“My father moved to Hawaii from Brooklyn and my mother came there as a child from the Philippines. They met at a show where my dad was playing percussion. My mom was a hula dancer.” ChildrenShowsMotherFatherMomDadMetsMovedMy DadMy MomDancerHawaiiBrooklynPhilippinesPercussionHula Author:Bruno Mars
“My dad was a golden gloves boxer in the Marine Corps, then a deputy sheriff. My mom worked as an office assistant.” MomDadOfficeMy DadMy MomGoldenMarineGlovesAssistantsBoxersMarine CorpsSheriffsDeputies Author:Susana Martinez
“My mom's a translator, my dad's a woodworker; that's the world I grew up in, that's the world I'm most comfortable in. The whole idea of Hollywood or any of that other stuff that unfortunately goes along with film, that wasn't part of my upbringing, thankfully.” WorldIdeasWholeFilmStuffGrewMomDadComfortableGrew UpHollywoodMy DadMy MomUpbringingTranslators Author:Tatiana Maslany
“Looking back, I think I was always musical. My dad was very musical, and I think my mom was musical.” ThinkingMomDadMusicalMy DadMy MomLooking Back Author:Paul McCartney
“My dad was an autoworker, my mom was a clerk. Until I was thirty-five, I never made more than fifteen thousand dollars a year.” YearsMadeFiveMomDadThousandDollarsMy DadMy MomThirtyFifteenClerks Author:Michael Moore
“I listened to the radio, so I was influenced by everyone from Michael Jackson to Milli Vanilli. But thankfully my dad had a collection of Cat Stevens albums while my mom was listening to jazz.” ListeningMomDadCatJazzMy DadRadioAlbumsMy MomCollections Author:Jason Mraz
“My dad sold encyclopedias and my mom worked in a factory office.” MomDadOfficeMy DadMy MomFactoriesEncyclopedia Author:Mike Myers
“I bought a house for my mom, I bought a house for my dad, I bought a house for my sister.” HouseMomDadMy DadMy MomMy Sister Author:Trey Parker
“My mom and dad were actors when they were younger and had a horrible experience of it. My dad became a literary agent and my mom a casting director.” ActorsMomDadDirectorsMy DadMy MomHorribleAgentsCastingMom And DadCasting DirectorsLiterary AgentsHorrible Experience Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“When my dad divorced my mom it was kind of like him leaving me also.” KindMomDadLeavingMy DadMy MomLeaving MeDivorced Author:Nicole Richie
“I didn't come from a trailer park. I grew up middle class and my dad had money and my mom made my lunch. I got a car when I was sixteen. I'm proud of that.” MadeClassMiddleCarGrewMomProudDadWalkingGrew UpMy DadMy MomParksMiddle ClassLunchSixteenTrailersTrailer Park Author:Kid Rock
“When my mom ran for the Senate, my dad was there for her every step of the way. I can still hear her saying in her beautiful voice, 'Why should women have any less say than men, about the great decisions facing our nation?'” MenWayShouldStillsI CanBeautifulFatherNationsVoiceDecisionStepsMomDadMy DadMy MomRanSenateEvery StepBeautiful Voice Author:Mitt Romney
“My dad was a bartender. My mom was a cashier, a maid and a stock clerk at K-Mart. They never made it big. They were never rich. And yet they were successful. Because just a few decades removed from hopelessness, they made possible for us all the things that had been impossible for them.” MadeBigsMotherSuccessfulRichImpossibleMomDadMy DadMy MomDecadesMade ItHopelessnessMaidsClerksBartenderCashiers Author:Marco Rubio
“My parents were working class folks. My dad was a bartender for most of his life, my mom was a maid and a cashier and a stock clerk at WalMart. We were not people of financial means in terms of significant financial means. I always told them, 'I didn't always have what I wanted. I always had what I needed.' My parents always provided that.” PeopleMeanWantedMotherParentTermClassMomNeededDadMy DadFinancialFolksMy MomSignificantWorking ClassMaidsClerksBartenderWalmartCashiers Author:Marco Rubio
“Mom was 50 when my Dad died. She got on a bus every weekday for years, and rode 40 miles each morning to Madison. She earned a new degree and learned new skills to start her small business. It wasn't just a new livelihood. It was a new life.” YearsMotherMorningMomDadSkillsDegreesDiedMy DadMilesBusNew LifeSmall BusinessLivelihoodMadisonNew SkillsWeekdaysDad DiedMy Dad Died Author:Paul Ryan
“My mom was a working woman. She made more money than my dad. Both my parents worked. And this was in the '60s.” MadeParentMomDadMy DadMy MomMore MoneyWorking Women Author:Rick Santorum
“I was always okay with the fact that I was taller and bigger than everybody else growing up. My mom, my dad, and my friends always told me I was beautiful.” FactsBeautifulGrowing UpGrowingMomDadMy FriendsOkayBiggerMy DadMy Mom Author:Jordin Sparks
“My brother's a grip. My mom's a scriptwriter. My dad's a director. So it's like, at heart, I'm a below-the-line girl.” HeartGirlLinesBrotherMomDadDirectorsMy DadMy MomMy Brother Author:Kristen Stewart