Thank God I have four sons. The mother/daughter relationship is one of mankind's great mysteries, and for womankind, it can be hellaciously… — Melissa Gilbert Copy Share Image
“As a girl gets older, father-connectedness is the number one factor in delaying and preventing her from engaging in premarital sex and… — Rick Johnson Copy Share Image
“My mother and Joe have a lovers' shorthand, an economy of gestures that comes when you are close enough to someone to… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I often make a joke of my parents, because I come from a Nigerian background and there's a stereotype in the Nigerian… — MNEK Copy Share Image
'Suffering should not make us bitter people,' my mother once said, 'it should make us better comforters.' Young people need to hear… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
No child is taught to kill, but he has to be taught to love, respect, honor and value, not only his own… — Cal Thomas Copy Share Image
My parents often wondered why I would grow so indignant at the falsification and exploitation of the Nazi genocide. The most obvious… — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share Image
Now that I have kids, I'm probably more overprotective than I've ever been. My wife's nickname for me is 'red alert.' I… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
When my mother died, my father was in a crisis, my sister was in a crisis, everyone was in a crisis. I… — Stuart Rose Copy Share Image
My mother insisted that I pursue music. I rented out my father's musical equipment and earned some money. As a child, I… — A. R. Rahman Copy Share Image
My Father taught me to weigh my words carefully, and speak up only when I had something insightful to add to the… — Kevin Smith Copy Share Image
There were definitely bands and musicians I liked that drove my mother insane. I probably liked them all the more for it!… — Gillian Jacobs Copy Share Image
“With open arms, caro. Jokes were being bandied back and forth. You know our tradition, explained my mother, you must always come… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“I was always an unusual girl, my mother told me I had a chameleon soul No moral compass pointing due north, no… — Lana Del Rey Copy Share Image
I'm quite sensitive to women. I saw how my sister got treated by boyfriends. I read this thing that said when you… — Orlando Bloom Copy Share Image
“I took off one of the high-heeled sandals, the white sandals my mother prized, and threw it into the pool. That's when… — Judy Blundell Copy Share Image
Spouses should spend at least one full hour each day talking together about subjects that have nothing to do with their work… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
“I know," I said, "but it scares me. It reminds me of my father." I'm not your father," said Mark. "Repeat after… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
“[Liam] felt the life, the person he had been, rush past him and out the door as his eyes took in the… — Cerece Rennie Murphy Copy Share Image
“Peeta, you said at the interview you’d had a crush on me forever. When did forever start? Oh, let’s see. I guess… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“One of the few things my father says when he's had a few that I agree with is that kids don't have… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
When I hear the deepest truths I speak coming out of my mouth sounding like my mother's, even remembering how I fought… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
As motherhood as a "private enterprise" declines and more mothers rely on the work of lower-paid specialists, the value accorded the work… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
“I’m impressed. That is one big mother of a tax office.’ ‘They say that the Captain has an agreement with the Skylords,… — Peter F. Hamilton Copy Share Image
“As soon as the door closed behind my father, Alec turned to me, coffee mug halfway to his mouth. "You faced down… — Rachel Vincent Copy Share Image
“For centuries after obtaining power during the reign of Constantine, Christians went on a censorship rampage that led to the virtual illiteracy… — D.M. Murdock Copy Share Image
Acting is our job, not talking about it. In France, they know me like I belong to their family. I go somewhere… — Carole Bouquet Copy Share Image
My mother and my father were illiterate immigrants from Russia. When I was a child they were constantly amazed that I could… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
“This, then, was hunger. This was what his mother had meant when she had said, "We'll all go hongry." He had laughed,… — Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Copy Share Image
“You know, Lockie,’ she said aloud. ‘What?’ ‘The thing about parents is . . . the thing about good parents — and… — Nicole Trope Copy Share Image
“A brick could have been used as a father figure in place of my dad when I was growing up, because a… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
I talk a lot about the men in my family because my mother died when I was little, and my grandmother died… — Ilhan Omar Copy Share Image
![“As a girl gets older, father-connectedness is the number one factor in delaying and preventing her from engaging in premarital sex and drug and alcohol abuse. Girls with involved fathers are more assertive and have higher self-esteem.[25] And girls with involved fathers also have higher…” quote by Rick Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcc/rick-johnson-17553_alcohol-abuse_as-a-girl-gets-older-father-connectednes_411659.jpg)
![“[Liam] felt the life, the person he had been, rush past him and out the door as his eyes took in the overturned, splintered remains of their living room. It was a feeling he’d felt only once before, when his father died. But what made it worse…made it permanent, was lying in the middle of the…” quote by Cerece Rennie Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3db/cerece-rennie-murphy-44588_father-died_liam-felt-the-life-the-person-he-had-bee_381236.jpg)
