Average Jones had come by his nickname inevitably. His parents had foredoomed him to it when they furnished him with the initials… — Samuel Hopkins Adams Copy Share Image
There is something about being able to look at this family on the film where a woman drops out of the sky,… — Nicholas Hammond Copy Share Image
“You hear mothers say all the time that they would die for their children, but my mom never said shit like that.… — Junot Díaz Copy Share Image
If any good comes out of the current famine in the Horn of Africa - amidst the pictures of mothers carrying dying… — Josette Sheeran Copy Share Image
Luneta and her parents started and whirled around, to see Terence standing just inside Luneta's door. "Deuce it, Terence!" Luneta's father expostulated.… — Gerald Morris Copy Share Image
Mothers have always held such symbolic weight in determining a person's worth. Your mother tongue, your motherland, your mother's values - these… — Jenny Zhang Copy Share Image
I feel certain that if, in our homes, parents will read from the Book of Mormon prayerfully and regularly, both by themselves… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
“The Scripture says that as Jesus gave up his spirit, as he sagged there, lifeless on that Roman cross, God the Father… — Todd Burpo Copy Share Image
“[The little black boy] had seen Tarzan bring down a buck, just as Numa, the lion, might have done... Tibo had shuddered… — Edgar Rice Burroughs Copy Share Image
What makes it all worth-while is what I've been able to do for my parents. They were poor and worked all their… — Dave Clark Copy Share Image
“Suenos. Dulces Suenos. He must be painting upstairs. I can feel it. I remember when his father was just a baby and… — Rafael Alvarez Copy Share Image
“Because the minister's wife refused to leave the minister, and because my mother required a worshipful companion, she was forced to break… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
I heard my mother talking badly of me to people who were talking badly of me in her salon. That's probably the… — Vincent Gallo Copy Share Image
I was driving along and I got a random call on my way to my mother in law's for dinner and it… — Ashley Walters Copy Share Image
I've not given up having a child. But I hope whatever route of parenthood I choose, whether it's adoption or I'm able… — Tamron Hall Copy Share Image
Research has convincingly demonstrated that using the "rod" creates children who are not more obedient but who are instead simplymore angry and… — Julius Segal Copy Share Image
“(1.) --No one can deny that the New Testament contains a special revelation of the parental tie uniting us to God. When… — Thomas Allin Copy Share Image
“After the Christmas and New Year of 1944 my mother and I returned to Strausberg, but the area was full of people… — Alfred Nestor Copy Share Image
Can anyone be a father without beginning to be one? Yes, one who did not begin his existence. What begins to exist… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
“A of my parents floats into my head the moment I close my eyes. Once when I was about 11 I stopped… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I always liked performing in front of my parents' friends. My dad bought me a karaoke machine, and I would put on… — Nolan Sotillo Copy Share Image
One may not be able to fulfill a fatherly role with one's own child, but on the other hand, and this goes… — Mamoru Hosoda Copy Share Image
The hardest thing is being with other people — it's like they're on a different wavelength, but only you know it. They… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
As a mother, I - like everyone else - have to fill my gas tank in my car. I have to feed… — Cindy McCain Copy Share Image
“They think they are, but the person they were born to be was covered up by years of living with parents and… — Margot Berwin Copy Share Image
My parents always worked through their arguments and never went to bed angry. They may not have agreed with one another, but… — Anthony Anderson Copy Share Image
“We found Trent and pulled him off the leggy girl. “Trent, it’s time to get home before your parents realize we snuck… — Amanda Kelly Copy Share Image
My mother always worked and thought staying at home was a bit twee, and that you should get your act together and… — Sally Phillips Copy Share Image
“And Hir replied to her father, ‘As wine-bibbers cannot desert the bottle, as opium-eaters cannot live without opium, so I cannot live… — Waris Shah Copy Share Image
The Father willed that his blessed and glorious Son, whom he gave to us and who was born for us, should through… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
“I want to know who killed my father,” Peter growled, shrugging off her fingers and pushing himself away from the wall to… — Deborah Blake Copy Share Image
It is as great a crime to leave a woman alone in her agony and deny her relief from her suffering as… — Grantly Dick-Read Copy Share Image
“A shimmer of something feral moved over his face—a father’s anguish, raw and defiant, but something else too, rage. “I know to… — Toni Anderson Copy Share Image
You know, we're a private business so we can make our own philosophy and in the end we are business and we're… — David Baszucki Copy Share Image
Two thoughts occur to just about any parent whose child is about to enter college. The first is, 'I can't believe how… — Steven Levy Copy Share Image
Not everyone's a perfect parent, but we do learn, and we grow from that. I'm not trying to be harsh on my… — Farrah Abraham Copy Share Image
The first sort of big present I remember getting from Santa Claus was quite a small telescope that I remember going into… — Chelsea Clinton Copy Share Image
“WHEN I WAS A boy, after my mother died, I always tried hard to hold her in my mind as I was… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
I don't think my father considered allowing a teenager to follow his dreams was necessarily good parenting, or even parenting. I think… — W. Bruce Cameron Copy Share Image
“It’s just that the thing you never understand about being a mother, until you are one, is that it is not the… — Jojo Moyes Copy Share Image