I keep my family out of my public life because it can be an awful nuisance to them. What's my mother going… — Montgomery Clift Copy Share Image
“Father was always getting into scrapes when he was a lad. But the worst scrape he ever hot hisself into was the… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
I don't know why Alzheimer's was allowed to steal so much of my father before releasing him into the arms of death.… — Patti Davis Copy Share Image
“whatever you do - his father continued - dream big, take risks, and work harder than whoever else is doing the same… — Richard North Patterson Copy Share Image
“Adam wondered where Tim got his resilience. Tim said it began with his parents. Tim's dad had a knack for reframing painful… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“Listen carefully, for I will recite this only once: There's three parts herb, and two parts tree, a snippet of golden bough,… — Christina Mercer Copy Share Image
When I was young, the early death of my father cast a shadow over me - and I was afraid to die… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
“Many daughters live out their lives avoiding or abiding or arguing with their mothers-burying the long-ago injury or insult or childhood deprivation… — Victoria Secunda Copy Share Image
“You don’t have to be involved with my parents. Not if you don’t want to be. Yes, you’re the father, but you… — Maisey Yates Copy Share Image
Both grandfathers fought in different wars. My mother's father fought in World War II, and then my father's father fought in Korea.… — Dee Rees Copy Share Image
I don't see why the likes o' thee Without axin' leave should go makin' free With the shank or the shin o'… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
You mean there’s someone out there better than your father? (Quills) No, idiot. My father trained him. Just FYI, my father is… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
“The same day, he took Sara out and bought her a great many beautiful clothes—clothes so grand and rich that only a… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
The problem that first demands solution is to discover the disruptive agent which would be potent enough to rip the Cloghvorra Stone… — Robert Stawell Ball Copy Share Image
My father was a studio musician, played for a lot of people like Frank Zappa and a lot of R&B bands, and… — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
I began reading cook books when I was six, cause my father had hundreds of cook books in the kitchen. I was… — Richard Simmons Copy Share Image
It was probably my parents who inspired me most. My father was a scientist and answered my scientific questions, while my mother… — Nancy Roman Copy Share Image
My father had played the guitar when he was young, and my uncle Jack had worked for Kalamazoo, before the war, developing… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
“The argument had been in full swing when Matthew’s father telephoned with the news that a funny turn Matthew’s mother had suffered… — Robert Galbraith Copy Share Image
“None of us has an obligation to accept the definitions of ‘respect’ and ‘gratitude’ our parents espoused, especially when those definitions can… — Lukasz Laniecki Copy Share Image
“Faith and power, he had come to believe, were interchangeable. Was the final truth even simpler? That no act of faith was… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I saw firsthand the impact of women's efforts inside and outside the home from watching my wonderful mother, Nancy. A nurse who… — Ralph Northam Copy Share Image
“One day, my father said there was nothing outside infinity. He said the universe was like a cardboard box with God sitting… — Hugo Hamilton Copy Share Image
When my mother would make me sandwiches for school - zucchini and eggs, pepper and eggs, everything was with eggs - the… — Pat Cooper Copy Share Image
Mother believed that I should have an enormous amount of sleep, and so I was never really tired when I went to… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
When I was little, my parents really only wanted me to be a scientist or a doctor; they had never even heard… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
“Perhaps Mother was trying to shame her into losing weight. In truth, it only made Chloe more miserable, and being miserable only… — David Walliams Copy Share Image
It's like a mother, when the baby is crying, she picks up the baby and she holds the baby tenderly in her… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“The Muria of central India set up adolescent dormitories (called ghotuls), where adolescents are free to sleep together, away from concerned parents.… — Christopher Ryan Copy Share Image
“We have learned that mother trees recognize and talk with their kin, shaping future generations. In addition, injured trees pass their legacies… — Peter Wohlleben Copy Share Image
I know some of my parents' friends think 'Little Britain' is in incredibly poor taste. But swimming the Channel? You can't really… — David Walliams Copy Share Image
“Why, I thought sadly, as he returned with his topcoat over his arm, why hadn’t my mother married someone like him—? Or… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
I was a fat little boy when I was 10 years old! My mother, who didn't speak any English at all, said,… — Omar Sharif Copy Share Image
My father was convinced the Taliban would hunt him down and kill him, but he again refused security from the police. 'If… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
My mission is to get on the stage and say, 'Listen, I'm a woman, I'm free, I'm a mother, I'm a lover,… — Lou Doillon Copy Share Image
Friends are friends forever. If the Lord's the Lord of them, a friend will not say never 'cause the welcome will not… — Michael W. Smith Copy Share Image
I would say the only one person I know of who kind of combines the elements that my father brought to the… — John Buffalo Mailer Copy Share Image
During 1989, my mother, who was exceedingly good at finding these free programs - you know, we were on welfare, just trying… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
“The messenger came and told me that Father had died in an accident while at sea. But his dying wish was that… — Michele Sinclair Copy Share Image
“We never replace Jesus in our children's lives. We don't even do the work of Jesus in our children's lives. We do… — Leslie Leyland Fields Copy Share Image
