Parenting Quotes · Page 256

My father described me as the oldest baby he'd ever seen. I apparently was very serious and reflective.

— Tim Robbins

Every time I get a chance to help my parents out, I help them.

— Ovince Saint Preux

“I don't go to school, I don't have parents, I came from the sea to be your husband.”

— Kevin Canty

My Mother's Day gift to you is not deleting the embarrassing comments you make on my Facebook Wall.

— Anonymous

“Secrets, Charley," my mother whispered. "They'll tear you apart.”

— Mitch Albom

When I was a child my mother used to pay me half a crown - 12.5 pence - to wash her car…

— Barry Gardiner

God has enabled man to distinguish between his sister, his mother, his daughter and his wife.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Both my mother and my grandmother aspired to be opera singers. And they studied it.

— Jihae

I was a countryman and a father before I was a writer on political subjects... Born and bred up in the sweet…

— William Cobbett

Motherhood is a lifetime commitment. With its many twists and turns,and ups and downs, mothers have the inherent ability to ride the…

— Heather James

What, however, left a deep impression on me was the reading of the Ramayana before my father. During part of his illness…

— Mahatma Gandhi

I'm happy to have represented England at youth level but I'm also proud of my Nigerian heritage from my parents.

— Bukayo Saka

You know the things I went through as a youngster, coming into the business, all the good, the bad and the ugly…

— Raekwon

“Asking my father to ask the waitress the definition of “sloppy Joe” or “Tater Tots” was no problem. His translations, however, were…

— Firoozeh Dumas

My father was a jazz listener, and I think, at least before I was 5, I was not so into that. Although…

— Wallace Shawn

If anything, I thought I would go the conservatory route, practice cello and try to get into the best orchestra I could,…

— Laufey

“I fear the dark. The dark is where preexistence abides. It is not possible to think of pre-existence, but one dreads its…

— Cynthia Ozick

My mother negotiated a plea deal, and my father went to trial. I think one thing we notice in their case that…

— Chesa Boudin

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit,…

— Heidi Baker

“What does it mean when society says your unfit to be a mother? Are there circumstances to be factored in before that…

— Laura Schroff

Fact: The new '90210' is cooler than the old '90210.' It's the lithe, streamlined Skipper to the elder series' venerable Barbie. Gone…

— Diablo Cody

“O mothers, let us learn that God, the Author of home and families, is always interested in the quality and the training…

— Isabel C. (Isabel Coston) Byrum

“If, instead of this remark, my father had taken the pains to explain to me that the principles of Agrippa had been…

— Mary Shelley

“I would describe myself like a landscape I’ve studied at length, in detail; like a word I’m coming to understand; like a…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

My father is an Algerian, proud of who he is and I am proud that my father is Algerian.

— Zinedine Zidane

A moment of silence for all the teenagers whose parents wont let them eat in their room.

— Nikhil Saluja

The main point of Christianity was this: that Nature is not our mother: Nature is our sister.

— Anonymous

I am disappointed that my parents didn't give birth to a porn star.

— Rufus Wainwright

The menu of my mother consisted of only two choices: Leave it or take it

— Buddy Hackett

Love for father, mother, sisters and brothers are from divine and always have sympathy for them.

— Anonymous

I received many years of good advice from my father - how to live, how to play, how to be a gentleman.

— Arnold Palmer

Man that is of woman born is apt to be as vain as his mother.

— Robert Frost

“Following my mother's footsteps was the surest way out.”

— Jodi Picoult

We certainly grew up and had opportunities. But it's not like our parents are aristocratic blue bloods.

— Cameron Winklevoss

My parents are Italian and British. They live in Berkeley now - we all moved there four years ago.

— Claire Forlani

If we do not know how to respect the Mother Earth, we do not know how to respect ourselves.

— Nirmala Srivastava

You can't go around telling people what a monster your mother was on a day to day basis. It's unseemly.

— Lady Colin Campbell

I'm just an ordinary, walking-down-the-street, mother of two children who sings for her supper.

— Eddi Reader

For even in hell I still have faith, to one day be free with my father at the gates.

— Kid Cudi

I have seen children starving. I have seen the agony of mothers and wives. I hate war.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt