“God opened my eyes to see Jesus for who He really was. After I trusted Christ, the Lord changed my entire perspective on everything. I started thinking about how I should relate to my parents and how I should approach school and even what it meant for the music I was writing.” ThinkingShouldWritingEyeSchoolJesusParentChristLordChangedPerspectiveApproachRelateTrusted Author:Trip Lee
“All of my short films are about marriages, and I think that this probably comes from some kind of unconscious fascination with my parents' story and what they went through.” ThinkingKindStoriesFilmParentUnconsciousFascinationShort Films Author:Sarah Polley
“Kids know they can't make it alone, yet at the same time, built into each one of us, is a survival ethic. It says, "Nobody cares and you have to look out for yourself and if you don't, you'll die." These two things work against each other. I think most kids are very frightened of their parents, and that's what all fairy tales reflect: Parents will fail you and you'll be left on your own. But, of course, everything comes out right in the end and the parents take you back.” IfsThinkingKnowsLooksTwoEndsCareKidsDiesCoursesLeftParentFailingSurvivalEthicsBuiltTalesTwo ThingsFairyFrightenedFairy TaleLook At YourselfNobody Cares Author:Stephen King
“I knew I just loved comedy, and I think it was my parents who initially brought up the notion of me trying to do stand-up. I think I actually tried writing jokes just at home, just kind of sitting around. But it seemed like a very real way to step into the world of comedy. I felt I could do it, so why not?” ThinkingWorldWayWritingTryingKindRealHomeFeltParentStepsComedyJokesSittingNotionWhy NotSitting Around Author:Seth Rogen
“Whenever I write about my family, I start by getting my parent`s approval. I like to think I write about them with obvious affection. When it comes to the people I'm related to, I consider myself to be very lucky.” PeopleThinkingWritingParentLuckyMy FamilyAffectionObviousRelatedApproval Author:David Sedaris
“I studied piano from the age of three. My grandmother taught piano. I stayed at her house during the day while my parents worked. I obviously wanted to learn to play. And so she asked if she could teach me, and my mother said don't you think she's too young. My grandmother apparently said no. So I could read music before I could read, and I really don't remember learning to read music. So for me it's like a native language. When I look at a sheet of music, it just makes sense.” IfsThinkingLooksSaidPlayAgeWantedRememberYoungMotherThreeHouseLanguageParentTeachTaughtMusic IsMake SensePianoNativeGrandmotherSheetsMy GrandmotherLearning To ReadNative Language Author:Condoleezza Rice
“Growing up, I was the weird, theatrical kid who always tried to make people be in my plays. I've always loved comedy, but when it came time to figure out what I was going to go to school for, my parents were like, "Acting?! I don't think so. No." It took me a while to get the courage to pursue it. I had to do it in secret for a little bit, and then when I got married and was out on my own, I went for it.” PeopleThinkingLittlesPlayKidsSchoolBitsParentMy OwnActingSecretGrowing UpComedyGrowingFiguresMarriedLittle BitPursueTheatrical Author:Wendi McLendon-Covey
“I think we think that parenthood is confined to the country of mothers, but I think a lot of the men I've spoken to and the men who have read my books - I've been surprised by this actually - have a fierce attachment to being parents and to being fathers. And just as we, a lot of women I know, want this, men too want to pass down what they have to pass down.” ThinkingKnowsMenWantBookCountryMotherFatherParentHe ManAttachmentParenthoodFierceConfinedBeing A ParentBeing A Father Author:Jennifer Gilmore
“There was a generation of kids who were just kind of emulating distant heroes and wearing peace symbols, and parents who were thinking of themselves as liberal and removed from barbarity, but it also was the era of Vietnam. I very much was influenced - and I think the whole country was kind of in a state of shock - for the first time seeing the horror and cruelty of war.” ThinkingFirstsKindWarCountryStatesWholeKidsParentSeeingGenerationsHeroHorrorFirst TimeCrueltySymbolsErasShockVietnamBarbarity Author:Wes Craven
“If you're a parent, I tell you how to get through Christmas. I think that if you've ever had a bad feeling about Christmas coming, I'll tell you how to deal with it. So, I think in a way it's like going to a sane psychiatrist that actually gives you some good advice, I hope!” IfsThinkingWayGivingFeelingsParentDealsAdviceSanePsychiatristGood Advice Author:John Waters
“I don't think ministering requires a religious context. The number one thing is that every parent is extremely worried about their kid. Of course, when a chaplain shows up, that can exacerbate this worry rather than calm it.” ThinkingShowsKidsCoursesParentReligiousNumbersWorryOne ThingCalmWorriedChaplains Author:John Green
“I think when you're 16, if you have good parents, they generally just fade in the background. I had great parents, and because they were great, I thought very little about them in high school.” IfsThinkingLittlesSchoolParentHigh SchoolBackgroundsFadesGood ParentGreat Parents Author:John Green
“I've always been a horror fan! Ever since I can vastly remember, and I think it's because I was so terrified of monsters and ghosts as a kid that I had to sleep in front of my parents room until I was 12.” ThinkingI CanKidsRememberParentSleepRoomsFansFrontsHorrorMonstersGhostTerrifiedHorror Fans Author:Matthew Gray Gubler
“We all can think of at least one kid who had great parents, a great family, and an all-around great childhood...who suddenly went crazy as soon as he left the house for college or adulthood. And nobody can figure out how or why it happened!” ThinkingKidsHouseLeftParentHappenedCrazyChildhoodFiguresCollegeAdulthoodGreat FamilyGreat Parents Author:Andy Andrews
“My childhood was lonely. Both my parents were away a lot, working, and the maid basically raised me. And I think that's where a lot of my comedy comes from. Not only was the maid very funny and witty, but when my mother came home I'd use humour to try and get her attention. If I made mommy laugh, then maybe everything would be all right. I think that's where it [my comedy] all started.” IfsThinkingTryingMadeUseHomeWould BeMotherParentAttentionLaughingComedyChildhoodHumourLonelyRaisedWittyMaidsFunny And Witty Author:Robin Williams
“Most people think that aging is genetic and yet if your parents lived to age 80+ that will add three years to your life.” PeopleIfsThinkingYearsAgeThreeParentAddAgingThree Years Author:Deepak Chopra
“It was important to me that people know that you can make plays and raise children at the same time - for other mothers, for other parents, for other women considering having children and who want to be working and thinking and contemplating and making things while they're raising children.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantChildrenImportantPlayMotherParentRaisesContemplatingConsideringRaising ChildrenHaving Children Author:Sarah Ruhl
“I think it's up to the parents to determine whether what they're doing is consigning their child to difficulty. It's not as though they were crippling their children after they were born.” ThinkingChildrenParentBornDifficultyDetermine Author:Andrew Solomon
“Some people thought that if you put pressure on kids, parents, and teachers and schools, the pressure alone would produce results. It appealed to people who think the quick fix for education is to threaten people. It's not a left-right division.” PeopleIfsThinkingKidsSchoolLeftParentResultsTeacherProducePressureDivisionParents And TeachersQuick Fixes Author:Deborah Meier
“I'm never going to be a woman who doesn't work. At 12 I was emancipated from my parents so I could sign my first record deal. I think I was born working!” ThinkingFirstsParentBornDealsRecords Author:Jessica Simpson
“I wish my parents had raised me in Manhattan because I think it's the greatest thing you can do for a kid is to raise them in New York City. I can see this with my own children.” ThinkingChildrenI CanKidsWishParentCan DoMy OwnCitiesNew YorkRaisesRaisedNew York CityManhattan Author:Woody Allen
“I think [parents] became very proud, even though they were mortified by the early films because no one liked them.” ThinkingFilmParentProud Author:John Waters
“My parents had an independent theater company here in Sweden during the 1980s, so I was raised watching my parents create independently, having a lot of fun and just doing what they wanted to do. I think that idea of independence as an artist was something I was always used to. And then I entered the industry from a very commercial perspective, and things were very different then from what I grew up with.” ThinkingIdeasDifferentWantedUsedArtistFunParentCompanyPerspectiveGrewIndustryGrew UpTheaterIndependentIndependenceRaisedSweden Author:Robyn
“I think my parents gave me a unique name and I have created this unique lifestyle that makes me who I am; it's a cool way of living.” ThinkingWayNamesParentUniqueLifestyleWho I Am Author:Urijah Faber