Necessity is the mother-in-law of patents. — The Covert Comic Aka John Alejandro King Copy Share Image
It's a great relief that you're not as bad a parent as you thought you were. — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
You must not tell anyone,' my mother said, 'what I am about to tell you.' — Maxine Hong Kingston Copy Share Image
Orphans are the only ones who get to choose their fathers, and they love them twice as much. — Adam Johnson Copy Share Image
My father is from the village of Beranci, Macedonia, and my mother is from Greece. — Alexander Volkanovski Copy Share Image
the only way to tolerate the thought of her mother sleeping with that man was to get drunk-very drunk. — Cecily von Ziegesar Copy Share Image
My mother was from upstate New York; she's of Irish and German descent. My father was from Ghana. — Vic Mensa Copy Share Image
One thing my and mother and dad shared completely was their approach to money - they just didn't spend it. — Sam Walton Copy Share Image
“They never asked any reasons for their parents’ fights, thinking all adults unreasonable, violent beings, the toys of their own monstrous tempers… — Christina Stead Copy Share Image
Has it ever occurred to you that parents are nothing but overgrown kids until their children drag them into adulthood? Usually kicking… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I have the legacy of my father and his nocturnal automatic waking up. But I like those periods. I immediately have a… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
One of my favorite parts of myself is my motherhood aspect, it just turned out to be the best thing about my… — Diane Lane Copy Share Image
“I knew my father had done the best he could, and I had no regrets about the way I'd turned out. Regrets… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
God I love sleep! When I was in high school I used to hate it when my parents told me to go… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Many of the books I loved as a kid, that even my mother read as a child, are very slow going. Today's… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“I could see the road ahead of me. I was poor and I was going to stay poor. But I didn't particularly… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
“There is a folk-tale about a shoemaker and his wife who were so poor that they had to send their many children… — Gyula Illyes Copy Share Image
The support of my mother has made such a difference in my life, sacrificing everything to make sure that we went to… — Adam Goodes Copy Share Image
“In this style, argue tyrants of every denomination, from the weak king to the weak father of a family; they are all… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
I do think my mother was a bit overprotective, not in any sordid way, but just normally. She certainly might say to… — Laura Dern Copy Share Image
We do not know what we can bear until we are put to the test. Many a delicate mother, who thought that… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
I think that's something that all mothers have to deal with, especially single mothers. We work, and we have to leave the… — Dolores Huerta Copy Share Image
“The Ravens' coach, Tetsuji Moriyama, took Kevin in after his mother died. He'd raised Kevin to be a star but never let… — Nora Sakavic Copy Share Image