Quotes about Only Daughter

Katherine Sedley was the only daughter and heiress to the libertine poet Sir Charles Sedley, and grew into a thoroughly scandalous lady in her own right. Votes: 6

Well, I think it's because I'm an only daughter. I have four brothers, a bunch of guy cousins, and so it's like I was raised amongst men. So I've always gotten along really well with men. Votes: 6

The only truly anonymous donor is the guy who knocks up your daughter. Votes: 4

I can only hope that neither of my daughters was scarred by their upbringing. Votes: 4

My daughter is a preschooler but I have only known her for a while. She is adopted. Votes: 4

A fluent tongue is the only thing a mother don't like her daughter to resemble her in. Votes: 4

But Dad and I are the only father-and-daughter acts who have both had No. 1 songs in England. Votes: 4

I only have two rules for my newly born daughter: she will dress well and never have sex. Votes: 4

Landfill' by Daughter has calming, rich tones that are only improved upon by the gorgeous voice of Daughter. Votes: 4

I only tour in short bursts, I'm only ever away from my family and three daughters for a month or two. Votes: 4

I can only do something that my sister or my daughter, if I have one, could watch and feel positive about. Votes: 4

I lend my daughter beauty products, but only as a treat. If she's going to a party, I'll let her borrow a mascara or moisturizer. Votes: 4

I'm interested in art for all. I don't want it to be only the sons and daughters of Tory MPs who get to see my plays. Votes: 4

The anxiety of most parents in seeing their sons and daughters enlist does not lie only in the fear of the physical dangers they may encounter. Votes: 4

My grandmother made her home at Fox How under the shelter of the fells, with her four daughters, the youngest of whom was only eight when their father died. Votes: 4

My generation was not only maligned in book reviews and attacked in graduate school but we lived to see our adored and adorable daughters wonder why feminism had become a dirty word. Votes: 4

Only out of great vulnerability do you discover what strength you have. Having a daughter who I love with all my being has helped me mine the source of that strength to previously unknown depths. Votes: 4

I watched 'House of Cards' in three days - and only in three days because I had other responsibilities, like my daughter. I couldn't just sit there and watch the entire season in just one sitting. Votes: 4

You, too, women, cast away all the cowards from your embraces; they will give you only cowards for children, and you who are the daughters of the land of beauty must bear children who are noble and brave. Votes: 4

In life, you either watch TV or you do TV. I told my daughters that the only way you're going to make it in this business is to get in the game. That's the biggest advice I can give them. Votes: 4

Truth was the only daughter of Time. Votes: 2

I always say it was great for God to send his only son, but I'm waiting for him to send his only daughter. Then things will really be great. Votes: 2

You can hardly imagine that I and Lord Bracknell would dream of allowing our only daughter - a girl brought up with the utmost care - to marry into a cloak-room, and form an alliance with a parcel? Votes: 2

You know, I have had a terrible life. I married two men I really didn't like. My only daughter was killed in a car accident. My brother committed suicide. Has my life been a life for anyone to envy? Votes: 2

We [ with Italo Calvino] had a great relationship. I don't think it's a coincidence that his only daughter's name is Giovanna. I loved his book dedications to me: "To Giovanna Cau, another book that won't be turned into a movie." Votes: 2

I am my mother's daughter,... I am her only novel. Votes: 0

There is no death, daughter. People die only when we forget them. Votes: 0

Being a daughter is only half the equation; bearing one is the other. Votes: 0

Since my daughter is only half-Jewish, could she go in the water up to her knees? Votes: 0

There is only one way to make money at writing, and that is to marry a publisher's daughter. Votes: 0

It is the lesbian in us who is creative, for the dutiful daughter of the fathers in us is only a hack. Votes: 0

On her daughter Melissa: The only time she really cried is when I sat her down and told her that she was not adopted. Votes: 0

There's a kind of intimacy that happens between a mother and an only child. Which only gets more intimate when it's between a mother and only daughter. Votes: 0

The mother is only really the mistress of her daughter upon the condition of continually representing herself to her as a model of wisdom and type of perfection Votes: 0