...The two great turning-points of my life were when my father sent to Oxford, and when society sent me to prison. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“But thinking back now makes me scared for my former self the way any mother would be scared for her teenage daughter… — Sophia Amoruso Copy Share Image
“We mothers can testify that it is impossible to completely control a child. It’s like trying to steer a cat. Toni sorenson” — Toni Sorenson Copy Share Image
My mother was a seamstress, so I always grew up with her making clothes. I knew how to construct outfits. I knew… — Edward Enninful Copy Share Image
Domestic violence was a way of life in my home growing up, my brother and I watched helplessly numerous times as my… — Troy Vincent Copy Share Image
I don't get mad when I see you with another girl, because my parents taught me to give my toys to the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Some girls think that your ugly, some boys think your pathetique, some parents think your a rebel, some teachers think that your… — Levita Charin Copy Share Image
My mother's bottom line was truth to her values. It meant bringing your heart and your humanity to work. — Anita Roddick Copy Share Image
“young children, who for whatever reason are deprived of the continuous care and attention of a mother or a substitute-mother, are not… — John Bowlby Copy Share Image
Who was I, really? I was the sole occupant of my mother's totalitarian state, my own personal history rewritten to fit the… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
But her name was Esmé. She was a girl with long, long, red, red hair. Her mother braided it. The flower shop… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
Why me?" she asked, holding on to him. "Because you cared," he whispered. "You cared so much for your people, it broke… — Annette Curtis Klause Copy Share Image
“If you tell them, I will pay a social visit to your mother.” “That’s playing dirty,” Merrich said. “Perhaps, but you keep… — K.M. Shea Copy Share Image
My father is a silent cinema freak, so he took me to 1925 silent films that took forever, like 5-hour movies, but… — Carice van Houten Copy Share Image
“I do not know how old I was when I learned to play chess. I could not have been older than eight,… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
We're all looking for acceptance and love, beginning with our parents. And then when you find [that] out, you start working with… — Jeppe Hein Copy Share Image
You can love someone like your son, even if he's not your biological son, and you can love someone like your father,… — Oliver Hudson Copy Share Image
Conspicuously absent from the Ten Commandments is any obligation of parent to child. We must suppose that God felt it unnecessary to… — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
“Fear makes even strong me do things they might never do otherwise, and my father was never strong. - Arianne” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“The sun that shines today is the sun that shone when thy father was born, and will still be shining when thy… — George S. Clason Copy Share Image
I don't have memories of that time, but my parents were obviously around during the Troubles, and lots of members of my… — Jamie-Lee O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I think my parents - my parents were very hands-off, quite liberal in terms of their - they really - they did… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
There is no greater reason for children to honour parents than for parents to honour children except, that while the children are… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
My parents were critical to building up my well of strength and resolve that I turn to whenever I'm in a difficult… — Karine Jean-Pierre Copy Share Image
Water is the mother of the vine, the nurse and fountain of fecundity, the adorner and refresher of the world. — Charles Mackay Copy Share Image
I started in Martial Arts with my father when I was 4 years old. I guess I started because my two older… — Duke Roufus Copy Share Image
The parents gave you this body and fostered the intelligence and love that are embedded in it; so, gratitude is their due. — Sri Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
The goal of my University education was to get into a medical college and equip myself to run a hospital in Kumbakonam… — M. S. Swaminathan Copy Share Image
But the older I get, the more I like my father and understand him. I was the first-born and he was very… — Adrian Dunbar Copy Share Image
Love your parents and treat them with love and care. For you will only know their value when you see their empty… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't mean to sound like a touchy-feely California type here, but I knew that I could finally get over the death… — Kara Swisher Copy Share Image
“He said, See that little girl? I wanted to marry her mother, but she ran off with a coal miner." -Peeta Mellark… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
My father was a deeply committed humanitarian. He was a fighter for social justice. He was spirited in the deepest sense. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
I'd say my artistic bent definitely came from my father, who was a trial lawyer. And if you're smart, you know that… — Omari Hardwick Copy Share Image
I don't even know where mine [Oscar award] is. My mother has hidden it because everybody who comes in wants to take… — A. R. Rahman Copy Share Image
My father has said a hundred times, and I have paid attention, that it's stupid to let money be the reason you… — Gabrielle Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Heavenly Father, my heart goes out today to those whose feet are in the mud and mire of various slimy pits—friends whose… — Scotty Smith Copy Share Image
I think I really scored with my parents. All of my friends pretty much came from broken homes, and my parents are… — Winona Ryder Copy Share Image
In the mother of parliaments, it is not too much to ask that our politicians stand up for all our best interests. — Gina Miller Copy Share Image
From birth to age 18, a girl needs good parents, from 18 to 35 she needs good looks, from 35 to 55… — Sophie Tucker Copy Share Image