Parent Quotes · Page 115

I was born in my parents' bedroom on January 16. The World Almanac says it was 1909. I say it was 1912.…

— Ethel Merman

One of the privileges of adulthood is that your parents don't get to tell you what to do.

— Amy Dickinson

You never stop being a parent, Adam, no matter how old or wise your child becomes you'll see.

— Robert Charles Wilson

I didn't want to make the same mistake my parents made. I didn't want my love to fade away one day like…

— Jenny Han

I basically had the same body when I was 14 and that was weird. But I think I had really good parents.…

— Emily Ratajkowski

Being a parent means treasuring every moment. Also you will never be able to go to the bathroom alone again.

— Anonymous

Unfortunately, when you're a parent and you completely love your child, it can make you act a bit crazy.

— Ncuti Gatwa

I don't think people understand what being a parent means, you have to put your kid before everything including yourself

— Anonymous

I had a fan who had a fictional relationship with me. She wrote letters to me and then wrote return letters to…

— Matthew McConaughey

... parents embarrass their children probably more than the other way around. I don't know why we should blush so hard for…

— Peg Bracken

I don't want to die before my parents die, especially my mother. Because I think that's tragic. Because I don't want her…

— Jon Stewart

Save the love we pay to heaven, there is none purer, holier, than that a virtuous woman feels for him she would…

— James Sheridan Knowles

I was put into this business by my parents as soon as I could walk. I was groomed by them for this…

— Irene Cara

I had parents who believed I could do anything - and I know how that made me feel. I think both my…

— Reese Witherspoon

Imagine a man who doesn't believe in anything, hope for anything, doesn't love anyone. This is a description of a dead or…

— Simon Soloveychik

I took the role because it's rare to read a script that makes me laugh and cry, and it spoke to my…

— Stephen Collins

In terms of my peer group, nobody's parents were dying of old age. There was no dialogue to have among friends. I…

— Tamara Jenkins

The efforts on the parts of Eastern magazine writers to educate the people of the United States, particularly parents, to the doctrine…

— George F. Richards

A thousand times today I've started to open my mouth, started to squeak out, "Can you tell me...? But then I'd look…

— Anonymous

Treat your career like a bad boyfriend... Your career wont take care of you. It won't call you back or introduce you…

— Amy Poehler

When the child sees the parent looking for something, it is as natural for it also to look for the object and…

— John Dewey

The assumption is that life doesn't need to be navigated with lessons. You can just do it intuitively. After all, you only…

— Alain de Botton

Gradually the awful truth dawns on you: that Santa Claus was just the tip of the iceberg - that your future will…

— Paul Murray

I've had a reoccurring dream about hanging out with Britney Spears, so maybe it would be fun to chill with her for…

— Gabriel Mann

When children have grieving parents it's also common for them to feel an obligation to cheer them up and make them happy.

— Simon Callow

Ever since I can remember feeling love for my parents, I've been frightened of losing them.

— Julia Sawalha

Who knows what kind of life I might have had had I not been fortunate enough to have the parents I've had.

— James MacArthur

Moms, you should parent in whatever way works for your family and spend less time worrying about other people's perceptions of how…

— Rachel Hollis

My parents made the decision never to focus on my looks, and I had no sense of myself as beautiful.

— Dani Shapiro

The purpose of The Motherhood Manifesto is: mothers really need to be given the ability to parent.

— Joan Blades

I mean, I grew up with pretty down-to-earth, atheist parents, but I was born a Pisces.

— Melissa Auf der Maur

We don’t want to limit what God can do in our children by trying to parent them alone—Trust God to take care…

— Stormie Omartian

Education is a task for both parents and state. The state, parents, and children all have interests that must be protected.

— John Goodlad

My parents are Irish, my grandparents are Irish, my great-grandparents are Irish. I was born in England; my blood is Irish.

— Brian McDermott

Adolescence is a period of rapid changes. Between the ages of 12 and 17, for example, a parent ages as much as 20 years.

— Al Bernstein

I decided to pursue music, so I dropped out of school and I told my parents I didn't want any money from…

— Lady Gaga

Children who cling to parents or who don't want to leave home are stunted in their emotional, psychological growth.

— Dirk Benedict

If I had been living through the '80s, I probably would've gotten into a lot more trouble than my parents.

— Julianne Hough

My parents divorced when I was one year old so I don't really remember any of the details, but luckily my mom…

— Chelsea Peretti

That's why I get excited over new things, because I didn't have much when I was smaller and my parents could only…

— Jc Caylen