When your mother gives you confidence about anything that you do, you carry that confidence with you.She made me believe that I… — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
My father was as involved as he could be. He was busy, but called me every day. He knew what was happening… — Masaba Gupta Copy Share Image
In philanthropy, you have to take the attitude of a mother... You have to be patient, and we have been very patient… — Shiv Nadar Copy Share Image
“From my father, Alfred: Senza memoria vita non esiste. (which in Italian means, without memory life does not exist)” — Raymond F. Vennare Copy Share Image
The kids go to a Quaker school. Their father and I believe a lot in community, social responsibility, making sure you give… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
The circumstances, including my body and my parents, whom I may curse, are my soul's own choice and I do not understand… — James Hillman Copy Share Image
A lot of what I'm obsessed with is the relationship and the dynamics between people and the family, particularly brothers and their… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
Worrying seems like a fairly natural state of being for a parent, so feel free to worry as much as you want. — Mallory Ortberg Copy Share Image
I was drafted by the New Orleans Saints and was tired of dealing with injuries. I just got tired of playing football,… — Paul Orndorff Copy Share Image
The beauty of 'spacing' children many years apart lies in the fact that parents have time to learn the mistakes that were… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
I was extremely close with my mother and my grandmothers, we shared our lives - fully, honestly - and it was heightened… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
And if you're a parent who thinks you're okay because your kid doesn't have a phone or iPod yet, and/or you've used… — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
“So while Jordan told me to "just do it," my parents reminded me of a guy who once laced my Nikes at… — Phil Gaimon Copy Share Image
“The disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and the powerful, and to despise, or, at least, to neglect persons… — David Cay Johnston Copy Share Image
O what is it about having one's own Babe upon one's Hip that makes a Woman wish to go home to her… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
“...some adolescent survivors describe feeling special, powerful, and sometimes entitled. This is especially true of those for whom excessive attention was part… — Christine A. Courtois Copy Share Image
I was shown around Ronnie's house by his father, who told his son about meeting me. Ronnie called the estate agent, a… — Laila Rouass Copy Share Image
Within the first six years of my life, if asked what Dad was to me I would have emphatically responded: 'Dad is… — John Carter Cash Copy Share Image
Creativity is the mother of all energies, nurturer of your most alive self. It charges up every part of you. When you're… — Judith Orloff Copy Share Image
Who has not watched a mother stroke her child's cheek or kiss her child in a certain way and felt a nervous… — John Cowper Powys Copy Share Image
My father was unemployed and I was the eldest of seven children. We were very poor. And when you ask how did… — John Hume Copy Share Image
Society routinely degrades fathers. Men are typically depicted by Hollywood as inadequate and useless beings who are nothing more than comedic props. — Jesse Lee Peterson Copy Share Image
The earth, the air, the land and the water are not an inheritance from our fore fathers but on loan from our… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Whenever I was troubled and confused, I always depended upon my father to give me an objective perspective. — Shabana Azmi Copy Share Image
I would love to make a documentary on my father, Mahesh Bhatt. What is interesting about Bhatt sahab is that he became… — Pooja Bhatt Copy Share Image
I played piano. I've always liked piano. My father played piano. Actually, to be fair, the sound of the harpsichord did annoy… — Mahan Esfahani Copy Share Image
“My God is faithful, He never disappoints me, failed me or forsake me, He always with me. Thank you Heavenly Father for… — Euginia Herlihy Copy Share Image
You protected me like your daughter you respected me like your mother but you did not love me like a wife — Abosslikebarbiithinkpink Copy Share Image
“It was my mother who gave me my voice. She did this, I know now, by clearing a space where my words… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If there is one thing educators can agree on, it's this: children do better in school when their parents get involved in… — William Bennett Copy Share Image
My wife's a really keen baker, and her mother is also a really keen baker, so they were giving me a little… — James Buckley Copy Share Image
“. . . she tried to weave the strength of her father and the young beauty of her first love with David,… — Zelda Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“consuming fresh, nutrient-dense food that is additive-free is one of the most empowering steps parents can take to enhance their own health… — Deborah Kesten Copy Share Image
I was the father whom everyone looked up to and people could watch my films with the entire family. But then too… — Alok Nath Copy Share Image
“Eavesdropping, Mother?' Ramses inquired. 'It is a shameful habit, but cursed useful,' I said, quoting something he had once said, and was… — Elizabeth Peters Copy Share Image
My father, being a Scotsman, taught me to look after finances. I'm shrewd. Some people may call me tight. — Rod Stewart Copy Share Image
“Earth is our spiritual mother and we sense that the Divine is not 'out there' but all around us. Nature itself is… — Sophie Cornish Copy Share Image
Happy is it to place a daughter; yet it pains a father's heart when he delivers to another's house a child, the… — Euripides Copy Share Image
“My own father had always said the measure of a man wasn't how many times or how hard he got knocked down,… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
My parents both played golf and introduced me to golf when I was 5 years old. They took me to the driving… — Yani Tseng Copy Share Image
