“Our parents gave us false inspiration about life, but one day you will find out why they did.” — Jamile Copy Share Image
My father believes that we create stars, and then others cast those stars. — Pooja Bhatt Copy Share Image
Becoming a mother gives me more of an incentive to care about the future. — Desi Lydic Copy Share Image
For an Ethiopian mother, if you have a chubby kid, it means you're doing something good. — The Weeknd Copy Share Image
“I buried my father, married my sister and sorted the missing will. ' Quinn, the Celebrant Sleuth” — Hazel Edwards Copy Share Image
My father beat me with a curtain rod when I was nine, (That was) the inspiration for Creep — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
The worst thing is the world is a defensive my-kid-can't-do-anything-wrong parent. — Laura Schlessinger Copy Share Image
My mother is very, very smart and commands respect because she has a lot of respect for herself. — Jared Leto Copy Share Image
I watched them, thinking that little girls who make their mothers live grow up to be such powerful women. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
My father walked to school 4 o'clock every morning with no shoes on, uphill, both ways, in 5 feet of snow and… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
“She did not get a medal - it was not fair. 'What a swizz,' she whispered bitterly to her mother as Cicely… — Monica Dickens Copy Share Image
“... truth, whose mother is history, who is the rival of time, depository of deeds, witness of the past, example and lesson… — Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Copy Share Image
Turn up the TV. No one listening will suspect, even your mother won't detect it, no your father won't know. they think… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
Kobe was, other than my parents, he was the reason why I played sports. Just his mindset, the Mamba mentality. — George Kittle Copy Share Image
It was my father who could do no wrong. So I didn't think of it as, oh, look, my father's a violent… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
Fear has been the original parent of superstition, and every new calamity urges trembling mortals to deprecate the wrath of their invisible… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
As a father and now a grandfather to three wonderful grandchildren, I know how magical the first year of a child's life… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
“We begin to understand that to co-parent is to one day look up and notice that you are on a roller coaster… — Glennon Doyle Melton Copy Share Image
My parents worked and sold and hustled; they were gone from the morning, and I pretty much took care of myself. But… — Roy Choi Copy Share Image
I think my parents are the first influence on me music-wise. My dad was into Motown and soul, and my mom was… — Clairo Copy Share Image
“This would be her life, accomplishing the things her mother had never done. She never celebrated this, unlike her friends who were… — Brit Bennett Copy Share Image
“My mother had tried to raise me as a Catholic, but war had deracinated whatever meager plantings her efforts had achieved. No… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
“One time, over half of my warlords refused to attend a summit because I had failed to properly address them by the… — K.S. Villoso Copy Share Image
My classmates, they went on to be chartered accountants. Or work with their parents, but thinking back on how they treated me… — Drake Copy Share Image
