being a parent. — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
Liberty is the great parent of science and of virtue; and a nation will be great in both in proportion as it… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The greatest gifts my parents gave to me...were their unconditional love and a set of values. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Most families need both parents to work. Moms need to be able to work and earn fair pay and have the flexibility… — Joan Blades Copy Share Image
“Teach your child, character, honor and integrity. The greatest gift a parent can give.” — Joe Mehl Copy Share Image
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