“I have a 14 year old daughter now. You know, it was that time in these kids lives when these girls are becoming women and the hormones are raging. They didn't know if The Beatles were any good, they just went for it 'cause The Beatles were attractive.” IfsKnowsYearsKidsGirlCausesBecomingDaughterRageAttractiveHormonesBecoming A Woman Author:Jack Jones
“You're not going to have the police force representing the black and brown community, if they've spent the last 30 years busting every son and daughter and father and mother for every piddling drug offense that they've ever done, thus creating a mistrust in the community. But at the same time, you should be able to talk about abuses of power, and you should be able to talk about police brutality and what, in some cases, is as far as I'm concerned, outright murder and outright loss of justice without the police organization targeting you in the way that they have done me.” IfsWayShouldYearsDoneAbleLastsMotherFatherForceBlackCommunityJusticeLossCasesSonDrugCreatingDaughterConcernedOrganizationAbuseMurderPoliceBrownOffensePolice BrutalityBrutalityRepresentingMistrustAbuse Of PowerSon And DaughterPolice ForceBusting Author:Quentin Tarantino
“My mother, she smiles when I come around now. My daughter's eatin' decent meals and she's in private school. She's 4 years old. She started school. It's a beautiful thing.” YearsSchoolBeautifulMotherDaughterMealsDecentMy DaughterBeautiful ThingsPrivate School Author:Obie Trice
“This is what's sick about living in L.A. My eight-year-old daughter will point to a woman and say, 'Look! That woman's had too much Botox.' She spots them because they all look a bit like Lord Voldemort from 'Harry Potter.'” YearsLooksBitsLordToo MuchDaughterSickEightSpotsHarry PotterPottersBotoxLord Voldemort Author:Kate Beckinsale
“We already had an adopted daughter, 10-year-old Courtney, from my previous marriage. To me, there is no difference between 'natural' and 'adopted.' My own childhood showed me that when it comes to loving your kids, concepts like that don't apply. I was the oldest of six, and three of my siblings were adopted. Mom and Dad even took in foster children. 'There are no limits to how much you can love,' Dad always said.” YearsChildrenSaidKidsThreeNaturalDifferencesMy OwnChildhoodMomDadLimitsSixDaughterConceptsAdoptedSiblingLoving YouFoster ChildrenMom And DadMy SiblingsCourtneyDad Love Author:Al Roker
“I survived a potentially life-threatening childbirth-related complication after delivering my daughter. I learned that hundreds of thousands of girls and women die each year due to similar and often manageable complications. They die because they don't have access to critical maternity care that could easily save their lives.” YearsCareDiesGirlDaughterCriticalDuesAccessRelatedMy DaughterSurvivedThreateningChildbirthDeliveringComplicationManageableMaternity Author:Christy Turlington
“I had just had a daughter, who was three or three-and-half years old, and I had been watching nothing but cartoons. That's really it. There was no YouTube. You're in France and you're raising a kid, so you break out the Tex Avery.” YearsKidsThreeHalfBreakDaughterFranceCartoonYoutubeBreak OutHalf A Year Author:Johnny Depp
“A six year old can probably do more on their iPad than you can do and access more. My daughter's swiping away windows and doing all these things that I don't know how to do.” KnowsYearsCan DoKnow HowSixDaughterWindowAccessMy DaughterIpadsSix Year Olds Author:Patricia Arquette
“At first, I felt bad judging an entire state by one county political official, but then I found out Morrison had also helped screen public school textbooks, a topic which is another chapter in my book. The Alamo is managed by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, a group whose members can claim a relative who was living in Texas during the revolution. The fight over mismanagement of the Alamo has been going on for years.” YearsFirstsHas BeensBookStatesSchoolPoliticalFightingFoundFeltGroupsJudgingRevolutionMembersDaughterClaimsScreensOfficialsRepublicTexasRelativeChaptersTopicsPublic SchoolCountyTextbooksMismanagementAlamo Author:Gail Collins
“There's this unspoken history that exists between any mother and daughter, no matter how deep and loving the bond is, twenty-five years of being raised by someone, there's a kind of deep history which means that there are shortcuts to getting on each other's nerves.” YearsKindMeanMatterMotherFiveDaughterTwentiesRaisedFive YearsNervesTwenty FiveUnspokenShortcutsMother And Daughter Author:Stephen Karam
“I've been away from my two daughters at a very important time in their life.'I have missed most of Girl Scout cookie season.Last night Zahra, my youngest called me up and said :"Daddy how come we never sell the most cookies? How come Mrs. Dunn wins every year?"'” YearsSaidTwoImportantLastsNightGirlWinningDaughterSeasonsSellsDaddyLast NightCookiesTwo DaughtersGirl Scout Author:Chris Rock
“By the time I was seventeen, I was on my way to Hollywood and didn't look back. My family is supportive now, but like any adult guardian of a seventeen-year-old daughter, they were not thrilled with my plan to run off to the LA to make it as an actress. Even a somewhat functioning parent would think that was a bad, bad idea. Lucky for me, I didn't listen to them.” ThinkingWayYearsLooksIdeasRunningParentPlansLuckyDaughterAdultsMy FamilyHollywoodActressesMy WaySupportiveGuardianBad IdeasSeventeenSeventeen Years Old Author:Amber Heard
“There's a case in Baton Rouge, haunting me, where a mother left her twelve-year-old daughter to be babysat (every day for months) by a known pedophile and his four perverse friends, and the news broke of the bodies of two children, dead after long-term physical abuse, found in a storage locker in California. What hardest for me is, I suppose, what's hardest for my country” YearsChildrenLongTwoCountryBodyMotherFoundLeftTermKnownCasesFourMonthsNewsDaughterAbuseHardestBrokeCaliforniaLong TermTwelveHauntingLockersStoragePhysical AbuseRougeBatonBaton Rouge Author:Laura Mullen
“I think you've all heard my story about my daughter and how we felt Children's Hospital saved her life when she was less than a year old. I won't go through all of the details of that.” ThinkingYearsChildrenStoriesFeltHeardDaughterDetailsSavedMy DaughterHospitals Author:Jack Nicklaus
“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
“I was working in, being a single parent with a grieving child of five years old. It was horrendous. I couldn't go out much, because I had my daughter to look after. So people used to come round, and Tony Harrington from The Wire came round.” PeopleYearsLooksChildrenUsedParentFiveDaughterRoundsGrievingFive YearsMy DaughterWireFive Year OldsSingle ParentBeing A Single Parent Author:David Toop
“I have a three-year-old daughter, which makes me more environmentally conscious. For me, it's about the future.” YearsThreeDaughterConsciousThree YearsThree Year Olds Author:Rufus Wainwright
“Instead of hitting the treadmill six days a week, I try to spend as much time with my daughter and fit in a bit of cardio during the week. Although, running and playing around with my three-year-old keeps me pretty active as it is.” TryingYearsRunningThreeBitsWeekFitSixDaughterActiveMy DaughterThree YearsHittingTreadmillsCardioThree Year OldsPlaying Around Author:Christina Applegate
“I'll say - I have four kids! I married a woman when I was 24 years old. She was 13 years my senior. She had been married twice before. I adopted them. I was 24 and had a 17-year-old son instantly, an 11-year-old daughter, a 5-year-old, and a child on the way. So I had to learn how to become a parent very quickly.” WayYearsChildrenKidsParentFourSonMarriedDaughterSeniorAdopted Author:Tony Robbins
“Women have always ruled my life, be it my mother, my wife, my assistant, or my daughter, so I don't really fight with them. I relinquished control years ago.” YearsLife IsMotherFightingWifeDaughterYears AgoMy WifeMy DaughterAssistants Author:Jon Bon Jovi
“I went to business school, and I went straight from that to a nine-year career at Microsoft. Eventually, I ran a big chunk of the consumer products division for Microsoft.Then I left with the birth of our first daughter because Bill and I both wanted to have a few kids.” YearsFirstsBigsKidsWantedSchoolLeftCareersProductsBirthDaughterBillsNineConsumersRanDivisionMicrosoftNine YearsChunksBusiness School Author:Melinda Gates
“Rob McElhenney who runs 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.' That show absolutely kills me and I am stunned by the consistency of greatness it has maintained over what is now a record breaking amount of seasons ... How do you do that for so many years? My 14-year-old daughter and I watch it together and we both laugh crazy hard.” YearsHardShowsRunningTogetherWatchesLaughingRecordsCrazyGreatnessAmountDaughterSeasonsConsistencyKill MeSunnyPhiladelphiaStunnedAlways SunnyRecords BreakingAlways Sunny In PhiladelphiaSunny In Philadelphia Author:Louis C. K.
“Do you know how many men that are out of work that just stand around on the corner just watching your daughters coming home from school? Today, with the hormonal things that they are putting in foods, these hormones, when you eat the meat, you'll find a nine-year-old daughter with breasts bigger than her mother's, hips wider than her mother's - and men haven't got anything to do but sit and watch you go and come from school.” KnowsMenYearsHomeTodaySchoolMotherWatchesKnow HowHavensDaughterBiggerCornersNineHipsMeatBreastsComing HomeDo You KnowHormonesNine YearsOur DaughterYour Daughter Author:Louis Farrakhan
“I'm the mother of two daughters, one of whom is going to get possessed. It's really spooky and great. I'm shooting it right now. That's why I'm in Chicago. I wanted to tell you about the other direction that this trying-to-get-more-female-characters thing has taken, which is that I launched my own film festival last year.” TryingYearsTwoCharacterWantedLastsFilmMotherMy OwnTakenRight NowDaughterFemaleShootingChicagoPossessedLast YearFestivalsFemale CharactersSpookyFilm FestivalsTwo Daughters Author:Geena Davis
“I used to travel 200 days of the year. I had to calm it down because I have a 17-year-old daughter going on 30, and a 23-year-old son. I want to be around for them.” WantYearsUsedSonDaughterCalmDays Of The Year Author:Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
“I was definitely seriously affected [with wifw and daughter deaths], no question, but I learnt to devote myself to the things that we'd been doing for years and years and slowly the pain drifted away.” YearsPainDaughterAffected Author:Edmund Hillary
“My four-year-old daughter regularly requests reading Book One [the March] at bedtime; the methods of reading, delivering, and processing the book's content vary according to a kid's age and developmental level, but she's deeply affected by the story, asking follow-up questions for days.” YearsBookStoriesKidsAgeReadingLevelsFourDaughterAskingMethodMarchAffectedFour YearsReading BooksRequestVaryDeliveringBedtimeProcessingDevelopmentalFollow Up Author:Nate Powell
“I married a man who was in fashion. I began to work when my daughter Nathalie was about eight or 10 years old. Then one day I began to make a sweater, and eventually the sweater was on the front page of Elle magazine. And the day after I was the queen of knit in America.” MenYearsAmericaFashionFrontsOne DayMarriedPagesDaughterEightMagazinesQueensMy DaughterSweaters Author:Sonia Rykiel
“My daughters had helped me to stop worrying about my appearance over the years. I wasted so many years thinking I wasn't pretty enough and why didn't I have Jessica Lange's body or someone else's legs? What a waste of time.” ThinkingYearsEnoughBodyWorryWasteDaughterAppearanceLegsMy DaughterWasting TimeStop WorryingJessica Author:Meryl Streep
“I've played [Scrabble] tournaments for about 20 years. My daughter, Erin, who lives with me, also travels to tournaments. While I'm not a top division player, I've won a number of tournaments.” YearsNumbersPlayerDaughterMy DaughterDivisionTournamentsScrabbleErin Author:W. P. Kinsella
“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
“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
“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
“I've been cooking for a nine-year-old and her friends for the better part of seven or eight years. It's how I cook today, it's what makes me happy. I tend to overcompensate for my long absences when I'm home by cooking and it's therapeutic to me - it's how I express love for my daughter. It felt good to do.” YearsLongHomeTodayFeltDaughterCookingSevenEightAbsenceNineCooksMy DaughterMake Me HappyTherapeuticNine Years Author:Anthony Bourdain
“The Democrats are as concerned about raising our kids and making sure that the values of empathy and hard work and discipline and self-respect are instilled in our children, and I've got a six-year-old daughter and a three-year-old daughter, and I'm not afraid to talk about how I want to provide them with the sort of cultural framework that's going to allow them to be successful, happy people.” PeopleWantYearsChildrenSelfHardKidsValuesThreeSuccessfulHard WorkDisciplineSixEmpathyDaughterConcernedOur ChildrenDemocratSelf RespectBeing SuccessfulThree YearsNot AfraidFrameworkHappy PeopleSix Year OldsThree Year Olds Author:Barack Obama
“My nine-year-old daughter is very creative and colorful and trendy.” YearsCreativeDaughterNineColorfulNine YearsTrendy Author:Erykah Badu
“I have a daughter who's four, who's dainty and princess-esque. I still get to dress her like my little accessory. I think I have one more year to do that, then she's going to get her own ideas - so I better move quickly!” ThinkingYearsLittlesStillsIdeasMovingFourDaughterDressesPrincessAccessoriesDainty Author:Erykah Badu
“When I was in New Orleans, I was in a grocery store and a woman came up to me and she said, "Oh, my daughter's such a big fan of the show." And I said, "Can I meet her?" And around the corner came this seven-year-old. I was horrified and I almost said to her, "Lady, what are you doing? [American Horror Story] is not for seven-year-olds, I can tell you."” YearsSaidI CanStoriesShowsBigsFansHorrorDaughterSevenCornersStoresMy DaughterNew OrleansSeven YearsGroceriesAround The CornerGrocery StoresHorror StoriesAmerican Horror Story Author:Kathy Bates
“The second wife [Trudi Bernstein] - the best part of that union, our two daughters, and that lasted about five years.” YearsTwoFiveWifeDaughterUnionsFive YearsTwo Daughters Author:Nat Hentoff
“A couple of years ago, my wife, Erica, and I were getting our daughter ready for school and an image of President [Barack] Obama was on one of the morning shows. And I said, oh, look, Carina, there's the president. You can be president one day. And she said, right away, that's for boys. And so right away I said, oh, no, you can be a doctor. You can be a lawyer. You can be anything you want. You can be president.” WantYearsLooksSaidShowsSchoolPresidentBoysMorningWifeReadyCoupleOne DayDaughterYears AgoDoctorsMy WifeLawyerBarackPresident Barack ObamaOur Daughter Author:Julian Castro
“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
“My wife and I have long discussions about [George] Carlin, and we refuse to accept that he died an atheist. It's just, confounding. When I talked to Kelly [George Carlin's daughter] about it, she said that George Carlin once took her at about 12 years old and said, "I've figured it out." And he says it in one of his specials sort of - he goes, "We're all energy and we're all connected. That goldfish you have, you, me, that boot laying in the street, we're all pieces of light to a giant electron.” YearsLongSaidLightEnergyAcceptingPiecesWifeStreetsDaughterDiedAtheistRefuseConnectedMy WifeDiscussionGiantsBootsElectronsGoldfishConfounding Author:Jay Mohr
“I have four daughters, the eldest is 19, the youngest is 12, and I watched all of them journey into motherhood. Motherhood is very deep. It starts when you're very, very young. Now, my 12 year old comes in, wants to put me to bed. And she'll, you know, put her hand on my forehead and say the prayer with me. As for years I've done for her! It's almost like a very beautiful, natural transition.” KnowsWantYearsDoneHandsBeautifulYoungNaturalPrayerFourJourneyBedDaughterMotherhoodTransitionForeheadsVery DeepVery BeautifulOur DaughterEldest Author:Giancarlo Esposito
“My daughter Alexandra once told me, "Mother, you're a pioneer. Now, hardly anybody cooks, but you were one of the first to stop." After 20 years of cooking, I started to appreciate the value of other people's work. So I would, say, go get a duck in Chinatown. I always had the salad and set the table, but I didn't have to clean the pots.” PeopleYearsFirstsMotherValuesDaughterAppreciateTablesCookingCleanCooksMy DaughterPotDucksPioneersSaladChinatown Author:Nancy Pelosi
“I know where "Blubber" came from. It came from stories that my daughter told me when she came home from fifth grade. There was a kid in the class who was being bullied. We didn't even call it bullying then, that's what's so weird. Victimization in the classroom. The word bully was so out, was so not in use for all those years and now it's back big time.” KnowsYearsStoriesUseHomeBigsKidsClassDaughterGradesMy DaughterBullyingClassroomBullyFifthBulliedVictimizationBeing BulliedFifth Grade Author:Judy Blume
“Over 13 percent of women in college have reported being a victim of stalking during the school year, and one out of every five college women has reported being sexually assaulted. It is simple to talk about statistics. It is more difficult to remember that each number is a victim and represents a daughter, a sister or a friend.” YearsSchoolRememberMotherDifficultSimpleNumbersFiveCollegePercentDaughterVictimStatisticsSexuallyStalkingSchool Years Author:Gwen Moore
“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
“Don't tell your kids you had an easy birth or they won't respect you. For years I used to wake up my daughter and say, 'Melissa you ripped me to shreds. Now go back to sleep.'.” YearsKidsUsedMotherEasySleepBirthDaughterWake UpMy DaughterRippedMelissa Author:Joan Rivers
“I have a five year-old son and a three year-old daughter. I want my son to have a choice to contribute fully in the workforce or at home. And I want my daughter to have the choice to not just succeed, but to be liked for her accomplishments.” WantYearsHomeMotherChoicesThreeFiveSonSucceedDaughterAccomplishmentFive YearsMy DaughterMy SonThree YearsWorkforceFive Year OldsThree Year Olds Author:Sheryl Sandberg