Parenting Quotes · Page 252

“And then my fairly strict, wedding-obsessed mother fell apart in my arms.”

— Debra Anastasia

I used to think my father was an idiot, until I turned twenty-one... Then I thought he was a genus.

— Mark Twain

I don't think anyone imagines themselves being a single parent. But I don't have a choice.

— Laila Rouass

Employee fathers need to step up to the plate and put their family needs on the table.

— James Levine

“She was returning home to be the wife of, mother of, First Lady of, but what did that really mean?”

— Stacy Hawkins Adams

He gently touched his mother's cheek, felt her sorrow slip over his fingertips.

— Jodi Picoult

Every father says the same thing: “Where's your mother?”

— Bill Cosby

Mary was not only holy. She was also the mother of the Lord.

— Martin Luther

Was it Gorky who had said, "If your children are no better than you are, you have fathered them in vain, indeed…

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Nick's mother and I were attentive, probably overly attentive - part of the first wave of parents obsessed with our children in…

— David Sheff

All the cliches are true about parenting. All I've ever wanted to do is be a father, but there's this existential mirror…

— John Krasinski

She made him think of his mother, of his nurse, of all things kind and comforting, besides having the attraction of not…

— Elizabeth von Arnim

As a former competitive athlete and a mother to a daughter who is a D1 collegiate athlete, I staunchly oppose biological males…

— Marjorie Taylor Greene

We all parent the best we can. Being human, we're ambivalent. We want perfection for our babies, but we also need sleep.

— Erica Jong

“It seemed beyond my understanding that a mother and a daughter could not love one another. Parents love their kids, kids love…

— Kimberly Rae Miller

“Where are Haldad my father, and Haldad my brother? If the king of Doriath fears a friendship between Haleth and those who…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“Standing under the shelter of a cedar tree, I stared at the fire crackling as it burned through the fallen logs and…

— Susan L. Marshall

Home is not fixed - the feeling of home changes as you change. There are places that used to feel like home…

— Mauro Remiddi

My home is different from my mother's, because hers is filled with beautiful objects that I was always afraid of breaking. My…

— Cybill Shepherd

“Parents and other who complain often do so out of deep beliefs or convictions, and often in an effort to "protect" young…

— Joan Bertin

“He had loved is mother and his child, everything that it was not up to him to choose. And after all he,…

— Albert Camus

“And then Frankie understood that the boy was going on alone. Perhaps there had been only one sponsor in another country for…

— Sarah Blake

If knowledge isn't self-knowledge it isn't doing much, mate. Is the universe expanding? Is it contracting? Is it standing on one leg…

— Tom Stoppard

My mother gave me the courage to pursue music as a career on her deathbed. She became very ill when I was…

— Gregory Porter

“How did you get so grown up that you understand things that confuse your ancient mother?”

— John Green

[on Queen Mother] Our country is the richer for her life and the poorer at her death.

— John Major

It's in my genes. My mother was an opera singer. I'm clearly dramatic.

— Mariah Carey

I think the greatest challenge between child and parent is communication.

— Sean Covey

I was embarrassed when I went and told my parents that I was thinking about running for public office.

— Bob Corker

It's a very important part of my life: parents and church - and your surroundings.

— Joseph Parker

“Children view their parents as both intrepid and omnipotent.”

— Harlan Coben

The way I've grown up, the manner I am today, reflects on my mother.

— Yannick Bolasie

“maybe she knew who my mother was and figured that no one can change the sound of an echo.”

— Allen Eskens

But as a kid you take it very personally when your parents divorce.

— Jessica Barden

When your mother dies, it really hurts. But with time, you get used to it. That's nature's way.

— Muhammad Ali

My father had a good sense of humour about a lot of things, including life, which I think I inherited.

— Brian Dennehy

My parents are not people who would want to rock the boat. They wouldn't break the law.

— Caroline Lucas

I was introduced to the game by my father, Tommy, when I was 11.

— Jimmy White

In the happiest of our childhood memories, our parents were happy, too.

— Robert Breault

My father is a hotelier in Karnataka. There're no actors in my family.

— Sudeep