You know, of course, that they have called this boy my downfall? You all know that on the night I lost my… — Voldemort Copy Share Image
“When she asked what my father taught me, I told her I couldn't put it into words. But then I lay awake… — Peter Geye Copy Share Image
The mystery of God's providence is a most sublime consideration. It is easy to let our reason run away with itself. It… — Ezekiel Hopkins Copy Share Image
We're learning more about Osama bin Laden. His father was married 16 times, and he has five wives. I think we're getting… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
At the premiere of Hairspray on Broadway, Harvey Fierstein's mom said to my mom, "Didn't we raise great sons?" and my mother… — John Waters Copy Share Image
My father earned every penny he had, and I would have loved to have bought him a Rolls-Royce because his whole life… — Bruce Forsyth Copy Share Image
“When children are born, they have five natural characteristics that make them authentic human beings: children are valuable, vulnerable, imperfect, dependent, and… — Pia Mellody Copy Share Image
My uncles and my father were all in the Royal Navy. One of my uncles, as a matter of fact, was drowned… — Vanessa Redgrave Copy Share Image
When I was very young, I remember my mother telling me about a friend of hers in Germany, a pianist who played… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
She liked being reminded of butterflies. She remembered being six or seven and crying over the fates of the butterflies in her… — Lisa Genova Copy Share Image
I think the main thing that we can do as adults helping young people to find the joy in reading, whether we're… — Emma Walton Hamilton Copy Share Image
My father was a steel worker and Martin's [Schulz] grandfather was a miner in Saarland. In these occupations, there is a particular… — Jean-Claude Juncker Copy Share Image
...Her parents were going to a conference for the weekend. The conference was called "Lawyers are Lovely, Great and Superb: so Why… — Jaclyn Moriarty Copy Share Image
“Jay's downstairs waiting." With her father on one side, and the handrail on the other, Violet descended the stairs as if she… — Kimberly Derting Copy Share Image
“Al was referring to the time during the Cuban missile crisis that he left his five-months-pregnant wife home alone with no food… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
Common standards ensure that every child across the country is getting the best possible education, no matter where a child lives or… — Roy Romer Copy Share Image
“I realized that the childish impression I had always had of my father, as Just Lawgiver, was entirely wrong. We were utterly… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
Once parents have a clear idea of their important parenting goals, beliefs, and values, they can then think about specific situations and… — Timothy Carey Copy Share Image
Being a lifetime wife and mother has afforded me the luxury of having multiple careers: I've been a teacher. A chauffeur. A… — Terry McMillan Copy Share Image
“And so, beginning with the small early frustrations and deprivations, the child is helped to govern himself. his ego develops by learning… — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
My father was very strict, a very militant parent, because he wanted us to be very focused kids. He sold the televisions,… — Lizz Wright Copy Share Image
“The only people who should be allowed to govern countries with nuclear weapons are mothers, those who are still breastfeeding their babies."--Tsutomu… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“You must miss your father terribly, I know. Lord Eddard was a brave man, honest and loyal...but quite a hopeless player.' He… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
When we were kids, we didn't have the luxury to take decisions of our life as the right was reserved for our… — Binnu Dhillon Copy Share Image
“When I was a teen, I liked to hang out around popular girls, I thought they had some magic, secrets that only… — Galina Nelson Copy Share Image
My father was brought to this country as an infant. He lost his mother as a teenager. He grew up in poverty.Although… — Samuel Alito Copy Share Image
When you say 'mother' or 'father' you describe three different phenomena. There is the giant who made you and loomed over your… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“I held on to the hope that one day I would grow up and have all the answers, just like my parents.… — Shaun David Hutchinson Copy Share Image
We're finding that many parents endorse a growth mindset, but they still respond to their children's errors, setbacks or failures as though… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
“Consider Nelson Mandela who related; “When I had been released from prison and came home to my family, I went to… — Suzann Dodd Copy Share Image
“Children would struggle desperately to feel love for their parents. Rather than hate a parent, in fact, they'd choose to hate themselves.… — Ryū Murakami Copy Share Image
“Men live by rules they've made for themselves. And among those rules is one specifying that women are merely commodities for men… — Natsuo Kirino Copy Share Image
Our message to parents is to focus on the process the child engages in, such as trying hard or focusing on the… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
“People die, sure,” my mother was saying. “But it’s so heartbreaking and unnecessary how we lose things. From pure carelessness. Fires, wars.… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
I would love to make a film, because storytelling happens only in movies. I would explore relationships in my movies. Maybe, the… — Kiku Sharda Copy Share Image
Children are all unique, so when you're blending families it's really important to get to know each individual child... Being a stepparent… — Liv Tyler Copy Share Image
And, oh God, in my misspent youth as a housewife, I, too, used to bake bread, in those hectic and desolating days… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
“He reached under the bench to retrieve his crutch. His father had carved the crutch from the branch of a fallen wych… — Jonathan Auxier Copy Share Image
Rosa Parks was the queen mother of a movement whose single act of heroism sparked the movement for freedom, justice and equality.… — Marc Morial Copy Share Image
I was intent on doing something productive and on being everything my parents taught me to be. Their values were clear: do… — Ruth Simmons Copy Share Image