My mom passed away when she was 34 years old... And I think in addition to I have to be really good… — Taylor Tomlinson Copy Share Image
I think people should be given a test much like driver's tests as to whether they're capable of being parents! It's an… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
Ross: [to his parents] Look, I, uh- I realize you guys have been wondering what exactly happened between Carol and me, and,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When my father died of cancer in 1991, he left me with the assurance that he was headed to a better place.… — Bart Millard Copy Share Image
“Every human being is a universe within themselves. Your mother and father participated with God to create a soul who would never… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think my parents were really smart parents. I think they were, actually, pretty progressive for the time. The one thing that… — Rich Mullins Copy Share Image
The other day my twelve-year-old says to me, I don't feel like I'm with you right now. You're in the car with… — Bob Saget Copy Share Image
You draw the best things from your parents and family. You're going to pick up some of the bad things as well… — Mark Ronson Copy Share Image
Why do you persist in being so frivolous, Urgit?" "Why don't we just call it a symptom of my incipient madness?" "You're… — David Eddings Copy Share Image
My mother fought cancer for almost a decade and died at 56. She held out long enough to meet the first of… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
My father played in high school. My uncles played. From age five or six, I remember watching all the games. And I… — Thomas Jones Copy Share Image
My father can not finish a sentence. When we were kids he would go, 'Girls the most important thing in life to… — Caroline Rhea Copy Share Image
What else she doesn't know: that the man next to her would end up being her husband and the father of her… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
“He looked with horror round the room: nobody could say he hadn't done right to get away from this, to commit any… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
I was raised in an observant Jewish household, so for me, Hebrew prayers - the sounds, the sunlight streaming in from the… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
“She said, “That man out there. That wonderful man followed you for years. He put himself between you and harm’s way time… — T.J. Klune Copy Share Image
“It was after a Frontline television documentary screened in the US in 1995 that the Freyds' public profile as aggrieved parents provoked… — Judith Jones Beatrix Campbell Copy Share Image
“My mother gave Lindsey a meaningful look. 'We are not discussing this further. You can go up to your room and wait… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
The tension to mother the "right" way can leave a peculiar silence within mother daughter relationships--the silence of a mother'sown truth and… — Elizabeth Debold Copy Share Image
“As when astronaut Mike Mulhane was asked by a NASA psychiatrist what epitaph he'd like to have on his gravestone, Mulhane answered,… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
I walked on eggshells a lot. I have a bad self-esteem problem, and my father probably facilitated it. He once looked at… — Judge Reinhold Copy Share Image
“You have heard the good Talks which our Brother (George Morgan) Weepemachukthe [The White Deer] has delivered to us from the Great… — Chief Cornstalk Copy Share Image
I think men and women are the same. Even as parents, I think we're the same. We're just conditioned to think that… — Rachel Cusk Copy Share Image
“I simply don't think that putting every bit of energy I have into parenting-at the expense of my career, marriage and social… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
“Children should be seen and not heard,' my mother contributed grimly, ganging up on me. That was the worst part, having her… — Edith Konecky Copy Share Image
I am a father. My son's name is Max and my daughter's name is Billie Grace. Twelve years ago Max was born… — John C. McGinley Copy Share Image
What is Americanization? It manifests itself, in a superficial way, when the immigrant adopts the clothes, the manners and the customs generally… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
Even as a 10-year-old, I remember trying to explain to my mother and stepfather how upset and frustrated a messy room made… — Nate Berkus Copy Share Image
I did have pushback in the beginning of my career because my parents weren't really sure what I was going to do… — Manny MUA Copy Share Image
“Time doesn’t matter. When you love someone, the way I love your mother, you’ll know, and the amount of time it took… — Tamsyn Bester Copy Share Image
“Barnabas’s voice helps me drift off to sleep. I think briefly about how I’ve never felt this way about anyone else. I… — Kris Noel Copy Share Image
“I recall the scent of some kind of toilet powder - I believe she stole it from her mother’s Spanish maid -… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Upon receiving my notification of acceptance to the university, my parents noticed that they were obliged to submit to the university, among… — Koichi Tanaka Copy Share Image
Wherever we are, any time of night or day, our bosses, junk-mailers, our parents can get to us. Sociologists have actually found… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
My parents knew that I did King-Cat, but honestly my mom didn't want to see a lot of it. She would tell… — John Porcellino Copy Share Image
I think I was afraid of being a mother for many reasons. I wanted to be a good mom, and I was… — Ainsley Earhardt Copy Share Image
We mothers tend to give away a lot, We take care of a lot of people, and we cant forget to take… — Jennifer Lopez Copy Share Image
“It is a central paradox of contemporary parenting, in fact: we have an acute, almost biological impulse to provide for our children,… — Paul Tough Copy Share Image
I envision presenting parents with a marketplace of school choices - public, private, parochial, charter, virtual, blended, and home education. They then… — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
“They’re only Scotch pearls,” he said, apologetically, “but they look bonny on you.” His fingers lingered a moment on my neck. “Those… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image