One of the things that made me persist in the Antarctic in the face of sickening discouragements was my determination to name… — Lincoln Ellsworth Copy Share Image
Our parents were very prim and proper, but we always got one toy every day. That was a ritual. The money didn't… — Atif Aslam Copy Share Image
My mother understood the importance of taking care of people, especially when they are exposed to hurt or pain. And I was… — Kamala Harris Copy Share Image
Our founding fathers made no mistake when they included the right to peaceably assemble among the first tenets of democracy. — Steve Scalise Copy Share Image
When a child is crying and at the same time pointing his finger in a particular direction,if the father is not there,just… — Sammy Bond Copy Share Image
[The Lord] has indicated that the greatest work we parents can do is performed in our homes, and our homes can be… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
It was a fairly happy childhood. My father was working away, and my mum brought up five kids all on her own. — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
Some parents expend great efforts to get their kids into the right nursery school or the right preschool, with the thought that… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
Destiny, quite often, is a determined parent. Mozart was hardly some naive prodigy who sat down at the keyboard and, with God… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
When I was 7, I told my dad I want to have a house like Micheal Jackson's one. And then he said… — Cristiano Ronaldo Copy Share Image
I love my mother for all the times she said absolutely nothing… Thinking back on it all, it must have been the… — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
“I’d like to ask those who favor this position if they would be willing to go to Littleton and explain to some… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“I spent the best years of my life atoning for something I didn't do, something my parents didn't do, something done just… — Shalom Auslander Copy Share Image
“I had to suppress a smile. Sherlock Holmes once remarked of his brother, Mycroft, that you were as unlikely to find him… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
My father always would say, "My daughter will go into politics? My daughter will become prime minister", but it's not what I… — Benazir Bhutto Copy Share Image
In a famous Middletown study of Muncie, Indiana, in 1924, mothers were asked to rank the qualities they most desire in their… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
“and wind whispered in the porch. Didn’t I tell my father I would kill him? And should I? I searched the house.… — David Adams Richards Copy Share Image
A woman wants a man to protect her like a daughter. Love her like a wife, And respect her like a mother. — Kristine Reynante Copy Share Image
A few years after my father's death, my mother sent me to the United Kingdom for 'better prospects' in 1951. Those four… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
Mothers, unless they were very poor, didn't work. Both of my parents had to leave education. My mother had to work in… — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
Standing, I turned to face my father. “It’s the same as the scent on Moore. It’s definitely a foreign cat, but it’s...more,… — Rachel Vincent Copy Share Image
“There is always the fantasy of maternal love, but it does not accommodate a mother's fear of her children.” — Stephanie Bishop Copy Share Image
“...Lina longed suddenly for a sliver of that must have been her mother's allure, and talent, and passion, and willingness to embrace… — Tara Conklin Copy Share Image
“If I were giving a young man advice as to how he might succeed in life, I would say to him, pick… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
Everything I am I owe to Sterling Sharpe. He made me a better football player, a better father, and a better man.… — Shannon Sharpe Copy Share Image
Anyone who loses a parent, you have to find those parts of yourself that your parent held true in themselves, especially if… — Anthony Rapp Copy Share Image
“As he sat by the radio, J.R. was fascinated to see how Roy listened to the country singers with the same devotion… — Robert Hilburn Copy Share Image
I think, for me, I just keep feeling the need to prove yourself, and thats probably from having a slightly overpowering father. — Rick Stein Copy Share Image
I've always known that my father's father and grandfather and grandmother were from Mexico. I've never denied it. I've always said it. — Susana Martinez Copy Share Image
I'm a first-generation American. My parents are from Nigeria. I had this weird last name that looked Japanese, and then people would… — Rick Famuyiwa Copy Share Image
“The American Dietetic Association recommends that parents refrain from giving their babies juice until they’re at least six months old, and then… — Armin A. Brott Copy Share Image
I remember my mother had this deck of cards that her mother had given her and that she passed on to me.… — David Blaine Copy Share Image
I started when I was four because I had asked my parents, I begged them, 'Can I do acting? I really want… — Peyton List Copy Share Image
“For every victory," Necthana whispered, her great dark eyes shining with a mother's tears, "there is a price.” — Jacqueline Carey Copy Share Image
I'm lucky. My parents are, like, super hippies. They were just happy I was going to school and I wasn't getting in… — Joey Chestnut Copy Share Image
The epitaph written on the tomb of illegitimate child My life was evidence of the influence, in my mothers youth, of my… — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
“I think all mothers shine a little, you know, at least until their kids grow up enough to watch out for themselves.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I guess the biggest issue my husband and I are going to have is how do we raise the baby... because he's… — Bonnie McFarlane Copy Share Image
“Isn't that part of parenting? The never knowing if you are getting it right? You hope you are, you want to desperately,… — Jerusalem Jackson Greer Copy Share Image
“Poseidon,' said Chiron. 'Earthshaker, Stormbringer, Father of Horses. Hail, Perseus Jackson, Son of the Sea God.” — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image