Parenting is difficult under any circumstances, and in my father's view, to raise a morally upright and honest child, you sometimes have… — W. Bruce Cameron Copy Share Image
My mother was the youngest of 11 kids and I grew up in her family's household. I was blessed to have my… — Jameis Winston Copy Share Image
“As long as the acquisition of knowledge is rendered habitually repugnant, so long will there be a prevailing tendency to discontinue it… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
Now, I come from a long line of narcissists. And I also have no kids - by choice - but I understand… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
People often ask me when there's going to be a Mrs. Zach Braff. It's a confusing question sometimes because many people don't… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
You know, if your parents didn't have you, they'd be living in a nicer home, driving a Mercedes-Benz, with money in the… — Richard Simmons Copy Share Image
How parents interact with each child as he or she enters the family circle determines in great part that child's final destiny. — Kevin Leman Copy Share Image
My mother would strike me off if I didn't say theatre was incredibly important, and when you see something like 'Network' at… — Finty Williams Copy Share Image
I have not been able to find a single useful institution which has not been founded either by an intensely religious man… — Roger Babson Copy Share Image
Chloe Honum's brilliant first book The Tulip-Flame traces an identity forming within radically divergent but interlocking systems: a family traumatized by the… — Claudia Emerson Copy Share Image
One way in which all of us can help to combat the current wave of public indecency which threatens to undermine Western… — Grace Kelly Copy Share Image
As every parent knows, children begin life as uninhibited, unabashed explorers of the unknown. From the time we can walk and talk,… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
When I was little playing all these tournaments, I was so professional already. My parents were like, 'Oh, my gosh, she's crazy.'… — Ajla Tomljanovic Copy Share Image
“He had been brought up to it from a boy, his father, as I have heard, accustoming his children to dispute with… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“I’m kidding, but Bronwyn goes rigid. “How can you say that?” Her cheeks get red, giving her that flushed look that always… — Karen M. McManus Copy Share Image
“Beyond that box camera he saw in a shop window in Chicago in seventh grade, Dad has never wanted anything, as far… — Steve Rushin Copy Share Image
“I was regarded by my parents as having little musical talent other than a thin, nasal soprano voice. I was forbidden to… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
Men and women have defined roles, and it's the responsibility of a parent to make sure they know which way to go;… — Monica Johnson Copy Share Image
As you get older, all the things your parents said to you when you were younger ring true, but when you're younger,… — Julianna Margulies Copy Share Image
My parents didn't have the opportunities that my wife and I have now, from a quality of life standpoint. — Derek Fisher Copy Share Image
Father and Mother are apostles, bishops and priests to their children, for it is they who make them acquainted with the gospel. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“The baby looked at me as if to say, You never stop to consider my life. I looked back as if to… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
So many of our young women today, they're growing up without a father, but they're still thirsty for that and desiring positive… — Hill Harper Copy Share Image
There does seem to be a higher educational level in parents of autistic youngsters, and I guess that's something that we need… — Darold Treffert Copy Share Image
“I grew into my hips when I was seventeen years old I learned from my mother She used hers like a boat… — Hannah V. Sawyerr Copy Share Image
In this country, if a woman wants to work, she has very little choice. After you cross the age suitable for a… — Soni Razdan Copy Share Image
What learned What loss without father, meaningless without Father's my life and the foundation of life, love to Dad , love Dad… — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
Luckily my parents were not against my ambition, they've always been very supportive. But they were adamant that I went to university… — Archie Panjabi Copy Share Image
“He'd learned in the past few months that telling a girl what to wear--even one the size of a golf club--was a… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
Every day my mother had tea. My dad has his ritual cigar. They had their evening cocktail. Those rituals were done nicely,… — John Travolta Copy Share Image
A tear fell from my father's eye. I wondered what my dad would say. He said, "I love you and I'm proud… — The Avett Brothers Copy Share Image
These were our bedtime stories. Tales that haunted our parents and made them laugh at the same time. We never understood them… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
I'm not much like my mother; that role falls to my brothers, who have more of her blithe and freewheeling spirit. — Meghan O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Another night, I dreamed I saw my father sweeping out the barn floor clean, and would not suffer the wheat to be… — Joanna Southcott Copy Share Image
Growing up in the fifties and sixties, I can only remember knowing one child, ever, whose parents got a divorce, and hardly… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
My parents are very funny when they have to deal with anything racy or off-color. They usually pretend they don't speak English. — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
My mother once told me I was like water. Water can carve its way even through stone. And when trapped, water makes… — Arthur Golden Copy Share Image
My first recollection of performing was shortly after my parents split up, so the logical conclusion to draw is that that affected… — Lee Mack Copy Share Image
When my body, my energy is low, it's hard for me to be a good husband, hard for me to be a… — Trip Lee Copy Share Image
Far too many black men who praise their own mother feel less accounted to the mothers of their own children. — Patricia Hill Collins Copy Share Image
