Both parents were very encouraging - especially my father. My father thought the sun rose and set with me. Neither one had… — Gordon Getty Copy Share Image
My parents had this relationship that was really terrifying. I mean, the level of hatred that they had, and the level of… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
It is never too late to get into tennis! While I started playing at the age of 8 when my parents gave… — Samantha Stosur 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
Here is the beginning of understanding: most parents are doing their best, and most children are doing their best, and they're doing… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
I believe the more difficult a child is, the more I want that child. But I won't take a child until the… — Marva Collins Copy Share Image
I've always been shy, but I see that as a good thing because it kept me focused on music. When I was… — Hunter Hayes Copy Share Image
Of course, everyone's parents are embarrassing. It goes with the territory. The nature of parents is to embarrass merely by existing, just… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
When parents see their children's problems as opportunities to build the relationship instead of as negative, burdensome irritations, it totally changes the… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
God brought me to Himself at about the age of 4. My parents were devout believers and my Dad was in Bible… — Ben Zobrist Copy Share Image
Andrew said you were the best person he ever knew." "He reached that conclusion before he saw me raise three barbarian children… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Shakespeare is God, of course. I have studied his plays for the vast majority of my sentient life. When I was a… — Ken Ludwig Copy Share Image
To be born in imbecility, in the midst of pain and crisis; to be the plaything of ignorance, error, need, sickness, wickedness,… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
I had a very marginal understanding of what faith in God was growing up because, although I went to a Catholic school,… — Patricia Mauceri Copy Share Image
Only to two or three persons in all the world are the reminiscences of a man's early youth interesting: to the parent… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
My parents both had a great sense of humor, and always laughed a lot. One night, when they were watching 'Candid Camera,'… — Howie Mandel Copy Share Image
No matter where you're born in life or what the circumstances are when you're born, like your parents being poor or not… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
To be a well-rounded person and know what's going on in the world around you, to have a perspective outside of your… — Venus Williams Copy Share Image
Gen Y is really quite distinct from Gen X; it's really self-involved and very narcissistic - their cameras are filled with pictures… — Marcus Buckingham Copy Share Image
We live in a society now where it's very rare for your parents to be around. It used to be like, your… — Kathryn Hahn Copy Share Image
“The father who has selflessly poured himself into the life of his children may leave no other monument than that of his… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
I used to go to my kids' soccer games and I was the only parent who wasn't screaming, because I'd have to… — Neil Diamond Copy Share Image
In New Orleans, where I'm from, the average household income, with two working parents, two kids, a dog and a little fence… — Anthony Mackie Copy Share Image
There are those moments where you realize that your parents or your heroes are human and are fallible. That concept, in and… — Simon Helberg Copy Share Image
My parents took an interest in nothing, at home no books, no records. My mother and my father are the emblem of… — Vincent Gallo Copy Share Image
Children, a lot of times, can't make their parents wrong because they have to live with them, because they have to love… — Lana Parrilla Copy Share Image
When we were studying at the Royal Antwerp Academy, we were taught to seek inspiration from everyone, everything and everywhere. My parents… — Dries van Noten Copy Share Image
One area of study that still needs to be done is the kind of autism where kids have speech and they lose… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
When I was a kid people always asked why I didn't act like the rest of my family, and parents would say,… — Blake Lively Copy Share Image
I don't aspire to have her career, or to be as talented as her, because I'd feel like I was shooting myself… — Finty Williams Copy Share Image
We are born and reborn countless number of times, and it is possible that each being has been our parent at one… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Time has its revenges, but revenge seems so often sour. Wouldn’t we all do better not trying to understand, accepting the fact… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
I don't see a difference between a biological family and an adoptive one. I think the difference is more in the eyes… — Olivier Rousteing Copy Share Image
In Afghan society, parents play a central role in the lives of their children; the parent-child relationship is fundamental to who you… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
If you're a kid in Southern California, somebody - whether it's you or your parents - somebody throws your hat into the… — Danny Bonaduce Copy Share Image
When I went to prom, I was in a group picture, and a parent zoomed in and took the picture of only… — Morgan Saylor Copy Share Image
Miley Cyrus, like all of us, needs to be loved. We all come from complicated parents I understand her, and I love… — Richard Simmons Copy Share Image
There's a lot of weight on the shoulders of a single parent, and that's taken a lot of energy away from me.… — Joanna Cassidy Copy Share Image
Most of us don't have mothers who blazed a trail for us--at least, not all the way. Coming of age before or… — Anne Roiphe Copy Share Image
My parents were kind of over protective people. Me and my sister had to play in the backyard all the time. They… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
