My father bought three ramshackle houses, rebuilt them, rented them out, kept clawing his way up the ladder. A man with a… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
Allowing flexibility to local school districts to set their own nutritional standards and having parents involved in the process is a win-win… — Mercedes Schlapp Copy Share Image
“He cringed to even consider his father and Celaena in a room together. Cringed, and then smiled, because that was a battle… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
“According to UNICEF, 153 million kids worldwide have lost one or both parents due to all causes.1 That’s twice the total number… — Johnny Carr Copy Share Image
“My mother was an avid reader...She loved books about romance. Books that took place in faraway places and times. Stories with costumes...” — Adriana Trigiani Copy Share Image
I'll stand up for educational opportunities for our children and for parents across the Lowcountry in Congress. — Nancy Mace Copy Share Image
My father and I, we can't soothe each other. I'm too young, he's too old, and we don't know how to talk… — Karen Hesse Copy Share Image
As a kid growing up in Montreal, I wanted to become either a hockey player or a wrestler. Since my family didn't… — Sami Zayn Copy Share Image
My first fundamental premise of our faith is that God is real and so are eternal truths and values not provable by… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money,… — Bible Copy Share Image
My mother was a single parent, a speech therapist who worked for a company that kept a substantial percentage of the income… — Mona Simpson Copy Share Image
“You know how people are always saying your parents are always right? "Follow your parents' advice; they know what's good for you."… — John Green Copy Share Image
“ 'Twas on an evening fair I went to take the air, I heard a maid making her moan; Said, 'Saw ye… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
The day after his father left, Franz and his mother went into town together, and as they left home Franz noticed that… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
Ulysses is son to Laertes, but he is father to Telemachus, husband to Penelope, lover of Calypso, companion in arms of the… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
“A man who says that no patriot should attack the [war] until it is over is not worth answering intelligently; he is… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
The activity of being a husband, a father - those are roles, too, but underneath them is the spiritual center that connects… — Hugh Jackman Copy Share Image
Marriage is no longer the main way in which societies regulate sexuality and parenting or organize the division of labor between men… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
“I watched the refugee kids swim. They are easy to spot. They are the ones whose mothers stand on the shore watching… — Bill Carter Copy Share Image
It seemed like my father and I were always fighting. I know a lot of kids go through that with their families,… — Ken Griffey Jr Copy Share Image
I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
Like Scout and her father in To Kill a Mockingbird, my father would pull me onto his lap each night in our… — Jim Trelease Copy Share Image
My father died when I was nine and a half. We were on relief for two years. They call it welfare now,… — Larry King Copy Share Image
I have no memory at all of my mother shouting at me or at my sister. But I do have horrible memories… — James Haven Copy Share Image
My parents led this double life. They were in the underground movement to bring down the Nazis. My father was hanged for… — Veruschka von Lehndorff Copy Share Image
I think my father would give me the Department of the Interior because of my love of the outdoors, so we can… — Sean Hannity Copy Share Image
I was not from a middle-class family at all. I did not have middle-class possessions and what have you. But I had… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
Certainly my parents were a huge influence. They always expected the most out of all of us. And expected us to do… — Laurel Clark Copy Share Image
Father, you died once, salted down at fifty-nine, packed down like a big snow angel, wasn't that enough? — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
“Her breath caught when his erection shot to rigid. "Merciful Father, Ye're like a stallion with a mare in heat.” — Amy Jarecki Copy Share Image
For every character, I think about who they are, their story, what they are, and who they were before their game started.… — Tim Schafer Copy Share Image
My father would invite me sweetly to come and sit on a stool at his feet, and, as I let myself trustingly… — Lincoln Steffens Copy Share Image
Happy Fathers Day to the Man who created all of us, GOD! I love you Father, without you I dont know where… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't want to bore people with stories about being in rock n' roll and being a mother. Other singers do it.… — Patty Smyth Copy Share Image
“As parents we have a tendency to overprotect; it's okay to try and show them all positives but we cannot forget that… — Johnnie Dent Jr Copy Share Image
I don't think one parent can raise a child. I don't think two parents can raise a child. You really need the… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
So glistered the dire Snake , and into fraud Led Eve, our credulous mother, to the Tree Of Prohibition, root of all… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Families, generally, suck. And I say that as someone who, like my husband, had parents who proved the proverbial exception to the… — Julie Burchill Copy Share Image
I finished 'Heartsick' with my daughter asleep in her bassinet by my desk, a feat that any new mother will tell you… — Chelsea Cain Copy Share Image
I think I'm the only president other than John Kennedy who had both parents alive during the presidency. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image