Quotes about "Family & Parenting"

I keep a picture of my beloved children close by. Also, water and plenty of pads and pens. ”

When I see someone like Richard Dawkins, I see my father. I grew up with that. I'm basically the child of Richard Dawkins. ”

According to FBI statistics for 2008, only 22 percent of murder victims were killed by strangers. More than 30 percent were slain by family members, boyfriends, and girlfriends. Nearly half of all murders were committed by friends, neighbors, and casual acquaintances. ”

When I go to my live shows it's often a multigenerational audience, a family bonding experience. ”

You take care of you and your family first. Then you go to your neighborhood, and then you spread it on out within the community. ”

Countries around the world have their own immigration laws and methods of dealing with a recurring theme: desperate people searching for peace from volatile parts of the world. And nations everywhere thrive and prosper from the contributions of immigrants and the children of immigrants - including right here in the U.S. ”

I was raised by a single mother who made a way for me. She used to scrub floors as a domestic worker, put a cleaning rag in her pocketbook and ride the subways in Brooklyn so I would have food on the table. But she taught me as I walked her to the subway that life is about not where you start, but where you're going. That's family values. ”

It seems some have chosen to ignore or have simply forgotten the big-picture vision promoted by Dr. King and his kin. ”

The dream was not to put one black family in the White House, the dream was to make everything equal in everybody's house. ”

One of the reasons I get so much joy out of my own children's childhoods is that I'm having my first childhood myself. ”