Parenting Quotes · Page 159

As a parent who works in showbiz, you never really want your child to go into it.

— Stephen Schwartz

I told my mother-in-law my house is your house. So she sold it.

— Henny Youngman

I'm not afraid of too many things, and I got that invincible kind of attitude from my father.

— Reinhold Niebuhr

How could a mother who boils water for pasta leave two little girls behind?

— Jandy Nelson

“What makes a man's 80 year-old Irish uncle skip like a little boy? "Me Father is very fond of me!”

— John Ortberg Jr

I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him 'father.'

— Will Rogers

“Who is this woman, and what has she done with my ever worrying mother?”

— Shannon Messenger

My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.

— Chief Joseph

“Parents are just uncelebrated rock stars - we stay up late, take drugs and treat our bodies like crap. Yay!”

— Amber Dusick

I know that God our Father is in this work in great congregations . . . and in the smallest branch and the smallest congregation.

— Loren C. Dunn

My father combined many of the elements that were feared in the culture, but also he was a warm figure, a figure…

— John Edgar Wideman

Every night at dinner, my father would say something about the greatness of the United States - and tell us to make…

— Raja Krishnamoorthi

“...the child's arms around her, hugging her as a daughter hugs her mother. Joyfully. Spontaneously. The most beautiful of all. The most…

— Eowyn Ivey

Children do not need superhuman, perfect parents. They have always managed with good enough parents: the parents they happened to have.

— Penelope Leach

I'm passionate about making a difference in increasing the quality of life and survivorship for all affected by lung cancer, having lost…

— Lynne Doughtie

If we're worried about keeping families together, then the illegal alien parents who brought them here should also be removed to the…

— Kris Kobach

“Father, I pray for those in the persecuted church and for their leaders. Strengthen them, encourage them, and grant miracles of provision…

— Scotty Smith

“Family is not just about who you appear to belong to, or what it says on your birth certificate, or who you…

— Marina Chapman

Parents who don't like Success should find a school they do like. For someone to enroll their child at Success and insist…

— Eva Moskowitz

“The irreducible, ultimate element in religious faith is the insistence that we are created things; male and female He created them; without…

— Ferdinand Mount

When I grew older and awkward, when my parents divorced and life had gone all to hell, Demetrie stood me at the…

— Kathryn Stockett

He decided there was no point in telling her he'd looked in the fridge and seen none of these things. There'd just…

— Nora Roberts

You start getting hit with some very interesting situations in life - you as a parent - when they approach that teenage…

— Johnny Depp

Ledisi means to come here, to bring forth. It’s a Nigerian word and it’s from the Yorubu culture, I believe, and my…

— Ledisi

You know whats worse than a deadbeat father? A deadbeat mother.

— Anonymous

My father is a street sweeper, my mother works in a shop.

— Maimouna Doucoure

My mother had a son from previous marriage and her husband died in Second World War.

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

Your mother can see the greatness in you, why can't you?

— Vikrant Parsai

My mother wasnʹt sleeping with anybody. She doesnʹt even sleep with my father.

— Richelle Mead

My parents are really open-minded, but with their own daughter, it's not the same thing.

— Sarita Choudhury

I don't come from a rich family, but my parents are professionals.

— Sebastian Lelio

“By trying to make things easier for their children, parents can make things much harder for them.”

— Mardy Grothe

I'd rather rely on mother nature's wisdom than man's cleverness

— Wendell Berry

I'm their sole parent, and there is nothing more important than being the best father I can be.

— John Edwards

When I was four, I asked my mother for a valet for my birthday.

— Karl Lagerfeld

My parents, specially my mom wanted me to pursue B.Com honours during my undergrad.

— Bhuvan Bam

Each of us has been sent to earth by our Heavenly Father to merit eternal life

— Robert D. Hales

Tape the sound of the moon fading at dawn. Give it to your mother to listen to when she's in sorrow.

— Yoko Ono

Listen to me carefully: My father wasn't in my life, but it feels good taking care of my kids.

— Eric D. Thomas

“My father sighed, hiding behind the sad smile that followed him like a shadow all through his life.”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón