When I wanted to become an actor, I was afraid to tell it to my parents. But once, my uncle Chiranjeevi said… — Varun Tej Copy Share Image
I saw my parents as model grown-ups, and their manner, their silence, informed my sense of what adulthood looked and felt like.… — Caroline Knapp Copy Share Image
“My job is not to sell the books - my father does that - but to look after them. Every so often… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
I think it helped all of us that we had creative parents. They understood what it was like when a kid wanted… — Michael Penn Copy Share Image
My mother, Sarah Fitzgerald, is Irish and a portrait photographer, and my English father, Michael Callaby, was an artist. — Tara Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Both my parents were migrant workers who came to the U.K. in the Fifties to better themselves. The culture I grew up… — Sanjeev Bhaskar Copy Share Image
I had bohemian parents in Seattle in the last '60s living in a houseboat. My dad wrote science fiction novels and painted… — Rainn Wilson Copy Share Image
“My late unlamented father taught me one valuable lesson. 'Boy', he would say to me in the thick brogue of a champion… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
Certainly for my father, there were great times, good times, not-so-good times. He might be shooting a Fellini film for six months,… — Toby Jones Copy Share Image
My father was right: you could make anybody amazing just by insisting they were. — Elizabeth McCracken Copy Share Image
When messengers are sent to minister to the inhabitants of this earth, they are not strangers, but from the ranks of our… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Mama, you know, lost all her enthusiasm for mothering by Baby Number Seven. What a pity she did not lose her enthusiasm… — Loretta Chase Copy Share Image
“I know, having myself lost a parent too soon, that being without a father will not be easy for you. But try… — Camille Pagán Copy Share Image
“An excellent mother knows she has the beautiful life, and she is a big time programmer.” — Agu Jaachynma N.E Copy Share Image
“A MAN AND HIS YOUNG WIFE WERE IN COURT BATTLING FOR THE CUSTODY OF THEIR CHILDREN. THE MOTHER ARGUED TO THE JUDGE… — Mark A. Barondess Copy Share Image
The forest is the first cathedral. I felt that from the time I was a child. I credit my mother with that.… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“Countless doctors have drawn little tic-tac-toe grids for my parents over the years to try to explain the genetic lottery to them.… — R.J. Palacio Copy Share Image
I love my mother, my wife, my sisters very much. I honour and respect them. Women are the keepers of the family. — Ramzan Kadyrov Copy Share Image
Family has always been the most important thing in my life. The only real goal that I ever had was to be… — Goldie Hawn Copy Share Image
When a child loses his parent, they are called an orphan. When a spouse loses her or his partner, they are called… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
It's not that we didn't get along, it's just that my mother-in-law is very objective. She objected to everything I did. — Beverly D'Angelo Copy Share Image
Though my mother gave me the first break, I didn't want to become an actor. I wanted to dance. — Supriya Pathak Copy Share Image
My parents instilled something greater than myself. They instilled faith in me. — Johnathon Schaech Copy Share Image
“Her father loved rain. His strength came from the second season, and he knew how to draw from water. Rain held the… — India Drummond Copy Share Image
I know our kids will be OK, as long as they listen more to their mother than to me! — Michael Skolnik Copy Share Image
As a rule, I try to steer clear of opinions pertaining to your parenting. I assume you're doing the best you can,… — Emma McLaughlin Copy Share Image
“An uncorked kid to me is an expression as to who they truly are and isn't it that that as adults we… — Lehla Eldridge Copy Share Image
Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things. — Plautus Copy Share Image
Teaching music to children is the most important thing in life, next to parenting, that a person can do. — Jean Ashworth Bartle Copy Share Image
“What is your collective GPA for this year?” “Not as high as I'd like it to be.” Freud steepled his fingers in… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
I'm a better mother if I'm also doing my work. Some women find a lot more satisfaction from doing the hardest job,… — Katey Sagal Copy Share Image
“They all spoke kindly of my dead mother, who had been a slave merely in name, but in nature was noble and… — Harriet Jacobs Copy Share Image
My parents separated before I was born, but they remained friends, so I was close to both sides of my family, with… — Winnie Harlow Copy Share Image
And as for baby-boomer parents cluck-clucking about illegal substances, ah, gimme a break. Still, I think I'll pass on the rave. But… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
