One of the things that all kids are taught by their parents is this old "sticks and stones will break my bones,… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
When I was little, I attended five different elementary schools. My parents are very restless people, which is probably where I get… — Evangeline Lilly Copy Share Image
Because of my parents' love of democracy, we came to America after being driven twice from our home in Czechoslovakia - first… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
One didn't issue instructions to comets. Grown children did what they had to do, and parents could only grit their teeth and… — Lisa Alther Copy Share Image
“If you believe that your needs were met because you prayed, then you make God the parent who reacts only when the… — Felix Wantang Copy Share Image
But I also like to shower my parents with presents. I bought them a beautiful car and a house. — Eva Herzigova Copy Share Image
Perfection is always found in maturity, whether it be in the animal or in the intellectual world. Reflection is the mother of… — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
My mum Margaret was a single parent, but though life was a bit of a struggle she gave me every encouragement. — Ashley Jensen Copy Share Image
70% of children born into poverty will never make it to the middle class. The uncomfortable truth is that there are now… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
The money we spend on education should follow the choice of the parents, not the choice of educrats, bureaucrats, politicians, who, unfortunately,… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
I would direct TV. That's a little different. It's more of a contained world as a director. When you're doing a film… — Cheryl Hines Copy Share Image
The young need old men. They need men who are not ashamed of age, not pathetic imitations of themselves. ... Parents are… — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
When you are young, you enjoy a sustained illusion that sooner or later something marvelous is going to happen, that you are… — Brian Aldiss Copy Share Image
When Marlee [Matlin] won her Oscar, she said, "and I just want to thank my parents." When I was saying those words… — Jack Jason Copy Share Image
The educating of the parents is really the education of the child children tend to live what is unlived in the parents,… — Laurens van der Post Copy Share Image
In the Fifties, my parents were known as 'America's sweethearts'. Their pictures graced the covers of all the newspapers. They were the… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
God, you mean I lost my virginity to the apocalypse?" Morgan sighed again. "The whole thing was really embarrassing; my parents sent… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
You of all beings know how fate works. What happened to you as a human happened because everyone from your parents on… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
I've spent the majority of my life estranged from either one or both of my parents, and I've really had a lot… — Jason Diamond Copy Share Image
Animals are being exploited in such an unbelievable way; it's not acceptable. PETA is trying to get your attention, and they're successful… — Alicia Silverstone Copy Share Image
Love is unconditional acceptance. It is love of parents for child; also the non-possessive love of partners; also the caring love between… — Peter Shepherd Copy Share Image
Israelis are wrong in not looking for a change in the relationship with the United States that would put it more in… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
My parents, neither one of them went to college. That wasn't available to them. But, you know, we had a wonderful life.… — Tad Devine Copy Share Image
History did not demand Yossarian's premature demise, justice could be satisfied without it, progress did not hinge upon it, victory did not… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
At that moment, she cannot think of a more reckless, irrational thing than choosing to become a parent. — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
If parents snicker at racial and gender jokes, another generation will pass on the poison adults still have not had the courage… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
When you have parents who are a little out of their minds, somebody has to take responsibility. — Shannon Woodward Copy Share Image
Being a parent is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a puppy — Barbara Walters Copy Share Image
I would have given anything to keep her little. They outgrow us so much faster than we outgrow them. Brian Fitzgerald, talking… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
We all parent the best we can. Being human, we're ambivalent. We want perfection for our babies, but we also need sleep. — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
Like every parent, my parents too took a lot of effort to give us the best, and to keep things as normal… — Aishwarya R. Dhanush Copy Share Image
Until you become a parent, you can't begin to discover your capacity for strength, love and fatigue. — Peter Gallagher Copy Share Image
Great families of yesterday we show, And lords, whose parents were the Lord knows who. — Daniel Defoe Copy Share Image
I love being a parent, and when I'm gone even 2 1/2 days for a tournament, I'm forcing Janna to be a single parent. — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
Divorce is, of course, difficult for a child. I didn't go through it as my parents stayed together, but I have a… — Elizabeth Hurley Copy Share Image
Can we be unsafe where God has placed us, and where He watches over us as a parent a child that he… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
My parents are the coolest of the cool on every single level, and it's because they have a deep appreciation for every… — Rashida Jones Copy Share Image
I felt like my parents were always involved with abstraction, and I wanted to do something very specific. — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
Having a kid is hard to explain, but when you talk to another parent, you have mutual understanding of what that does… — Will Grier Copy Share Image
The thinking man always finds himself in a gigantic orphanage in which people are continually proving to him that he has no… — Thomas Bernhard Copy Share Image