“My daughter has a vivid imagination, and so does my son.” DoeImaginationSonDaughterMy DaughterMy SonVividVivid Imagination Author:Nicole Ari Parker
“I sent my daughter 40 roses last November because I thought she was 40. And she laughed her head off. She is not going to be 40 until this year!” YearsLastsDaughterRoseMy DaughterLaughedNovember Author:Eartha Kitt
“Knowing the only way out is education, even if you don't have parents that are extraordinarily wealthy. I understand that I have to be an active participant in [my daughter's] education in order for her to thrive in the world.” IfsWorldWayOrderParentKnowingDaughterActiveThriveMy DaughterWealthyParticipants Author:Viola Davis
“I still feel conflicted because I don't always get to spend as much time with my daughter as I'd like, given my work.” FeelsStillsGivenDaughterMy Daughter Author:Suzanne Vega
“My daughter is almost a young lady. She's going to be 10 years old in December and I want to be there day-in and day-out.” WantYearsYoungDaughterMy DaughterDecemberYoung Ladies Author:Gloria Estefan
“My daughter, the Butterfly Girl, is 21 years old. She is not married. That third verse, in Butterfly Kisses, where I marry her off is only an "artists projection" to when she's 85 and out of the convent!” YearsArtistGirlKissingMarriedDaughterThirdsMy DaughterButterflyVersesProjection Author:Bob Carlisle
“I have been lucky and have a tight relationship with my daughter even if I don't see her as much as I did before but it got me thinking about all different women's situations - and what there wouldn't be without us.” IfsThinkingHas BeensDifferentSituationLuckyDaughterMy Daughter Author:Lisa Maffia
“When I first held my daughter, right after she was born, I felt like it was the moment I'd been waiting my whole life for, and it just felt even more miraculous than I ever could have imagined.” FirstsWholeMomentsFeltWaitingBornDaughterWhole LifeMy DaughterMiraculous Author:Chelsea Clinton
“A friend asked one of my daughters, "Do you like politics?" And my daughter said, "No, I don't. And the reason I don't like it is because there's too much fighting, too much yelling. It's so loud, I don't like it." You know, I turned to my friend and I said, "You know, she's really on to something."” KnowsSaidReasonFightingToo MuchDaughterMy FriendsLoudMy DaughterYelling Author:John Kasich
“On any given day, my daughters would snuggle in bed with my wife and me. We just hug and kiss each other. We laugh out loud and act completely silly. I stop and think to myself, "This is love."” ThinkingGivenLaughingWifeBedKissingDaughterMy WifeSillyLoudMy DaughterHugLaugh Out Loud Author:Jacob Vargas
“My daughter is a practicing physician so believe me I get a lot of the frustration from her. You get it from patients. For me personally, when I ask my doctor to send me my record, what I get is a scanned PDF of his hard copy! This is not good. It would be hopeless to work with a million people if you had to do this on paper, and one of the reasons this is the right time for this is because of the existence of EHRs.” PeopleIfsBelieveHardReasonWould BeAsksExistenceMillionsRecordsPaperDaughterDoctorsPatientFrustrationMy DaughterHopelessCopiesBelieve In MePhysiciansRight Time Author:Francis Collins
“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
“My daughter doesn't even get my humor. She's like, 'Um, no. I don't get it, Dad. Mmm, no, not that one, Dad.'” DadDaughterMy Daughter Author:Kevin Hart
“My daughter has impressions that she does of me.” DoeDaughterImpressionMy Daughter Author:Kevin Hart
“I had one incident where my daughter said that a girl asked if she was a brown person. I said, 'We're black. You have black people, white people, Chinese people, Hispanic people; we're all brought up differently.'” PeopleIfsPersonsSaidGirlBlackWhiteDaughterChineseBrownMy DaughterBlack PeopleIncidentsHispanic Author:Kevin Hart
“My daughter Cosma is a very popular actress in Germany. She also organizes these wonderful open-air parties. She has a wonderful teacher, she's very smart. And I sometimes perform at her festivals.” SometimesPartyTeacherWonderfulAirSmartDaughterActressesGermanyMy DaughterOrganizeFestivalsVery SmartVery PopularWonderful Teacher Author:Nina Hagen
“When I was pregnant, I had the romantic idea that after the baby was born I would not only take up reading in earnest again, but also write a novel while my daughter slept in her Moses basket. Of course, I barely had time to keep up with my magazines until she started sleeping properly.” WritingIdeasCoursesReadingBornSleepNovelBabyDaughterMagazinesMy DaughterPregnantEarnestMosesBasketsWere Pregnant Author:Kate Beckinsale
“I grew up as an only child and my mother was also an only child, so we were both very passionate about reading. I think I passed that on to my daughter, who went plowing through 'Harry Potter' and every other book possible!” ThinkingChildrenBookMotherReadingGrewGrew UpDaughterPassionateMy DaughterHarry PotterPottersOnly ChildPlowing Author:Kate Beckinsale
“As I now often tell my daughter Lila, no matter what stage of life you're in, when you want something - no matter how impossible it seems - you need to fight for it. When you believe in something, fight for it. And when you see injustice, fight harder than you've ever fought before.” WantNeedsBelieveMatterSeemsFightingImpossibleStageDaughterHarderNo Matter WhatInjusticeMy DaughterWant SomethingStages Of Life Author:Brad Meltzer
“Some days I'll be like, "You know what? Why don't I go to my daughter's studio and make a song?!" And then I don't! I don't know if I would have all the time it takes to put into a song.” IfsKnowsSongLike YouDaughterStudiosMy Daughter Author:Tameka Cottle
“I want to have schools and libraries and other institutions named after me. I tell my daughter that all the time.” WantSchoolDaughterInstitutionsLibraryMy Daughter Author:Kam Williams
“Personally, my daughter's wedding gave me a tremendous pleasure.” PleasureDaughterMy Daughter Author:Rod Serling
“Personally, my daughter's wedding gave me a tremendous pleasure. And the wedding was a radiant event and I enjoyed it. I was afraid I'd cry. I'm given to crying at odd times, and I was very much afraid of the emotionalism of that moment, but I didn't even come close to crying.” MomentsGivenPleasureEventsCryDaughterEnjoyedOddMy DaughterThat MomentRadiant Author:Rod Serling
“I hope to be a good role model for my daughters.” RolesModelsDaughterMy DaughterRole ModelsGood Role Models Author:Edwidge Danticat
“I wanted to be in my daughter's life, and I decided I didn't want to do music anymore because I was compromising myself too much and I wasn't loving what I was doing.” WantWantedToo MuchDaughterDecidedCompromiseMy Daughter Author:Tweet
“I want to change something. I want to stop the germs from attacking my daughters.” WantDaughterMy DaughterAttackingGerms Author:Aleksandar Hemon
“That's the one thing you wake up with every day: How long have I got left? And that's the saddest thing in the world, because you have this absolute realization that everything you love you're going to have to let go of and give up. I look at my daughter and I think, There's going to be a point where I'm not going to be around for her. Even the thought of that breaks my heart.” ThinkingWorldGivingLooksHeartLongLeftBreakOne ThingLove YouMy HeartLetting GoGiving UpDaughterWake UpAbsolutesRealizationMy DaughterSaddestBreaking My Heart Author:Moby
“My daughter could do and be anything, without having to fight to get through the glass ceiling. Without having it be so extraordinary. If my daughter went to produce a soundtrack for a movie, there would be nothing extraordinary about a girl doing it. When I did it, it was highly unusual.” IfsWould BeGirlFightingProduceDaughterExtraordinaryGlassesMy DaughterUnusualCeilingsSoundtracksGlass Ceiling Author:Ronee Blakley
“My daughter Meredith Moon from my second wife has a band that does Appalachian music, with five-strong banjo, clawhammer style. I may have to direct her somewhere. Meredith was my middle name. I would have to direct her because I am always directing something. She's in the musician's union and she is only 21. Your kids surprise you.” MayDoeKidsNamesStrongFiveWifeMiddleStyleMoonBandMusicianDaughterDirectUnionsSurpriseMy DaughterBanjos Author:Gordon Lightfoot
“When my daughter was born, that was the first time I cried from happiness.” FirstsBornDaughterFirst TimeMy DaughterCried Author:Boots Riley
“I said to Ramona [my daughter] once ... you should never look yourself up on the Internet. It's something I've learned.” ShouldLooksSaidInternetDaughterI've LearnedMy Daughter Author:Maggie Gyllenhaal
“Even on the most tiresome of days, I need to give my daughter and husband one hundred percent of my energy. They deserve that love, and in the end, it only fuels my energy.” NeedsGivingEndsEnergyHusbandPercentDaughterHundredDeserveFuelMy DaughterTiresome Author:Allison Holker
“My daughter and I are so close. I can describe anything she's doing, the least little thing, and I get all excited about it. It's like medicine. When I come home from work and the first thing I see is her and she runs and jumps in my arms - everything that went bad in the day goes completely out the window. It's like taking a dose of medicine. It makes everything better.” FirstsLittlesI CanHomeRunningArmsDaughterWindowMedicineExcitedMy DaughterComing HomeLittle ThingsDose Author:Nancy O'Dell
“I love my job so much. I thought, what a cool way for kids to learn, via assignment, via reporting. I learn so much as an adult going around and covering these stories. How fun it would be to do it via a storybook app and cartoon characters. My daughter can work on an iPhone and iPad like crazy. That's their world. If you can use that, use it educationally.” IfsWorldWayCharacterStoriesUseWould BeKidsJobsFunCrazyDaughterAdultsMy DaughterCartoonCoveringIphoneAssignmentsAppsIpadsCartoon Character Author:Nancy O'Dell
“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
“My daughter, I can't give up because she's watching and she's here and she's waiting for me to be an example. So, between her, myself, and my will, and me pushing myself, that's my inspiration.” GivingI CanInspirationWaitingExampleGiving UpDaughterPushingMy Daughter Author:Brandy Norwood
“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
“When we look at that jingoism and the sexism and the racism and the homophobia, that's not who we are, and that's not the country that I want my daughter to grow up in.” WantLooksCountryGrowsGrowing UpRacismDaughterWho We AreMy DaughterSexismHomophobiaJingoism Author:Chelsea Clinton
“My daughter has fulfilled all of my dreams, because she has a BA and MBA in business. She's both a financial analyst and a plus-size model. She has the best of both worlds because, in modeling, you have to have something to fall back on.” WorldDreamFallModelsDaughterFinancialSizeMy DaughterPlusFulfilledModelingFall BackAnalystsMbaBest Of Both WorldsPlus SizePlus Size Models Author:Beverly Johnson
“My daughter decided to embrace and celebrate who she was. She was a size 2 at one time, but she decided she didn't want to be hungry anymore. I think that's how you turn it around. Today, more and more designers are recognizing how lucrative that market is.” ThinkingWantTodayTurnsDaughterDecidedEmbraceSizeHungryCelebrateDesignerMy DaughterOne TimeRecognizing Author:Beverly Johnson
“I don't see masses, I don't see it like, oh there's hundreds of people here and I'm overwhelmed. I just try to think, well I could be a kid in that crowd, or my daughters could be in that crowd, and no one wants to feel like they're just part of the masses.” PeopleThinkingWantFeelsTryingWellsKidsMassDaughterCrowdsMy DaughterOverwhelmed Author:Mike Vallely
“I get a lot of people who will either write to me or come up in public and say, "My daughter, son, family, or I, etc. look up to you."” PeopleWritingLooksSonDaughterCome UpLook UpEtcMy DaughterUp To You Author:Atticus Shaffer
“For me, when I got married and when I had my daughter, those are two things that - when it does feel like work - makes me feel like I'm working for my family. I look around and just feel so blessed, because the opportunities that have been laid at my feet are second-to-none.” FeelsLooksDoeHas BeensTwoOpportunityFeetMarriedDaughterMy FamilyBlessedTwo ThingsMy Daughter Author:Cody Johnson
“But the biggest beauty advice I've given my daughter is every morning I say, "Genesis, what are the two best parts of you?" And she says "my brain and my heart." And I say, "You've gotta remember that, Genesis. You've gotta remember that you're not what you look like," you know? I think that's the best beauty advice I could give her.” ThinkingKnowsGivingLooksHeartTwoRememberGivenBrainMorningAdviceLike YouMy HeartDaughterMy DaughterEvery MorningGenesis Author:Viola Davis
“I want my daughter to be able to go to school and see the diversity of things that her classmates are eating and appreciate that, too. So I'm really excited for her to just kind of sit in and watch me cook and be really hands on and just enjoy cooking.” WantKindHandsAbleSchoolEnjoyWatchesDiversityEatingDaughterAppreciateCookingExcitedCooksMy DaughterWatch MeClassmates Author:Chrissy Teigen
“I had an experience that probably is shared by many parents. When my daughter was born, I felt viscerally connected to generations before and after me in a way that took me by surprise.” WayFeltParentBornGenerationsDaughterSurpriseConnectedMy DaughterBefore And After Author:Marianne Williamson
“I'm obsessed with efficiency. And there are some tasks I need to just leave alone. And there are others - like an evening with one of my daughters or my wife - where I need to toss efficiency aside and simply be in the moment.” NeedsMomentsWifeDaughterTasksMy WifeEveningObsessedMy DaughterEfficiencyToss Author:David Livermore
“I am one Dana when I am talking to my daughter, another when I am talking to the IRS, and another still when I do an interview. These characters are just extreme versions of ordinary human self-switching.” HumansStillsSelfCharacterTalkingOrdinaryDaughterExtremesVersionsInterviewsMy DaughterIrsSwitching Author:Dana Spiotta
“Oddly, I think if you look at comic books, you look at the shelves in the store, it's predominantly male characters, historically. But if you look outside the window it's 52-percent female, and something odd is going on there. So I do think it's your responsibility as a writer, really, to create stuff that little girls can get into too. I want my daughters to have role models that are female.” IfsThinkingWantLooksLittlesBookCharacterGirlStuffResponsibilityRolesModelsPercentDaughterFemaleWindowMalesStoresComicOddMy DaughterRole ModelsComic BookShelves Author:Mark Millar
“The way I listen to music goes in waves depending on a lot of things. How busy I am, if I'm in between composition projects, if I'm starting a new project. So, the only time I listen to the radio for music is with my daughter's when I'm driving them to school, or driving them somewhere.” IfsWaySchoolProjectsMusic IsDaughterBusyStartingWaveRadioDrivingMy DaughterCompositionOnly TimeListening To MusicNew Projects Author:Tod Machover