My parents would make huge crops of sometimes 55 to 60 bales of cotton. Being from a big family where there were… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
My mother - my stepmother, really, she herself have been what they call an elocutionist. And she was the one who first… — Ruby Dee Copy Share Image
Success for me is that if my son chooses to be a stay-at-home parent, he is cheered on for that decision. And… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
I knew Quintessentially was a success when my father, who does a lot of business in Beirut, introduced himself to somebody and… — Ben Elliot Copy Share Image
There was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon… — Hafez Copy Share Image
“There was the sink incident - which I may have overreacted to because it reminded me of a memory I had of… — Samantha Young Copy Share Image
I used to go with my father to buy phooljharis and chakris and there used to be Sabu' crackers in the market… — Mohit Raina 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
My dad never decided what he wanted to do; at times he fought in the army, was a teacher, a boxer, a… — Anthony Browne Copy Share Image
“The definition of lawlessness is Man’s rebellion against his fundamental purpose at creation for relationship and responsibility (i.e., his relationship to God,… — L. Emerson Ferrell Copy Share Image
A parentologist is a person who writes a book about parenting that is very clear about answers to, 'How am I supposed… — Clyde Edgerton Copy Share Image
There is here, what is not in the old country. In spite of hard, unfamiliar things, there is here - hope. In… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“If we are not more perfect in our lives, if we are not more righteous than those who are not of our… — George Albert Smith Copy Share Image
The Love Dare for Parents really came from an ongoing response from people who went through the couple's book asking us to… — Alex Kendrick Copy Share Image
“I wonder if we're giving our children the chance to really perform, if we're giving them and ourselves enough credit, as we… — Muffy Mead-Ferro Copy Share Image
“Dedicated to the memory of MY FATHER. For if I had not believed that he would have wished me to give such… — Leonard Darwin Copy Share Image
My name is Adam. My father's name is Adam. Having the same name as your father, it's alright until your voice changes.… — Adam Sandler Copy Share Image
“I remember the story of a distraught father who was deeply grieved by the death of his son. He went to see… — R.C. Sproul Copy Share Image
Giving kids whatever they ask for is disastrous parenting. There's no sense of something earned. I'm sorry, but when you're 12, you… — Ewan McGregor Copy Share Image
“Our children forever changed our relationships with our mothers. Pity replaced the mild contempt with which we had previously regarded them, and… — Anthony Marra Copy Share Image
From my mother's sleep I fell into the State, And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze. Six miles… — Randall Jarrell Copy Share Image
When a couple decide to divorce, they should inform both sets of parents before having a party and telling all their friends.… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
My parents inspired me by their example. They both grew up in the Depression, and both of them had to quit school… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
I think as a child you know when it's time for your parents to split. You realise they love each other, but… — Abbie Cornish Copy Share Image
“To a parent, your child wasn't just a person: your child was a place, a kind of Narnia, a vast eternal place… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
If I could blame it on all the mothers and fathers of the world, they of the lessons, the pellets of power,… — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
I put my parents through mini hell with my laziness and poor grades, so I love making them laugh when they see… — Kayvan Novak Copy Share Image
The only thing that would really make my mother angry would be if I liked horror movies or violence or Ronald Reagan.… — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
. . . this oligarchy of sex, which makes fathers, brothers, husbands and sons, the oligarchs over the mother and sisters, the… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
“God Sophie... If there were any chance we could be together... If there were any woman I'd want to be the mother… — Pamela Clare Copy Share Image
The Holy Apostolic See and the Roman Pontiff have primacy in the entire world. The Roman Pontiff is the Successor of Blessed… — Pope Benedict XIV Copy Share Image
“IN WRITING THIS BOOK, I returned again and again to what people call my homeland, where my parents were born, as was… — Viet Thanh Nguyen Copy Share Image
I basically started performing for my mother, going, 'Love me!' What drives you to perform is the need for that primal connection.… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family. My mother knit scarves for the neighborhood kids. My father… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“My parents mean well," Grace said. "They want me to succeed." "Well of course," Mallory said. "They love you. But I'm thinking… — Jill Shalvis Copy Share Image
I think that in the cultural imagination, motherhood has a primacy that fatherhood just doesn't; and that's not to say that there… — Rumaan Alam Copy Share Image
“They had heard that many, many miles away, but not so many as before they started, on the other side of the… — Amanda Coplin Copy Share Image
When I was a kid I used to scoot under the table, and whenever company would come around you know or my… — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
Philosophy would long ago have reached a high level if our predecessors and fathers had put this into practice; and we would… — Marin Mersenne Copy Share Image
“And conceiving God to be the fountain of wisdom, I thought it right and necessary to solicit his assistance for obtaining it;… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
