Baby smiled, mother wailed, Earthward while the sweetling sailed; Mother smiled, baby wailed, When to earth came Viola. — Francis Thompson Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, my parents never let me use race as an excuse. They'd say, 'When you walk into a… — Will Packer Copy Share Image
Fifty years ago my Mother stood on this stage accepting this award; She was fortunate enough to have my Dad with her.… — Mariska Hargitay Copy Share Image
I work every day to live up to my mother's model. She was a very proud woman. And she really prepared me… — Anita Hill Copy Share Image
I wrote 'A Boy and His Soul' that talks about how my mother had lupus and my dad dying of a heart… — Colman Domingo Copy Share Image
Me and my parents would watch old 'Frankenstein' and 'Dracula' and all those old black and white movies - as a kid,… — King Diamond Copy Share Image
I find that in this day and generation, the meanest men have the lowest estimate of woman; that the greater the man… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
I like to feel that what I'm doing portrays this: a family where there is love between mother, father and the kids.… — Bil Keane Copy Share Image
My mother taught me that to maximize your philanthropic potential, you need to constantly challenge your capabilities and put yourself in situations… — Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen Copy Share Image
Growing up, my parents made a lot of sacrifices for my brother and I to go to private school and to attend… — Marcus Mariota Copy Share Image
“Do you live here?" Sophie asked dryly. "No," he said, plopping down into the chair next to her, "although my mother is… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
For each of us, life is a journey. Heavenly Father designed it for us out of love. Each of us has unique… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
I grew up in a town where there were no adults over forty who weren't somebody's parents. It was, unfortunately, the kind… — Meghan Daum Copy Share Image
I hate pants. This is something I have inherited from my father. He despised pants, and my mother was never allowed to… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
“How are you? My father could say this quicker than anybody. He was always the first to say how are you, provided… — Péter Esterházy Copy Share Image
Look at the mother of Washington! She raised a boy that could not tell a lie--could not tell a lie! But he… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I grew up in a home and in a world in which you can do anything. We were all expected to go… — David Alan Grier Copy Share Image
“My parents are spies. That’s not something you can simply pretend away.” “Sure you can,” Dempsey said. “My parents were Democrats, but… — Jeffrey Wilson Copy Share Image
You go to a theater now and you literally see parents watching the movie and they suddenly cover their kid's ears. I… — Garry Marshall Copy Share Image
On this auspicious day of Mother's day, may the God Almighty bless you my dearest Mother and keep you safe at all… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think it's heartbreaking when your kids go public and make accusations that aren't true, you know, not just about me as… — Shanna Moakler Copy Share Image
I play the father in the scene when Will and Tommy go back to Tommy's old apartment. It was a big mistake.… — Barry Sonnenfeld Copy Share Image
My mum's father was a producer and her mother was an actress, so my mum was fully behind me going into acting. — Charlotte Ritchie Copy Share Image
A daughter is a mothers treasure, a fathers diamond, a brothers hero, a sisters friend, and a man's loving sole,! — Maria Copy Share Image
My father and I had a good relationship, it was very relaxed. He had a lot of humour. He looked a little… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
Our kids fear going to school in the morning, and their parents worry whether they will come home safely at the end… — Wayne Messam Copy Share Image
There comes a moment as a parent when you realize you will no longer be the center of your child's universe. — Carre Otis Copy Share Image
I had this wonderful, supportive mother who didn't get mad because of all the earth mucking up my bed. She just said… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
“I ran back into the emergency room crying, yelling, and screaming, “Somebody please help my mother. He is going to kill her!” — Russell Vann Copy Share Image
Parents are supposed to instruct their kids. It doesn't mean they necessarily have that gift of teaching. — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
It's interesting, on your second day of existence, to realize that your father is going to blame all the future failures of… — Josh Lieb Copy Share Image
I got into guitar because no parent will buy their eight-year-old kid drums unless they're divorced and trying to get back at… — Josh Homme Copy Share Image
My parents are desperate, they keep saying: 'Please stop doing these angsty roles; make it easier for us.' So, yeah, I'd love… — Ruth Wilson Copy Share Image
Both my parents were actors. I was schooled to think that acting was an important social service, that it was something that… — Tyne Daly Copy Share Image
The greatest job that any mother will ever do will be in nurturing, teaching, lifting, encouraging and rearing her children in righteousness… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
Perhaps imagining ourselves as parents is not only the expression of a biological drive, but essential to understanding the scope of our… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Parenting, when it is pursued seriously and thoughtfully, is not only life's most important career, but its most joyful and fulfilling career.” — Linda Eyre Copy Share Image
Of all human struggles there is none so treacherous and remorseless as the struggle between the artist man and the mother woman. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
For me, life without murder is like a life without food. I was the father of these people, since it was I… — Alexander Pichushkin Copy Share Image
Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
