A woman wishes to mother a man simply because she sees into his helplessness, his need of an amiable environment, his touching… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Studies show that children of divorced parents can have outcomes as positive as those coming from intact homes, provided the father remains… — Larry Elder Copy Share Image
My father gave me the greatest give anyone could give me he believed in me and told me to be the best… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My mother knows struggle and has taught me how to lead with compassion, the compassion that should be required for every representative… — Rashida Tlaib Copy Share Image
My parents were vegetarians. I'd show up at school, this giant black kid, with none of the cool clothes and a tofu… — Aisha Tyler Copy Share Image
My father always told my sisters and me that once you succeed, people will automatically be quiet. And he was right. — Geeta Phogat Copy Share Image
If you have one of the worst schools in the city, then chances are the teachers are not going to care for… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
Ultimately when I fell out with my parents, I hit rock bottom. I didn't care whether I lived or died to be… — Ricky Hatton Copy Share Image
We have some of the most influential Members of Congress here today, and I do hope that we can get this appropriation… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
That is, we believed, the supreme duty of the parent, who only was permitted to claim in some degree the priestly office… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The death of her father and mother and the rich acres of land that had come down to her had set a… — Sherwood Anderson Copy Share Image
“Orange-Scented Rice SERVES 4 … Rice,—what will this sister of mine do with rice? But my father hath made her mistress of the… — Francine Segan Copy Share Image
“I fancy my father thought me an odd child, and had little fondness for me; though he was very careful in fulfilling… — Mary Ann Evans Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to my parents' albums. Many of them were either classical - Bach, Beethoven and Brahms - or easy… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
My mother is American. I first went to school in America, and we came back when I was about six to rural… — Adam Rayner Copy Share Image
We're living in a time when parenting is not at all mirroring the way I was parented. For me, I just followed… — Edie Falco Copy Share Image
One of the things that I learned at a very young age is the power of a parent's words to their children. — Danny Gokey Copy Share Image
~My children are my life ... It's not like I don't have my own wants and and dreams anymore - it's just… — Angie Harmon Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, my father would read Neil Simon plays with me, when I was going to bed, as bedtime… — Zach Woods Copy Share Image
'Yes' is the mother of all positive words, next to 'love.' Maybe 'love' is the father of all positive words. — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
There was never any pressure on me to go into the business, but I was always aware of it. I'd go on… — Micky Dolenz Copy Share Image
My father had an expression, if you want to know the road ahead, ask the person that's been there. We found that… — Joel Glazer Copy Share Image
My father died in 1930, but if you told him or anybody almost in that time that you'd be able to sit… — Desmond Llewelyn Copy Share Image
It's difficult in your life when both parents pass so quickly and you're not really that old when they move on. There… — Sam Allardyce Copy Share Image
You know, everybody dies. My parents died. Your father died. Everybody dies. I'm going to die too. So will you. The thing… — John Irving Copy Share Image
When my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry weep weep… — William Blake Copy Share Image
“Normally I didn't attend my father's funerals unless I was scheduled to sing, but it wasn't every day Dad buried a rock… — Linda Budzinski Copy Share Image
My father joined the NAACP when he was 12, in the '50s. He was part of the organizing efforts that led to… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
“To make one half the human race consume its energies in the functions of housekeeper, wife and mother is a monstrous waste… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
“Right. Because he seemed like such a normal kid. And he is a normal kid, he is just what you'd expect a… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
People forget how the same children brought up with affection, effort, and love are the ones who later kick their parents. — Asha Bhosle Copy Share Image
Even though I'm not with their mother, it's important for my kids to see adults in a committed and happy relationship. They… — Michael Strahan Copy Share Image
If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human being can pour… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“He grinned, raising the glass to his lips, the liquid wetting his mouth. I wanted to be that glass. -from chapter Hurts… — Brooklyn James Copy Share Image
Growing up, my mom was my mother and father figure. She was my role model. I looked up to her. She was… — Brook Lopez Copy Share Image
There’s no winning arguments with your parents, so why get all pumped up over them? It is way better to dive down… — Wendelin Van Draanen Copy Share Image
You will not easily get a man to believe that his carnal love for the woman he has made his wife is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My parents played bridge, and I remember being fascinated watching them. I sometimes got a chance to sit in on a hand,… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
It's interesting, as I said on the last tour in America, the audience actually came out, they had to have been the… — Joe Cocker Copy Share Image
My mother said, Don't worry abot what people think now. Think about whether your children and grandchildren will think you've done well. — Lord Mountbatten Copy Share Image
