There was a time when my parents had to sell off a plot of land so that I can buy a rifle… — Gagan Narang Copy Share Image
My parents have been incredibly supportive from perhaps the first real independent decision I made to become a vegetarian at 11, which… — Chelsea Clinton Copy Share Image
There is nothing more valuable than great classroom instruction. But let's stop putting the whole burden on teachers. We also need better… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Losing my parents was the most crushing thing that ever happened to me. I lost my dad when I was 26, and… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
Our parents decided not to teach us Chinese. It was an era when they felt we would be better off if we… — Maya Lin Copy Share Image
I spent summers with my mother's parents in Arkansas, where religion felt very present. My grandmother was Baptist, and my grandfather was… — Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Copy Share Image
A lot of what my parents went through, their history, lives in my body. I'm just a witness to what my father… — Paul Raci Copy Share Image
My parents never pushed me to ski race. It was my choice and something I really wanted to do. I would have… — Ted Ligety Copy Share Image
My parents died a long time ago. And you know the sad thing? I still miss them every day. I spent my… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
My parents homeschooled my sister and me for many years. Why? Because the local school insisted that I, being three, should go… — Adora Svitak Copy Share Image
As a young child, I loved the hugs and kisses, but I also remember getting to the age when they no longer… — Romesh Ranganathan Copy Share Image
My parents were very permissive when it came to animals. As long as we earned the money to buy them and built… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
We have managed to acquire $13 trillion of debt on our balance sheet. In my view we have nothing to show for… — Michael Bennett Copy Share Image
People don't understand the devastation the murder of a child does to someone. Eighty percent of parents of murdered children wind up… — John Walsh Copy Share Image
In many Asian households, to not go on to higher education, that's like a big no-no. I know my parents' discouragement was… — Sandra Oh Copy Share Image
Both of my parents are teachers. One is in the Waldorf school system in Louisville, Ky., and the other runs a music… — Madi Diaz Copy Share Image
Ethiopia's government is doing a commendable job of working closely with donors and humanitarian organizations to educate parents about child marriage, and… — Helene D. Gayle Copy Share Image
It starts with family - they've sacrificed so much for me, with my parents moving away from each other when we were… — Jack Sock Copy Share Image
Parents teach in the toughest school in the world - The School for Making People. You are the board of education, the… — Virginia Satir Copy Share Image
Parents can plant magic in a child's mind through certain words spoken with some thrilling quality of voice, some uplift of the… — Robert MacNeil Copy Share Image
If you wish to reflect credit upon your parents, accomplish more than they did, solve problems that they could not understand, and… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
I'd listen to the radio, especially when my parents were out on house calls to pray for people - you know, shut-ins.… — Lizz Wright Copy Share Image
When I meet parents in my children's school, they say there aren't good films for kids to watch. I wonder about the… — Farah Khan Copy Share Image
In many corners the concept of DACA is a fair and compassionate one, giving reprieve to children brought into the country illegally… — Katie Pavlich Copy Share Image
Both my parents ran small businesses and it undoubtedly made me the person I am today because I've only ever known them… — Sara Davies Copy Share Image
There's nothing I missed out on. I do everything a normal kid does. My parents keep me grounded. I still play sports.… — Khleo Copy Share Image
We were always around my dad, so he wasn't absentee at all. I don't think it was normal, but it was exciting.… — Sofia Coppola Copy Share Image
Classically, it's the child who looks up at their parents who says, 'This is how the future is going to be,' and… — Michael Gracey Copy Share Image
But parents, she supposed, were not the pinnacle of perfection their children thought or expected them to be. They were humans who… — Mary Balogh Copy Share Image
But I applaud my parents for they never really put us in hell. Whatever, emotionally, they were going through... they made sure… — Kalyani Priyadarshan Copy Share Image
My mortal Guru was my Irish-Christian brother who taught me how to do everything and gave me my moral values. My spiritual… — Victor Banerjee Copy Share Image
My parents were all about education. My mother was a librarian - she retired after 30 years - and she made sure… — Courtney B. Vance Copy Share Image
COVID has exposed a health-care system that is woefully inadequate in its standard of care for the parents and grandparents who paved… — Leslyn Lewis Copy Share Image
I never considered myself as part of a biracial family - we're just a family - but my parents are white, and… — Lana Condor Copy Share Image
I never looked at my parents' marriage or really anyone who had been married more than 30 years and thought, 'I gotta… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
“No matter how mean your parents are or what they're doing to you, as a kid they're all you have, and that's… — Robertson Jase Copy Share Image
The biggest mistakes most parents make (and believe me, I'm guilty of these too) seem very inconsequential. They're little, day-to-day things that,… — Andy Andrews Copy Share Image
I screwed up at a young age with my parents. They were very religious and they didn't really understand music. They didn't… — Brent Smith Copy Share Image
If our parents fixed everything for us and did not allow us to do anything on our own, or intervened every single… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
And children, if your parents haven't been teaching you what it means to be an American, let 'em know and nail 'em… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
