My family background really only consists of my mother. She was a widow. My father died quite young; he must have been… — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
I think I got a complete picture of what the lives of scientists are like. My father is of the opinion that… — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
When my husband and I first became parents, we joked that our chubby baby was destined to grow into an Alex P.… — Rumaan Alam Copy Share Image
I was raised by extremely strict - but also extremely loving - Chinese immigrant parents, and I had the most wonderful childhood!… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
No one has found a gene for IQ. "Heritability" means that identicial twins are more similar than fraternal twins, right? Fraternal twins… — Jerome Kagan Copy Share Image
“From now on we no longer judge any person according to the flesh” (2 Corinthians 5:16). We don’t judge anyone by how… — William Paul Young Copy Share Image
I think the fact that my parents are still, "Hey, great, that's great!" and not, "We need you to do this and… — Tatiana Maslany Copy Share Image
“You see, Minka, my father would say. Anything is possible. Even the most terrible beast might one day be a distant memory.… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“You know what my father said about innocent clients? ... He said the scariest client a lawyer will ever have is an… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
My mother has often said that the issue of women is the unfinished business of the 21st century. That is certainly true.… — Chelsea Clinton Copy Share Image
“I know your given name is Katherine. So why does everyone call you Kitty?” He pulled a bag of dried apple slices… — Amber Lynn Perry Copy Share Image
I was three years old, and I walked onstage during a performance that my father was a tenor in 'The Barber of… — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
“If you want to really hurt you parents, and you don’t have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“There is no parent more vulnerable to the excesses of overparenting than an unhappy parent. One of the most important things we… — Madeline Levine Copy Share Image
We are not known by our bank balances or who our parents are. It is ultimately we who have to prove ourselves.… — Anita Ratnam Copy Share Image
“You draw characters speaking loud and clear but you’re not hearing them.” her mother told her, then she kissed her forehead and… — Basma Salem Copy Share Image
“And that's when we knew we had been right all along: Our parents and teachers couldn't have warned us about this beast,… — Ann Rule Copy Share Image
“You are lucky in your looks,” she says. “Your mother was always a beauty and you are very like her: fair, slender,… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“Dear Heavenly Father, I pray You pour out Your Holy Spirit into me as Your vessel. I pray You fill me with… — Glenn Langohr Copy Share Image
When I was prosecutor we had truancy and curfew issues and we made a refrigerator magnet, and that was hot with parents.… — Amy Klobuchar Copy Share Image
My parents both came to the United States from the Dominican Republic, and they were deeply grateful for the opportunities this country… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
A personal note to the Founding Fathers: We're sorry. We blew it. You made it possible for us to live free and… — Philip D. Murphy Copy Share Image
I shall spend every moment loving. One who loves does not notice her trials; or perhaps more accurately, she is able to… — Bernadette Soubirous Copy Share Image
Throughout my childhood, I watched my parents try to become legal but to no avail. They lost their money to people they… — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
Ultimately I think I learned a lot from my mother - the way she used fashion to make herself feel better; it… — Matthew Williamson Copy Share Image
“He was my husband, my apartment mate, my soul mate, the father of the little plant in my confused soil, the lover… — Elizabeth Kostova Copy Share Image
“Our Heavenly Father did not launch us on our eternal voyage without providing the means whereby we could receive from Him guidance… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
“Getting back to the issue of the child," Tina said, harshing our buzz as visual, "I really think you should reconsider. He—"… — MaryJanice Davidson Copy Share Image
“[THE DAILY BREATH] Do you remember the first day of school, when your mom and dad gave you the new uniform, the… — Dragos Bratasanu Copy Share Image
What is this you call property? It cannot be the earth, for the land is our mother, nourishing all her children, beasts,… — Massasoit Copy Share Image
“On Sundays, Presbyterians were not allowed to eat hot food or read the funny papers or travel the shortest journey; parents believed… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
The need to become a separate self is as urgent as the yearning to merge forever. And as long as we, not… — Judith Viorst Copy Share Image
To turn our hearts to our fathers is to search out the names of our deceased ancestors and to perform the saving… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
My mother, who was professional schoolteacher, was particularly concerned about our formal education and even went so far as to start a… — Robert B. Laughlin Copy Share Image
A working definition of fathering might be this: fathering is the act of guiding a child to behave in ways that lead… — Clyde Edgerton Copy Share Image
Simply because our times are complex, does it follow that our parenting must also be? Must we reject the common sense that… — Fred G Gosman Copy Share Image
Maybe you had to leave in order to really miss a place; maybe you had to travel to figure out how beloved… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
It was in Cardiff, and the cast was 60 per cent Welsh-speaking. It's the first time I've walked into a rehearsal room… — Bryn Terfel Copy Share Image
“In the world’s oldest creation myths, the female god creates the world out of her own body. The Great Mother everywhere was… — Monica Sjöö Copy Share Image
Hatred is always a sin, my mother told me. Remember that. One drop of hatred in your soul will spread and discolor… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image