Parent Quotes · Page 135

I don't think one parent can raise a child. I don't think two parents can raise a child. You really need the…

— Toni Morrison

I think I'm the only president other than John Kennedy who had both parents alive during the presidency.

— George W. Bush

First your parents, they give you your life, but then they try to give you their life.

— Chuck Palahniuk

Self-acceptance begins in infancy, with the influence of your parents and siblings and other important people.

— Brian Tracy

one forgives parents as naturally as one emancipates oneself from them - usually shortly afterward.

— Francine du Plessix Gray

Never underestimate the power of self-absorption, including your parents' self-absorption.

— Rita Mae Brown

“I love you beyond paint, beyond melodies, beyond words. And I hope you will always feel that, even when I'm not around…

— Kiera Cass

I hope I'm as graceful and gracious as [my parents] are. It's hard for me to project how I'm gonna be if…

— George W. Bush

It it's true that fastidiousness and attention to detail is very much in my genes - if you knew my parents, you'd…

— George Benjamin

You don't need to be right all the time. Your child wants a man for a father, not a formula. He wants…

— Derek Williams

I do think that maybe, even subconsciously, a lot of parents in the West are wondering, have we gone too far in…

— Amy Chua

I had been brought up in an elementary school where, my first few grades, I remember being specifically told that my teachers…

— Jake Gyllenhaal

The old fundamental principles must continue to apply, even in our changing society: Democracy knows neither master nor slave. Equal education opportunities…

— Martin Schulz

Because when does anybody really grow up? I mean, I feel more grown up now, more in a place of solidity and…

— Priscilla Ahn

Nothing trains and teaches so powerfully as love. Love attracts. it does not coerce. If the aim of parents is to teach…

— Elisabeth Elliot

Here’s a bumper sticker I’d like to see: “We are the proud parents of a child who’s self-esteem is sufficient that he…

— George Carlin

Whoa, that's the kind of little sister I can dig!" said Edison. "Yes, we're all alike," I said. "We cover for you,…

— Lionel Shriver

Although my parents have never been the kind to hint around about grandchildren, I can think of no better tribute to them…

— Anne Cassidy

By all means, there should be no children when either mother or father suffers from such diseases as tuberculosis, gonorrhea, syphilis, cancer,…

— Margaret Sanger

It's hard for us sophisticates to believe, but the people my parents worked for were good people. They were socialists of the…

— Lore Segal

Being a parent is a life sentence. You see, that's why normal people should not have children because if you raise a…

— Christopher Titus

Because adoption meets the needs of children so successfully, and because there have long been waiting lists of couples hoping to adopt…

— Mona Charen

The meaning of self-esteem is to feel lovable and capable. As parents, we must love our children unconditionally and give them a…

— Jack Canfield

Have you ever observed somebody go through a religious conversion? The person seems perfectly reasonable to you and has no particular concern…

— Darrel Ray

No more excuses. I can't blame anything on my parents. I'm responsible for my mistakes and my choices.

— Brad Pitt

The only parents in the world who don’t need sleep, and our child already sleeps through the night. Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn,…

— Stephenie Meyer

We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

I wanted to be on my own and get out of the house. We were the kind of kids that - we…

— Janet Jackson

Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.

— Sally Pearson

The first and finest lesson that parents can teach their children is faith and courage.

— Smiley Blanton

Deep in the cavern of the infant's breast; the father's nature lurks, and lives anew.

— Horace

I came- though the child of entirely irreligious (Jewish) parents - to a deep religiousness, which, however, reached an abrupt end at…

— Albert Einstein

We weren't rich people, but my parents and I shared an interest in the theater and so we went a lot. And…

— Billy Eichner

Until you're prepared to kill your parents, you're not really prepared to change the country because our parents are our first oppressors.

— Jerry Rubin

Ever had a parent who embarrassed u??? Of course you did, this is what happens when a parent hurts me.

— Haley Nichole

Sometimes... I think parents work so hard to keep us from making their mistakes, they won't allow us to make our own.

— Charles Sheehan-Miles

My parents hated me. All I ever heard was, "Why can't you be like your cousin Shelia? Why can't you be like…

— Joan Rivers

Kids really need love from two parents. It doesn't matter if it's a mom and a mom, or a dad and a…

— Brendon Ayanbadejo

This whole generation of parents - I'm guilty of it too - does too much for their kids.

— Anonymous

I would teach U.K. parents how to stop their children throwing litter. London is a beautiful city but its streets are disgusting.

— Britt Ekland