The dance is the mother of the arts. Music and poetry exist in time; painting and architecture in space. But the dance… — Curt Sachs 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
I have a picture I keep in my wallet of my father's corpse... I keep that picture in my wallet to show… — Doug Stanhope Copy Share Image
Mother Earth is the ultimate giver, she gives to all life, and yet takes in all the abuses of waste without complaining.… — DrJames Dazouloute Copy Share Image
I'm happy being at City. I wanted to go to Porto before but my father said that coming here we would have… — Kelechi Iheanacho Copy Share Image
“And it had left me with a certain skill for managing enraged werewolves, which was a good thing, my foster father had… — Patricia Briggs Copy Share Image
I have certain objectives. They're the same objectives my father had to give people a higher standard of living, to do away… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
My father used to always give me a basketball, a skate board, and a bike every Christmas. That's all I wanted every… — Amar'e Stoudemire Copy Share Image
I would say [to my father], "Why don't you actually take some courses in physics instead of saying [you are not believing… — Paul Laffoley Copy Share Image
Despite our preparation, indeed, despite our age, [the death of a parent] dislodges things deep in us, sets off reactions that surprise… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
“You pray and pray and pray and nothing changes, like for example I prayed for a real house and good clothes and… — NoViolet Bulawayo Copy Share Image
“could not picture that Father had once swung on a swing. He could not imagine that Father had once been a boy,… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
Not many people know my father was an actor. He was the Artful Dodger in 'Oliver!,' and was in a film called… — Lily Collins Copy Share Image
Let us be mindful of the foundational precepts our Heavenly Father has given to His children that will establish the basis of… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
“Abba is not Hebrew, the language of liturgy, but Aramaic, the language of home and everyday life … We need to be… — Thomas A. Smail Copy Share Image
“The first desire for each of us is the longing to be the phallus for the mother. Phallus here refers not to… — Stephen A. Mitchell Copy Share Image
I am pleased to be praised by a man so praised as you, father. [Words used by Hector.] [Lat., Laetus sum Laudari… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
My ex-girlfriend said to me, 'I'm surprised at how normal you are since you were homeschooled.' But I was only homeschooled because… — Reece Thompson Copy Share Image
“It’s a mother’s job to give us the confidence needed to push through hard times.” — The Doctor’s Daughter: Totally heartbreaking and… — Shari J. Ryan Copy Share Image
The experience of poetry could bring my mother back to me. Poetry offers a different kind of solace - here on earth. — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
“Jesus is busy with his own stuff, and is not going to get involved in your little tug-of-war. Plus, don't forget, he… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“The days float on like a feather in the wind, but at the end of the week, I’m still a chicken. Taste… — Jarod Kintz 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
“I sensed more than recognized the sound of those skeletal knuckles on the door. I was too young for it to be… — Dan Skinner 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
If there's one thing I could attribute my strength to, I would say it's the gift of laughter, which I inherited from… — China Machado Copy Share Image
My father told me to dress to reflect the respect you have for the people around you. I've never forgotten that. — Sam Raimi Copy Share Image
I grew up in San Diego with immigrant parents, before the food blogs, before this kind of celebrity chef culture we know… — Samin Nosrat Copy Share Image
“My brain I'll prove the female to my soul; my soul the father: and these two beget a generation of still-breeding thoughts,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Music is so much a part of me: my parents told me that when I was an infant, I wouldn't eat unless… — Neil Sedaka Copy Share Image
My answer to the racial problem in America is to not deal with it at all. The founding fathers dealt with it… — James Meredith Copy Share Image
My mom does not exist anymore, and I cannot see my mother in myself. To me, the word "mother" is the synonym… — Kim Hyesoon Copy Share Image
My foster parents were very religious. They told me that they had not decided to take me in, rather that it was… — Lemn Sissay Copy Share Image
I am feeling as if my parents are my children. I'm extremely protective about both of them while on the set — Ranbir Kapoor Copy Share Image
My stepmother Precious Martin, my biological mother Felicia Winn, and my grandmother Kathy Winn are the three main ladies of my life. — Deebo Samuel Copy Share Image
My mother thought of my father as half barbarian and half blunt instrument, and she isolated him from his children. — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, my parents had a 900-pound television on top of a TV tray. My dad's theory was, 'Let… — Jeff Foxworthy Copy Share Image
I'm a father of four so whenever I'm not working my kids have their different sports, or plays, or school performances, so… — Christopher Judge Copy Share Image
“A housewife's work has no results: it simply has to be done again. Bringing up children is not a real occupation, because… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
My mother was a doctor, and I grew up with her in a little apartment belonging to my grandmother, because the Soviet… — Kersti Kaljulaid Copy Share Image