“Mother, before God," I say, my voice shaking with tears, "I swear that I have to believe that there is more for… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
My father taught me respect for quality as well as a sense of dignity - great values as we face a world… — Diego Della Valle Copy Share Image
“Lots of women who have children work. Being a mother isn’t a disability. You're an educated man, you know I'm right.” — Alex A. King Copy Share Image
I just want ambitious teenagers to know it is totally fine to be quite, observant kids. Besides being a delight to your… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
“The Universe is like a loving parent who wants us to have everything we need. Claim your power and be prosperous.” — Hina Hashmi Copy Share Image
My mother lived in Holland, and during World War II was incarcerated in a Japanese camp for three years. — Jane Seymour Copy Share Image
“At least once a year there is a predawn rehearsal of the Queen Mother’s funeral procession through the streets of London.” — Christopher Andersen Copy Share Image
My parents have always told me it's better to write your goals out because then you can look at them every day.… — Joe Harris Copy Share Image
Before me, my grandfathers, my uncles and my father were all boxers because Native Americans had to box in boarding schools. But… — George Tahdooahnippah Copy Share Image
“Our abusive parent didn't give us the gentle, encouraging nurturing we needed. But healing invites us to give our inner child the… — Jeanne McEvlaney Copy Share Image
“Several centuries ago it was believed that the fly agaric, combined with the bufotenin–containing mucus of toads, was an ingredient of witches'… — John Rush Copy Share Image
I have to thank my mother for this. When I was a little boy she used to teach me poems. I would… — Rudy Ray Moore Copy Share Image
“And what do you do in the face of this powerlessness? As a parent?" "You get to be obsessed and angry," Tom… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“The chiefs inherited their titles and tabu privileges quite as frequently through the rank of one parent as of the other. As… — King David Kalakaua Copy Share Image
Winning awards is great. Everyone wants to put a feather in their cap but for me the ultimate validation comes when you're… — Reggie Crist Copy Share Image
I remember when my mother taught me about my menstrual cycle and pregnancy. She, like millions of other mothers before and since,… — Christiane Northrup Copy Share Image
Be kind to thy father, for when thou were young, who loved thee so fondly as he? He caught the first accents… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you. - Robert Fulghum Your children will become… — David Bly Copy Share Image
Being president of too many well-meaning organizations put my father into an early grave. The lesson in this was not lost on… — Roy Blount, Jr Copy Share Image
I am sure that, had I grown up with both parents, had I grown up in a safe environment, had I grown… — Kristin Scott Thomas Copy Share Image
I have no doubt that I'd be a marvelous father. Maybe not when they're tiny, but when they're a little bit older,… — Hugh Grant Copy Share Image
I've played many games for Iceland and my father before me, so I have a sense of what football means to people… — Eidur Gudjohnsen Copy Share Image
“Parents owe their children a set of lofty standards and solid values which are best transmitted by the power of example.” — L. Backman Copy Share Image
I was born in Russia in 1901 of Jewish parents and came to the United States in 1922 to join my father,… — Simon Kuznets Copy Share Image
Working mothers do an hour more per day than working fathers do and working mothers do on average an hour more per… — James Levine Copy Share Image
Eat of my deep earth, drink of my living streams, for I am your Mother. Your heart is my wild drum, your… — Juliet Marillier Copy Share Image
When my mother had four girls, and she could tell her marriage was falling apart, she went back to college and got… — Andie MacDowell Copy Share Image
For everybody in the world, the answers to the mysteries in your life usually lie in your childhood, your upbringing, and your… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
Certainly my parents were very political, so the whole Berlin Wall thing - and being a kid of the '80s - that's… — Miriam Shor Copy Share Image
My father was totally Irish, and so I went to Ireland once. I found it to be very much like New York,… — James Cagney Copy Share Image
My father Philip was an actor and appeared in everything from 'The Onedin Line' to 'Hedda Gabler' with Dame Diana Rigg. — Samantha Bond Copy Share Image
I feel very lucky because of my parents and then my education, the opportunities that I've had, so I would like to… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Apart from English, I speak my mother tongue Malayalam, as well as Tamil, Telugu, and a bit of Kannada and French. — Asin Copy Share Image
I grew up Valley Stream until my parents moved to Florida when I was 20. I graduated from Valley Stream Central High… — Jim Breuer Copy Share Image
We all begin life as parasites within the mother, and writers begin their existence imitatively, within the body of letters. — John Updike Copy Share Image
I just loved comedy, and I think it was my parents who initially brought up the notion of me trying to do… — Seth Rogen Copy Share Image
Lego for many parents is the antithesis of the high tech world. We are desperate to wean our little ones away from… — Ben Fogle Copy Share Image
I've been very lucky early on to be surrounded when I was a child by music from various countries. My parents would… — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
A mother will flatter herself thinking you are too much like herself, heightened the confusion when he is nowhere to be found! — Aubrey Smith Copy Share Image
Woz and I started Apple in my parents' garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
