My father combined many of the elements that were feared in the culture, but also he was a warm figure, a figure… — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
I know that God our Father is in this work in great congregations . . . and in the smallest branch and the smallest congregation. — Loren C. Dunn Copy Share Image
“Parents are just uncelebrated rock stars - we stay up late, take drugs and treat our bodies like crap. Yay!” — Amber Dusick Copy Share Image
The greatest treasure you can leave your children is a sense of modesty and the advice to follow virtuous persons. — Theognis of Megara Copy Share Image
“...the child's arms around her, hugging her as a daughter hugs her mother. Joyfully. Spontaneously. The most beautiful of all. The most… — Eowyn Ivey Copy Share Image
Children do not need superhuman, perfect parents. They have always managed with good enough parents: the parents they happened to have. — Penelope Leach Copy Share Image
Every night at dinner, my father would say something about the greatness of the United States - and tell us to make… — Raja Krishnamoorthi Copy Share Image
My mother was a failed actress, but that was our bread and butter - what we loved most to do was to… — Cynthia Nixon Copy Share Image
“The uniformity of the earth's life, more astonishing than its diversity, is accountable by the high probability that we derived, originally, from… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
When I was a kid people always asked why I didn't act like the rest of my family, and parents would say,… — Blake Lively Copy Share Image
My father was a naturalist and a very spiritual person, who had a great desire to pass on his knowledge to others,… — Carlos Gracie, Jr Copy Share Image
“Beryl had no conscience because she was her father’s daughter. She felt no remorse and didn’t have a problem putting her own… — Peppi Hilton Copy Share Image
“Did you think I was as blind as Father?” Tyrion rubbed his cheek. “Who you lie with is no matter to me… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
On the justice of the cause of Prince Edouard, adding insurances of greatest sincerity to help it and support it and give… — Henry Benedict Stuart Copy Share Image
One day, I found my dad's dressing-gown in an old suitcase, and it transported me back to when I was five and… — Anthony Browne Copy Share Image
“It was said he could charm anyone, just by walking through the room. It was said he was blessed with a special… — Daniel Wallace Copy Share Image
I think Wimbledon is the highlight for most players, it's special. My father played there six times and never got past the… — Casper Ruud Copy Share Image
In Mexico, this idea that fathers go away is really deeply accepted because, for so long, so many men have had to… — Diego Luna Copy Share Image
For me, it always goes back to what my mother taught me and my sisters. That all women are beautiful, and we… — Alek Wek Copy Share Image
I'm passionate about making a difference in increasing the quality of life and survivorship for all affected by lung cancer, having lost… — Lynne Doughtie Copy Share Image
If we're worried about keeping families together, then the illegal alien parents who brought them here should also be removed to the… — Kris Kobach Copy Share Image
“I guess you just have to trust your kids, trust that their innate interest in life will win out in the end,… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“It’s not my fault.” For all those decades, she thought there was something wrong with her. She believed her father when he… — Tracy Zager Copy Share Image
We all know that I failed as a parent. I'll be a way better grandparent than I was a parent, and that's… — Scarface Copy Share Image
I bought my parents a home before they died, and they got to see that I was going to be all right.… — Richard Pryor Copy Share Image
God has given you your country as cradle, and humanity as mother; you cannot rightly love your brethren of the cradle if… — Giuseppe Mazzini Copy Share Image
Daughters-in-law lived with their husbands' parents, not their own; a synonym for marriage in Chinese is "taking a daughter-in-law. — Maxine Hong Kingston Copy Share Image
I think as a parent if you don't understand the perils of social media and what it does to kids, you're neglectful… — Raine Maida Copy Share Image
“What would his father do then? Go on, Johnny supposed. People had a way of doing that, just going on, pushing through… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, So I make an idle boast; Jesus of the twice-turned cheek Lamb of God, although I speak… — Countee Cullen Copy Share Image
My parents were not born in Vienna, but they had spent much of their lives there, having each come to the city… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
I was so keen to play when I left school, I'd have played for nothing. In fact, I did that for a… — John Bonham Copy Share Image
I attended sports school in Bulgaria just like my parents. I attended class twice a day and trained twice a day. — Rusev Copy Share Image
My mother makes a homemade hair oil with lots of natural herbs in it and I apply that once a week at… — Mimi Chakraborty Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to be sure my parents approve of what I do. Even with my tattoos, my mom went with me. — Ashley Tisdale Copy Share Image
My mother was independent. She had grown up in Dalton and Pittsfield, in western Massachusetts, and she was one of the first… — Julia Child Copy Share Image
Showing a great father, a great husband but a horrible man, or vice versa, is very important for the world to see.… — Jamie Hector Copy Share Image
We spoke French at home and I didn't know any English until I went to school. My mother was French and met… — Joanne Harris Copy Share Image
My parents absolutely did not think of themselves as part of the Great Migration. They knew they were part of a great… — Isabel Wilkerson Copy Share Image
“She’s still your mother.” Meaning no matter what she’s done, how much you don’t understand her, you will treat her with respect.… — William Shatner Copy Share Image
