I was never physically abused, but when I came out to my parents late in life, when I was 27, they definitely… — Dee Rees Copy Share Image
Parents sometimes make not those allowances for youth, which, when young, they wished to be made for themselves. — Samuel Richardson Copy Share Image
I thought running for Congress paled in comparison to being a parent and being a mom - especially a single mom of… — Katie Porter Copy Share Image
My father came from Cuba, but he married a nice Jewish girl in Miami, and I followed suit and married a nice… — Carlos Lopez-Cantera Copy Share Image
“All my life I have known fear. But I have acted in spite of it. I urge you to do the same.… — Karen Essex Copy Share Image
“In the back of my mind, my mother's often-recited warning comes to me: 'Never trust a man who can dance.” — E.L. James Copy Share Image
My parents were so proud when I got a scholarship to go to theatre school - it was unheard of that a… — Brian Blessed Copy Share Image
When you have children, you start to play with them and you mirror yourself. You see your parents in yourself. It's all… — Jeppe Hein Copy Share Image
I'm always conscious of the fact that a book starts, basically, with a kid in a lap, and a parent reading to… — Jon J Muth Copy Share Image
“Father’s eyes, like fragments of ice, studied Darkstalker’s every scale, and Darkstalker could feel the cold, congealing weight of Father’s resentment. “He… — Tui T. Sutherland Copy Share Image
Consider, children ... the pain of touching the tip of your finger to your mother's stove, even for a fraction of a… — Louis Auchincloss Copy Share Image
We were the outliers: my mother was the only Western woman (khawagayya, in Egyptian Arabic) to have married into the family, and… — Shereen El Feki Copy Share Image
As the innocent infant relies upon the mother for sustenance, so the innocent wanderer, following his native compassion and bliss, relies upon… — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
“Victoria Devane," she said aloud. "I'm Victoria." Her lips moved in countless repetitions of the sounds... her name, her real name. It… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
When both my parents were unwell I was in that situation that will be very familiar to many women. I had young… — Fiona Bruce Copy Share Image
“It was a lesson she was still learning. When she had first started nursing, she had taken every death personally, like she… — Andrea Lochen Copy Share Image
I'm not that worried about [my parents] right now because they are happy people. I'm pleased that in their later years, in… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and… — Lysa TerKeurst Copy Share Image
“Our children cannot be assumed to follow in our footsteps, assuage our losses, or compensate for our inadequacies.” — Madeline Levine Copy Share Image
“At that moment we knew that as long as we used our brains, we were not victims. By striking out to write… — Terry Ryan Copy Share Image
When you see your father playing in the first division, and you see players like Ronaldo with the crowd singing their names,… — Romelu Lukaku Copy Share Image
... parents embarrass their children probably more than the other way around. I don't know why we should blush so hard for… — Peg Bracken Copy Share Image
“Children do not tolerate injustice and obey their parents. That will remain so as they get bigger. Only then they sometimes obey… — A.J. Beirens Copy Share Image
We lived on a farm outside a town of about 900 people. My father was the principal of the elementary school. It… — Robert Boswell Copy Share Image
I grew up in an non-athletic family, where my parents were interested in music, in literature, in education and art. — Bill Walton Copy Share Image
I should like the whole race of nurses to be abolished: children should be with their mother as much as possible, in… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
Children won't just love to read. Children learn what they live, parents are responsible for instilling that in them. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
So great is the modesty of your mind and face, Sophronius that I wonder you should ever have become a father — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
I was in a show choir. I can't sing or dance to save my life, but I was very passionate. People said… — Blake Lively Copy Share Image
“If not to shape me into a better man; a better husband, a better father, a better son, a better brother, a… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
The devil is the father of lies, but he neglected to patent the idea, and the business now suffers from competition. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
“It is agreed that 'girls take more bringing up' than boys: what that really means is that girls must be more relentlessly… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
“I tell him about ... Jack and Annabel, smart and ready and I'm wondering where all that smart comes from and I… — Steven Herrick Copy Share Image
You can shoot off some sperm and fertilize an egg but that dam sure dont make you a father, especially when you… — J Mom Copy Share Image
Father Time is whether you're an athlete or not an athlete. Father Time is always around. I think I'm just special. — Bernard Hopkins Copy Share Image
“Father's world was unsparing. Nothing good came free, even love. You paid for all things, and if you were poor, suffering was… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
Liza is in the tabloids almost as much as our mother was. She has struggled with her own ghosts and shadows. — Lorna Luft Copy Share Image
“In the Narcisstic parent’s eyes, they do no wrong nor do they feel they should be held accountable for the bad and… — Katherine Childress Copy Share Image
There are secrets everywhere. I think everyone's parents have secrets. You just have to know where to look for them. — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
“mother into leaving twelve and a half million dollars to the Foundation of Being. And not a damned thing to the only… — Anne Stuart Copy Share Image