#pare

If Mother had to be told not to shove the entire brick of Ivory up Junior's hindquarters, constipation is the least of his problems. ↗

— James Lileks

#parenting #age

First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst. ↗

— Dale Carnegie

#ask #first #happen #improve #prepare

We drove on in silence, Dad shaking his head in disgust every few minutes. I stared at him, wondering how it was we got to this place. How the same man who held his infant daughter and kissed her tiny face could one day be so determined to shut her out of his life, out of his heart. How, even when she reacyhed out to him in distress - Please, Dad, come get me, come save me - all he could do was accuse her. How that same daughter could look at him and feel nothing but contempt and blame and resentment, because that's all that radiated off of him for so many years and it had become contagious. ↗

— Jennifer Brown

#blame #contempt #fathers-and-daughters #parents #resentment

Compared to people in Africa, I think we've all had privileged upbringings. ↗

— Julian Casablancas

#compared #had #i #i think #people

If your parents never had children, chances are... neither will you. ↗

— Dick Cavett

#children #had #neither #never #parents

When ye are prepared for a thing, the opportunity to use it presents itself. ↗

— Edgar Cayce

#opportunity #prepared #presents #thing #use

I compare the Twist to the electric light, The Twist is me, and I'm it. I'm the electric light. ↗

— Chubby Checker

#electric #electric light #i #light #me

However, when my parents married in 1945, China was in turmoil and the possibility of returning grew increasingly remote, and they decided to begin their family in the United States. ↗

— Steven Chu

#china #decided #family #grew #however

If you want to stay young-looking, pick your parents very carefully. ↗

— Dick Clark

#parents #pick #stay #very #want

My life is unrecognisable compared to what it was - 'Game of Thrones' has opened doors that were never there before. But it can be dangerous to see it in those terms, I think. It's best to take it as it comes and work as hard as you can, and hopefully the other things fall into place. ↗

— Emilia Clarke

#best #comes #compared #dangerous #doors