Roger Ebert (1942–2013) American film critic, author, journalist, and TV presenter
Review http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/valentines-day-2010 of Valentine's Day (10 February 2010) <br class="br">Reviews, Two star reviews
Review http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/resident-evil-apocalypse-2004 of Resident Evil: Apocalypse (10 September 2004) <br class="br">Reviews, Half-star reviews
Roger Ebert (1942–2013) American film critic, author, journalist, and TV presenter
Review http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/valentines-day-2010 of Valentine's Day (10 February 2010) <br class="br">Reviews, Two star reviews
Jake Davison British mass murderer, perpetrator of the Plymouth shooting
Source: Facebook posts
Lois McMaster Bujold Vorkosigan Saga
Vorkosigan Saga, A Civil Campaign (1999)
Context: You don't pay back your parents. You can't. The debt you owe them gets collected by your children, who hand it down in turn. It's a sort of entailment. Or if you don't have children of the body, it's left as a debt to your common humanity. Or to your God, if you possess or are possessed by one.
“Don't let what your parents do disappoint you.”
Richard Ford (1944) American novelist and short story writer
“Maybe it’s like being a parent, you never really see your children as adults.”
Genevieve Cogman (1972) novelist and game designer
Source: The Burning Page (2016), Chapter 12 (p. 145)
Context: Maybe it’s like being a parent,” she said, bringing up a Library map. “You never really see your children as adults. “You’re exaggerating,” Kai said, with the easy confidence of someone who hadn’t tested the issue yet.
Roald Dahl book Danny, the Champion of the World
Danny, the Champion of the World (1975)
Context: A Message to Children Who Have Read This Book - When you grow up and have children of your own, do please remember something important: a stodgy parent is no fun at all. What a child wants and deserves is a parent who is SPARKY.
Nora Ephron (1941–2012) Film director, author screenwriter
Source: I Feel Bad about My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman
Mohamed Nasheed (1967) Maldivian politician, 4th president of the Maldives
After his arrest, and getting dragged into court, quoted on The guardian, "Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed jailed for 13 years" http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/14/former-maldives-president-mohamed-nasheed-jailed-for-13-years, March 14, 2015.
Andrew Vachss (1942) American writer and lawyer
Spence Abbott in a two–part interview, published on IGN.com in November 2000
Craig Ferguson (1962) Scottish-born American television host, stand-up comedian, writer, actor, director, author, producer and voice a…
Source: American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot