The essential thing about mothers is that one needs to know that they are there, particularly at that age when, paradoxically, one… — Margot Fonteyn Copy Share Image
My family is a middle-class family. When I grew up and learned how much it actually cost for us to play hockey,… — J. J. Watt Copy Share Image
Parents are big, but sometimes become the smallest. All their habits are like a little child. When we play together — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
I liked the idea of being from 'somewhere else.' I do think that's inherited. My father never had a fixed sense of… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
“We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do. We should set them… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
My parents never discouraged me. There were a couple times when my dad criticized a couple things that I did, but it… — Jeff Dunham Copy Share Image
A woman's decision to carry a baby to term knowing that she will not reap the fruits of motherhood should be treated… — Nina Easton Copy Share Image
My father grew up in an era when to be an American - a white American, at least - was to be… — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
“At one time, Robert might have lost himself in a daydream, one in which his mother fled to his side in tears,… — Courtney Milan Copy Share Image
My parents live in the part of the United States that is Canada. It is so far north that Minnesota lies in… — W. Bruce Cameron Copy Share Image
You cut your wrist, and hope to die. Everyday you get bullied, beatten by your parents and students, your unloved, your unwanted.… — Kaile Stewart Copy Share Image
As long as I can remember, I had a strong interest in fishing, and my parents, even though they had never fished… — Henry Paulson Copy Share Image
The whole life of Demosthenes... leaves the impression of a melancholy state of things, and of the brazen insolence of wickedness. A… — Jacob Burckhardt Copy Share Image
My favorite part about being a father is playing toys with them, or watching movies with them, really just playing around with… — Derrick Favors Copy Share Image
Our father presents an optional set of rhythms and responses for us to connect to. As a second home base, he makes… — Judith Viorst Copy Share Image
That's my father's theme. Get up in the morning, 'hello, Dad.' 'Get a job, leave the food alone... Who took my car?'… — John Witherspoon Copy Share Image
“Hilda was philosophical. That means you think everything will turn out for best, according to my father. Or if you don't actually… — Ursula Dubosarsky Copy Share Image
When you have a lot of resources, the most important thing is to have had good parents and to have been brought… — David Rockefeller Copy Share Image
Custody and guardianship by the parent of his child does not arise under the Constitution, laws or treaties of the United States… — Samuel Freeman Miller Copy Share Image
“Quality time is not the same as the everydayness of being together. Let’s neither glorify nor undervalue.” — Don Elium Copy Share Image
For my birthday, I would ask for a ticket from my mother. Just buy me a ticket to said country and I'll… — Dhani Jones Copy Share Image
Heaven grant me that I may thus rejoice in my children, thus see them ornaments to their Country, and blessings to their… — Abigail Adams Copy Share Image
There's a kind of intimacy that happens between a mother and an only child. Which only gets more intimate when it's between… — Leigh Newman Copy Share Image
“My father would eat cat shit if it was salted, fried, or frosted, but it took an act of Congress to get… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
“Your mother never would have spoken to me in such a fashion.' 'I'm sorry to disappoint you, but the tone of my… — Eloisa James Copy Share Image
God our Heavenly Father knows us by name. Jesus Christ lives; He is the Messiah. He loves us. The Atonement of Jesus… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
“I inherited a lot from my mother, including delicate features, long legs, and dark hair, but the biggest genetic inheritance has been… — Alessandra Torre Copy Share Image
“If you had yourself cloned, who exactly, would be your parents? Can you raise yourself? I guess so. And it might be… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
I was six months old at the time that I was taken, with my mother and father, from Sacramento, California, and placed… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“My mother describes me as 'a real hero . . . just like your grandfather'. But I do not know what to… — Jake Wood Copy Share Image
No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think because I'm not a parent, my most immediate connection to childhood is my memory of my own childhood. — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
Mothers, train up your children in righteousness; do not attempt to save the world and let your own family fall apart. — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
I belong to a specific category of writers, those who speak and write in a language different from that of their parents. — Tahar Ben Jelloun Copy Share Image
Today I live a dream and it is not only mine. It's my mom's, my sister's, my father's, it's a dream for… — Jorginho Copy Share Image
If a mother or a caregiver does not have a job that pays a living wage and they cannot afford child care,… — Nina Turner Copy Share Image
My parents say I bond with kids very well, but I am always fighting with them. I don't know how to handle… — Mimi Chakraborty Copy Share Image
The Father's plan is designed to provide direction for His children, to help them become happy, and to bring them safely home… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
Feminism is being able to have the choice - the choice to be a CEO, to be an executive, to be a… — Stacey Dash Copy Share Image
A father who denies a child of his attention is no better than a fully-equipped medic who watches idly as a soldier… — Wes Fesler Copy Share Image
