Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason, and those of us who are mothers know it's the most… — Maggie Gallagher Copy Share Image
I grew up with both my parents around me at all times, but my kids are not knowing who I am half… — Boo Weekley Copy Share Image
I came to America when I was six. In true African form, my parents wanted me to be a doctor or lawyer… — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
My mother was a very talented pianist, and she was a music teacher who hated to teach music, actually, but she loved… — Peter C. Doherty Copy Share Image
“As far as his father was concerned, “we were informants,” Jonathan said, borrowing a term from anthropology. Dinner conversations could at times… — Ariel Sabar Copy Share Image
“He made a choice, one his father didn't understand or agree with. But he still should have supported it. That's what love… — Andrea Kane Copy Share Image
“She has no mother because fatherblood hates with love and pride, but motherblood with hate loves and cohabits.” — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
You know, I used to warm the thermometer on the light bulb... I was really good at being sick. I could forge… — Graydon Carter Copy Share Image
Say, my father runs a business, and today my brother is running it for him. There are people who have worked with… — Sargun Mehta Copy Share Image
“The Pharisees were the religious experts of their day. They possessed much information about God, but they had no personal relationship with… — Henry T. Blackaby Copy Share Image
I had invited 50 or 60 peers and friends, most of whom were parents, to see the film [Trust], and I asked… — David Schwimmer Copy Share Image
“He did take her to the movies. They saw Father of the Bride. Grace hated it. She hated girls like Elizabeth Taylor… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
“Our job as mothers is to do the best we can to teach our children that life is better and friendships are… — Melanie Shankle Copy Share Image
Today's mom watches her every child-rearing step lest she commit some egregious and apocalyptic parenting faux pas that will certainly doom her… — John Rosemond Copy Share Image
The character of a child is formed largely during the first twelve years of his life. He spends 16 times as many… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
The minute you become a parent, you're always going to wonder if you're doing something wrong, and I certainly experience that on… — Emily Deschanel Copy Share Image
My mother can certainly be rough around the edges at times, but she also taught me to have compassion for people who… — LZ Granderson Copy Share Image
No one in the world can take the place of your mother. Right or wrong, from her viewpoint you are always right.… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
I think there comes a point in probably most father-son relationships where the son kind of starts becoming the parent. — Francois Arnaud Copy Share Image
My dad's Israeli. He was born in Baghdad to Iraqi Jews. Then, at age two, his parents wanted to move to their… — Elliott Yamin Copy Share Image
“If, because of my schooling, I had grown culturally separated from my parents, my education finally had given me ways of speaking… — Richard Rodriguez Copy Share Image
When I look in the mirror, I also see a mother and a wife and someone I am proud to be. I… — Elizabeth Smart Copy Share Image
I was very good in school, and my parents really would have really liked me to go to college. Instead, I went… — Daniel Bryan Copy Share Image
“Love between man and woman is unstable, but the beautiful love that springs from companionship of children and parents lasts until the… — R.L. Alsaker Copy Share Image
My father, my mother, and then my father was always on top of me - 'Keep your nose clean. Do you love… — Paul Anka Copy Share Image
One of the reasons we judge each other so harshly in this world of parenting is because... we perceive anyone else who's… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
I hate my jaw. I don't know if it's my dad's - I think I'm more like my mother, my littlest sister… — Rumer Willis Copy Share Image
I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“We know us,” said Mother. “They’re wrong. And don’t ever allow them to convince you otherwise. Do you understand?” — Ruta Sepetys Copy Share Image
“Instead, she looked vaguely about, sniffing that familiar smell of fresh dirtiness which belongs to mankind’s extreme youth, a pleasant smell to… — Christina Stead Copy Share Image
“One can survive every hurt and move on, except the hatred of a mother formed without reasons, that one could not elucidate.” — Darmie Orem Copy Share Image
My father is a geologist and he really thinks that scientists are going to save the world, so he wanted me to… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
Every sincere prayer is heard and answered by our Heavenly Father, but the answers we receive may not be what we expect… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
My mother married three times. My dad is... I don't really have one. I mean, he does exist, but I have zero… — Leslie Mann Copy Share Image
There is always so much talk about the sins of the fathers but it is the sins of the mothers that are… — Melanie Benjamin Copy Share Image
It's not convincing to say you are a child of God if you have none of the characteristics of your Father. — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
I was put into this business by my parents as soon as I could walk. I was groomed by them for this… — Irene Cara Copy Share Image
“what were you doing there at ten o’clock at night when all good Catholic boys are fast asleep?” “It was eleven o’clock,… — Patric Juillet Copy Share Image
In my case, a papadaddy is a father. My paternal grandfather was called Papa by my father who was called Daddy by… — Clyde Edgerton Copy Share Image
Our mothers give us so many gifts. They give us the precious gift of life, of course, but they also leave treasured… — Maria Shriver Copy Share Image