(Take care of) your mother, then your mother, then your mother, then your father, then other relatives in order of closeness. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was brought up west southwest coast of Scotland and my mother and father had a music shop, and so I was… — Colin Hay Copy Share Image
I grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania, where my parents raised German shepherds - we had about 30 dogs at any… — Tory Burch Copy Share Image
Mothering has been the richest experience of my life, but I am still opposed to Mother's Day. It perpetuates the dangerous idea… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“Father Latour began to tell them about his friendly relations with Protestants in Ohio, but they had not room in their minds… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
I've got friends whose parents work three jobs. They don't know where their next meal is going to come from. When you've… — Fred VanVleet Copy Share Image
As a former teacher and a mother and grandmother, I know firsthand the importance of a quality education. — Sue Kelly Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, my parents were too cheap to buy a snowblower, so my crippled butt was out clearing the… — Josh Blue Copy Share Image
“EAMES: Try this... "MY FATHER ACCEPTS THAT I WANT TO CREATE FOR MYSELF, NOT FOLLOW IN HIS FOOTSTEPS." COBB: That might work.… — Christopher Nolan Copy Share Image
“Thalia is such a pretty name. Is it Greek?” The girl looked at her in surprise. “Very good, Lieutenant. My mother is… — J.T. Ellison Copy Share Image
But after about a year praying, there was just this clear direction. The leadership team believed that God was leading us to… — Stephen Kendrick Copy Share Image
“Too many of our fathers and brothers, our friends and neighbors, have died defending their homes and families. Their spirits have gone… — Matthew Palmer Copy Share Image
“We’ll see. Thanks for drawing your sword for me. I always had you down as a man to back the favourite.’ ‘So… — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
Writers write about what obsesses them. You draw those cards. I lost my mother when I was 14. My daughter died at… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
“My mother died of colon cancer one week after my eleventh birthday, and that fact has shaped my life. All that I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Most of the time Marilyn's mother remained unconscious, her breath labored and erratic. One morning before dawn, she suddenly opened her eyes… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
Basically, a manager is a father figure to 20 or 25 blokes. It's about trying to get the best out of them… — Alan Shearer Copy Share Image
I was always super, super musical. So my parents recognized that and put me in choirs, piano lessons, and all that. — Bonnie McKee Copy Share Image
I was standing in the schoolyard waiting for a child when another mother came up to me. Have you found work yet?… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
I think parents today are looking for meaningful things for their kid. It's about feeding them something with meaning. — Ziggy Marley Copy Share Image
I have been on the cover of Time magazine. My father was on the cover of Time, and my grandfather was on… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Life really went backwards. My parents lost everything, all their savings, because we had to run from the Nigerian side to the… — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Copy Share Image
In the early morning on the lake sitting in the stern of the boat with his father rowing, he felt quite sure… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
As with all my new pets, I gently bit each kitten on the face. This is how I let my animals know… — Martha Stewart Copy Share Image
“His mother shakes her head. “Everyone thinks they know what’s best. Everyone.” And then a voice behind him says, “Sometimes you need… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
When my mother died, my father's early widowhood gave him social cachet he would not have had if they had divorced. He… — Amy Hempel Copy Share Image
The only thing my mother would say to me about my music - I'd say, "Mom, listen to this," and she'd say,… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image
My parents brought me up to be comfortable in one's own body. And I have always been comfortable in my own skin. — Varun Dhawan Copy Share Image
I don't know how I could love my daughter anymore than I do. I couldn't, and I don't know how I could,… — Leslie Grossman Copy Share Image
It is hard work to be good when you are very little and very hungry, and have many sticks to beat you,… — Ouida Copy Share Image
I never grew up with a mother's hand - that's why I will forever be insecure, I think, in that primal way. — John Lone Copy Share Image
Often, parents feel overwhelmed. Many must accomplish the whole job single-handedly while bearing all of the emotional pain of divorce. — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
“The scars of broken trust often remind me to be cautious with whom to give my trust. At least from my mother's… — Joseph Jacson K Copy Share Image
“cruel mothers are still mothers. they make us wars. they make us revolution. they teach us the truth. early. mothers are humans.… — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share Image
“Atronius lifted up and held the robe. “There we are. The robe of a King.” “Father forgive them for they… — Julian Noyce Copy Share Image
The simple, daily influences of prayer, persuasion, and promoting of godly values are the most powerful tools a mother can use to… — David Jeremiah Copy Share Image
“They are kind of queer about music and books and scenery. Mother says it’s because their grandfather came from Virginia. She says… — Margaret Mitchell Copy Share Image
I was brought up in a very ordinary family, in fact, a worker's family. Both my father and mother were ordinary citizens. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I was a workaholic, I had food issues, and I had body issues. I was in a lot of pain. My parents… — Amanda de Cadenet Copy Share Image
If you try your best to be the best parent you can be, you will have done all that a human being… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
