I asked my girlfriend, 'Will you marry me?' She said, 'We'll have to ask my father.' So we had a seance and… — Emo Philips Copy Share Image
You are under great scrutiny when you are adopting, more so than natural parents. There are a lot of interviews, screenings etc. — Craig Revel Horwood Copy Share Image
“But seriously, what were his parents thinking? Naming their son Richard Updike? Did they want him to get beaten up his entire… — Carolyn McCray Copy Share Image
I'm a mother, and when you have children, there's a protection. You'll do a lot to protect them, to do what's best… — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
For Christ plays in ten thousand places,/ Lovely in limbs, and lovely in eyes not his/ To the Father through the features… — Gerard Manley Hopkins Copy Share Image
I think the parenting of Tina and myself combined allowed our kids to really find their passion at an early age. — Mathew Knowles Copy Share Image
If you asked me whose spot do I want, I'd say I want John Cena's spot, so to beat him at WrestleMania… — Seth Rollins Copy Share Image
“These parents are making daily deposits into Sammy’s wisdom account that are going to help Sammy—when he’s a teenager and throughout his… — Jim Fay Copy Share Image
“Dad always said a person must have a magnificent reason for writing out his or her Life Story and expecting anyone to… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
I always wince a little bit when I send me to each of my new books. I wince at submitting myself to… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
The mob hysteria over pedophiles has reached epidemic proportions and driven parents to panic. Today's Just Williams, today's Huck Finns, today's Swallows… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“You don’t have any control over anyone’s feelings. You can’t make your parents feel proud of you. You can’t make anyone like… — M. Kirin Copy Share Image
“As proof of her faith, my mother used to carry a small leatherette Bible when she went to the First Chinese Baptist… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
My father came to Chennai at the age of 16 from a village in Coimbatore. He was an artist and was clear… — Suriya Copy Share Image
You think me foolish to call instruction a torment, but if you had been as much used as myself to hear poor… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“There are men regarded today as brilliant economists, who deprecate saving and recommend squandering on a national scale as the way of… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
I don't mind if, according to the Law of Evolution, my grand grand grand etc. father is a monkey,but I do mind… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
My mother drilled into me the importance of hard work. She had good talent at school but did not have the money… — Carlos Carvalhal Copy Share Image
“Curtis' mother always said that the better you know others, the better you will know yourself, and that in the fullest sharing… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“I'd just done the most important thing a person can ever do. I'd made life. At the very instant he was put… — J. Matthew Nespoli Copy Share Image
I knew nothing about my mum's family. Her parents were dead by the time she was 14. She was brought up by… — Jasmine Guinness Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, for my birthday every year, my mother made me pasta bechamel, which is rigatoni with a white… — Giada De Laurentiis Copy Share Image
A woman was the property of her father or her husband and that remained true right into the twentieth century. It wasn't… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Now you tell your father not to teach you any more. It's best to begin reading with a fresh mind. You tell… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“If you think you are unworthy to pray, that thought is not coming from Jesus Christ. More than anything, He wants us… — Toni Sorenson Copy Share Image
I'd say that after my father passed my writing changed, it went deeper. Most would say 'matured' but I don't think I'd… — Rick Springfield Copy Share Image
My parents were older than normal when they had me, and had been very into the politics of the 1960s, so I… — Madeleine Peyroux Copy Share Image
My parents were encouraging me to write music at 9 years old, or they were encouraging me to pick and play my… — Lainey Wilson Copy Share Image
I'm also the father of three beautiful children and I've been married to my wife for 18 years, and we've been together… — Greg Bryk Copy Share Image
“This was your mother’s door. She was loyal, brilliant, beautiful, and she was my friend. I will treasure her memory forever.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Cecy, help me to collect the ducklings, and put them back into the box! If we were to place your muff on… — Georgette Heyer Copy Share Image
My life has always been with my dad. Since I can remember, I was raised by my father my entire life. So… — Apolo Ohno Copy Share Image
I'm an only child, and I think one of the sweet things about that is that my parents are really interested in… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
I, personally, have had to rise above my feelings of inferiority to my sister Anjelica, not to mention feeling sorry for myself… — Allegra Huston Copy Share Image
My parents have always told me to try and stay humble as you can, and I think that's been a big help… — Kyle Larson Copy Share Image
For me, the most important thing that I have to accomplish is to be a good father. That's the most difficult challenge… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
I think she's the foundation of everything I've done. I think, definitely, my mother's fear of failure helps make me more resilient… — Arianna Huffington Copy Share Image
In terms of playing for my father, that was an amazing experience that me and him got to do. But that was… — Austin Rivers Copy Share Image
“I've learned from watching my mother train to become a police officer that small steps add to giant leaps.” — Scott Kelly Copy Share Image
My mother grew up during the sunset of British colonialism and attended English schools, where she was not allowed to be called… — Alex Wagner Copy Share Image
