Thora Hird Quotes

I always wanted what Mom and Dad had.

My own parents loved each other very much.

I loved my mother, she's a good girl.

Having children with someone is the real bond.

I love my dad and we have a very good relationship now.

Liverpool will always be special for me: my daughter was born here.

My parents are my world.

It's weird to not know what a family is. Not know what a mother's love is. And not really know what a hug is or anything.

My dad is my heart. My family is my heart.

Love is the chain whereby to bind a child to its parents.

I realize it's commonplace for parents to say to their child sternly, 'I love you, but I don't always like you.' But what kind of love is that? It seems to me that comes down to, 'I'm not oblivious to you - that is, you can still hurt my feelings - but I can't stand having you around.' Who wants to be loved like that? Given a choice, I might skip the deep blood tie and settle for being liked. I wonder if wouldn't have been more moved if my own mother had taken me in her arms and said, 'I like you.' I wonder if just enjoying your kid's company isn't more important.

My parents have been there for me, ever since I was about 7.

Because I see my own boys growing, and I see other children growing and I just have such a connection.

What is a child, monsieur, but the image of two beings, the fruit of two sentiments spontaneously blended?

All love comes from the family.

My family is my strength and my weakness.

I started off as many fathers do. I enjoyed the good bits, but I was wary of the responsibility. But now I love being a dad.

I never felt like I wanted to have kids until I could be home and be a daddy, and those are the things that I didn't have.

The family, that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor in our innermost hearts never quite wish to.

I love my mother. I reach out to my mother.

There's love for your parents, your family, your spouse, your partner, your friends, but the nature of the connection you have with your child, there's nothing like it. It has its own character and it's so serious and so powerful, and so it's a prism through which I see everything.

Witnessing the bond between a parent and their little ones firsthand really brought home to me how much I was missing.

I have had five phenomenal children, a great husband and, even though we are separated, we are good friends.

Ring up your parents and ring up your kids and tell them that you love them.

I think it was a good thing that Joanie and Chachi married.