“I think I’m going to die,” the old man said. “I don’t want to die. I’m afraid to die …” “You’ve lived… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
Before we can leave our parents, they stuff our heads like the suitcases which they jam-pack with homemade underwear. — Maxine Hong Kingston Copy Share Image
The moral ambivalence of the great mother goddesses has been conveniently forgotten by those American feminists who have resurrected them. We cannot… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Stranger to my brothers, what are the reasons that you consider me an outsider? Just this: the birth mother did not give… — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
“What is called family pride is often founded on the illusion of self-love. A man wishes to perpetuate and immortalize himself.” — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“But his mother laughed again in a reassuring, affectionate way. “No, no,” she said. “It’s just the pills. You’re ready for the… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
You should not pick an occupation because your think your parents want you to do it, or because you think it's the… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
When a teacher is paying extra attention to your child, you believe that it's because you raised such an exceptional kid, one… — Drew Magary Copy Share Image
My father was released from jail, after more than three years of imprisonment, in 1971. Without wasting any time, he wanted to… — Radha Ravi Copy Share Image
“ISIS Like Osiris, Isis was privy to the mysteries of perpetual birth. We know her image: a mother goddess breastfeeding her son… — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
My mother was a gypsy, and she had a lot of dark blood in her, and her hair was very, very thick… — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
“Where did we ever get the crazy idea that in order to make children do better, first we have to make them… — Jane Nelsen Copy Share Image
Those were the Rommely women: Mary, the mother, Evy, Sissy, and Katie, her daughters, and Francie, who would grow up to be… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“Dean took out other pictures. I realized these were all the snapshots which our children would look at someday with wonder, thinking… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
My parents loved music, but they weren't musicians. So my musical training as a young kid was limited to piano lessons. I… — Michael Giacchino Copy Share Image
The one thing I remember about Christmas was that my father used to take me out in a boat about ten miles… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
My parents weren't massively religious when I was growing up, my granddad was and I got a lot of my Christianity from… — Wes Streeting Copy Share Image
“little mother of ancient days: Thou hast cunningly dyed thy hair but consider That thy bent back will never be straight!” — Khushwant Singh Copy Share Image
When I was 10 years old, we moved to Spain with my mother. I learned Spanish before I learned English. But the… — Elif Safak Copy Share Image
The drunken politician leaps upon the street where mothers weep, and the saviors who are fast asleep, they wait for you. — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
The concept of father's rights should be thrown out the door. It should be called children's rights and parent's responsibilities. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
His father watched him across the gulf of years and pathos which always must divide a father from his son. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My father drove a truck, and my mother was a school teacher. They wanted their children to go the traditional route: get… — Tony Rock Copy Share Image
None of us will honor our Heavenly Father and our Savior more than by serving as a devoted, compassionate missionary, "For them… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
“Was All Father cherry picking from his daughter’s crazy ramblings in order to form the basis for his own religion?” — Griffin Hayes Copy Share Image
“Our relationship could now thrive only in my head, and to discuss it with a mother intent—admittedly in my own best interest—on… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
My parents taught me that racial prejudice is a sin, one that robs the world of great minds and talents. — Edward Brooke Copy Share Image
“CHARADE PARADE A 'Special Day' once a year creates an excuse for neglect on the other 365 days for mothers, fathers & veterans” — Kamil Ali Copy Share Image
I do think that there's an art form to parenting, and I have nothing but admiration for those who do it well. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
You know, coming from a broken dysfunctional family, you know, it's something that I always aspired to be - a good husband… — Paul Wall Copy Share Image
The average American may not know who his grandfather was. But the American was, however, one degree better off than the average… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“i feel bad for her - i do. a damn shame, really, that i had to have a mother. it can’t be… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
We must teach science in the mother tongue. Otherwise, science will become a highbrow activity. It will not be an activity in… — C. V. Raman Copy Share Image
When I was a young boy, I used to gaze through the microscope of my father at the insects in amber that… — Hendrik Poinar Copy Share Image
“He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father’s wisdom than he who has a great deal left… — William Penn Copy Share Image
I came to New York in 1986. My father didn't think it was a good idea. I didn't know how I found… — Francisco Costa Copy Share Image
I wish my mother had told me the same thing about horror movies and guys when I was little- 'Don't worry, honey,… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
I begged my mother to not allow them to take it. We did our best, but unfortunately, I had to lose my… — Lauren Wasser Copy Share Image
I existed in a space where my mother was a black woman and my father was a white man. And that's how… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
I've found it easier to write, to coalesce my thoughts, since having children. It brings you back to what you experienced yourself… — Jill Hennessy Copy Share Image
