There were only two other Chinese families in this town of 25,000, but to our parents, the determining factor was the quality… — Steven Chu Copy Share Image
My father might have got me to 5.80 m, but I definitely give just as much credit, and maybe even more, to… — Armand Duplantis Copy Share Image
I really lucked out in terms of how my parents encouraged me to develop my own personality so I didn't just feel… — Winona Ryder Copy Share Image
My mother was a Chinese trapeze artist in pre-war Paris Smuggling bombs for the underground. And she met my father at a… — Colin Meloy Copy Share Image
My father, Philip Fisher, was the toughest guy I ever knew. An example: He had terrible teeth, yet he got his fillings… — Kenneth Fisher Copy Share Image
“Let him grow up, Regan. Quit fighting the inevitable. For Christ's sake, Jeremy's nearly a man." "Haven't you heard? Twenty's the new… — Lisa Jackson Copy Share Image
The truth of the matter is, you lose a parent to murder when you're 10 years old, and in fact at the… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
Love and compassion are the mother and father of a smile. We need to create more smiles in our world today. Smiles,… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
Remember that in ascending to the Father You could not leave us orphans; And in making yourself a prisoner on earth You… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
To pay for my father's funeral I borrowed money from people he already owed money to. One called him a nobody. No,… — Philip Schultz Copy Share Image
“In Jewish memory it is as though Osea had written just yesterday. A worried father is a worried father. He can’t help… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
In some ways a mark of good parenting is that you don't try to make your children into little knockoffs of yourself.… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
Children live in the only successful Marxist state ever created: the family. 'From each according to his ability, to each according to… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
On landing at New York I caught the yellow fever by walking to the bank at Greenwich to get the money to… — John James Audubon Copy Share Image
“But I've discovered being a writer is an ongoing apprenticeship, just like everything else in life that matters to me-being a mother,… — Sue Monk Kidd & Ann Kidd Taylor Copy Share Image
“III. As to my having desired to obtain the crown otherwise than by obedience to my father, and following him in regular… — Jacob Abbott Copy Share Image
I was a good surfer because we grew up a block from the water, and my father took us to the ocean… — Jolene Blalock Copy Share Image
My parents always used to ask me to settle down, and I could never understand that term. However, after marriage, I have… — Amruta Khanvilkar Copy Share Image
“She is the widow of a Dothraki khal, a mother of dragons and sacker of cities, Aegon the Conqueror with teats.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
I remember the different things that were happening to my family as we were getting situated and buying our first home in… — Rashida Tlaib Copy Share Image
I grew up with parents who liked the old line that they didn't leave the Democratic Party - the Democratic Party left… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
My parents brought me up with this philosophy. You must do things. You mustn't watch what other people are doing. You must… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
The best thing a girl can be is a good wife and mother. It is a girl's highest calling. I hope I… — Nancy E. Turner Copy Share Image
I say to my mother all the time, 'You're the child.' And she says, 'Yeah, you're the mother.' I've been that way… — Kristy McNichol Copy Share Image
At 18, I got a publishing deal, so I was like, 'I can do this for real and not go to college.'… — Meghan Trainor Copy Share Image
I had great schooling, and my parents were always in front of me, or next to me, or behind me, making sure… — Marcus Samuelsson Copy Share Image
My parents immigrated from Italy and spent 40 days and 40 stinking nights on a boat so we didn't have to eat… — Nadia Giosia Copy Share Image
The poem that became the song 'Gold All Over the Ground' was written during 1967, when my dad was really falling in… — John Carter Cash Copy Share Image
I love man as creator, lover, husband, friend, but man the father I do not trust. I do not believe in man… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
“And the wooden shoe that sailed the skies Is a wee one's trundle-bed; So shut your eyes while Mother sings Of wonderful… — Eugene Field Copy Share Image
When I told my father about Samantha, he simply laughed and said that he is happy and that he already knew about… — Naga Chaitanya Copy Share Image
Perhaps the final hour is come I have left no testament Only a pen, for my mother I am no hero in… — Bei Dao Copy Share Image
If you take being a father seriously, you'll know that you're not big enough for the job, not by yourself...Being a father… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
Whether it was making my bed or making a movie, my mother and father never hesitated to say how proud they were… — Reese Witherspoon Copy Share Image
When I was a youngster I lived with different families. I nearly always felt closer to the man of the house. Maybe… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
If some gang were threatening your family, you'd go looking for someone butch to help, right? Any maybe if your mother were… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
“I slid down in the seat and began to weep. I wept for her, for me, but mostly because the siren call… — Joe McNally Copy Share Image
My mother was there every day of the production. You know what? My mother and I are so close, she really understands… — Michelle Trachtenberg Copy Share Image
I have been a total brat since my childhood. Because of me, my mother's day was over by afternoon as just managing… — Amit Trivedi Copy Share Image
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