I was born to a single mother and often struggled to find my next meal. With the right opportunities from public education… — Jaime Harrison Copy Share Image
The culture looms much larger than you do as a parent, and one can hardly rely on the culture to impart the… — Rumaan Alam Copy Share Image
As parents, we have kids who reflect back to us our addiction to devices, and we have all sorts of worries about… — Franklin Foer Copy Share Image
I've got a lot of back-up because my father was a Catholic, my mother was a Protestant, I was educated by Jews… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
The apostle Paul very seriously advised Timothy to put some wine in his water for health's sake, but not one of the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I think my parents saw that acting ultimately made me happy, even though it was a rough ride for a little bit.… — Alexandra Daddario Copy Share Image
We preserve the legacy of my father through an education approach. We award scholarships. We do classes at schools about my father's… — Shannon Lee Copy Share Image
My father used to say: "Never suspect people, It's better to be deceived or mistaken, which is only human, after all, than… — Stark Young Copy Share Image
I was born in Karachi, where my father used to work in the sales department of a pharmaceutical company. The nature of… — Fawad Khan Copy Share Image
Becoming a mother is the best thing that has ever happened to me, I am happy to once again be a part… — Nia Vardalos Copy Share Image
My father died and left me his blessing and his business. His blessing brought no money into my pocket, and as to… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
My mother is somebody who I think of as having just an intense close focus. She's somebody who really can pay very,… — David Plotz Copy Share Image
Grief is like wandering through a minefield, as my mother puts it: however carefully you tread, a sudden detonation can happen out… — Owen Jones Copy Share Image
We came to the U.S. with $40. My parents were both professionals in China who had difficulty finding employment here. They worked… — Leana S. Wen Copy Share Image
“I seem to wish to have some importance In the play of time. If not, Then sad was my mother's pain, my… — Christopher Fry Copy Share Image
“As an infant, my oldest brother was taken from my parents and they weren’t allowed to raise him. For centuries, my father… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
I think I'm an okay parent, but I'd put myself in the category of a musician-who-happened-to-become-a-father. I'm definitely not a father-who-happened-to-be-a-musician. — Jack Bruce Copy Share Image
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Necessity is the mother of invention, it is true, but its father is creativity, and knowledge is the midwife — Jonathan Schattke Copy Share Image
My dad loves what I do and I support my parents financially because they didn't have a job that gave them a… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
My mother and father didn't treat my brothers and sisters the same, so to treat 12 players exactly the same, that's a… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
In view of this and other things, I demand forgiveness for being so obviously impressed with my own parents. — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
I like writing about teenagers because it's a time of great change and conflict. Up to then, you accept what your parents… — Joan Lingard Copy Share Image
“To choose anything besides God is to be deceived by the “Father of Lies” who promises happiness but delivers death.” — Lorilyn Roberts Copy Share Image
Twitter is the only place where you can really express your self withouy your parents seeing all of your bad words. — Keyzee Copy Share Image
Like any working mother, I have to balance and manage my time very carefully. My children and husband come first, of course,… — Andrea Davis Pinkney Copy Share Image
Writer or painter god-parents are notoriously unreliable. That is, there is certain before long to be a cooling of friendship. — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
By the time I was 14, I had become self-motivated. Whatever raced inside me was more demanding than any pressure applied by… — Bill Bradley Copy Share Image
My grandmother I admired even more [than mother]. She was an Irish lady and a very kind-hearted person. She had a lot… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
My true satisfaction came when my parents told me that someone had seen me on TV and congratulated them. — Kirti Kulhari Copy Share Image
I went to a commune with my parents when I was a kid and everyone else got given cool spirit animals like… — Finn Andrews Copy Share Image
I didn't grow up with my father in my life, and that bred a resentment in me, and it bred a mentality… — Rashad Evans Copy Share Image
“Make sure to tell our baby that his father loves him every day of his life, just like I will always love… — E.L. Montes Copy Share Image
I've been classically trained in piano since I was little. My father was a pianist, so they started me early. — Beth Phoenix Copy Share Image
When we're at home, my parents tell me what I have to do. You know - Do this, do that,' just normal… — Carlos Alcaraz Copy Share Image
You know why they say that, that models are too skinny? Because parents are horrible, they can't tell their sixteen year old… — Daniel Tosh Copy Share Image
“Prayer was as fundamental an element in the life of Jesus as breathing. He inhaled his Father’s presence so he could exhale… — Mike Breen Copy Share Image
I write a letter to my mother every day, because in that letter, I write down my day. And if I don't… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
At some point, you realize your parents are human. They make the best decisions they can with the options available to them. — Cory Monteith Copy Share Image
I'm very proud of what my parents achieved and what they stood for. They didn't have much, but in many ways they… — John Major Copy Share Image