“Will I have to explain to my daughter that her brother is gonna make more money doing the exact same job because he's a man? If they both played sports since they were three years old, they both worked just as hard, but because he's a boy, they're gonna give him more money? Like, how am I gonna explain that to her? In tennis we've had great pioneers that paved the way - including Venus [Williams], who fought so hard for Wimbledon to pay women the same prize money they pay men, and Billie Jean King, who is one of the main reasons Title IX exists.” IfsMenWayGivingYearsHardReasonJobsThreeSportsPayBoysBrotherKingsDaughterIncludingTitlesTennisPrizeMy DaughterThree YearsMore MoneyPioneersVenusThree Year OldsWimbledonPrize Money Author:Serena Williams
“Sometimes I'll say, "I wrote that book," and the person will look at you as if you're really strange. One time that happened to my daughter on a plane. She was sitting next to a girl who was reading one of my books and my daughter said, "My mother wrote that book." And the girl started to quiz my daughter, asking her all sorts of questions, like what are the names of Judy's children and where did she grow up. My daughter thought it was so funny.” IfsLooksChildrenPersonsSaidBookSometimesMotherGirlReadingNextNamesGrowsGrowing UpHappenedStrangeDaughterSittingAskingPlanesMy DaughterOne TimeQuiz Author:Judy Blume
“My daughter lives in an apartment (hovel) in Brooklyn, so disgusting the roaches don't even bother hiking up the four flights of stairs to her door. Did I mention that she has a family of mice living under her stove? If she would promise to carry a weapon in her bag, I would never ask her to visit again. Best Mother's Day gift I could ask for!” IfsMotherAsksFourDoorsPromiseWeaponsDaughterFlightBotherBagsMy DaughterHikingDisgustingApartmentMiceMothers DayStairsBrooklynStovesBest MotherRoaches Author:Kate Siegel
“If I say to my daughter, "Go say `hi' to Aunt Gertrude," there is a reason there. I'm teaching her manners. I think the idea that she'll say `hi' to Aunt Gertrude only if she wants to is the biggest crock of silliness I've ever heard. Yet I meet people everyday who were clearly brought up to think that if they didn't want to say "hi" to Aunt Gertrude, that was fine.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantIdeasReasonHeardTeachingFineDaughterEverydayMannersMy DaughterAuntSillinessGertrude Author:Marianne Williamson
“I don't play anymore because I can't play anymore and I retired when I was playing for Chelsea because the doctor had to cut my leg in two parts so this is why I retired. I started going to the gym recently and my knee started to hurt again, so you can imagine what it would be like if I tried to play! I play football on the beach with my daughters and my friends but that's it.” IfsI CanTwoPlayWould BeHurtCuttingImagineFootballDaughterMy FriendsDoctorsLegsBeachKneesMy DaughterGymRetiredBecause I CanChelsea Author:Emmanuel Petit
“If I am not with my daughter, that's when all my meetings happen. That's when I get right on a plane. That's when I go and do my book tour. When I am with her, it's just all with her.” IfsBookHappensDaughterMeetingsPlanesMy Daughter Author:Bethenny Frankel
“My daughter can work on an iPhone and iPad like crazy. That's their world. If you can use that, use it educationally. They can learn while they're having so much fun. They don't even realize they're learning.” IfsWorldUseFunRealizingCrazyDaughterMy DaughterIphoneIpads Author:Nancy O'Dell
“I just started asking my friends if they had noticed. None of them - feminists, mothers, daughters - noticed until I pointed it out. Then I decided to bring it up within the industry. I knew a lot of people, so I'd say, "Have you ever noticed how few female characters there are in kids movies?" when I met a director, a producer, whatever. And they said, "Oh, but that's not true anymore."” PeopleIfsSaidCharacterKidsMotherIndustryMetsDirectorsDaughterMy FriendsFemaleDecidedAskingFeministProducersThey SaidFemale CharactersMother DaughterKids Movie Author:Geena Davis
“Whatever backlash I was going to get, whatever consequence there was for stating my opinion, I was OK with. Because I look at my son's eyes, I look at the eyes of my daughter, and I would be a bad dad if my No. 1 goal wasn't always to put them in the best situation as possible.” IfsLooksWould BeEyeGoalSituationOpinionSonDadDaughterConsequenceMy DaughterMy SonBacklash Author:Andrew Hawkins
“When you put a halo on concepts - gender roles, religion, nationality or pride - or you put a halo on any topic - anything that you hold dear like the relationship between a father and son or a mother and daughter, what it means to be married or what it means to be single or what it means to be a free spirit or what it means to be an artist - if you just put a halo on something and say it's untouchable - "that is special and that is perfect" - you immediately close your eyes to the truth of it, because the truth is that nothing is perfect.” IfsMeanEyeSpiritMotherArtistFatherPerfectRolesSpecialSonPrideTruth IsMarriedDaughterConceptsDearGenderTopicsBeing MarriedNationalityGender RolesFree SpiritMother And DaughterFather And SonHalosUntouchablesNothing Is Perfect Author:Dan Mangan
“If you want to fight hell and the power of darkness that seek to destroy the hearts of our daughters, I know a type of spiritual warfare that creates value in a daughter's spirit. It is called "Taking your Daughter out for tea" or "Going to Her Soccer Game", and it works in direct opposition to the agenda of hell and darkness that wants to destroy their lives.” IfsKnowsWantHeartSpiritualSpiritValuesFightingGamesDarknessHellTypeDaughterDirectTeaSoccerOppositionAgendasWarfareOur DaughterSpiritual WarfareYour DaughterSoccer Game Author:Jim Anderson
“Do I have YOUR permission to be a Supernatural God? If I want to open heaven, and in a moment in time, touch the heart of a daughter and supernaturally break all the darkness, shame, and torment in her life, MAY I DO THAT?” IfsWantHeartMayMomentsHeavenBreakDarknessDaughterShamePermissionTormentMoments In Time Author:Jim Anderson
“Barbara [my wife] and I said a long time ago that if we were in a position to help somebody, it would be kids. So when we started the Memorial Tournament (in Columbus, OH), Nationwide Children's Hospital, which saved my daughter's life when she was less than a year old, was the beneficiary from day one.” IfsYearsChildrenLongSaidHelpingWould BeKidsWifePositionLong TimeDaughterMy WifeSavedMy DaughterHospitalsMemorialLong Time AgoTournamentsColumbusBarbaraBeneficiaries Author:Jack Nicklaus
“They [media] don't care if they're hurting anybody's family or hurting their reputation. The most interesting thing about it is that it's people doing it to other people. It's somebody who has a sister or a brother or a daughter or a son or a family. They don't care.” PeopleIfsCareHurtInterestingMediaSonBrotherDaughterDon't CareReputationMost InterestingInteresting Things Author:Scott Eastwood
“I have a 12-year-old daughter, and all the time people will say, 'Oh, she's young!" and you'd be so surprised what you can learn from that 12-year-old if you just opened up your mind.” PeopleIfsYearsMindYoungDaughter Author:Justin Hartley
“My daughter is 12, and we have an amazing relationship. She knows without a doubt that she can literally come to me with anything, and I will stifle myself and realize that if it's not what I want to hear, it's more important that she continues to come to me and tell me things and is honest with me than me getting mad at her or giving her my opinion right now. She has figured out a way to make me an amazing parent. She's a wonderful daughter.” IfsKnowsWayWantGivingImportantParentRealizingOpinionDoubtWonderfulHonestRight NowDaughterMadMy DaughterAmazing ParentsAmazing Relationship Author:Justin Hartley
“My daughter always behaved in restaurants. And if she didn't, she's going out. I mean, one of the parents is going to take her outside. Immediately.” IfsMeanParentDaughterRestaurantsMy DaughterGoing Out Author:Anthony Bourdain
“With our last album ("No Time To Bleed"), we recorded most of it in New Jersey. And with being on the road 9 months a year, recording an album on the other side of the country- it just wasn't a good experience for us. All I wanted to do was go home and see my daughter, so for us to only be a couple hours away was huge- I could go home if I needed to.” IfsYearsCountryHomeWantedLastsSidesHoursHugeMonthsCoupleNeededDaughterAlbumsMy DaughterJerseyNew JerseyGood Experiences Author:Mitch Lucker
“When we had the girls, my daughter Jenny gave us like a Bible from my daughter of, "Don't feed them this; don't feed them that, if she says this, don't say that," It was crazy!” IfsGirlCrazyDaughterMy DaughterJenny Author:Billy Crystal
“I ask you, how would you like your mom, your wife, your daughter to spend $100,000 to go to Harvard or some state school, and go out into the workplace, and you know she's great, and men are getting paid $200 per week more than her? Would that piss you off? What if you lost your job and you stay home crippled while she goes out, and she thinks she's going to get a good job, but someone male with the same level of experience and the same level of education gets paid more than her? You're going to get pissed. Until you walk a mile in someone else's shoes, I don't want to hear it.” IfsThinkingKnowsMenWantStatesHomeSchoolJobsAsksLostWalksLevelsWifeWeekLike YouMomDaughterPaidMalesShoesMilesWhat IfWorkplaceGood JobHarvardYour MomOur DaughterCrippledYour Daughter Author:Pam Grier
“I can tell you one other story about Rent Control. The lead actress in the film, her name was Elizabeth Stack, and it turned out she was Robert Stack's daughter. The only problem with that - and she was lovely - was that she was basically hired because [Gian Luigi Polidoro] thought she was [film producer] Ray Stark's daughter. And he figured that if he ran out of money, her father would kick in some more. I can still remember the day he freaked out when he realized she was actually Robert Stack's daughter. He was just screaming "Untouchables!" over and over.” IfsStillsI CanStoriesProblemRememberFilmFatherNamesDaughterActressesLovelyProducersRanKicksRaysStarksUntouchablesRent Control Author:Brent Spiner
“In France, it's just.., if you're the son of someone, you can be sure that you will have a good life. Because you're the son of this guy or the daughter of that guy you will be introduced to this person who will give you a job even if you're totally incompetent.” IfsGivingPersonsJobsGuySonDaughterFranceGood LifeThis GuyThat GuyIncompetent Author:Gaspar Noe
“Over 18 years of us solving problems together, my daughter has shown me that she's got a good head on her shoulders, that she is pretty good at solving the problems that affect her life. If she wants my input, she gets it.” IfsWantYearsProblemTogetherDaughterShouldersMy DaughterProblem SolvingInput Author:Ross W. Greene
“Women don't have to listen to their inner-critic and hold themselves back; they can unleash themselves and reach their best potential if they put their effort into it. That's what I want my daughter to do.” IfsWantEffortDaughterCriticsMy Daughter Author:Sarah Thomas
“I'm not comparing myself with Donald Trump or anybody else - but the people are fed up with the politicians ignoring the problem. The people are fed up by if they say something about the influx of the mass immigration from mostly Islamic countries, what they really feel is the threat for the safety of their daughters who go to school or their parents who walk in the park or themselves going shopping on a Thursday evening in Holland - they are being called racist if they make a remark about, 'hey this is not our country anymore.'” PeopleIfsFeelsCountryProblemSchoolParentWalksTrumpPoliticianMassDaughterSafetyThreatImmigrationOur CountryHeyEveningCompareParksIslamicRacistFedsShoppingRemarksFed UpThursdayHollandWalks In The Park Author:Geert Wilders
“I once asked my oldest daughter [Julia Marie] if she thought about changing her name in school and she said, "No, I'm a Pacino. That's my name." I just wondered how it would feel, how people would treat her, but she's adjusted so marvelously.” PeopleIfsFeelsSaidSchoolNamesDaughterTreatsJuliaMarie Author:Al Pacino
“We love them [people who have same-sex attractions] as sons and daughters of God. They may have certain inclinations which are powerful and which may be difficult to control. If they do not act upon these inclinations, then they can go forward as do all other members of the Church.” PeopleIfsMayCertainSexDifficultChurchPowerfulSonMembersDaughterAttractionInclinationSon And DaughterDaughter Of God Author:Gordon B. Hinckley
“I'm always touched when I go to events and stuff, to meet fathers who come up to me and thank me and say, "because of you my young daughter knows that she can do anything she sets out to do." And the way young girls are raised now, I don't think there's any doubt that they know they can do anything. And if what goes by the by is that they don't feel they have to be in solidarity with all other women, that's O.K. as long as they know that that strength has been there in the past and can be there in the future for them.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayFeelsLongHas BeensPastYoungGirlFatherStuffCan DoDoubtEventsDaughterRaisedCome UpTouchedSolidarityBecause Of YouYoung Daughter Author:Nancy Pelosi
“I have seen a lot of men, for example, who will make a will and include their daughters whether they are married or not. And perhaps the greatest change of attitude is that today, at least in Kenya, if you don't send your child to school - unless it's a matter of poverty or religion, and it is not that there no schools - then people wonder, "why the hell don't you send your children to school?" Now that's a very big jump from when I was going to school and educating girls was an exception to the rule.” PeopleIfsMenChildrenMatterBigsTodaySchoolGirlAttitudeWonderPovertyHellExampleMarriedDaughterOur ChildrenYour ChildrenExceptionKenyaException To The Rule Author:Wangari Maathai
“If my daughter wanted to wear a headscarf and dress in a religiously conservative way, I would be heartbroken. But if she were to decide to do that and she were to live in a place where people said she couldn't do that, I would be entirely committed to her right to do so.” PeopleIfsWaySaidWould BeWantedDaughterDressesConservativeCommittedMy DaughterHeartbroken Author:Mohsin Hamid
“If I really believe all lives have equal value, and if I use contraceptives, which I do, and if I'm counselling my son and my two daughters to use them, how am I not serving the women who don't have access to the contraceptives they need?” IfsNeedsBelieveTwoUseValuesSonEqualDaughterAccessServingMy SonContraceptivesTwo Daughters Author:Melinda Gates
“You have to be alert. When my daughter, Sophie, came out of the womb, she was instantly alert, as if she had been here before. And she was a little disappointed that she was here again.” IfsLittlesDaughterMy DaughterDisappointedWombSophie Author:Bette Midler
“My daughter very independent. But if she's upset about something, she will absolutely let me know. She's great - a real tough cookie.” IfsKnowsRealDaughterToughLet MeIndependentUpsetMy DaughterCookies Author:Bette Midler
“That, to me, is what I feel like is the future. If I have a daughter, if you have a daughter, becoming that ideal where it's not about your gender; it's about us being human, being in this together.” IfsFeelsHumansTogetherHuman BeingsBecomingDaughterIdealsGenderBeing Human Author:Bethany Cosentino
“My mother had said me, "All right, you've been raised, so don't let anybody else raise you. You know the difference between right and wrong. Do right. And remember - you can always come home." And she continued to liberate me until she died. On the night she died, I went to the hospital. I told my mom, "Let me tell you about yourself. You deserved a great daughter, and you got one. And you liberated me to be one. So if it's time for you to go, you may have done everything God brought you here to do."” IfsKnowsMaySaidDoneHomeRememberMotherNightDifferencesMomDaughterLet MeDiedRaisesRaisedMy MomComing HomeHospitalsAbout YourselfLiberatedRemember YouRemembers You Author:Maya Angelou
“It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't.” IfsMotherFatherGrowsParentGrowing UpMomDaughterParentingMotherhoodFatherhoodMothers DayBeing A MomFathers DayHappy Mothers DayHaving A BabyFunny ParentingFunny ParentInspirational MothersMothers Day InspirationalInspirational MotherhoodHappy First Fathers DayBest FatherDaughter To FatherFunny Fathers DayInspiring MotherhoodCute Fathers DayFunny FatherFunny Happy Fathers DayShort Mothers DayGreat ParentingHappy Fathers Day MomHappy Mothers Day TextCute Baby BoyFather Of The Bride Author:Barbara Kingsolver
“I hate being clean-shaven. My daughter gets very upset if I shave and says, 'Bring back the spikes, Dad.'” IfsMotherHateDadDaughterI HateCleanUpsetMy DaughterClean Shaven Author:Eric Bana
“If you want to ask about my drug problem, go ask my big, fat, smart, ten pound daughter, she'll answer any questions you have about it.” IfsWantProblemBigsMotherAsksAnswersDrugTenSmartDaughterFatsPounds Author:Courtney Love
“If you can give your child only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.” IfsGivingChildrenRelationshipDaughterEnthusiasmYour ChildrenBirthdayMy DaughterChild AbuseMother DaughterMother And DaughterYour DaughterYour SonChildren And ParentsParent ChildEnthusiasm For LifeDaughter To FatherGreat ParentsLove Your ChildrenLove My DaughterInspirational ParentsWonderful ParentsI Love My DaughterOnly Daughter Author:Bruce Barton
“I think if you're the son or daughter of successful actors and actresses, it's a double pressure. More is expected of you.” IfsThinkingMotherActorsSuccessfulSonDaughterPressureActressesExpectedActors And Actresses Author:Liam Neeson
“I've got two daughters. 9 years old and 6 years old. I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby.” IfsWantYearsFirstsTwoMotherValuesMistakeMoralTeachBabyDaughterTwo DaughtersValues And Morals Author:Barack Obama
“To the families of special needs children all across this country I have a message for you: for years you have sought to make America a more welcoming place for your sons and daughters, and I pledge to you that if we're elected, you will have a friend, an advocate, in The White House.” IfsNeedsYearsChildrenCountryAmericaMotherHouseWhiteSpecialSonMessagesDaughterWelcomeWhite HousePledgeAdvocatingYour SonSon And DaughterSpecial NeedsSpecial Needs Children Author:Sarah Palin
“If at any moment of the day I ever think I'm remotely cool at all, which is hardly ever, I have two daughters who make sure that never happens.” IfsThinkingTwoMomentsHappensMotherDaughterTwo Daughters Author:Pat Benatar
“Being a father at a later age is different from when I had my other two daughters when I was in my 20s and 30s. If you're in your 60s and you're with the kid every day, you're dealing with the mind of a child, so it opens up that childishness in you again.” IfsMindChildrenTwoDifferentKidsAgeMotherFatherDaughterYou AgainBeing A FatherChildishnessTwo Daughters Author:Martin Scorsese
“I think encouraging young people to twerk might be a bad thing. It's a stripper's move. If I had a daughter of nine, I wouldn't want her twerking.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantMightMovingYoungDaughterNineBad ThingsTwerking Author:Ed Sheeran
“I used to refer to myself as a 'theoretical anorexic,' just as crazy when it came to body image, but saved by a lack of self-discipline. My daughters do everything better than I do - they're smarter, more beautiful, happier. What if they end up better at anorexia, too?” IfsEndsSelfBodyBeautifulUsedMotherCrazyDisciplineDaughterSavedWhat IfMy DaughterSmarterSelf DisciplineBody ImageTheoreticalAnorexiaAnorexics Author:Ayelet Waldman
“When your mother asks, 'Do you want a piece of advice?' it is a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway.” IfsWantInspirationalMatterMotherAsksAnswersPiecesAdviceMomDaughterMereMy MomMotherhoodGrandmotherMothers DayBeing A MomYour MomBeing A MotherMotheringMother DaughterMother LoveFormalityGreat MotherYes Or NoJust A MomFunny Mothers DayFunny MotherhoodBest MomMother FlowerFunny MotherYoung MotherWonderful Mother Author:Erma Bombeck
“The mother cannot expect her daughter to understand the mysteries of housekeeping without education. She should instruct them patiently, lovingly, and make the work as agreeable as she can by her cheerful countenance and encouraging words of approval. If they fail once, twice, or thrice, censure not.” IfsShouldMotherFailingMysteryDaughterApprovalCheerfulCountenanceCensureHousekeepingThriceEncouraging Words Author:Ellen G. White
“If we help an educated man's daughter to go to Cambridge are we not forcing her to think not about education but about war? - not how she can learn, but how she can fight in order that she might win the same advantages as her brothers?” IfsThinkingMenWarHelpingMightMotherOrderFightingWinningCollegeBrotherDaughterAdvantageEducatedCambridgeEducated Man Book:Three Guineas Source: Three Guineas
“If I had a choice of educating my daughters or my sons because of opportunity constraints, I would choose to educate my daughters.” IfsMotherChoicesOpportunityEducationSonDaughterMy DaughterMy SonEducateConstraintsConstrain Author:Brigham Young