I was appalled at how children had become the focus and gravitational center of the nuclear family around which parents orbited instead… — Judith M Bardwick Copy Share Image
To those people who say, 'My father is alive because of animal experimentation,' I say, 'Yeah, well, good for you. This dog… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
“Simplification was dangerous and would later take its revenge. Only when he could hold in balance his hatred and his stunted love,… — Edward St. Aubyn Copy Share Image
“Father, we know ourselves to be precious and honored in your sight, and greatly loved, because you gave Jesus in exchange for… — Scotty Smith Copy Share Image
On whether his church still holds that God the Father was once a man, [Hinckley] sounded uncertain, 'I don't know that we… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
“The most difficult part of being a mother was to observe the mistakes of one's children: the foolish loves, the desperate solitude… — David Bergen Copy Share Image
My Italian granny and my mother made great spaghetti, but it wasn't a kind of southern Italian, Godfather-esque kind of thing -… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
Every child has a legitimate narcissistic need to be noticed, understood, taken seriously, and respected by his mother. In the first weeks… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
My mother and father were farmers from very humble means, and when I was three years old they moved from the roca… — Tite Copy Share Image
The invisible bond that gives the baby rein to discover his place in the world also brings the creeping baby back to… — Louise J. Kaplan Copy Share Image
“People are meant to come into our lives and affect us. They're meant to challenged us and help us to grow. From… — Giovanna Fletcher Copy Share Image
“Madeline (said the Countess in a solemn voice), in my concern for your father, I spoke unguardedly; and I already repent having… — Regina Maria Roche Copy Share Image
When I looked further into my mother's history, I realised that her anxieties and her neuroses could be accounted for by facts… — John Rhys-Davies Copy Share Image
“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And… — Scotty Smith Copy Share Image
“I know that for every mother, there is always the possibility of three in your relationship with your daughter. You, your daughter… — Claire Fontaine Copy Share Image
“Just as abruptly, he'd become a father. While preparing the book for publication, he'd been dating a woman named Sarah Coowe, an… — Chad Harbach Copy Share Image
“We don’t need the money that badly,” my mother said. “According to my sisters, we do.” I slid the photograph with dollar… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
Both of my parents were born into poor families on the island of Cuba. They came to America because it was the… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
“Father's Day POETRY Jeffrey Harrison | 36 words My first father- less Father’s Day came a little too soon after the funeral,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“She asked her parents to buy him the books she’d been read by her first teachers, Peter Rabbit and Frog and Toad.… — Jhumpa Lahiri Copy Share Image
My parents strapped a pair of plastic skis on my boots when I was two years old and sent me down our… — Mikaela Shiffrin Copy Share Image
So many times in life, I took your love for granted. But the truth is that whenever I caught myself in a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“No parent/home/child/teacher/school has an all-round 100 percent wholeness. We all have limitations and problems. But I must never think it is all… — Susan Schaeffer Macaulay Copy Share Image
I get some letters from a lot of people. Sometimes it's nice, with letters from kids or from parents of kids who… — Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Copy Share Image
“Do not blame your parents for not working hard enough to birth you with silver spoon in your mouth because tomorrow you… — Agu, Jaachynma N.E Copy Share Image
I've seen my father go hungry, but my brother and mom never went hungry. I saw my father do overtime after overtime… — Eddie Kingston Copy Share Image
When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
Theodosius was chaste and temperate; he enjoyed, without excess, the sensual and social pleasures of the table, and the warmth of his… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“She deigned to asked me how ice queens reproduce. I grinned, and her mother looked horrified. “We procreate by way of ice… — Michelle Franklin Copy Share Image
“Do you guys have sunscreen?” I ask. “No,” Scottie says. “Do we have water?” “Did you bring any?” Alex asks. “No,” I… — Kaui Hart Hemmings Copy Share Image
“Do you think I could be... a good father? Like Yours. A man with a head, a heart, and a soul. A… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón The Shadow of the Wind Copy Share Image
DEAR FATHER, give us the faith to get through our struggles today! We know You are using these difficulties to teach us… — Glen Rambharack Copy Share Image
“Janine Chassequet-Smirgel (1988) and other French Freudians, for example, argue that Freud’s phallocentrism was not just wrong, but a motivated error, defending… — Stephen A. Mitchell Copy Share Image
Popular culture entered my life as Shirley Temple, who was exactly my age and wrotea letter in the newspapers telling how her… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
“The greatest lessons I learned from my father didn't come from lectures or discipline or even time spent together. What has stuck… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“There can be no greater stretch of arbitrary power than to seize children from their parents, teach them whatever the authorities decree… — Isabel Paterson Copy Share Image
Your mother all but accused me of something that is, among my kind, the highest crime a man can commit. There is… — Amelia Atwater-Rhodes Copy Share Image
The one thing my mother instilled in me, well both my parents but specifically my mother - I come from a Muslim… — Iman Abdulmajid Copy Share Image
My father used to tell me stories before I fell asleep. When the children would gather, at a certain point, I had… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
Dear God," said Nudge under her breath, "I want real parents. But I want them to want me too. I want them… — James Patterson Copy Share Image