No one, however powerful and successful, can function as an adult if his parents are not satisfied with him. — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
One of my earliest memories was when I was three, going to this full-length mirror in my parents' bathroom and saying into… — Katherine Waterston Copy Share Image
When I was starting out, being a young entrepreneur was not fashionable. Parents would ask, 'When are you going to get a… — Kevin Harrington Copy Share Image
“It was a father, one hand resting teapot-style on his hip, and the other - what would be the spout - formed… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
Even with protection, even with death threats, I can publish, I can travel and I can live the life that I want… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
“My father died suddenly, but also across the years. He was still dying, really - which meant I guess that he was… — John Green Copy Share Image
“God intends each individual to choose his own moral destiny rather than be constrained by the legacy of his parents.” — SparkNotes Copy Share Image
It must have been the lack of nutrients that gave my father his temper. He is not a sweet man despite a… — Nigel Slater Copy Share Image
The only prescription for morality is this: Remember that every woman could have been your mother, every girl could be your daughter.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was brought up in a home where I saw my parents read and I was taken to bookshops and libraries, so… — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
“College had once been my greatest aspiration; it stood for everything my mother did not—intellectualism, feminism, freedom. But being kidnapped had given… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“I wanted to ask my father about his regrets. I wanted to ask him what was the worst thing he'd ever done.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The person who I have my child with is going to be the right person. I don't want to raise a child… — Christina Applegate Copy Share Image
“There is also the issue of many people who have been consciously invalidated by their parents or others in authority. This would… — Dr. Richard L. Travis Copy Share Image
“When a child dies, a parent loses a part of themselves,” he said. “Your whole world ceases to exist and you’re nothing… — Nicole Williams Copy Share Image
“Doctor Spielvogel, it alleviates nothing fixing the blame - blaming is still ailing, of course, of course - but nonetheless, what was… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
America had taken my father from me. And over most of the years of his illness, I gradually started feeling this support… — Patti Davis Copy Share Image
The Libertarian Party is a very mainstream party. It's a mainstream philosophy. It's of returning power from Washington to parents, to schools,… — Bob Barr Copy Share Image
“These were his people--a strange thought. Maybe not his very own people, as in father, mother, brother, sister, but people just like… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
“Your father picks you up from prison in a stolen Dodge Neon with an 8-ball in the glove compartment and a hooker… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
“JUNE: My mother always said, “Why should a man buy a cow when he can get the milk for free?” WARD: I… — Benjamin R. Smith Copy Share Image
I will say that my father loved to teach and was a very gifted teacher. He probably would have been an excellent… — Shannon Lee Copy Share Image
My mother wanted me to take piano lessons, but I never wanted to, because that is something you have to learn, like… — Ryo Kawasaki Copy Share Image
I cohabited for 20 years with my longtime husband and father of my two now-teen daughters in a stable family household. — Sandra Tsing Loh Copy Share Image
I was with him, coincidentally, on the evening in 1979 when they had buried John Wayne. My father cried like a baby… — Frank Sinatra Jr Copy Share Image
“I fiercely harbor the hunch that you can sit on concrete, smoke a pack of cigarettes, get liquored up, and still someday… — A.K. Turner Copy Share Image
There's only one way kids will wear helmets, and that's if their parents are nagging them to. They will never wear helmets… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Teachers who educate children deserve more honor than parents who merely gave birth; for bare life is furnished by the one, the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
My parents were not poor, I mean we were a very average middle-class family of academics, but my grandfather happened to have… — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share Image
If my parents didn't come to Canada in the '70s, I probably wouldn't be living my dream to be a WWE superstar. — Sami Zayn Copy Share Image
“You will express yourself in your house whether you want to or not,” said the mother of modern style, Elsie de Wolfe,” — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
When I was about seven, I started touring the globe as part of New York's La MaMa theater company - without my… — Diane Lane Copy Share Image
My mother was a cracker jack typist. And she would come in and sit at my house and type the final type… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
You see, my mother was a district nurse until she died when I was 14, and we used to move from time… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
Teachers, who educate children, deserve more honour than parents, who merely gave them birth; for the latter provided mere life, while the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
My mother was very glamorous. She was very beautiful, and she had a lot of friends; she was fun and loved to… — Ellen Burstyn Copy Share Image
Morality becomes hypocrisy if it means accepting mothers suffering or dying in connection with unwanted pregnancies and illegal abortions - and unwanted… — William Bennett Copy Share Image
“In 2800 BC, an Assyrian stone tablet lamented that “our earth is degenerate in these latter days . . . children no longer obey their parents.” — Bradley R.E. Wright Copy Share Image
Family . . . the home of all social evil, a charitable institution for comfortable women, an anchorage for house-fathers, and a hell for children. — August Strindberg Copy Share Image
I came from an entrepreneurial family. My father and five generations of people in my family do not make good employees. — Ted Waitt Copy Share Image
