Parent Quotes · Page 5

My parents were Christian.

— Wyclef Jean

I was big and fat and had weird parents.

— Richard Griffiths

I was lucky to have parents who loved me.

— Jean Paul Gaultier

Worrying is just part of being a parent.

— Coleen Nolan

Parenthood is the opiate of the masses.

— Chuck Palahniuk

My parents were secular. I am an atheist.

— Ben Elton

Ignorance is the parent of fear.

— Herman Melville

My parents have always been very open.

— Zoe Lister-Jones

My parents told me I must get married. I was seen as a failure if I didn't do it.

— Ben Folds

My parents just neglected me, I wasn't abused or anything.

— Andy Dick

It's not what your parents give you. It's what you do with your own stuff.

— Jennifer Grant

Every parent wants to see their child settle down.

— Shamita Shetty

My job as a parent is a temporary responsibility with eternal consequences.

— Tim Kimmel

Don't tell me that my parents didn't build their business,

— Nikki Haley

I call my parents twice a day when I'm away.

— Ann Jillian

My parents are supportive of anything I want to do, as long as it's not bad.

— Zoey Deutch

I credit my parents for instilling in me a good work ethic and the sensibility that God serves those best who serve…

— Ken Osmond

The best compliment we ever got on 'Clone Wars' was a parent coming up and telling me that it was something they…

— Dave Filoni

[I'm a conscious parent when I] believe that my child is here to teach me as much about myself and how I…

— Shefali Tsabary

We share responsibility. It's important to have a good spouse; that's where I sympathize with single parents.

— Hunter Tylo

If you ever write a book, I can only give you one piece of advice. Don't let your parents get involved.

— Markus Zusak

I always say that a successful parent is one who raises a child so that they can pay for their own psychoanalysis.

— Nora Ephron

You first parents of the human race...who ruined yourself for an apple, what might you have done for a truffled turkey?

— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

Dr. Evil got shortchanged in the first one. The family dynamic between Scott and Dr. Evil - the adventures of being an…

— Mike Myers

Caitlyn isn't someone to get over. She's someone to come to terms with, the way you have to come to terms with…

— Judy Blume

Children are a sacred gift from a loving Heavenly Father. Children are an heritage of the Lord (Ps. 127:3). The more I…

— Patricia P. Pinegar

It was good for us, I suppose. Those kinds of times produce qualities in us that make us better for having had…

— Fay Wray

Marriage is treated by all civilized societies as a peculiar and favored contract. It is in its origin a contract of natural…

— Joseph Story

When we are young, parents and teachers tell us we can do anything and become whatever we want. But as we grow…

— Michael Hyatt

Love without humility results in the inclination to act as everyone's parent, humility without love results in the need to be everyone's…

— Criss Jami

It's the first line in your book. I always thought there was a lot of truth in that. Or maybe that's what…

— Nicholas Sparks

It seems to be this hot-bed for these ideas and bringing these groups together. You find that the one thing that everybody…

— Brit Marling

A world in which time is absolute is a world of consolation. For while the movements of people are unpredictable, the movement…

— Alan Lightman

If you really want to drop the guilt you will have to drop your parental voices within, the priestly voices within. You…

— Rajneesh

I realize it's commonplace for parents to say to their child sternly, 'I love you, but I don't always like you.' But…

— Lionel Shriver

We all have those dreams of going back in time and seeing what it was like when our parents were younger. Maybe…

— Simon Helberg

My parents' work ethic amazed me. How could they put in such long hours, day after day? Part of the reason was…

— Harvey Pekar

We grew up in a praying home [with Alex Kendrick], we saw incredible answers to prayer in our parents' lives, they grew…

— Stephen Kendrick

Both of my parents are music teachers. My mother owns the school that I taught in. My brothers and sisters are musicans.…

— Randy Rhoads

I believe in God. Nobody made me believe; I don't think you can or should try to force someone to believe something.…

— Bethany Hamilton