However, when my parents married in 1945, China was in turmoil and the possibility of returning grew increasingly remote, and they decided… — Steven Chu Copy Share Image
My mother and father had to change every clock in the house manually and they had three small children. Yet I never… — Mary Katharine Ham Copy Share Image
“He disliked his own lies as much as his parents', but still he continued to lie -- boldly and cunningly. He did… — Ryūnosuke Akutagawa Copy Share Image
I think, a lot of times, people don't want to do what their parents do because they want to be their own… — Margaret Qualley Copy Share Image
There's nothing I missed out on. I do everything a normal kid does. My parents keep me grounded. I still play sports.… — Khleo Copy Share Image
We listened [with my mother] to [Frank] Sinatra and Glen Campbell and we had some Beatles records that I liked. This was… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
The industrial revolution took the father out of the home and put the kids in school. And then everyone had their own… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
The dead girl's parents will be here tomorrow. The least Hogwarts can do is make sure that the thing that killed their… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Fear not, the time is coming Fear not, your bones are strong Fear not, help is nearby Fear not, Gula is near… — Anita Diamant Copy Share Image
We had a band with our parents called Rockenhaim and we only played covers and our first gig was at a deli… — Alana Haim Copy Share Image
I seriously consider television to be the people's medium. Like the idea of seeing your parents naked or having somebody go down… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
“But the heavy stroke which most of all distresses me is my dear Mother. I cannot overcome my too selfish sorrow, all… — Abigail Adams Copy Share Image
“The power that was your father's." He looked at her bewildered face. "To get it, I need to take you away." "Where… — barbara elsborg Copy Share Image
The wind is blowing; those vessels whose sails are unfurled catch it, and go forward on their way, but those which have… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
My mother wanted me to learn how to read music. She'd given fiddles to my two older brothers, but they'd rebelled. I… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
I testify that Jesus Christ, born in Bethlehem, was and is the Only Begotten of the Father, the Lamb of God. He… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
When I meet parents in my children's school, they say there aren't good films for kids to watch. I wonder about the… — Farah Khan Copy Share Image
Mum and Dad split up when I was nine. We upped and moved from London to Sussex, and suddenly I went from… — Sam Taylor-Johnson Copy Share Image
“Yes, I am his mother—I can say that now—for only after I released myself from my own expectations of motherhood did I… — Hope Jahren Copy Share Image
...one of the worst things about being a parent, for me, is the self-discovery, the being face to face with one's secret… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
My father worked for the Foreign Office, so he was away a lot of the time. We were a very volatile family.… — Amanda Donohoe Copy Share Image
“As her mother hugged her, Emma breathed in the scent of her perfume. Roses--- Liberty always smelled like a rose garden in… — Kate Lord Brown Copy Share Image
You go from thinking of yourself as primarily an individual to suddenly being a mother, first and foremost. — Kate Middleton Copy Share Image
She encouraged any artistic impulse I had, and my father discouraged any artistic impulse I had. They took out their problems with… — Bill Griffith Copy Share Image
My parents were gardeners themselves, and perforce they used environmental techniques because it was during the war, and you didn't have the… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I'm 23 years old. I might just be my mother's child, but in all reality, I'm everybody's child. Nobody raised me; I… — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
A father is neither a sun nor moon to light up the whole sky. He is just a candle in the shadows… — Andrew Chen Copy Share Image
The mother of useful arts is necessity; that of the fine arts is luxury. For father the former has intellect; the latter… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
My father was a master carpenter and builder. Architectural design, engineering design, mechanical design, three-dimensional views, that was my shtick, my forte. — Bobby Seale Copy Share Image
When critics called me a duplicate of my father, I knew I can't do anything about my genes but I ensured that… — Prosenjit Chatterjee Copy Share Image
I did not win and in fact I was called into the principal's office for a consultation with my parents. But that… — William Joyce Copy Share Image
We gotta figure out a way to pay our teachers more. They're like surrogate parents away from home. They have such a… — Justin Timberlake Copy Share Image
“After they had skated around the pond several times, my father asked my mother to marry him. I expect he did it… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Let's just say that I'm not the kind of guy your mother would want you hanging around with" - Vincent (Die For… — Amy Plum Copy Share Image
Before I was ever a poet, my father was writing poems about me, so it was a turning of the tables when… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
“The heart of a good mother is as big as the ocean; accommodating all kind of things and sweeping all unwanted things… — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah Copy Share Image
“His mother warned me that I'd need to take up the rolling pin if I married him. I thought she meant so… — Rachel R. Smith Copy Share Image
My father made bridal dresses, which he sold wholesale, and always wanted me to join him. He looked upon what I did… — Denis Norden Copy Share Image
Being a mother is a noble status, right? Right. So why does it change when you put 'unwed' or 'welfare' in front… — Florynce Kennedy Copy Share Image
My father was a public figure all my life, and so the presidency was an extension of that. I guess you get… — Ron Reagan Copy Share Image