I still went to church regularly every Sunday; that is we all went there together. I reverenced the family pew where we… — Pierre Loti Copy Share Image
Motherhood is so honorable a thing that nothing - no convention - can possibly make it dishonorable; and from the standpoint of… — Ben Lindsey Copy Share Image
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My parents were both born in Birmingham, Alabama, and come from large Catholic families with lots of Michaels, Marks, and Patricks, so… — Haley Joel Osment Copy Share Image
“Babbit was an average father. He was affectionate, bullying, opinionated, ignorant, and rather wistful. Like most parents he enjoyed the game of… — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
My father has a way of persuading people without charm that has always confused me. He states his opinions as if they’re… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“When you kill a man, you steal a life,” Baba said. “You steal his wife’s right to a husband, rob his children… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The fact is, parents and schools and cultures can and do shape people. The most important influence in my life, outside of… — Thomas L. Friedman Copy Share Image
Molly wants to know her father's name," Arch said to them. "Why don't you give her a hint?" His first name with… — Frank Beddor Copy Share Image
My father has always been interested in discarding the past. He's never much liked China or the whole idea behind China or… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
I remember during Easter one year, I was to get a pair of black patent shoes but you could only get them… — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
For Ananya, It's Bollywood all the way. She was obsessed about it, I thought there was something wrong with her. She was… — Chunky Pandey Copy Share Image
“My mother, Nicolette, is the Katagaria Grand Regis Ursulan- so don’t start no shit, won’t be no shit. Quick rule rundown. No… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Oddly, moving to L.A. had nothing to do with me wanting to be an actress. My mother had a friend who was… — Leah Remini Copy Share Image
“I'm puttin' my ring on her finger, I'm givin' her babies, and when she's laid to rest, that ring I give her… — Kristen Ashley Copy Share Image
Humility is the mother of all virtues; purity, charity and obedience. It is in being humble that our love becomes real, devoted… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
I have rarely talked to anyone about my mother, for I believe that I am capable of killing a person, without hesitation,… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
“I believe there is nothing that our better nature needs more absolutely than music, no other art of perfection possesses that strange… — Pauline Decaradeuc Heyward Copy Share Image
Failing to support children one has fathered is wrong. We must be unequivocal about this. It doesnt help matters when prime-time TV… — Dan Quayle Copy Share Image
I don't cheer for anyone because my job is obviously more important, but the reason why I got into sports is because… — Erin Andrews Copy Share Image
Relatively many autists are first-born children. There is also a pretty widespread conviction that the parents of autists are somehow different -… — Nikolaas Tinbergen Copy Share Image
“You are your mother's trueborn son of Lannister." "Am I?" the dwarf replied, sardonic. "Do tell my lord father. My mother died… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
I love family films. Of course, as a mother who has to watch so many movies, you really appreciate it when somebody… — Salma Hayek Copy Share Image
“Author has developed a routine of daily emotional debriefing with his kids as he tucks them in at night. To encourage the… — Andy Stanley Copy Share Image
My mother always tells me that when I was a little kid, my first ambition was to be a truck driver, and… — Preity Zinta Copy Share Image
My parents did a great job raising me and my two sisters. We all graduated from high school and we all graduated… — Robert Griffin III Copy Share Image
“we want our spouses and partners to be everything to us: a lover, a best friend, a confidant, a nurturer, an intellectual… — Catherine Lacey Copy Share Image
“Charlotte sighed inwardly. She knew her mother was serious when she started referring to shellfish. What did that mean, anyway? What's so… — Anne Ursu Copy Share Image
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From a child, I knew I didn't have the face I wanted to have. My mother was a baroness. She was from… — Pete Burns Copy Share Image
“ "One cannot be a mother without first being a person; family, husband, and children should not be allowed, as is so… — Vannessagrace Copy Share Image
Headwise, I always kind of knew that everyone goes grey in our family very early - and I was like, it works… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
“For some people the remark, “You’re just like your mother [or father],” is enough to pick a fight. For a Christian, the… — Gloria Furman Copy Share Image
I'm so sorry, Henri," I whisper in his ear. I close my eyes. "I love you. I wouldn't have missed a second… — Pittacus Lore Copy Share Image
“Whether our caretaker was our mom, dad, uncle, aunt, grandparent, foster parent, or sibling, our blueprint of what a relationship is supposed… — Kristen Crockett Copy Share Image
“As her thumb slowly rubbed back and forth, my heart cracked open and I did something I hadn’t done since my mother… — Jamie Schlosser Copy Share Image
I'm sad to admit that I have very, very few memories of my father because, not only did he die when I… — Lux Pascal Copy Share Image
Getting my father to throw anything away was pretty difficult. He was not trying to hide who he was, and he said,… — Maya Forbes Copy Share Image
I knew I just loved comedy, and I think it was my parents who initially brought up the notion of me trying… — Seth Rogen Copy Share Image
God brought me to Himself at about the age of 4. My parents were devout believers and my Dad was in Bible… — Ben Zobrist Copy Share Image