Whenever something went wrong when I was young – if I had a pimple or if my hair broke – my mom would say, ‚Sister mine, I’m going to make you some soup.‘ And I really thought the soup would make my pimple go away or my hair stronger.
Maya AngelouBefore I was born, my father told my mother, ‚If it’s a boy, he’s going to be a scientist.‘
Richard P. FeynmanMy grandfather once ventured upon publishing a volume of hymns. I never heard anyone speak in their favour or argue that they ought to have been sung in the congregation. In that volume, he promised a second if the first should prove acceptable. We forgive him the first collection because he did not inflict another.
Charles SpurgeonIf a woman can, by careful selection of a father and nourishment of herself, produce a citizen with efficient senses, sound organs and a good digestion, she should clearly be secured a sufficient reward for that natural service to make her willing to undertake and repeat it.
George Bernard ShawPeople have told me, ‚You shouldn’t bring your daughter onto the podium, ‚cause it’s the workplace,‘ and things like that. But I’m not gonna really listen to that. I’m gonna do what I think is fun for me and my family, and everything’ll be all right.
Stephen CurryAs I got older, my pops tried to keep me involved with the culture by telling me the stories of the conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea, how he came to America, and about our family back home, because all that side of my family – my aunties, grandparents – is in Africa.
Nipsey HussleMy family kinda hit the skids. We were experiencing poverty at that point. We all got a job, where the whole family had to work as security guards and janitors. And I just got angry.
Jim CarreyI was totally dominated and revered my father. I admired everything he did. He was a great sports person. He loved me. I was his only boy at that time, before my brother Billy came along.
Jimmy CarterMichelle and I don’t want anyone telling us who our family’s doctor should be – and no one should decide that for you either. Under our proposals, if you like your doctor, you keep your doctor. If you like your current insurance, you keep that insurance. Period, end of story.
Barack ObamaI would love to continue in music, with writing… but I am not the kind of person who will hang around if I start to become irrelevant. If that happens, I will bow down gracefully, raise my kids, and have a garden. And I am going to let my hair go gray when I am older. I don’t need to be blonde when I’m 60!
Taylor SwiftThere are some important differences between me and Tony Stark, like I have five kids, so I spend more time going to Disneyland than parties.
Elon MuskThe ideal death, I think, is what was the ideal Victorian death, you know, with your grandchildren around you, a bit of sobbing. And you say goodbye to your loved ones, making certain that one of them has been left behind to look after the shop.
Terry PratchettI’ve been my mom’s kitchen helper since I was a little kid.
Taylor SwiftChildren are our most valuable natural resource.
Herbert HooverI want to thank God, obviously for the health, for the talent He’s given me, for my family who supports me, for the things that basketball’s taught me on and off the court. For the people that I’ve been able to meet through the game of basketball.
Stephen CurryYou bring children into the world. You love them with heart and soul.
Alice WalkerWhen I get up and work out, I’m working out just as much for my girls as I am for me, because I want them to see a mother who loves them dearly, who invests in them, but who also invests in herself. It’s just as much about letting them know as young women that it is okay to put yourself a little higher on your priority list.
Michelle ObamaI would as soon leave my son a curse as the almighty dollar.
Andrew CarnegieThese days, children can text on their cell phone all night long, and no one else is seeing that phone. You don’t know who is calling that child.
Kamala HarrisThe pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.
Albert EinsteinIt’s much worse to read criticism about your son than yourself.
George H. W. BushMy mother was and will always remain my greatest hero.
Kamala HarrisMothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don’t want them to become politicians in the process.
John F. KennedySisters are brittle things. God was penurious with me, which makes me shrewd with Him. One is a dainty sum! One bird, one cage, one flight; one song in those far woods, as yet suspected by faith only!
Emily DickinsonI was set free because my greatest fear had been realized, and I still had a daughter who I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.
J. K. RowlingI wanted to be a skinny little ballerina but I was a voluptuous little Italian girl whose dad had meatballs on the table every night.
Lady GagaI used to live with my grandmother. I used to wonder why the other kids in school went home with their mothers and fathers. I wanted to be the guy that got married. I wanted to be the guy with the children and the white picket fence. I never had that.
Kevin GatesKids will remind you that, even though you’ve gone down a road 100 times, it’s brand new for them – and that’s healthy.
Matthew McConaugheyHe who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.
ChanakyaEvery man is a quotation from all his ancestors.
Ralph Waldo EmersonMy mother would kill me if I posed nude! My mother raised me with certain standards.
RihannaI believe that the greatest gift you can give your family and the world is a healthy you.
Joyce MeyerThe moment you have a child, in an instant your life is not for you, and your life is completely, 100 percent dedicated to another human being, and they will always come first. It changes you forever. It changes your perspective, and it gives you a nice purpose and focus.
Angelina JolieMy family was mostly unemployed working class.
Noam ChomskyIf a man’s character is to be abused there’s nobody like a relative to do the business.
Alexander PopeWe had problems like all families but we had a lot of love. I was extremely loved. We always felt we had each other.
Jim CarreyI don’t know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
Abraham LincolnWhen you’re around the kids, you feel like you act the most grown up just because you’re supposed to lead. I say things, like every other parent, that reminds you of your own parents. One thing I do know about being a parent, you understand why your father was in a bad mood a lot.
Adam SandlerThe influence of a mother upon the lives of her children cannot be measured. They know and absorb her example and attitudes when it comes to questions of honesty, temperance, kindness, and industry.
Billy GrahamI have Muslim members of my family. I have lived in Muslim countries.
Barack ObamaEach new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late.
Thomas SowellI was fortunate and I was lucky that I had a couple of people in my life who cared about me. I had good, loving parents.
Dwayne JohnsonI’m not an analyzer. I’ve got a son that analyzes everything and everybody. But I don’t analyze people.
Billy GrahamI’ve been very lucky. I come from a very close family.
Richard BransonThere are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAs I get older, I tend to put more into family than I used to.
Clint EastwoodWith patient and firm determination, I am going to press on for jobs. I’m going to press on for equality. I’m going to press on for the sake of our children. I’m going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I am going to press on.
Barack ObamaMy father was a swim teacher. We used to swim before school, swim after school.
Gordon RamsayI never saw any of my dad’s stories. My mother said he had piles and piles of manuscripts.
Stephen KingTell the children the truth.
Bob MarleyEducation commences at the mother’s knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character.
Hosea BallouFrankly, I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don’t want to have too many of.
Ruth Bader GinsburgHome is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.
Robert FrostI mean, families are weird.
Gordon RamsayAll that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.
Abraham LincolnMore than anything else, I want the folks back at home to think right of me.
Elvis PresleyWhat we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.
George Bernard ShawIf I feel good about my parenting, I have no interest in judging other people’s choices. If I feel good about my body, I don’t go around making fun of other people’s weight or appearance. We’re hard on each other because we’re using each other as a launching pad out of our own perceived deficiency.
Brene BrownMy mother was determined to make us independent. When I was four years old, she stopped the car a few miles from our house and made me find my own way home across the fields. I got hopelessly lost.
Richard BransonI worry about all who are impure in their thoughts, feelings, or actions or who demean their wives or children, thereby cutting off priesthood power.
Russell M. Nelson