My parents really pushed me to excel in school. Education was always important to them, so it was important to me. — Sunny Hostin Copy Share Image
I grew up in my father's laboratory and played beneath the chemical benches until I was tall enough to play on them. — Hope Jahren Copy Share Image
I lived with my parents and my older brother in a small, three-bedroom terraced house in Northfield Road, Hull. It was in… — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
Nature is not a partisan, but out of her ample treasue house she produces children in infinite variety, of which she is… — James Anthony Froude Copy Share Image
Her father didn't have a Nazi past. He was a fascist sympathizer, but Audrey didn't try to keep that a secret. She… — Robert Wolders Copy Share Image
My biggest achievement - besides being drafted into the NBA - was becoming a father. Being a father has made me experience… — Dwyane Wade Copy Share Image
You must all follow the lead of the bishop, as Jesus Christ followed that of the Father; follow the presbytery as you… — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
As my father [Javāharlāl Nehrū] said, you have to keep an open mind, but you have to pour something into it -… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
The blood of Abraham, God's father of the chosen, still flows in the veins of Arab, Jew, and Christian, and too much… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
“More than anything, he wanted them to know that even though they would grow up never knowing their father, it was not… — Gary Whitta Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be a wild kid. I respected my parents and I had great friends. I was lucky. We did… — Carrie Underwood Copy Share Image
Even if fathers are more benignly helpful, and even if they spend time with us teaching us what they know, rarely do… — Augustus Napier Copy Share Image
My father would take you wherever you wanted to go," he told her softly. "I was pretty sure I could talk you… — Patricia Briggs Copy Share Image
The first ATM in Hong Kong was actually at the foot of the bank. I remember my father using it. And I… — John Lanchester Copy Share Image
Your son sees you hit his mother, grows up to hit women in his life as a man. You bounce from woman… — Eugene Nathaniel Butler Copy Share Image
“What a MOTHER means to me; Multitask personality who Overwork to Offer Opportunities to everyone with Tender heartedness Holy Spirit filled, Healthy… — WISDOM KWASHIE MENSAH (WKM Copy Share Image
I believe every person has a guardian spirit or angel. They assist us in the transition between life and death and they… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
I've always known actors because my parents are actors on stage and so I lived in a very creative environment when I… — Marion Cotillard Copy Share Image
I started working when I was three years old and was basically known before I knew who my own name was. My… — Corey Feldman Copy Share Image
“A young man fools himself into believing he no longer needs to be held in his mother's arms or to hear the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every creature and plant is part of her (mother nature's) amazing interconnected garden... The whole world is a garden. — Costa Georgiadis Copy Share Image
Today, while the titular head of the family may still be the father, everyone knows that he is little more than chairman,… — Ashley Montagu Copy Share Image
At the age of four I lost my parents and my uncle chose to leave me in an orphanage. Due a skin… — Michaela DePrince Copy Share Image
My parents had a huge pile of records - vinyl! - that I loved, especially the Motown stuff, Steely Dan, Stevie Wonder,… — Jonny Lang Copy Share Image
I grew up in Berkeley and my parents were hippies, obviously, since my name's 'Jorma.' I didn't watch much television growing up… — Jorma Taccone Copy Share Image
Success is just like a beautiful lover it will leave us at any time, But failure is like a mother it will… — Aaree Copy Share Image
I, of course, owe everything to my mother, because my father died when I was only nine days of age; and the… — Heber J. Grant Copy Share Image
My father had always called me Sam since the day I was born. He rarely ever called me Tiger. I would ask… — Tiger Woods Copy Share Image
“Your mother did seem like cold, unfeeling viper determined to destroy world. . . . I like that in woman.” — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
The hijacking of an American jet in Athens looms larger in our concern than the parent who kills a child, even though… — Gavin de Becker Copy Share Image
I was really scared to stay home alone when I was kid, and I would freak out whenever there was a noise… — Sabrina Carpenter Copy Share Image
Being raised, I think, in a household where your parents really taught you never to let people see you sweatin' - that's… — Malcolm Brogdon Copy Share Image
I grew up mainly in the Far East, where my father worked for the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, which was then… — John Lanchester Copy Share Image
“Father, I pray both for those needing a lift from “the pit” and for the lifters, for those needing help and for… — Scotty Smith Copy Share Image
“No wonder he was so sweet and accommodating. His mother was like a damn fairy flittering around bringing goodness to the world… — Kate Roth Copy Share Image
The influence of a mother upon the lives of her children cannot be measured. They know and absorb her example and attitudes… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
Not hippie - my parents were not hippies - but they were very supportive and encouraging, and that does a lot for… — Jenna Elfman Copy Share Image
The world being unworthy to receive the Son of God directly from the hands of the Father, he gave his Son to… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
I'm not sure where I'm from! I was born in London. My father's from Ghana but lives in Saudi Arabia. My mother's… — Taiye Selasi Copy Share Image
Until you've looked a parent in the eye and told them their perfect child has a preexisting condition no insurance company will… — Ralph Northam Copy Share Image