And I finished college because I thought how much it would upset my parents if I didnt. — Harry Mathews Copy Share Image
Some people ask me whether I'm a 'mama's girl' or a 'papa's girl.' I'm nobody's girl. My brother clings to our parents;… — Hayden Panettiere Copy Share Image
Growing up, I knew you were supposed to have a profession - and something better than being a shopkeeper, which is what… — Les Wexner Copy Share Image
Earth, thou great footstool of our God, who reigns on high; thou fruitful source of all our raiment, life, and food; our… — Isaac Watts Copy Share Image
99.9% of being a good parent is just being present with your child. On the flipside of that, 100% of being happy… — Mark Webber Copy Share Image
My heart goes out to the grieving parents who lost their two-year-old or their newborn. — Elizabeth Edwards Copy Share Image
In some ways, I'm slightly like a single parent, so I need to be able to provide for my family. — Trinny Woodall Copy Share Image
Anybody who is a parent who wants to have a professional life knows that it's a struggle... always a balance. — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
"Rocket Night" is my take on bullying culture. I think this is getting better, thanks to the anti-bullying work being done by… — Alexander Weinstein Copy Share Image
Our parents are obviously proud, but they're still trying to get used to the fact that we're in a band. I have… — Zayn Malik Copy Share Image
My mother read that parents should spend quality time with their children. One way is to sign up for organized activities together.… — Julie Anne Peters Copy Share Image
There must be a profound recognition that parents are the first teachers and that education begins before formal schooling and is deeply… — Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot Copy Share Image
Not everyone is equipped to be a leader, but in a sense, everyone is a leader to someone, even though you're not… — John Wooden Copy Share Image
In principle the first thing on the stream would be my birth certificate, a little electronic version of that, my parents would… — David Gelernter Copy Share Image
My parents always liked it when I cursed in front of them. I could see the pleasure of it in their faces.… — John Green Copy Share Image
Ask any successful person, and most will tell you that they had a person who believed in them... a teacher, a friend,… — Sean Covey Copy Share Image
Children long to know that they are lovable. And there are ways that technology can help with that. But ultimately it's their… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
My parents said I'd always been attracted to music from an early age. The classic story is I started singing before I… — Vienna Teng Copy Share Image
Niepokalanow is a home like Nazareth. The Father is God the Father, the mother and mistress of the home is the Immaculata,… — Maximilian Kolbe Copy Share Image
There are no moments more painful for a parent than those in which you contemplate your child's perfect innocence of some imminent… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
Once I had a shrink who said, "Your parents are the fuel you run on," because I was raised in the tyranny… — John Waters Copy Share Image
[A] new generation, innocent of the divisions of the Cold War, this coming-of-age. ... If its members do not feel the urgency… — Jonathan Schell Copy Share Image
And now my old dog is dead, and another I had after him, and my parents are dead, and that first world,… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
Through the blur, I wondered if I was alone or if other parents felt the same way I did - that everything… — Debra Ginsberg Copy Share Image
My parents were workers. My mom, especially in my high school years, was a stock clerk at Kmart... My dad was a… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
There are some extraordinary fathers, who seem, during the whole course of their lives, to be giving their children reasons for being… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
I'm a parent, and I regulate what my kids listen to. I don't need the government to be the parent. If I'm… — Howard Stern Copy Share Image
Deux me' tresou un peu plusse parent donc l'homme de la femme. Two metres, or a little more, separates a man from… — Alain Robbe-Grillet Copy Share Image
If my parents had made love a tenth of a second earlier or later, I wouldn't exist. What an enormous miracle, just… — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
All possible means were used by the infatuated parents to conclude the bargain; and deception put an end to these usual artifices. — Adelbert von Chamisso Copy Share Image
When it was time for parent-teacher conferences, I remember that I was always embarrassed about what my parents would hear about me! — Derek Jeter Copy Share Image
In the free society envisioned by the founders, schools are held accountable to parents, not federal bureaucrats. — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Being a parent myself, I really understand the importance of keeping your children safe online. — Judi Love Copy Share Image
My parents were founders of the Cuban Communist Party, and I grew up extremely poor. — Guillermo Cabrera Infante Copy Share Image
One of the most meaningful things we can do as parents is teach our children the power of prayer, not just the… — Tad R. Callister Copy Share Image
Every culture feels like their parents are the most stringent as far as, "We came to this country to work hard, we… — Ato Essandoh 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
They have taken the care and upbringing of children out of the hands of parents, where it belongs, and thrown it upon… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you bring a child in this world,be a parent,spend time with them,love them no matter what,its not about you anymore,its about… — Murali Iyengar Copy Share Image
My parents were very patient with my pretentious little adolescent snobberies. It took me awhile to accept them. — Matthew Specktor Copy Share Image