When I was growing up, my father would gather all of his children, seven brothers and seven sisters, around the television set… — Rudy Ruettiger Copy Share Image
“There are points in time when you grow older than your parents. Or come up on them at least. I look at… — Amy McNamara Copy Share Image
I just wanted to compile these stories about growing up with my father and I wanted people to be able to enjoy… — Justin Halpern Copy Share Image
Those of you who do have a father cherish every moment, I don't know what it's like because my dad was never… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The love and respect that my parents have gained through their body of work is unmatchable. My goal is not to surpass… — Shriya Pilgaonkar Copy Share Image
“People say parenting is the hardest job in the world –they’re wrong –growing up is. We all just forget how hard it… — John Tiffany Copy Share Image
My father always told me, you can only be your own best. In other words, if you feel you've done your best,… — Jane Seymour Copy Share Image
“My father taught us to learn as much as possible of any tongue we came across. He says it’s better than money… — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
[My mother] closed the school the next day [after a visit from Castro's soldiers], because she knew that the purpose of education… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
“When he was a kid, it used to feel like his parents disappeared when the got drunk. As the levels of their… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
“And, for her father, it seemed as if it were a home-like, comfortable thought to him, that her mother had one of… — Charlotte Mary Yonge Copy Share Image
Of all my travels in America, nothing has affected me more, nothing even close I have to tell you, than the time… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
My father was a Muslim immigrant; when Donald Trump started talking about banning Muslim immigrants from this country, I grew my beard… — Andrew Aydin Copy Share Image
I am dedicated to giving my kids the memory of happy parents. So I spend a lot of time with them. We… — Orson Bean Copy Share Image
In the past, kids didn't tell their parents they were gay, so there were never the bust-ups. Some parents react so strongly… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
One of the tragedies of our day is that too many boys are growing up without guidance of a father, or another… — Dennis Rainey Copy Share Image
There are no perfect parents, and there are no perfect children, but there are plenty of perfect moments along the way. — Dave Willis Copy Share Image
My parents are very well-behaved. If anything, if my Mom were here right now, she would hug and kiss every one of… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
“Father, come and open my life to your word. I long to know you more so that I can advance your kingdom… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It was a revelation to most parents in my program that they could ready their children for kindergarten on their own and… — Leora Lazarus Copy Share Image
Parents have to instill the right principles in their children, but then it's up to the children to live up to those… — Mary Lydon Simonsen Copy Share Image
I've been singing all my life. I've always wanted this. I sang in church, in school plays, and my parents gave me… — Aaliyah Copy Share Image
“I mean one can be so remote in spirit from one's actual father -or mother- it's as though one doesn't belong to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was lucky enough that my parents knew about World Cup skiing, so since I was really little, we were watching World… — Mikaela Shiffrin Copy Share Image
Parents bobble between a nostalgia-infused yearning for their children to play and fear that time spent playing is time lost to more… — Robin Marantz Henig Copy Share Image
There's a big thing in Canada that parents need to talk to their children about drugs and sex. I don't think talking… — Deborah Ellis Copy Share Image
When you're all singing together, it brings things together. I know the songs that my grandfather and my father sang. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
My mother sang. But back in the day, it was looked down upon if the lady of the house wanted to sing… — Amit Trivedi Copy Share Image
My parents used to struggle to put food on our plates. Whatever little money they got, we had to make do with… — Dutee Chand Copy Share Image
“showing Carla and Erik with Father. It had been taken a couple of years ago on a sunny day at the beach” — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
Believing that all women should want to be mothers makes about as much sense as believing that all men should want to… — Harriet Lerner Copy Share Image
The fact I didn't have my father in my life shaped the way it's gone. And it shaped the way I interact… — Alison Hammond Copy Share Image
The memories I can gather now of my parents are quite contradicting. My mother was the disciplinarian and my dad was the… — Sanam Saeed Copy Share Image
“He was my best friend, all three, yes three of my fathers were gay, but I was still undecided on that route.… — James Cox Copy Share Image
I'd probably be one of these terribly over-protective parents whose children become a neurotic wreck because they've never been exposed to real… — Ben Miller Copy Share Image
I'm lucky to have two mothers; a great mother and stepmother. If you don't do it for yourself, do it for a… — Mark Rebb Copy Share Image
There are a lot of similarities between Akshay and my father. Akshay is a Punjabi and so are we. He is Delhi-based… — Tulsi Kumar Copy Share Image
Nothing in life prepared me for the way I felt about being a mother. Until then, I sort of felt like a… — Sissy Spacek Copy Share Image
I have had the experience common to many women, of needing to define myself and to find my self-esteem as a person,… — Hazel Hawke Copy Share Image
As a child, my father's architecture seemed to me to be industrial in a way. It seemed harsh and kind of chilly;… — Nathaniel Kahn Copy Share Image
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