“I made a promise to myself: I would always remember my parents' wishes, but I would never forget myself.” — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
Is it not wonderful, that the love of the parent should be so violent while it lasts and that it should last… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
My father loves Las Vegas, and he loves to play craps. Growing up, I'd find old Caesars Palace chips in his pocket… — Meghan McCain Copy Share Image
For me, conscious parenting is staying attuned to your child, being really open and in the moment. It means staying as present… — Anna Getty Copy Share Image
When I was 3 years old, my parents put me in ballet and I really thought I was gonna be a ballet… — Helene Yorke Copy Share Image
Parents need to be more accepting of who their kids are and less concerned about what society thinks they need to be. — Neil Patrick Harris Copy Share Image
My mother was a jazz fanatic and she wanted me to play the piano so I could play jazz tunes. I wish… — Etta James Copy Share Image
My mother had very humble beginnings - to put it mildly. Her dad built their home out of timber that he cut… — Blake Lively Copy Share Image
If we could know as intimately as we know our more immediate parents the long line of ancestors through whom the family… — Helen Bosanquet Copy Share Image
“It would not have occurred to her that an action which is ineffectual thereby becomes meaningless. If you loved someone you loved… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I always told myself I'd never be like my mother if I had a kid, but here I am, the same thing.… — Jo Koy Copy Share Image
My father says that almost the whole world is asleep, everybody you know, everybody you see, everybody you talk to. He says… — Meg Ryan Copy Share Image
“Just because you are struggling on a farm or in a factory, doing something against which your whole nature rebels, because there… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
The mother's and father's attitudes toward the child correspond to the child's own needs… Mother has the function of making himsecure in… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
First song I write, me go to my mother, and she say, 'Write love songs.' She's one of the oldest, so she's… — Skip Marley Copy Share Image
“If the devil did not see Mary, it was because her humility shielded her from his eyes. He knew the Woman’s place… — Brian Kennelly Copy Share Image
We all got here from somewhere else going back in our lineage. And I think these gratuitous attacks on Americans who got… — Mitch McConnell Copy Share Image
My father, who lives in a village in Uttar Pradesh, was bedridden for some time. His BP shot up. While everyone got… — Ravi Kishan Copy Share Image
In bringing my baby to work, I am happy to be a visible reminder of how messy and difficult it is to… — Michelle Wu Copy Share Image
It took me a long time to be convinced that marriage was right for me because I've come from a long line… — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
I think mostly music just felt good because my parents gave me a real good childhood so I was rarely sad. — Jason Becker Copy Share Image
You make mistakes as a parent. Then you wish you hadn't said that, or you wish you hadn't told them how to… — Jennifer Connelly Copy Share Image
You can be cool and at the same time respect your woman, who will hopefully become your wife, who will hopefully become… — Martin Lawrence Copy Share Image
Growing up, I didn't ever think I was going to go to college because, financially, my parents just couldn't handle it. — Dawn Staley Copy Share Image
Parents do not owe their progeny an inheritance no matter how much money they have. One of the surest ways to produce… — Ann Landers Copy Share Image
Just like if you were brought up on a farm, you would most likely carry on your father's business as a farmer;… — Martin Yan Copy Share Image
In true, narcissistic fashion, when my father was diagnosed as a narcissist, he called us all up individually to tell us, and… — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
I would like to thank my parents in Vergaio, a little village in Italy. They gave me the biggest gift: poverty. — Roberto Benigni Copy Share Image
I'm Greek-American, and I come from an immigrant-type background, and Greek-American parents want you to be a doctor or a lawyer. Because… — Steve Zissis Copy Share Image
Apparently, my grandfather left from Cork to America without saying goodbye to his mother! The family in Longford is still not happy… — Peggy Johnson Copy Share Image
“He was part of a ruined generation of young men coddled by their parents -by their mothers especially- raised on unearned self-esteem,… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
I think of myself as a mum who finds the time to go to work. I have to check myself for baby… — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
From '41 to '51I was my folk's contrary son;I bit my father's hand right throughAnd broke my mother's heart in two. — John Masefield Copy Share Image
I grew up in television studios watching Mum and Dad do 'This Morning' and other stuff, and I'm just like lots of… — Chloe Madeley Copy Share Image
Out of the warmth and loving nature of my home, I got an impulse of a politics that was very different from… — David Dellinger Copy Share Image
Education lays a strong foundation. I was keen on films, but my mother insisted on me finding all about the line I… — Vaani Kapoor Copy Share Image
“She thought of mothering, which was really another word for being present and caring what happened to someone.” — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
“Author challenges parents to bridge the gap with maturing, more independent kids with what he calls "Knock and Pray". He says parents… — Jay Payleitner Copy Share Image
Chess is all about getting the king into check, you see. It's about killing the father. I would say that chess has… — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Copy Share Image
“My parents are worried, of course, but how can I feel sorry for them, since they made me this way and then… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
