Parenting Quotes · Page 204

I knew your father before you did, and I don't think he'd be too proud of what you're doing right now.

— Scotty Bowman

But no one is easier to delude than a parent; they see only what they wish to see.

— Karen Joy Fowler

My parents, and their interest in making the world a better place for more people inspired me.

— Philip Kotler

Today's accent may be on youth, but the stress is still on the parents.

— Earl Wilson

I inherited depression from my mother's side of the family.

— Buzz Aldrin

There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.

— Chinese Proverbs

I think all mothers are alike, regardless of cultural background, when it comes to illogical cleaning.

— Neal Shusterman

“Parents and children should live together rather than simply staying together under one roof”

— Michael Hsu

When I arrived in France, I cried every day. Not because I was in France - I could have been anywhere -…

— Didier Drogba

My dad was a brilliant civil engineer. My parents later divorced, but we lived in Abu Dhabi, Greece, Kuwait.

— Yasmine Hamdan

I can't come on like a parent to these kids, if I do, I won't be able to have fun working with…

— Stephen Collins

I am so sorry. I wish you knew even one tenth of one percent of how sorry I am. ...It was my…

— Laurie Halse Anderson

“Bummer,' said Ira, his new word for "I must remain as neutral as possible" and "Your mother's a whore.”

— Lorrie Moore

Parenting is really just a matter of tracking, of hoping your kids do not get so far ahead you can no longer…

— Jodi Picoult

I am a mother now, and I'm a mother to a son, and I want him to go into the world a…

— Karyn Kusama

My parents didn't get to have a dream. Their dream was to live in a country where their kids would have choice.

— Kelly Marie Tran

Shoes divide men into three classes. Some men wear their father's shoes. They make no decisions of their own. Some are unthinkingly…

— S. D Gordon

My mother's people, the people who captured my imagination when I was growing up, were of the Deep South - emotional, changeable,…

— Willie Morris

“Everything you do is connected to who you are as a person and, in turn, creates the person you are becoming. Everything…

— Paul E. Miller

Tigerkit was nagging his mother. "Why can't I go out?" "You've just come in." "But it's a sunny day." "You need a…

— Erin Hunter

My parents even let me switch schools, to leave my regular school to go to the producer's school, because I told them…

— Martin Garrix

It's a wonderful feeling when your father becomes not a god but a man to you - when he comes down from…

— Robin Williams

I had a very high opinion of my father's judgement of things and he said, "You better get a job that pays…

— Andrew Davies

“Have you seen my daughter?” “Daughter?” I’m the worst liar ever. I stare at Sarah’s tall, imposing father and try to smile.…

— Suzanne Young

My husband Rhashan reminds me of my father because he's got great strength of character.

— Olivia Williams

“She missed most of all the feeling of having a mother.”

— Susan Ornbratt

I was the only kid in Manhattan I knew whose parents had a car.

— Diane Lane

“That's a parents' job, isn't it? To raise a child strong enough to leave and break our hearts?”

— Beth Groundwater

I unapologetically and unabashedly am deeply biased toward my mother.

— Chelsea Clinton

I pray no one of you ever gets to know the pain of losing a parent...

— Anonymous

My parents tolerated me reading comics because they knew I was also reading 'proper' books, too.

— Philip Pullman

It's a huge advantage to have parents who read to you. And it's an advantage that lasts a lifetime.

— Laura Bush

My step dad is more of a father figure then my real dad could ever dream of being.

— Anonymous

My father has been my coach ever since I was small, so I am always going to look to him first.

— Demetrius Andrade

It always seems to the brothers and the father that their brother or son didn't marry the right person.

— Anton Chekhov

“I watched your father killed before my eyes, she might have said.”

— Jhumpa Lahiri

Here's to the girls just trying to make their parents proud the best they can.

— Anonymous

“When we are very young, our parents inadvertently program us to be what we eventually become.”

— Peggy Toney Horton

When I was a little kid, I used to really embarrass my parents.

— Russell Crowe

“It feels good to have parents, but it feels even better to not have an evil one.”

— M.F. Moonzajer