“This was the lesson we kept learning over and over and over, the lesson our mother was best capable of teaching us.… — Christie Hodgen Copy Share Image
When a parent who has a little kid with a disability says they saw me and now they've found a purpose, that's… — Dylan Alcott Copy Share Image
Both my parents were a tremendous influence on me. My father's influence came from - he decided well, probably before we were… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
“At first the boys were puzzled by illness. They looked at their father from the other side of a wall of pain,… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
When I was a child and the snow fell, my mother always rushed to the kitchen and made snow ice cream and… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
Children whose parents return to study do much better at school. Offenders who persist with studies are much less likely to reoffend.… — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
I always feel like the odd mom out, because trust me when I tell you I'm on my girls. And every time… — Brooke Shields Copy Share Image
And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren,… — Bible Copy Share Image
Infants and young children are not just sitting twiddling their thumbs, waiting for their parents to teach them to read and do… — David Elkind Copy Share Image
There are two things parents should give their children roots and wings. Roots to give them bearing and a sense of belonging,… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
At times, my parents said, "Let's get the child married," and I said a big no. Impossible. How could I be with… — Laxmi Narayan Tripathi Copy Share Image
Pedro Almodóvar asked me to watch italian films again as homework to look at the energy of all those women from the… — Penelope Cruz Copy Share Image
Do not despair or think yourself a failed or hapless parent just because you happened to have a gay son or daughter.… — Jean-Paul Malfatti Copy Share Image
Having kids is a full-time job. And I don't know any woman who isn't constantly fighting between the exquisite selfishness required to… — Liz W. Garcia Copy Share Image
“Here’s what you did wrong, Adam,” he barked. “I told your parents to make it clear to you that you were not… — Jennifer Echols Copy Share Image
My parents have always had a great sense of humor. And I really appreciate good humor in songs, witty lyrics that sneak… — Kacey Musgraves Copy Share Image
'First Gen' is kind of the ode to my parents and to really all immigrant children who come here with kind of… — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
Whenever I write about my family, I start by getting my parent's approval. I like to think I write about them with… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
I wish you would moderate that fondness you have for your children. I do not mean you should abate any part of… — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
Now I am in the garden at the back . . . a very preserve of butterflies as I remember it, with… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“When we acknowledge our inability to mother our children apart from the Lord’s provision and strength, we honor God. Of course we… — Gloria Furman Copy Share Image
My experiences growing up - my father lived in New York, so I was going out there in the summers and meeting… — Mahershala Ali Copy Share Image
It's very difficult, I would imagine, to distinguish father and daughter. And maybe some of it comes as I'm doing my thing… — Isabel dos Santos Copy Share Image
The authoritarian child-rearing style so often found in working-class families stems in part from the fact that parents see aroundthem so many… — Lillian B. Rubin Copy Share Image
It isn't surprising that many children consider their parents to be a little dim, and that they sometimes try to update them.… — Peg Bracken Copy Share Image
“Slavery is not an indefinable mass of flesh. It is a particular, specific enslaved woman, whose mind is active as your own,… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“There was no other place I loved so well as this one." "Me as well,"... For all the places I've loved, there… — Lisa Wingate Copy Share Image
In 'Battlestar' I'm the military and spiritual leader as well as a father. As a military commander I can treat Apollo only… — Lorne Greene Copy Share Image
I remember a conversation with my parents about who the people on the TV were, and learning they were actors and they… — David Tennant Copy Share Image
“But my parents let me drift. My head was too easily turned by what else was out there. I always knew I… — Annabel Pitcher Copy Share Image
I started selling in the early '90s, because at 18 years old, it's tough to go to your parents and say, 'Can… — John Dolmayan Copy Share Image
“I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
It's a little known fact, but parents are like superheroes. With just a few magic words they can make you feel ten… — Lisa Unger Copy Share Image
My mother had died when I wrote my first book. I was twenty-seven, so it was right at the beginning of my… — Anne Roiphe Copy Share Image
Forty-six years after my parents' journey from India, here I am, the grandson of a spare auto parts salesman and a file… — Ajit Pai Copy Share Image
“It is easy to blame your lot in life on some outside force, to stop trying because you believe fate is against… — William H. McRaven Copy Share Image
“If I was going to kill myself,” Plath continued, “I’d leave a note just to get a few last digs in. Insult… — Matthew J. Sullivan Copy Share Image
My first signing was at my hometown independent bookstore and everyone in the world came. It was so nice. My family was… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
One becomes a grandfather and one sees the world a little differently. Certainly the world becomes a more vulnerable place when one… — C. K. Williams Copy Share Image
I'm very glad my mother didn't let me quit piano lessons at age 10. She said I wasn't old enough or good… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
