I was never plunked in front of an idiot box because my parents had other things to do. — Cree Summer Copy Share Image
Leisure is the mother of philosophy; and commonwealth, the mother of peace and leisure. — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
My sister-in-law, my mother, grandmother, and the entire family have been the biggest support for me. — Vijay Shankar Copy Share Image
My mother named me after a miracle of nature: Waris means desert flower. The desert flower blooms in a barren environment where… — Waris Dirie Copy Share Image
For men, the answer was always the same and never farther away than the nearest sword. For a woman, a mother, the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My parents' journey to this country just over 50 years ago, the family they built, and my chance to serve New Jersey… — Andy Kim Copy Share Image
In 2006, I published my first novel, 'In the Country of Men.' The publication of the book gave me a bigger platform… — Hisham Matar Copy Share Image
“Father and Ivy used to go off on their excursions, never knowing that I was relieved when they were gone. That I'd… — Suzanne Palmieri Copy Share Image
Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We… — Crazy Horse Copy Share Image
“Mother hold you. May you pass through the gates; may you smell that immortal land of milk and honey. Fear no evil.… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
The kind of man who thinks that helping with the dishes is beneath him will also think that helping with the baby… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I'm lucky having parents that have been in show business for a while and they don't care about the shiny stuff so… — Zoe Kravitz Copy Share Image
“I didn't want to, even in my imagination, even for a second, to conflate this sophisticated woman with my mother, a woman… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
“But to the slave mother New Year's day comes laden with peculiar sorrows. She sits on her cold cabin floor, watching the… — Harriet Ann Jacobs Copy Share Image
“My father had a lifelong terror, phobia whatever, about hospitals. Makes a lot of sense in hindsight. He was so scared of… — Jackie Kay Copy Share Image
Yes, and I had pimples so badly it used to make me so shy. I used not to look at myself. I'd… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
I'm happy with the decision I've taken. I get up in the morning, and I'm happy, and that is what is important… — Giovani Dos Santos Copy Share Image
“The sequence of events described in the gospel is the work of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This is hardly my own… — Michael F. Bird Copy Share Image
I'm so opposite of my profession. No one - particularly my mother and father - ever thought I was going to be… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
We all work hard to understand the dynamic relationship we have with a parent. — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
“Try it for your father, dear,” said the Countess. “Quickly, before it congeals.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Sometimes my mother had difficulty communicating with me about certain topics. — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life. — Sidney Poitier Copy Share Image
My father was a classical pianist, and my mother was a singer of just about everything. — Carly Simon Copy Share Image
Paid leave is a not just a mother and child issue, it's a societal issue we have. — Susan Wojcicki Copy Share Image
Mother Nature is the great equalizer. You can't get away from it. — Christopher Heyerdahl Copy Share Image
My GirlFriend told me that she want me to act a little more like her father. So I fucked her mom. — Nikhil Saluja Copy Share Image
I finally moved out of my parent's house. It was only fair to let my sister have her own room. — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
You know how it is with fathers, you never escape the idea that maybe after all they're right. — John Updike Copy Share Image
Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind; The foul cubs like their parents are. — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take. — Gaspard Mermillod Copy Share Image
