I think my mother was like a small company which, because things are not ship-shape, keeps two sets of books, one for… — Michael Lindsay-Hogg Copy Share Image
Offering unequal leaves just reinforces the longstanding notion that parenting responsibilities aren't equal, and that doesn't help anyone. — Christine Tsai Copy Share Image
It is evident, then, that there is a sort of education in which parents should train their sons, not as being useful… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
That's what the founding fathers intended, that most decisions be made at the state level, not at the federal level. — Carlos Lopez-Cantera Copy Share Image
I feel uncomfortable when I think about my father listening to my records, because I don't want to hurt him. — John Grant Copy Share Image
“Never kill anything that’s rare,” my father had said. “I’m lucky I didn’t kill an elephant,” I replied. “You’d have had a… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
Parents need all the help they can get. The strongest as well as the most fragile family requires a vital network of… — Bernice Weissbourd Copy Share Image
When I was very little my mother would read to me in bed. She gave me a fascination for stories, and for… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
My father was the head of the gang in the area I grew up in, but we lived in like a wooden… — Leon Edwards Copy Share Image
I would never believe it of you, my boy, regardless of the schemers your mother and sister turned out to be. You… — Julie Klassen Copy Share Image
So when people used to call me 'chinki' I thought that okay maybe my mother is Chinese so they are calling me… — Jwala Gutta Copy Share Image
I've never been linked to a co-star or director, never had drunken stupors or been disrespectful of a producer's position. I don't… — Padmapriya Janakiraman Copy Share Image
Someday, when my children are old enough to understand the logic that motivates a mother, I'll tell them: I loved you enough… — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
“Marriage is good for no woman, Clarice. It binds her as securely to a master as chains, and silences her voice as… — Katharine Ashe Copy Share Image
“—A MOTHER’S PRAYER— Father of Encouragement Thank you for taking the time to show love to your disciples by affirming and encouraging… — Sally Clarkson Copy Share Image
The biggest considerations I had were practical: how do you move such a large number of actors around a small space? So,… — Hirokazu Koreeda Copy Share Image
Bollywood is where I started from and learnt acting, whereas Bhojpuri cinema has got me superstardom. So, for me Bollywood is like… — Ravi Kishan Copy Share Image
“A mothers Love is as deep and powerful as any ocean, in the depths of it forgiveness forever is found for her… — Raymond D. Longoria Jr Copy Share Image
I think I've actually had a pretty standard upbringing. My parents are really normal, so I've always had them around to keep… — Sophie Lowe Copy Share Image
My mother began to go crazy. Not in a 'Let's paint the kitchen red!' sort of way. But crazy in a 'gas… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
My parents got carried away with the letter P when they were naming the kids in our family. There's me, Paula, my… — Paula Poundstone Copy Share Image
“she said, "Whether you are the younger son or the elder son, you have to realize that you are called to become… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
However painful the process of leaving home, for parents and for children, the really frightening thing for both would be the prospect… — Robert Neelly Bellah Copy Share Image
I'm from a little island off of Massachusetts, Nantucket. It's hard getting into the music business from there, but my parents took… — Meghan Trainor Copy Share Image
I've seen the best and worst of times. My parents were divorced when I was a child. I was brought up by… — Harshvardhan Rane Copy Share Image
Among her many accomplishments, my mother is often identified as the leader of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday movement. — Bernice King Copy Share Image
I also think there is a wisdom and strength in that generation [of our parents], in terms of getting through difficult times,… — James Redford Copy Share Image
Heaven grant me that I may thus rejoice in my children, thus see them ornaments to their Country, and blessings to their… — Abigail Adams Copy Share Image
For my birthday, I would ask for a ticket from my mother. Just buy me a ticket to said country and I'll… — Dhani Jones Copy Share Image
Custody and guardianship by the parent of his child does not arise under the Constitution, laws or treaties of the United States… — Samuel Freeman Miller Copy Share Image
“Quality time is not the same as the everydayness of being together. Let’s neither glorify nor undervalue.” — Don Elium Copy Share Image
When you have a lot of resources, the most important thing is to have had good parents and to have been brought… — David Rockefeller Copy Share Image
“Hilda was philosophical. That means you think everything will turn out for best, according to my father. Or if you don't actually… — Ursula Dubosarsky Copy Share Image
My father grew up in an era when to be an American - a white American, at least - was to be… — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
A woman's decision to carry a baby to term knowing that she will not reap the fruits of motherhood should be treated… — Nina Easton Copy Share Image
My parents never discouraged me. There were a couple times when my dad criticized a couple things that I did, but it… — Jeff Dunham Copy Share Image
“We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do. We should set them… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
Parents are big, but sometimes become the smallest. All their habits are like a little child. When we play together — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
I liked the idea of being from 'somewhere else.' I do think that's inherited. My father never had a fixed sense of… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
My family is a middle-class family. When I grew up and learned how much it actually cost for us to play hockey,… — J. J. Watt Copy Share Image