Parent Quotes · Page 50

It's painful to watch your parents not be in control of things.

— Regina Spektor

Just because you become a parent doesn't mean you grew up.

— Ali Wong

Conscience is less an inner voice than the memory of a mother's glance.

— Robert Breault

I believe government should be loyal to parents, teachers and children.

— J. C. Watts

I want to be the best parent I can be. I want to be the best husband I can be

— David Archuleta

Every parent knows that for a kid, the car is chloroform..

— Ray Romano

we are the women our parents warned us against, and we are proud

— Gloria Steinem

Every parent-child relationship is different.

— Zara McDermott

I don't think it's an accident who our parents are; I believe we choose them. So maybe I chose my parents in…

— Patti Davis

My parents told me that education was the path to success - and they showed me, taking me to Head Start while…

— Denise Juneau

I've always known actors because my parents are actors on stage and so I lived in a very creative environment when I…

— Marion Cotillard

How often do we not see children ruined through the virtues, real or supposed, of their parents?

— Samuel Butler

In view of this and other things, I demand forgiveness for being so obviously impressed with my own parents.

— Beryl Markham

Writer or painter god-parents are notoriously unreliable. That is, there is certain before long to be a cooling of friendship.

— Gertrude Stein

I think my parents saw that acting ultimately made me happy, even though it was a rough ride for a little bit.…

— Alexandra Daddario

My dad loves what I do and I support my parents financially because they didn't have a job that gave them a…

— Marilyn Manson

What has worked for America is not caring about how the rich are doing, or the politics of envy. What's worked for…

— Anthony Scaramucci

My parents joined in the 60s and at that time it was really important - there was a group mentality. I could…

— Taraka Larson

My parents said that I was nine months old and would throw myself out of the crib onto the floor continually. As…

— Johnny Knoxville

Rich parents are famous both for miserliness and astonishing longevity. And, when they finally do die, you'll find they've left their estate…

— P. J. O'Rourke

Yes, I'm writing about motherhood, but I bristle a little bit, especially living with someone whose parenting falls between the cracks of…

— Maggie Nelson

I know they're not getting divorced or anything, but when your parents argue it makes the whole universe seem like it's tipping,…

— E. Lockhart

There were so many different influences in my life: being half Mexican and half Irish, growing up an only child of immigrant…

— Lindi Ortega

I think the biggest difference is that I've noticed Western parents seem much more concerned about their children's psyches, their self-esteem, whereas…

— Amy Chua

I wasn't all that attracted to writing originally. I read a great deal. My parents read a great deal. I do know…

— David Foster Wallace

I remember as a ranger the first time I stood alone on Inspiration Point over at Canyon Station looking out over this…

— Gerald R. Ford

I'm from New York. I grew up there. I grew up in Westchester County, the suburbs. For me, that was always the…

— Guillermo E. Brown

“You can Lose a child Or a parent, The love of your life, A good job, A game, A deal, A bet,…

— Suzy Kassem

I feel a responsibility to myself and my parents and the people whose love has gotten me this far - people who…

— Lupita Nyong'o

Let's not forget: This all began when you had eight- and nine-year-old children writing graffiti on walls. Their parents were told: "You…

— Adel al-Jubeir

“You are still a good mom if you -forget to click a selfie with your kid -set boundaries with your little monsters…

— Deeksha Arora

I've been acting since I was ten years old. I had two lines in Snow White and the Seven Dwarves at the…

— Kristin Davis

I really believe that I've been a better parent from being a working mother.

— Adena Friedman

Honor your parents by not judging them. Give them the benefit of doubt.

— Michael Jackson

We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Young people can change and grow. Every parent knows that.

— Greg Boyle

Two imbecile parents, whether related or not, have only imbecile offspring.

— Charles Davenport

My parents never told us that our great-grandmothers had been slaves.

— Constance Baker Motley

We parents ask dumb questions, therefore we get dumb answers.

— Bill Cosby

Lads, you're not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died.

— Frank Leahy