“And some people say Jesus wasn't Jewish. Of COURSE he was Jewish! 30 years old, single, lives with his parents, come on! He works in his father's business, his mom thought he was God's gift, he's Jewish! Give it up!” PeopleGivingYearsHumorFunnyCoursesFatherJesusParentMomSingle Life Author:Robin Williams
“She got really mad a month ago, because she had e-mailed me a naked picture of herself - which is a nice thing to do - but then I messed up, and I accidentally forwarded that e-mail to both of my parents. Now, my girlfriend is furious, mortified, but I don't even care, 'cause now I have to call up my mother and say 'Mom, I am so sorry - that picture was just for dad.'” HumorCareFunnyMotherCausesParentNiceMomMonthsDadMadSorryNakedThings To DoGirlfriendMailMy GirlfriendNice ThingsFuriousMessed UpI Am So Sorry Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“My parents are really conservative. My dad is Muslim, and my mom is the most conservative woman you've ever met. They're very aristocratic in the most quaint suburban way.” WayParentMomDadMetsMy DadConservativeMy MomQuaintAristocratic Author:SZA
“OK, so my parents were married in 1955 and my mom knew my dad was gay and my dad knew he was gay and so I was, like, 'Why in the heck did you get married?' Like, what was going on? What was that time? It's like this crazy paradox that my whole life is based on, or my family's based on. So I spent a lot of time trying to understand '55.” TryingWholeLife IsParentCrazyMomDadGayMarriedMy FamilyMy DadMy MomWhole LifeParadox Author:Mike Mills
“We need to recognize the incredible challenges that so many parents face, especially working moms. We need to join the rest of the advanced world.” WorldNeedsFacesParentChallengesMomIncrediblesWorking Mom Author:Bernie Sanders
“My dad and mom were more like World War II-era parents, even though it was the 1960s, because they were both born in the '40s. They were young adults before the '60s even happened, and married, and already having kids. But by the time we were adolescents in the '70s, the whole culture was screaming at parents, "You're a good parent if you're open with your kids about sex." They attempted to be open with us about sex, and it made them want to die, and consequently, it made us want to die.” IfsWorldWantMadeWarWholeKidsYoungDiesCultureSexParentBornHappenedMomDadMarriedAdultsMy DadYoung AdultErasWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War I1960sWanting To DieHaving KidsGood Parent Author:Dan Savage
“Other kids would take their parents to the toy store and I'd take my mom to the record store.” KidsParentRecordsMomMy MomStoresToysRecord Stores Author:Daron Malakian
“I have three older brothers, and we all have different combinations of parents. My father was the best man at my mom's first wedding! And my brother's mother - my dad's first wife - is the sister to my mom's first husband's second wife. So my brothers are both stepcousins and stepbrothers. It's very '70s rock.” MenFirstsDifferentMotherThreeFatherParentWifeRocksBrotherMomDadHusbandMy DadMy MomCombinationMy BrotherOlder Brother Author:Inara George
“When I have children that go home and mom and dad are not home because they're working, they're trying to get food on the table, and they come home to an empty house and they go to sleep in an empty house, there is no way that child can compete against a child from the west side of Los Angeles who both parents went to Stanford. Well, good for them, God love them. That's not an equal playing field.” WayTryingWellsChildrenHomeHouseParentSidesSleepFieldsMomDadEqualEmptyTablesWestGod LoveLos AngelesComing HomeGoing To SleepMom And DadPlaying FieldsStanfordWest SideEmpty Houses Author:Rafe Esquith
“My parents were not pushy or anything like that. I think my mom was still expecting me to be an astronaut, but now she is very happy that I'm not doing that.” ThinkingStillsParentMomMy MomExpectingVery HappyAstronautPushy Author:Berenice Bejo
“We inherit a lot from our parents: mom's eyes, dad's chin, and the attitude of whichever parent isn't punishing you at the moment. All of those things we have our mom's to thank for."If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?"” IfsTwoMomentsHandsEyeMotherParentAttitudeMomEvolutionDadChinsTwo Hands Author:Milton Berle
“When you were growing up, your mom and dad told you to look both ways before crossing the street or not to get into a car with a stranger. It's the same with the internet. We have a big responsibility and a huge role in bringing all the stakeholders to the table - users, parents, educators, law enforcement, government organisations.” WayLooksBigsGovernmentLawParentResponsibilityRolesGrowing UpGrowingStreetsCarHugeMomInternetDadTablesStrangerUsersLaw EnforcementEnforcementCrossingsOrganisationEducatorYour MomMom And DadStakeholderBig ResponsibilityCrossing The Street Author:Chris DeWolfe
“God brought me to Himself at about the age of 4. My parents were devout believers and my Dad was in Bible College at the time. I remember hearing the gospel in Sunday School and I talked to my Mom about it one night before bed. It was clear to me that I was a sinner and I was not going to heaven if I died without accepting Jesus Christ and what He did on the cross for me. I was brought to Christ out of fear of going to hell. I didn't want to go there if I died and there was only one other choice in my mind as a 4 year old. I wanted to go to heaven. It was and is that simple.” IfsWantYearsMindAgeWantedSchoolRememberNightChoicesJesusHeavenParentChristSimpleAcceptingHellClearCollegeMomDadBedJesus ChristCrossesDiedMy DadMy MomHearingBelieverSinnerSundayOne NightSunday SchoolGoing To Heaven Author:Ben Zobrist
“I grew up in a financially insecure place because I knew that my parents were following their dreams which has pros and cons. It was actually my mom who encouraged me to go to acting school because I was really afraid to put all my eggs in that basket.” DreamSchoolParentActingGrewMomGrew UpFollowingMy MomEggsInsecureBasketsPros And Cons Author:Zoe Lister-Jones
“I've been acting since I was young because I wanted to, not because my parents wanted me to. My dad is a principal and mom is a middle school counselor, so acting was like, "Eh, whatever. As long as you get good grades." It's really fun, and nothing more.” LongWantedSchoolYoungFunParentActingMiddleMomDadMy DadGradesPrincipalMiddle SchoolCounselorGood Grades Author:Shailene Woodley
“I'm sure that there's frustration that comes with wanting to just have a normal mom. But, I don't really know if they see it as any different than any other problem you might have with a parent. I think everybody can think about one thing that their parents used to do, all the time, that would embarrass you.” IfsThinkingKnowsDifferentProblemMightUsedParentOne ThingMomNormalFrustration Author:Brie Larson
“And me having kids, with my family history? My mom: mentally ill, shot and killed her last husband. My father: six ex-wives, four heart attacks. Both of my parents think alcohol is a food group.” ThinkingHeartKidsLastsFatherParentFourWifeGroupsMomHusbandSixShotsMy FamilyIllMy MomAlcoholExesFamily HistoryHeart AttackMentally IllHaving KidsEx Wife Author:Christopher Titus
“I was at the breakfast table this morning and I read in the newspaper that more and more adults are living at home with their parents. That surprised me, I was like Mom did you read this?” HomeParentMorningMomAdultsTablesNewspapersBreakfast Author:Brian Regan
“But at the same time, my parents always encouraged my brother and me to be happy with what we were doing. My parents were athletes in high school; my mom and my dad were the stars of the basketball team, but they never pushed my brother and me to be anything we didn't want to be.” WantSchoolStarsParentTeamBrotherMomDadBasketballHigh SchoolMy DadAthleteMy MomMy BrotherBasketball Team Author:Jonathan Groff
“For me, already being part of a single parent household and knowing it was just me and my mom, you'd would wake up times and hope that the next day you'd be able to be alongside your mother because she was out trying to make sure that I was taken care of. But all I cared about was her being home.” TryingHomeCareAbleMotherNextParentKnowingTakenMomWake UpMy MomHouseholdNext DaySingle ParentBeing A Single Parent Author:LeBron James
“My mom. She really encouraged me. That's the trouble with education: Unless you have a really supportive parent, you get left behind.” LeftParentBehindsTroubleMomMy MomSupportiveLeft BehindSupportive Parents Author:Nellie McKay
“Both of my parents are music teachers. My mother owns the school that I taught in. My brothers and sisters are musicans. My mom pushed me all the time. She knew that I could do it. She knew more than I did. She thought I would go somewhere. She gave me the job and helped me get equipment, which a lot of parents don't do. Alot of my students had to go out and fight for it.” SchoolJobsMotherFightingParentTeacherStudentsTaughtBrotherMomMy MomMy BrotherEquipmentBrothers And SistersMusic Teacher Author:Randy Rhoads
“Fortunately, both my parents, especially my mom, have guided me, and been amazing at handling my career and my finances. They taught me not to buy what I don't need, when I'm not working that much.” NeedsParentCareersTaughtMomMy MomFinance Author:Denzel Whitaker
“My parents said I'd always been attracted to music from an early age. The classic story is I started singing before I talked. My Mom would play me tapes, and I'd be able to sing them back perfectly. She said my pitch was dead on, but I'd fill in nonsense syllables for all the rest of it. The words would be all garbled, because I didn't know how to talk yet.” KnowsSaidPlayStoriesWould BeAgeAbleParentKnow HowMomSingingMy MomClassicNonsenseTapeSyllables Author:Vienna Teng
“My mom is a Twilight fan as well and she's just as excited because she's read all the books so I think she wants to see it come alive just like anybody else. My parents supported me from the get-go, they are very supportive which a lot of people don't get. I told my dad I got the part before I told anyone else and he cried and he's so proud and he's so excited. I mean he's amazing and I'm so glad that he's going to sit beside me and go through all of that with me.” PeopleThinkingWantWellsMeanBookParentAliveFansMomProudDadMy DadExcitedMy MomGladTwilightCriedSupportive Author:Ashley Greene
“My mom was a social worker. I had a pretty good idea of what the authorities can do when a parent's not around.” IdeasSocialParentCan DoMomAuthorityWorkersMy MomGood IdeasSocial Worker Author:Leigh Newman
“Early on, my emotional work had to do with feeling unheard and invisible. My parents divorce at six, when I was six, really affected me. We moved around and I was with my mom and my sister. I have learned, by the way, there were amazing gifts that came out of that. For one, I'm living my childhood dream. I feel very fortunate.” WayFeelsFeelingsDreamParentChildhoodEmotionalMomSixMovedMy MomDivorceInvisibleFortunateAffectedMy SisterI Have LearnedUnheardChildhood DreamsParents Divorce Author:Daphne Zuniga
“People make their life really hard. It was as simple as this: My parents went to church. My grandfather was a bishop. My mom sang in the choir, my dad played the keyboard, and my uncle played the drums. I was into playing the drums, so I played the drums a lot for my uncle, and it got to the point where I was pretty nice at playing the drums. And he let me play every Sunday so, to me, going to church was fun.” PeopleHardPlayFunParentChurchSimpleNiceMomDadLet MeMy DadMy MomSundayGrandfatherUnclesMy GrandfatherBishopsKeyboardsChoirGoing To Church Author:Fetty Wap
“My parents got divorced when I was about ten years old, but I saw my mom go work two and three jobs to make sure we didn't miss a beat.” YearsTwoJobsThreeParentSawsMissingMomTenBeatsMy MomDivorced Author:LeToya Luckett
“When it came time for college, I told my parents I was going to major in acting. And they were so removed from anything to do with show business - my dad built our house and my mom grew our food.” ShowsHouseParentActingCollegeGrewMomDadMajorsBuiltMy DadMy MomShow Business Author:Geena Davis
“God blessed me with two unbelievable parents, and I am just like both of them. I have the smile and charisma of my mother and the big heart of my mom, because she wants to save the world and help the world, so I am just like her.” WorldWantHeartTwoHelpingBigsMotherParentMomBlessedMy MomUnbelievableSave The WorldCharismaLike HerBig Heart Author:Magic Johnson
“My parents took me to see Stevie Wonder when I was about 3, but my mom made us leave because everybody around us was smoking pot.” MadeParentWonderMomMy MomSmokingPotSmoking Pot Author:Laura Benanti
“One thing is funny because my grandparents are going to come see the show and my mom was concerned that they wouldn't understand, because so much of it is Internet-based. Our generation specifically really relates to it, because we were the first people to discover the Internet and most of us can maybe navigate the Internet better than our parents can. All this information you could ever possibly know is right at our fingertips, not to mention the fact you can meet anyone!” PeopleKnowsFirstsFactsShowsParentGenerationsOne ThingInformationMomInternetConcernedMy MomRelateGrandparentNavigateOur GenerationFingertips Author:Sarah Steele
“My mom really instilled in me this idea that parents are not perfect and they make mistakes.” IdeasParentPerfectMistakeMomMy MomMaking MistakesNot Perfect Author:George Clarke
“My mom was the poster girl for the Marines. So she was in the poster saying, "I want you." My parents were both Marines.” WantGirlParentMomMy MomI Want YouMarinePosters Author:Jon Bon Jovi
“My parents both worked - my mom was an accountant, and my dad is a builder - and that taught me about having a really strong work ethic, and I respected them a lot for that.” StrongParentTaughtMomDadEthicsMy DadMy MomWork EthicBuilderAccountantsStrong Work Ethic Author:Miranda Kerr
“My parents are the people that led me here. My mom helped me learn to sing and she travels with me.” PeopleParentMomMy Mom Author:Coco Jones
“We live in a society now where it's very rare for your parents to be around. It used to be like, your mother, grandmothers, your family around would help. Now, you're surrounded by other moms and friends and it's really disorienting, because there's such varying, crazy, different points of view and advice coming at you.” DifferentHelpingUsedMotherParentViewsCrazyAdviceLike YouMomPoint Of ViewUsed To BeOur FamilyGrandmotherBeing A ParentDifferent Points Of View Author:Kathryn Hahn
“My parents are both from Vermont, very old-fashioned New England. We heated our house with wood my father chopped. My mom grew all of our food. We were very underexposed to everything.” FatherHouseParentGrewMomEnglandMy MomWoodsOld FashionedNew EnglandVermont Author:Geena Davis
“Both of my mom's parents were music teachers, so I was hearing the fundamentals of playing the piano, what notes are, and all those things very early on.” ParentTeacherMomFundamentalsNotesMy MomHearingPianoMusic Teacher Author:Jillian Hervey
“You know, you always want to just do your own thing - I mean some people want to be exactly like their parents - Ibut I wanted to do my own thing and I ended up doing a kind of mix of my mom and dad.” PeopleKnowsWantKindMeanWantedParentMy OwnMomDadMy MomMom And Dad Author:Jillian Hervey
“How my relationship with my parents influenced my writing, really not at all. My dad was a mechanic, my mom a nurse.” WritingParentMomDadMy DadMy MomNurseMechanic Author:Max Lucado
“I see my parents a lot more often, but what I liked about the challenge of my part was I got to have those little kid feelings of being the daughter, and then switching and being a Mom.” LittlesFeelingsKidsParentChallengesMomDaughterLittle KidBeing A MomSwitching Author:Marisa Tomei
“Kids really need love from two parents. It doesn't matter if it's a mom and a mom, or a dad and a dad.” IfsNeedsTwoMatterKidsParentMomDadNeed Love Author:Brendon Ayanbadejo
“Being a parent has become incredibly important to me. I never knew how much I would be altered by my children. I would like to be remembered by them in much the way I remember my mom: as loving and kind.” WayKindChildrenImportantWould BeRememberParentMomMy MomMy ChildrenRememberedAlteredBeing A ParentBe Remembered By Author:Maya Soetoro-Ng
“I do have an incredible relationship with my parents, and my mom, who I go to for absolutely everything, thank the lord. If I didn't, I don't know what I would do. But I guess, I think we all have those moments where we feel like we're so alone and have no one to go to.” IfsThinkingKnowsFeelsMomentsParentLordMomIncrediblesMy Mom Author:Hailee Steinfeld
“There are great parents of small children - they keep their little hair in bows - but those parents are not always good parents of young adults. As soon as their children get up to some size, it's "Shut up, sit down, you talk too much, keep your distance, I'll send you to Europe!" My mom was a terrible parent of small children but a great parent of young adults. She'd talk to me as if I had some sense.” IfsChildrenLittlesYoungParentToo MuchHairMomTerribleAdultsEuropeDistanceYoung AdultSizeMy MomGet UpBowsShut UpTalk To MeSmall ChildGood ParentGreat Parents Author:Maya Angelou
“"Baby, you know?" my mother once said to me. "I think you're the greatest woman I've ever met - and I'm not including my mother or Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt in that." She said, "You are very intelligent and you're very kind, and those two qualities do not often go together." Then she went across the street and got in her car, and I went the other way down to the streetcar. I thought, "Suppose she's right. She's intelligent - and she's too mean to lie." You see, a parent has the chance - and maybe the responsibility - to liberate her child. And my mom had liberated me when I was 17.” ThinkingKnowsWayKindMeanChildrenSaidTwoTogetherLyingMotherParentChanceQualityResponsibilityStreetsCarBabyMomMetsIntelligentIncludingMy MomLiberatedEleanor Author:Maya Angelou
“Being a parent is a huge part of who I am, and of course I share that with other women. I'm not just a business woman. I'm my sons' mother and my husband's wife - although I never post about him on social media because he'd probably divorce me if I did! But I think by showing who I am as a mom and as a business owner, I show other women that we're all balancing those two worlds.” ThinkingWorldMotherParentWifeShareMomSocial MediaDivorceBeing A ParentBusiness Woman Author:Elle Macpherson
“I grew up in a family of educators - my dad was a professor, my mom was a high school grammar and French teacher - so certainly my entire life education was stressed as incredibly important. And I think especially for my parents, who are both immigrants, and when immigrants come to this country, they understand that education is something that no one can take from them. You might leave the country with absolutely nothing, but no one can take your education from you.” ThinkingImportantCountrySchoolParentTeacherMomDadHigh SchoolMy DadMy MomStressedEducator Author:Soledad O'Brien