I was just a kid and I didn't have a dad. That's hard, because when you're a kid, you blame yourself for… — Jonathan Rhys Meyers Copy Share Image
“We realized that the version of the world [our parents] rendered for us was not the world they really believed in, and… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
My parents felt I should earn my money because I would then value it. So they would pay me a shilling or… — Deborah Meaden Copy Share Image
If I had been born in the circus, my parents would have pushed me on that little high wire at four years… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
Everyone needs a mother who forgives all mistakes, a father who fulfills wishes and a true friend who help him when he… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A lot of what I've written that's made its way onto my records I've written in Kansas, which is interesting because I've… — Kevin Morby Copy Share Image
“Most parents try really hard to give their kids the best possible life. They give them the best food and clothes they… — Thisuri Wanniarachchi Copy Share Image
In the U.K., my mother had been the breadwinner. I'd seen my parents side by side. In Saudi Arabia, my mother was… — Mona Eltahawy Copy Share Image
But now all of a sudden some idiots in Taiwan start to say that they are not Chinese. Their grand parents were… — Alex Chiu Copy Share Image
Once, he was chosen to play Ram in a small Ramleela company, but his parents were against it. — Raj Kapoor Copy Share Image
I think everybody gets bullied in their own way. Even athletes probably get it from their parents. To a degree everybody gets… — Shane Koyczan Copy Share Image
Before marriage, her parents wonder when he will go home; after marriage, she wonders when he will come home. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
I spent some time back in Mexico at 16 because my parents thought it would be prudent for me to learn Spanish,… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
We don't need mandatory, non-sectarian prayers read over the loudspeaker to 'put God back in schools.' God never left the schools. God… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
All I wanted was to be an actor and have a happy family, and I did it. I still remember when I… — Adina Porter Copy Share Image
My adopted parents were able to pay for me to go to a private school. So I had it better than most… — Tyrann Mathieu Copy Share Image
My parents are really supportive, really proud, but in a nice way; they're not gushing. — Fearne Cotton Copy Share Image
Just as the Supreme Court has said that women have the right to choose whether or not to be parents, men should… — Karen DeCrow Copy Share Image
“Most parents are not really ‘supportive’ because they want their kid(s) to succeed; they ‘support’ their kid(s) as an attempt to avoid… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
My parents always told me be confident but be humble at the same time. — Khris Middleton Copy Share Image
Acting has made me embrace my childhood. It's become some weird form of therapy. It's like I have a place where I… — Adam Beach Copy Share Image
As America is growing older, there are more and more families caring for older parents and grandparents, and it's extremely expensive. — Susan Collins Copy Share Image
There are always problems, and if you don't know how to resolve them - whether that involves parents, friends, or improving relations… — Andrey Rublev Copy Share Image
It's very important for the parents of young autistic children to encourage them to talk, or for those that don't talk, to… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
My parents were gigantic influences on me. I had a deep hunger to impress my father, who was a professor and an… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
