How the mother is to be pitied who hath handsome daughters! Locks, bolts, bars, and lectures of morality are nothing to them: they break through them all. They have as much pleasure in cheating a father and mother, as in cheating at cards. – John Gay
A lively and lasting sense of filial duty is more effectually impressed on the mind of a son or daughter by reading King Lear, than by all the dry volumes of ethics, and divinity, that ever were written. – Thomas Jefferson
I love doing normal things – movies, shopping, going out with friends, writing, reading, taking hot bubble baths – thats a big one for relaxation. I also love to go to art and history museums. – Christina Aguilera
Another hero was Tom Swift, in the books. What he stood for, the freedom, the scientific knowledge and being and engineer gave him the ability to invent solutions to problems. Hes always been a hero to me. I buy old Tom Swift books now and read them to my own children. – Steve Wozniak
