“Parents teach you a lot of things, but the most important thing they teach you is this: how people will fuck you… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
Dependence is not patriotism. A man does not love his mother if he hangs about her to the point of burdening her… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
My mother had a rule, obviously, that I couldn't go across the street by myself, but I had to find a way… — Stevie Wonder Copy Share Image
I'm a medical doctor by training. I'm a physician, not a politician. And I'm in this as a mother on fire. — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
I’ll have your fathers make something special,” Holly said serenely. “If it turns out we don’t like him, I’ll cook the next… — Maya Banks Copy Share Image
My father is an acupuncturist, and the way he practices is very free. For me, he's like an artist. He started to… — Anna Mouglalis Copy Share Image
A mother's body remembers her babies-the folds of soft flesh, the softly furred scalp against her nose. Each child has it's own… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
NEVER get jealous when you see your EX with someone else.Our mothers taught us to give our used toys to the LESS… — Shantel Shanty Copy Share Image
I still talk to my mom every day and she passed away when I was 28. And I still talk to my… — Mike Babcock Copy Share Image
She didn't want to think about how wrong this was or how foolish it was to give herself to a known seducer.… — Sabrina Jeffries Copy Share Image
I carry in my datebook a piece of paper that my mother copied out for me, from the 1840 Census. Hardy Callaway… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
I had such total, unequivocal, enthusiastic encouragement to be an actress. Looking back, I really find that to be a total mystery.… — Holly Hunter Copy Share Image
A little arrogance (or even a lot) isn't such a bad thing, although your mother undoubtedly told you different. Mine did. "Pride… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
If I were to ask any parent, 'Do you love your kid?' the answer would unequivocally be, 'Yes.' If I went on… — Suzy Shuster Copy Share Image
“I first became aware of death when my father held me up to see the view from the top of the Empire… — Chrissi Sepe Copy Share Image
Women's rights in essence is really a movement for freedom, a movement for equality, for the dignity of all women, for those… — William Ruckelshaus Copy Share Image
I love in Notting Hill. You live in Beverly Hills. Everyone in the world knows who you are. My mother has trouble… — Hugh Grant Copy Share Image
I wasn't against becoming a dad: I'd had a good childhood, as childhoods go, and as role models, my imperfect parents were… — Michael Redhill Copy Share Image
So mothers everywhere take heart. The indoctrination you administer now may have unanticipated positive effects years later. — Robert B. Laughlin Copy Share Image
Why would any parent want their kid on their health-care plan when they are 26? Parents want their kids to grow up… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
I want the father of my kids to be happy and to have a partner that makes him happy... and a better… — Shanna Moakler Copy Share Image
It drives me crazy when your parents try to read your mind. It's even worse when they try to read your mail. — Macaulay Culkin Copy Share Image
As a matter of fact [my mother] is very happily married. To a very nice southern gentleman named Roanoke - her first… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
My father was never around. It was almost as if he didn't exist. I would tell my friends he was in Cleveland,… — Danny Aiello Copy Share Image
I didn't have time to be anybody's muse; I was too busy rebelling against my parents and learning to be an artist. — Leonora Carrington Copy Share Image
Very few parents love one child more than the other, but at different times in raising children, favoritism is unavoidable. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an attorney. My mother would say I never stopped talking. I always had a lot of questions to… — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
“And in her underthings, no less!" Murder was less scandalous than my corset and pantalettes. She sniffed. "Like mother, like daughter.” — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share Image
Personally, I love being a mother the most. I dream of taking holidays with my three kids. I want to take my… — Farah Khan Copy Share Image
I have heard people say that they felt closer to their parents after they have died. Maybe if I treat people as… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Sign language is my first language. English and Spanish are my second languages. I learned Spanish from my grandparents, sign language from… — Jack Jason Copy Share Image
I was a young mother with a dependent. I went from nice flat and fire service job to cold and hungry with… — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
My father was intelligent and closed-mouthed. He knew a lot more than what he was ever going to tell you. — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
My mother was really my partner in every project that I had. She was just the great enabler of my dreams. — Diane Keaton Copy Share Image
If I could choose the perfect Dad There's no one I would rather Have Dad, than you Dad Coz you go further,… — John Walter Bratton Copy Share Image
You killed more people than anybody in history." "Be the best at whatever you do, that's what my mother always told me. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“I don't care what she is. Grown don't mean a thing to a mother. A child is a child. They get bigger,… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
He just talked about religion in a way that I could hear. It's one thing to have your parents tell you about… — Peter Sarsgaard Copy Share Image
My parents were New Yorkers, and I was conceived in Los Angeles. My father was a makeup artist to Clint Eastwood and… — Michele Lee Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I was very scared to talk to people. To the point where my parents took me to a… — Harry Shum, Jr Copy Share Image