quotes about Being A Parent

“I have two lovely parents who support everything I do, two siblings, and three beautiful nieces. My house is always filled with laughter and fun!”

Source : "Exclusive: Ariel Winter of Modern Family". Interview, www.seventeen.com. February 16, 2011.

“Whether you've found your calling, or if you're still searching, passion should be the fire that drives your life's work.”

“New ideas are not born in a conforming environment.”

“Everybody knows they're on the Obama team: There isn't vice presidential vs. presidential division, there's not a generational pull. People have internalized that this is a real moment in history.”

“If you go back through 2000 years, I guess luck, Marx, and God have made history, the three of them together.”

“You could say that Elphaba brought us together,' said Boq softly. 'I'm closer to her and so I'm closer to you.' Galinda seemed to give up. She leaned her head back on the velvet cushions of the swing and said, 'Boq, you know despite myself I think you're a little sweet. You're a little sweet and you're a little charming and you're a little maddening and you're a little habit-forming.' Boq held his breath. But you're little!' she concluded. 'You're a Munchkin, for god's sake!' He kissed her, he kissed her, he kissed her, little by little by little.”

Source : Gregory Maguire (2013). “The Wicked Years Complete Collection: Wicked, Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz”, p.115, Harper Collins

“Illinois corn farmers are the Nation's number two exporter of feed grains.”

“I think there is a great difference, in that when the poet is reading you get the whole personality of the person, especially if he's a good reader. Whereas a person just sitting gets what he puts into it.”

“Russia ought to get Iran to back out of the proxy wars they are involved in.”

“Can you see air you breathe? Can you see the force that moves the tides or changes the seasons or sends the birds to a winter haven?" Her eyes welled. "Can Rome with all its knowledge be so foolish? Oh Marcus, you can't carve God in stone. You can't limit him to a temple. You can't imprison him on a mountaintop. Heaven is his throne; earth, his footstool. Everything you see is his. Empires will rise and empires will fall. Only God prevails.”

Source : Francine Rivers (2012). “Mark of the Lion Gift Collection: Gift Collection”, p.361, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.