Parent Quotes · Page 90

By taking a business-like approach, the student-athletes and their parents will be in control of the outcome and that's how it should…

— Billy Kennedy

My mom was a social worker. I had a pretty good idea of what the authorities can do when a parent's not…

— Leigh Newman

Anybody can be a dad. I just want to be a good parent. I want to be a dad that my kids…

— Ken Griffey Jr

Irreverence ran on both sides of our family...my parents brought me up to think we could all change the world.

— Richard Branson

When we were growing up our parents somehow made it clear that being famous was good. And I mistakenly thought that if…

— Ellen DeGeneres

But she wasn’t around, and that’s the thing when your parents die, you feel like instead of going in to every fight…

— Mitch Albom

There's something about being a parent that has, I think, made me a better comedian.

— Jim Gaffigan

Losing a parent is a hard thing... I often sit here and think it would be great if mum and dad were…

— Wayne Swan

I am a black male who grew up in the inner city of Atlanta and no one ever followed me in a…

— Allen West

I really don't understand how parents can talk about gay couples' PDA as a problem or a transgender teen's suicide and not…

— Steven Petrow

Of course, we carry inside of ourselves our parents. Even when they are dead, we carry them inside ourselves. And they are…

— Amos Oz

My musical influence is really from my father. He was a DJ in college. My parents met at New York University. So…

— Talib Kweli

Families need families. Parents need to be parented. Grandparents, aunts, and uncles are back in fashion because they are necessary. Stresses on…

— T. Berry Brazelton

Even if it doesn't work out, the experience is so valuable to so many employers that your worst case scenario is, 'Ok,…

— Drew Houston

So many people have said to me that when you become a school parent, it is like going back to school yourself.…

— Liane Moriarty

From the time you are a tiny baby, a parent's love is usually unconditional. Whatever you do, your parents think you are…

— Kevin Whately

“Every human being is a universe within themselves. Your mother and father participated with God to create a soul who would never…

— Anonymous

Unhealthy families discourage individual expression. Everyone must conform to the thoughts and actions of the toxic parents. They promote fusion, a blurring…

— Susan Forward

My parents moved to Los Angeles when I was really young, but I spent every summer with my grandparents, and I'd stay…

— Forest Whitaker

Conscious parenting is a new paradign shift in the way we look at our roles as parents. It's turning the spot light…

— Shefali Tsabary

Sport teaches you so much, and you can translate that to other parts of life. But it's definitely a lot of dedication,…

— Venus Williams

I can't imagine being a single parent or a single parent that doesn't have a lot of money. That's a big, huge…

— Joan Cusack

The fruit of humanity is devotion to one's parents. The fruit of righteousness is to respect one's elders. The fruit of wisdom…

— Mencius

Every single unfortunate thing that happens, including, for instance, the murder of my parents, I am responsible for. I am responsible for…

— Patrick Duffy

I went on spouting bullshit Encouragements as Gus's parents, arm in arm, hugged each other and nodded at every word. Funerals, I…

— John Green

After all I've done for you' has alienated more children from their parents than any act of parent cruelty.

— Dorothy Rowe

A young person has to start making decisions for themselves at a much earlier age than an overbearing parent allows one.

— Twyla Tharp

Every parent won't love you and accept you. It hurts, but don't blame yourself. It's not your fault that they aren't loving…

— Sonya Parker

Slavery is the parent of ignorance, and ignorance begets a whole brood of follies and vices; and every one of these is…

— Hinton Rowan Helper

It is increasingly hard for young white people to find jobs, and I can understand why white parents are worried about the…

— Helen Suzman

Germany and Israel should dream together for a Middle East in which all the countries are willing to exchange the dispute of…

— Shimon Peres

I went underground. So I didn't see [my father] for 11 years. So that was pretty traumatic time for my parents for sure.

— Bill Ayers

[I'm a conscious parent when I] believe that my child matters more than their relationship to academics or success.

— Shefali Tsabary

There was a certain amount of discipline, I think; my parents wanted to be sure that I was not just sitting around…

— Paul Smith

There's a big difference between being privileged and being spoilt. My parents always said, 'Spoilt means ruined, and you're not ruined, just…

— Tamara Ecclestone

I wanted to create a place where parents can come and find products that are safe for their children, as well as…

— Soleil Moon Frye

If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

— Anonymous

I hated being a child because to be a child means that you are essentially the property of your parents, benevolently or…

— Molly Crabapple

But she needs me more than she needs him and I guess being needed is almost as good as being loved. Maybe…

— Betty Smith

I definitely had creative people around me, but my parents were more just very encouraging.

— Rose Byrne