The day I turned 16, I moved into my own flat. My parents had just broken up, and I didn't want to… — Roisin Murphy Copy Share Image
When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around.… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
My father, though, could run very much faster. It was impossible to compete with him on the grass. But it was astonishing… — Georg Brandes Copy Share Image
I was such a strong-willed child, my parents weren't sure how to deal with me. — Abby Huntsman Copy Share Image
I think this is every mother's worst nightmare - something dreadful happening to her child. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Come walk the path that leads to eternal happiness, joy, and everlasting life in the kingdom of our Heavenly Father. — Robert D. Hales Copy Share Image
“I know,' I said, thinking about the trip my mother had wanted me to take, and the trip we'd ended up taking,… — Morgan Matson Copy Share Image
“If a woman can by careful selection of a father, and nourishment of herself produce a citizen with efficient senses, sound organs… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The trimmings of wealth are not as important to me and my generation as they were to my parents' generation. — Ian Schrager Copy Share Image
“At first we tried to keep up, but soon we were tired of boiling and pickling and deviling, and my mother started… — Wendelin Van Draanen Copy Share Image
If we claim heritage in Bacon, Shakespeare and Milton, we also acknowledge that it was for liberties guaranteed Englishmen by sacred charters… — Chauncey Depew Copy Share Image
I'm not defined by where I came from. I never took part in the rules and hatred that sometimes go along with… — Katy Perry Copy Share Image
My mother, Abra, had taught me that all people are made from the same dust. When our days here are gone, all… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Inability is often the mother of restriction, and restriction is the great mother of inventive performance. — Holger Czukay Copy Share Image
My brothers always like to believe that my father pampered me and I am spoilt. While it is not true, they felt… — Sonakshi Sinha Copy Share Image
I know I wouldn't have made the callback for 'Ma' if my father's house had not burned down because I would have… — Diana Silvers Copy Share Image
My parents had become adults during the Great Depression, as had many of my aunts and uncles, so I got stories from… — Joe R. Lansdale Copy Share Image
The Savior will help you do what He has called you to do, be it for a time as a worker in… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
Father was the eldest son and the heir apparent, and he set the standard for being a Rockefeller very high, so every… — David Rockefeller Copy Share Image
A couple of years before he died, I kissed my father goodbye. He said, 'Son, you haven't kissed me since you were… — Terry Wogan Copy Share Image
My parents were both from Scotland, but had been resident in Lower Canada some time before their marriage, which took place in… — Maria Monk Copy Share Image
Every success story has a parent who says, 'over my dead body.' Every success story has an old person who walks up… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
I've been really, really fortunate to have a mother that has spent many, many long hours on her knees praying for me.… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
“My father’s generation, who for the most part did not know Christ, knew at least there was a right and a wrong.… — Patrick Davis Copy Share Image
“Times like this, I don't wish for ignorance. I look around and I see the bloated ignorance of the lumpen proletariat: roly-poly,… — Ayize Jama-Everett Copy Share Image
Usually women are the lynchpins of the family. They carry the brunt of the work at home and of being mothers and… — Carolyn Maloney Copy Share Image
I've known what it's like to survive without a steady job. Growing up in the Philippines, I watched my parents juggle part-time… — Arnel Pineda Copy Share Image
Mother loathed the all-black B movies Hollywood made for the "colored" audience, where the stereotypes were broader and more offensive to her,… — Gayle Pemberton Copy Share Image
I've seen my own kids go through their own ups and downs, and as a mother, you want to make it better. — JoBeth Williams Copy Share Image
“Mother Teresa once said: When Jesus came into the world, He loved it so much that He gave His life for it.… — Heidi Baker Copy Share Image
... whenever Christ, the Bridegroom of pure souls, is mystically united with each soul, He gives the Father occasion to rejoice over… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
I didn't do anything differently than what my father was doing. It's a really hard family to rebel in. I could have… — Justin Townes Earle Copy Share Image
"Dream big, work hard." My parents brought up Kylie [Jenner] and me to be workaholics. That's something I really appreciate. — Kendall Jenner Copy Share Image
I am not a father, and the only children that I get close to are my nieces. — Greg Davies Copy Share Image
I hope creation of vision board inspires parents and teachers worldwide — Sitara Devi Copy Share Image
It's interesting that I had such a close relationship with my grandfather. Because your parents always judge you: they say, 'You shouldn't… — Novak Djokovic Copy Share Image
God has given you your country as cradle, and humanity as mother; you cannot rightly love your brethren of the cradle if… — Giuseppe Mazzini Copy Share Image