Whenever someone refers to me as someone "who happens to be black," I wonder if they realize that both my parents are… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
On the other hand, there are plenty of red flags that link developmental disabilities to things like lead and mercury and pesticides… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
“I have never even idly thought for a single passing second that it might make my life nicer to have a small… — Tim Kreider Copy Share Image
He scarcely saw his parents. When Christopher was small, he was terrified that he would meet Papa out walking in the Park… — Diana Wynne Jones Copy Share Image
Friendships are different from all other relationships. Unlike acquaintanceship, friendship is based on love. Unlike lovers and married couples, it is free… — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share Image
The latest research on social mobility showed that there's a large aggregate decline in the U.S. in your chances of earning more… — Raj Chetty Copy Share Image
My parents used to say faith wasn't something you could pretend about. It wasn't real unless it looked like faith and acted… — Karen Kingsbury Copy Share Image
I think people kind of come in who they are, and it sort of doesn't even matter who their parents are -… — Rashida Jones Copy Share Image
Comic books, movies, radio programmes centered their entertainment around the fact of torture. With the clearest of consciences, with a patriotic intensity,… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
Oh, Daja," moaned Jory, "you sound just like my parents." She ran from the schoolroom. "Well, there's no reason to insult me,… — Tamora Pierce Copy Share Image
I think women look for that quality in a man of being a good dad whether they're immediately wanting to be a… — Emily VanCamp Copy Share Image
My mother isn't particularly vain. Growing up with a parent who put emphasis on personality over looks was important. — Alexa Chung Copy Share Image
My parents are very comfortable with the way that I am, and I think they've always been. Without that, I don't think… — Jason Wu Copy Share Image
I have the most incredible parents and they didn't put pressure on me. I grew up in a house and no matter… — John Krasinski Copy Share Image
I was born of heterosexual parents. I was taught by heterosexual teachers in a fiercely heterosexual society. Television ads and newspaper ads… — Harvey Milk 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
When I meet other parents and they're more 'mumsy' than I am - you know, I don't want to be 'mumsy,' but… — Cecily von Ziegesar Copy Share Image
The question is grateful to who? You would think grateful to Allah, but Allah didn’t mention Himself. So it could be grateful… — Nouman Ali Khan Copy Share Image
When you become a parent, you look at your parents differently. You look at being a child differently. It's an awakening, a… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
The psychological origins of love are in attachment to parents and sexual partners. We do not attach to ourselves; we do not… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
As a parent with a child with autism, it's been really tough to experience your child having autism. — Deron Williams Copy Share Image
All things in the natural world symbolize God, yet none of them speak of him but in broken and imperfect words. High… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
I have not said your values are wrong. But neither are they right. They are simply judgments. Assessments. Decisions. For the most… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
If you read to your kids you'll make readers out of them, partly because they'll associate reading with good parent time. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a poet. I had a really romantic idea about what that would mean. My parents knew some poets,… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
Raising children is like making biscuits: it is as easy to raise a big batch as one, while you have your hands… — E. W. Howe Copy Share Image
The attitude you have as a parent is what your kids will learn from more than what you tell them. They don't… — Jim Henson Copy Share Image
Our parents and grandparents understood this truth deeply. They believed - as we do - that to create jobs, a modern economy… — Martin O'Malley Copy Share Image
I used to date a girl from Buffalo. Why can't I meet a girl with normal parents? — Rodney Dangerfield Copy Share Image
Son of Lady Chatterley's Lover had obvious commercial advantages (as a title for this book), but it impugned the marital status of… — Jack Paar Copy Share Image
I went from living with my parents, to being signed out of high school. I have never, not had a boss, or… — Tyler Hilton Copy Share Image
She knew whose love she doubted. It wasn't her parents' and it wasn't her friends: It was her own. — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
I'm moved by contraries, by opposites, the strength that was my mother's eyes, the beauty of my father's hands. — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
My parents split when I was 13. For a youngster, it's quite devastating. One minute you're all happy families, then everything changes. — Vinnie Jones Copy Share Image
I think that we have created a new kind of person in a way. We have created a child who will be… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
I have done this—made the sad prince laugh. Made his grieving parents smile. None but me. Think you only kings have power?… — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
