My real father died when I was two years old, so I never knew him. He was a barber in Chicago. — Donald Johanson Copy Share Image
Plenty of times, trainers wind up taking on the role of surrogate parents. — Teddy Atlas Copy Share Image
A psychic once read my palm and told me I was my mother's mother in a past life. Isn't that weird? — Chynna Phillips Copy Share Image
I am an expert of electricity. My father occupied the chair of applied electricity at the state prison. — W. C. Fields Copy Share Image
“A mothers greatest joy in having a child is to give that child fully and freely to God.” — Elizabeth George Copy Share Image
Parents give up their rights when they drop the children off at public school. — Melinda Harmon Copy Share Image
I was a good kid. My parents laid rules out for me, and I followed them. — Heidi Klum Copy Share Image
The arts and a belief in the values of the civil rights movement, in the overwhelming virtue of diversity, these were our… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
“Magic," her mother said, "is a kind of hope. And wishes are like dreams. When we have them, we can make things… — Avi Copy Share Image
When I'm writing a book - say I'm going to write a parenting book. I'll go out and buy the 100 top… — Larry Winget Copy Share Image
My dear father always said that when everybody had a telephone nobody would have any manners, because there wouldn't be time for… — Patricia Wentworth Copy Share Image
Your father," Luke said, "what did he say to you when you saw him? What did he promise you?" "Oh, you know.… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I sound like such a tool, but becoming a mother has made me next-level confident. I've never felt more empowered. — Kelly Clarkson Copy Share Image
I won't! I love him, Father. Look around you. This is where the path of hatred has brought us. This is the… — Pocahontas Copy Share Image
My parents are my role models. All they've done for me, they're just major people in my life. They've stood by me… — Keke Palmer Copy Share Image
No one can ever prepare a parent for two things: the immeasurable love that comes with having a child; and the sorrow… — Maryanne Wolf Copy Share Image
I cannot fail to note once again that the poor constitute the modern challenge, especially for the well-off of our planet, where… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
“From the French perspective, this was not attachment parenting. This was indulgent parenting. Traditionally, the French believe that children who have not… — Karen Le Billon Copy Share Image
The praise that comes of love does not make us vain, but humble rather. Knowing what we are, the pride that shines… — James M. Barrie Copy Share Image
“Your mother goes to the public library, which has been down on its luck for a long time, like most things around… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
“I wish you and Dad had known him the way I did,” she said wistfully. “He’s such a contradiction. Rough and surly… — Debbie Macomber Copy Share Image
“I forgot to mention,” Father Christopher said, smiling seraphically at Sir Martin, “that I am also a priest. So let me offer… — Bernard Cornwell Copy Share Image
My father would never have said about any of his children you shouldn't express your opinions. But it's the way in which… — Patti Davis Copy Share Image