Mom Dad Quotes:

It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.

- Maya Angelou

topic: Strength, Educational, Teaching, Individual Differences, Inspirational Diversity

My hat was pulled down and this girl said 'Are you really him?' I whispered 'Yeah, I'm really him.' She screamed, 'Mom! Dad! It's Heath Ledger!

- Josh Hartnett

topic: Girl, Mom, Dad, Mom Dad, This Girl

I'm just going to jump and say:hey Mom, Dad, I'm gay, What's for dessert?

- Kathe Koja

topic: Mom, Dad, Gay, Mom Dad

All children need a laptop. Not a computer, but a human laptop. Moms, Dads, Grannies and Grandpas, Aunts, Uncles - someone to hold them, read to them, teach them. Loved ones who will embrace them and pass on the experience, rituals and knowledge of a hundred previous generations. Loved ones who will pass to the next generation their expectations of them, their hopes, and their dreams.

- Colin Powell

topic: Love, Mom, Dream, Previous Generations, Mom Dad

I was always going to church with my mom, dad and sister. I was literally raised under the godly influence both at home and church. There was no alcohol and no smoking at our house. That was the way a Bowden was supposed to live. My dad always told me to represent the Bowden name in a respectful manner.

- Bobby Bowden

topic: Mom, Dad, Home, Mom Dad, Going To Church

My wife Jennifer's family is all from there. Jennifer grew up there, so we have personal ties forever - her mom, dad, her brother, her twin brother - so, there's certainly a personal connection there that will also be there. Also, even though I grew up in Omaha, I feel like I really grew up in Milwaukee.

- Peter Buffett

source: "Milwaukee Talks: Peter Buffett". Interview with Bobby Tanzilo, onmilwaukee.com. July 11, 2007.

topic: Milwaukee, Mom Dad, Omaha, Twin Brother, Personal Connection

I learned to hear silence. That's the kind of life I lived: simple. I learned to see things in people around me, in my mom, dad, brothers and sisters.

- Sidney Poitier

topic: Mom, Brother, Dad, Mom Dad