There's sometimes a weird benefit to having an alcoholic, violent father. He really motivated me in that I never wanted to be… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Becoming a father, especially say you have a bad game or something you come back and see your little one smiling it… — Phil Foden Copy Share Image
“I am not sure that you can be taught how to love. In many ways it is innate - just watch and… — Rasheed Ogunlaru Copy Share Image
Realizing that most these guys don't be stuck on the woman. They're stuck on trying not to leave their children growing up… — DMarvalouz Copy Share Image
My Mother set me on the right track, Marty Robbins made me want to write songs, and Jesus Christ did the rest. — Bernie Taupin Copy Share Image
My father wasn't a militant racist. He was a human rights activist - he was about human beings, so let's just get… — Malaak Shabazz Copy Share Image
“How should man live save as glass To let the white light without flame, the Father, pass Unstained ...” — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Do you live here?" Sophie asked dryly. "No," he said, plopping down into the chair next to her, "although my mother is… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
Growing up, my parents made a lot of sacrifices for my brother and I to go to private school and to attend… — Marcus Mariota Copy Share Image
My mother taught me that to maximize your philanthropic potential, you need to constantly challenge your capabilities and put yourself in situations… — Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen Copy Share Image
For each of us, life is a journey. Heavenly Father designed it for us out of love. Each of us has unique… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
I grew up in a town where there were no adults over forty who weren't somebody's parents. It was, unfortunately, the kind… — Meghan Daum Copy Share Image
I suppose you think that persons who are as old as your father and myself are always thinking about very grave things,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“I do not believe in the government of the lash, if any one of you ever expects to whip your children again,… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Came to acting pretty late. It looked wonderful, but I guess I was intimidated by my father. I look a bit like… — Miguel Ferrer Copy Share Image
If you've got great parents, once you grow up and have to live by yourself, you're going to create some fake self… — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
The chief of the tribe is supposed to be the father of all people of the tribe. That is the Haitian way. — Francois Duvalier Copy Share Image
“Your son is a drunkard,” she informed him. Then she caught a whiff of Roger’s breath. “Following in his father’s footsteps, I… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
If we're to be judged by our parents and grandparents, then we all may as well impale ourselves upon jagged bits of… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
For the purposes of the play, it was perfect to be able to use that and the stresses and strains that there… — Fay Wray Copy Share Image
When I was born, the economy wasn't in a great state; it was the Depression, and my father had to be quick… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
It's always been very clear to me that I was going to be a mother and that my purpose in life was… — Elle Macpherson Copy Share Image
I know what's it's like to grow up with ADHD and how important it is for parents, caregivers and patients, to have… — Ty Pennington Copy Share Image
I'm extremely blessed to have the extraordinary mother that I have, and I don't mean Diana Ross, I mean the mother. My… — Tracee Ellis Ross Copy Share Image
What I like about all these giant superhero movies is that they speak to the issues that I'm dealing with - working… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
I don't remember my mother ever playing with me. And she was a perfectly good mother. But she had to do the… — Patricia Heaton Copy Share Image
Father was the eldest son and the heir apparent, and he set the standard for being a Rockefeller very high, so every… — David Rockefeller Copy Share Image
I believe that acting is a talent while being a great person encompasses so much more: being a good father, a good… — Michael Ealy Copy Share Image
Oddly enough, I'm not a particularly judgmental person. I just don't have a lot of filtering when I'm in 'tiger mother' mode.… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
“Now I know my father was a certified man of God, but at a fairly young age, I decided that when it… — Susan Gregg Gilmore Copy Share Image
People write me letters and say I should answer them. But I don't like to answer letters. I don't write letters. I've… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
The god, it would appear, was frequently thought of as the physical progenitor or first father of his people. — William Robertson Smith Copy Share Image
“You're born, you know, the wrong names, wrong parents. I mean, that happens. You call yourself what you want to call yourself.… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
Oh, wondrous power! how little understood, Entrusted to the mother's mind alone, To fashion genius, form the soul for good, Inspire a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“She's your mother. She loves you. How can you hide from her?" "Her love is like the sun. Get sunstroke if you… — Adele Geras Copy Share Image
I got the first Nintendo system, and me and my mother would stay up and play it together for hours and hours… — Frankie Grande Copy Share Image
“I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well. { His teacher was the legendary philosopher Aristotle }” — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
“Our parents are really weird,” he said. “Because they love us? That’s not so weird.” “It’s how they love us that’s weird.”… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
I'm telling you that you got your facts wrong. I didn't kill your brother. But you killed my mother. You might as… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
