Jill, we became parents so we could tell our kids what to do. Otherwise we're just the tallest people living here. — Tim Allen Copy Share Image
My parents elected me president of the family when I was 4. We actually had an election every year and I always… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
What advice can we give to new mothers? Their children need to work at an interesting occupation: they should not be helped… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
Live your life coz time here on earth is limited. One day you'll face your father heaven & he will ask you… — Jacent Nakato Copy Share Image
I am thy father's spirit; Doom'd for a certain term to walk the night And, for the day, confin'd to fast in… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Since you can’t be the perfect father, you’ll be glad to know that your daughter has a Father in heaven who is… — Jay Payleitner Copy Share Image
Every time you and I bow our heads in surrender to the will of God, we embrace the cross and we manifest… — Nancy Leigh DeMoss Copy Share Image
My mother said, Don't worry abot what people think now. Think about whether your children and grandchildren will think you've done well. — Lord Mountbatten Copy Share Image
“Had I been brought to America a few years earlier, I might have written that in such and such a year my… — Mary Antin Copy Share Image
“Very well!' said Doyce. 'Then, if this young lady will do me the honour of regarding me for four-and-twenty hours in the… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“I happen to like being sad over nothing at all. I find it suits me. (Ewan) A smile would suit you better.… — Kinley MacGregor Copy Share Image
When I think about that kind of spirit. I think about my mother, who is standing here with me tonight. My mother… — Wendy Davis Copy Share Image
About my first memory, sitting on the shoulders of a giant who I know can only be my father. Of touching the… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
We have ambitions, we go on with our lives. We get married and have families. But I was interested to know what… — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
Now that I'm a father of three kids, suddenly the whole world seems different. I don't want to take anything for granted.… — Damian Loeb Copy Share Image
For in those tacit understandings which maintain the bond of family union, the mother is really the mistress of her daughter only… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
My parents - they tried to become American, they tried to become British, they tried to become Scandinavian - nobody wanted them,… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
It's interesting, as I said on the last tour in America, the audience actually came out, they had to have been the… — Joe Cocker Copy Share Image
The sight of parents, children and grandparents all descending on a tented field to enjoy the pleasure of ideas and books renews… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
“You’d think a responsible parent or two might’ve uttered the magic words “Settle the fuck down,” but nah.” — Adam Resnick Copy Share Image
I'd like to see a show about what happens to young sports stars who've been pushed too hard by their parents or… — Denise Lewis Copy Share Image
“Otto said: Try to figure out a way to kill us nicely. You can, of course, drop mother into the well, and… — Väinö Linna Copy Share Image
“Life is unfair and there are winners and losers, regardless of how much overprotective parents attempt to shield their offspring from reality.” — Jen Lancaster Copy Share Image
I have the armour of self-worth that comes from having open-minded parents who felt there was nothing wrong with me. — Mae Martin Copy Share Image
“To make one half the human race consume its energies in the functions of housekeeper, wife and mother is a monstrous waste… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
My father joined the NAACP when he was 12, in the '50s. He was part of the organizing efforts that led to… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
“Normally I didn't attend my father's funerals unless I was scheduled to sing, but it wasn't every day Dad buried a rock… — Linda Budzinski Copy Share Image
People forget how the same children brought up with affection, effort, and love are the ones who later kick their parents. — Asha Bhosle Copy Share Image
“Right. Because he seemed like such a normal kid. And he is a normal kid, he is just what you'd expect a… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
Growing up, my mom was my mother and father figure. She was my role model. I looked up to her. She was… — Brook Lopez Copy Share Image
There’s no winning arguments with your parents, so why get all pumped up over them? It is way better to dive down… — Wendelin Van Draanen Copy Share Image
Even though I'm not with their mother, it's important for my kids to see adults in a committed and happy relationship. They… — Michael Strahan Copy Share Image
If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human being can pour… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“He grinned, raising the glass to his lips, the liquid wetting his mouth. I wanted to be that glass. -from chapter Hurts… — Brooklyn James Copy Share Image
You will not easily get a man to believe that his carnal love for the woman he has made his wife is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My parents played bridge, and I remember being fascinated watching them. I sometimes got a chance to sit in on a hand,… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
'Yes' is the mother of all positive words, next to 'love.' Maybe 'love' is the father of all positive words. — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, my father would read Neil Simon plays with me, when I was going to bed, as bedtime… — Zach Woods Copy Share Image
~My children are my life ... It's not like I don't have my own wants and and dreams anymore - it's just… — Angie Harmon Copy Share Image
One of the things that I learned at a very young age is the power of a parent's words to their children. — Danny Gokey Copy Share Image
