I watched both of my parents lose their jobs. I was like, 'Why am I paying all this money to be in… — Esther Povitsky Copy Share Image
That whole business of having two homes, and that divided loyalty bind that kids get into. I mean, my parents were divorced… — Jayne Anne Phillips Copy Share Image
It distresses me that parents insist that their children read or make them read. The best way for children to treasure reading… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
The best thing my parents did was to make me study in Chennai. I was in a school where most others around… — Kalyani Priyadarshan Copy Share Image
Every successful artist comes from a family - parents or siblings or both - who, although equally gifted, chose not to pursue… — Chris Abani Copy Share Image
My brother starting earning early in life. I stopped taking money from my parents, and my brother would give me the pocket… — Varun Dhawan Copy Share Image
You think I'm going to ask these sweet 14 year olds to ask their parents to buy a $100 ticket then run… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
My parents wanted to light my artistic candle. But over time, the definition of 'the arts' began to stretch. And as I… — Iggy Pop Copy Share Image
“We were a religious sect consisting of two people, and now half the congregation was gone. There would be no closure, no… — James Marcus Copy Share Image
Parents sometimes simply don't have enough hands and time and attention to do all that is urgent. But in all things there… — Richard L. Evans Copy Share Image
I've been able to help my family financially since making my first hit record. I bought my parents a house. My husband… — Bonnie Tyler Copy Share Image
“No child, no matter what path they may have chosen, should be abandoned by the people who should love them the most.… — S.L. Jennings Copy Share Image
“Parents of young children are always acting. You act excited to read a story for the five-hundredth time. You act impressed someone… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
“More often than not, it’s disrespectful to them (our children) - and disrespectful to their struggle with their tasks in life- if… — Daniel Gottlieb Copy Share Image
My parents are amazing. When I said I wanted to go into film, they didn't understand it, but they were incredibly supportive.… — Gina Prince-Bythewood Copy Share Image
“It’s a bit burned,” my mother would say apologetically at every meal, presenting you with a piece of meat that looked like… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
I was something of a surprise to my parents. My mum, Margaret, was 42 when she had me and had been told… — Dave Myers Copy Share Image
“Athletes are born winners, there not born loosers, and the sooner you understand this, the faster you can take on a winning… — Charles R. Sledge Jr Copy Share Image
I was born in Joliet, Illinois. It was totally Midwestern - small, little house, two great parents, and a sister and a… — Paula Pell Copy Share Image
My advice to you is be boring, square, asshole parents... When I have kids, the most recent CD I will own -… — Patton Oswalt Copy Share Image
I have a 16 year-old son, so I'm now a soccer mom. I stand on the sidelines and I hear the things… — Brandi Chastain Copy Share Image
It's important to be courteous; it has to be. I was raised very well by my parents, so it's about being polite… — Daniel Sturridge Copy Share Image
Please hug your parents while you have them, tell your children how much you love them every second of the day, and… — Teresa Giudice Copy Share Image
I don't know what your childhood was like, but we didn't have much money. We'd go to a movie on a Saturday… — Robert Redford Copy Share Image
It was good for us, I suppose. Those kinds of times produce qualities in us that make us better for having had… — Fay Wray Copy Share Image
When we are young, parents and teachers tell us we can do anything and become whatever we want. But as we grow… — Michael Hyatt Copy Share Image
My parents had chosen the medical profession for me. I even studied a few semesters at St Xavier's College, but at the… — Zubin Mehta Copy Share Image
Full disclosure: I went to university as an eager young feminist for many reasons - to get away from my parents, to… — Janine di Giovanni Copy Share Image
“If parents take no heed of the great thoughts which move their age, they cannot expect to retain influence over the minds… — Parents' National Education Union Copy Share Image
Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the art of speaking well rather than doing… — R. Buckminster Fuller Copy Share Image
If a girl Luvs me her parents won't Lyk me wen they see me they wil ask from wich planet he is… — Raveen Copy Share Image
When I was six years old, my parents took me to this farmers' market with a petting zoo. They put me on… — David Schwimmer Copy Share Image
Nayanthara stopped signing films when she was at the pinnacle of her career for our love, and we wanted to get married… — Prabhu Deva Copy Share Image
I was born in America but all of my friends' parents, everybody's parents, including my own, had come to America from Europe.… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
I have the support of my parents and my teachers. They made it very possible for me to go to a school… — Yara Shahidi Copy Share Image
“Parenting is the greatest pay it forward system on earth. We don't owe our parents anything. We owe our children everything. The… — Dan Pearce Copy Share Image
I came from a home full of the sounds of my parents performing poems or playing recordings of Robert Graves, WB Yeats… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
Kerala is doing well because here the kids are encouraged to compete in sports, both by parents and teachers in schools. — P. T. Usha Copy Share Image
I never dreamed, when I received a small table for a Christmas present from my parents, I would have the career that… — Stephen Hendry Copy Share Image
The best students come from homes where education is revered: where there are books, and children see their parents reading them. — Leo Buscaglia Copy Share Image
