I became a firefighter because I wanted to save people. But I should have been more specific. I should have named names. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I think it's the support from our parents. They want to see us succeed and do what we want to do. — Malcolm Subban Copy Share Image
If you see in your children most of your own faults, you have failed as a parent, but succeeded as a neurotic. — Mignon McLaughlin Copy Share Image
This might be the first generation where kids are dying at a younger age than their parents and it's related primarily to… — Judy Davis Copy Share Image
I think it's one of the reasons I wrote my book later in life. My parents didn't have these extreme alternations of… — Francine du Plessix Gray Copy Share Image
“he was the single parent to an adorable little girl, making him the complete package. Only, for whatever reason, his package didn’t… — Marina Adair Copy Share Image
I was lucky enough to have parents who started me on music very early, but most kids don't get that kind of… — Joshua Bell Copy Share Image
When I was 3 years old, my parents got a dog. I was jealous of the dog, so they got rid of me. — Rodney Dangerfield Copy Share Image
I was born in London. I moved to New Zealand when I was really young; I can't remember London. My parents went… — Thomston Copy Share Image
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I really don't understand how parents can talk about gay couples' PDA as a problem or a transgender teen's suicide and not… — Steven Petrow Copy Share Image
I am a black male who grew up in the inner city of Atlanta and no one ever followed me in a… — Allen West Copy Share Image
It's a very difficult thing losing a parent, but I think there's an added complication for me, because he was so well-loved… — Kate Beckinsale Copy Share Image
My parents were European immigrants. They came to the States with $1,500, two suitcases, and me, and they managed to build a… — Stana Katic Copy Share Image
I feel like I'm really blessed and lucky that I have a very good social life outside of the gym, and I… — Aly Raisman Copy Share Image
People think the advantage of a parent in the business is that they'll open doors for you. But the true advantage for… — Katherine Waterston Copy Share Image
“Dawn's Spawn: Cause and Effect Criticizing the next generation reflects on us. We hold the power to carve out good citizens who… — Kamil Ali Copy Share Image
Speaking of love, one problem that recurs more and more frequently these days, in books and plays and movies, is the inability… — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
We pass our values, ideas and moral character on to our children, but we do that knowing that our children are going… — Alison Gopnik Copy Share Image
You know, people see [August: Osage County], and I tell them that it's based on my family, and they assume that I… — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
I was raised, myself, by extremely strict but also extremely loving Chinese immigrant parents. To this day, I believe that their having… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
The system isn't working when 12 million people live in hiding, and hundreds of thousands cross our borders illegally each year; when… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Put Your Spouse First: When the children are grown and move out of the home, who will be left but your spouse?… — Miriam Copy Share Image
[People] are trying to - they're trying to create something that solves a series of very complex problems inside of them or… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
When we outlaw child pornography, the prices paid for child performers rise, increasing the incentives for parents to use children against their… — Mary Ruwart Copy Share Image
A natural parent has only two things principally to consider, the improvement of his son, and the finances to do it with. — George Washington Copy Share Image
I had a really nice childhood; I had great parents. I earned my allowance by washing dishes, and in the summer I… — Nikki Giovanni 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
If you discover a word in my book that you don't understand, ask your parents so they can look it up in… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
I'm really confident. I had a perfect childhood. I had perfect parents and grandparents. They just love me, simply. So I have… — Melanie Laurent 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
We see kids out there on their parent's shoulders rocking out. And that's really special. — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
I grew up in Siena and was surrounded by the Palio, and all my friends at school were obsessed with it. But… — Cosima Spender Copy Share Image
My parents were big supporters of me going to college. It was the right thing for me to do. But it was… — Garrett Atkins Copy Share Image
Between the two [parents], it was a really unique upbringing, I think, especially for where I was from. — Mahershala Ali Copy Share Image
Why did I write? whose sin to me unknown Dipt me in ink, my parents', or my own? As yet a child,… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
We are programmed by our past beliefs, which we inherited from our parents, our cultural traditions sometimes, and our social conditioning. — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
My parents divorced when I was one year old so I don't really remember any of the details, but luckily my mom… — Chelsea Peretti Copy Share Image
That's why I get excited over new things, because I didn't have much when I was smaller and my parents could only… — Jc Caylen Copy Share Image
If I had been living through the '80s, I probably would've gotten into a lot more trouble than my parents. — Julianne Hough Copy Share Image
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![“[People] are trying to - they're trying to create something that solves a series of very complex problems inside of them or in their history. And I think when I unknowingly - when I went to do that, that's what I was - I was trying to integrate all of these very difficult things that I'd been…” quote by Bruce Springsteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/131/bruce-springsteen-546_complex-problems_people-are-trying-to-they-re-trying-to-c_2018072.jpg)
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