Parent Quotes · Page 16

My parents said marrying was an optimistic thing to do in pessimistic times.

— Olivia Wilde

Parents appreciate the child who agrees; they condemn the child who disagrees.

— Rajneesh

You have to be the parent; you can't be their friend.

— Patricia Richardson

My parents were exclude from rights as farm workers, though that has to change.

— Julia Serano

The soul of a child is the loveliest flower that grows in the garden of God.

— Elizabeth George

But I had a very traditional background as well. My parents are neat people.

— Uma Thurman

I've lost both my parents and I don't think you ever get used to it.

— Ainsley Harriott

Whatever I do, it's my business. It's not my job to parent America.

— Christina Aguilera

I hoped I wasn't actually dead. That would make finding our parents and saving the world really hard.

— James Patterson

Regardless of their parent's income or zip code, every child in Georgia deserves access to a high-quality, affordable education.

— Stacey Abrams

Each and every one of us who is still lucky enough to have our parents has a duty to them. We do…

— Ann Jillian

Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life.

— Jodi Picoult

“If I were a parent, I would feel like nudity should not be on the back of any magazine. No, it should…

— Jarod Kintz

As long as anger lives, it continues to be the fruitful parent of many unhappy children.

— John Climacus

Loving and parenting a dog as a single parent can create all sorts of new and unusual problems, but also new sources…

— Jenna Morasca

No parent wants their child to get an infection or get pregnant before they're ready.

— Cecile Richards

There are hundreds of millions of gun owners in this country, and not one of them will have an accident today. The…

— Ted Nugent

I always thought I'd make a good parent, but I was single and led a solitary life for many, many years. Then…

— Neil Patrick Harris

But it is not our place to punish a father for his political beliefs or where he wants to raise his child.…

— Janet Reno

My parents were born in Norfolk and spent their early years working in the big houses of that rural English county, my…

— Paul Nurse

While being a parent has been the most fulfilling experience of my life, it comes with a price. Besides the onslaught of…

— Paul G. Tremblay

Many children fully realize their parents see them as astonishing creatures and incorporate that into their daily presentations. That is, they throw…

— Bill O'Reilly

We do not raise our children alone… Our children are also raised by every peer, institution, and family with which they come…

— Richard Louv

Look, you've got a generation of people coming along who are going to form their own new relationship with the idea of…

— Edward Norton

If responsibility for the upbringing of children is to continue to be vested in the family, then the rights of children will…

— Suzanne La Follette

If I could change the attitude of young men toward literature, I would want them to read not just for escape, but…

— Lorin Stein

Although my parents were kind and loving, I had none of the joys, or the companionship, which small children usually have. From…

— John George Haigh

I get a lot of parents coming up to me, telling me they are grooming their kids to be professional athletes. I'm…

— Wayne Gretzky

Within forty years of their arrival in the Plymouth colony, the first white settlers were afraid their children had lost the dedication…

— Kenneth Keniston

This is something I love. One thing about me, I'm gonna be hip-hop forever, until I'm 80 or whatever. I think for…

— Raekwon

I knew that this was something that was going to be an intense experience, just from the way I typically approach my…

— Michelle Monaghan

You must learn to look at people who are angry with you straight in the eye without getting angry back. When children…

— Roy Masters

Christ is the Divine answer to the Devil's overthrow of our first parents.

— Arthur W. Pink

I'm terrified for what is in store for me as a parent!

— Jean Louisa Kelly

Having one child makes you a parent; having two you are a referee.

— David Frost

A parent or a teacher has only his lifetime; a good book can teach forever.

— Louis L'Amour

Rock is always about rebelling against the parents.

— D'arcy Wretzky

Dear daddy, I will find my prince some day but you will always be my king.

— Anonymous

Your parents want to think they have a healthy, happy family.

— Mary Docter

Kids on the set tend to be a pain, and if they're not, their parents are.

— Timothy Olyphant