Parenting Quotes · Page 268

I've been buried in IRAC so long, they should be paying my parents a military pension.

— Anonymous

My father was a religious leader in the community, and my sister is a pastor.

— Roger Ross Williams

Mother, being a pianist, told me how to play with my fingers on the piano.

— Cecil Taylor

(Cartoon caption:) I never really rallied after the birth of my first child.

— James Thurber

A word of advice - don't invite your parents to the after-party at 4 A. M.

— Courtney Act

“Did you notice there aren’t any average kids anymore—only Gifted and Disposable?”

— Heather Choate Davis

“I have hardly gone and hardly wish'd to go any farther.”

— Walt Whitman

“The humble shall seek help from the heavenly Father.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

So well do I love you, I go to my god singing your praises. When I meet my father, I will tell…

— Janet Morris

I was not the pampered baby, no. I'm five years younger, and my parents were actually very strict with me, more strict…

— Tate Donovan

I'm not my mother. And so I'm not raising my kids in the same way. I don't respond in the same way.…

— Maggie Smith

If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of…

— James A. Baldwin

I knew I could never match my father as a violinist, and there were already four generations of outstanding cellists in the…

— Leonard Slatkin

My father brought me my first stack of comics, when I was seven years old and in the hospital. I was not…

— Len Wein

The mother's love is at first an absorbing delight, blunting all other sensibilities; it is an expansion of the animal existence.

— George Eliot

As a parent who is also a journalist, when I talk to the brother and the sister of a victim or the…

— Chris Hansen

Before my book, the most common assessment of Eleanor Marx is "Yes, she's great but basically she's in the shadow of her…

— Rachel Holmes

“To whom does Mataji (Mother Goddess) appear? It is to the one who becomes natural and spontaneous [sahaj swabhavi]. Mataji is said…

— Dada Bhagwan

“Our father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, hollow be thy promises and shallow be thy shame. Thy kingdom come.…

— Bo Burnham

“I have always enjoyed watching women dress. The appeal isn't sexual. Most girls' first glimpse of private female life is watching their…

— Melissa Febos

A friend of my mother's, Irene Lopez, was a Spanish dancer. She saw me bopping around the room and said to my…

— Rita Moreno

“Are you a girl or a boy?' Liesl was wearing the same thin nightshirt she had been wearing since Tuesday, when her…

— Lauren Oliver

“The arduous journey to Magadha brought flashbacks not only of his parents but also of dear Suvasini. She was the daughter of…

— Ashwin Sanghi

I've always been a 'your parents have got to come up to the school' type of person. Even now, when I do…

— Russell Brand

Now that I'm a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.

— Ruby Bridges

God made us best friends because he knew our parents couldnt handle us as sisters.

— Anonymous

When death takes your mother, it steals that word forever.

— Mitch Albom

My earliest childhood memory was watching my parents loosen the wheels on my stroller.

— Joan Rivers

My mother was adorable, a great giggler. My father was very strong and could be quite frightening.

— Zoe Wanamaker

My father said that a silent person is trying to hide something.

— Patricia Briggs

“A successful father is not more successful than his children.”

— Raheel Farooq

Everyone archetypally is a parent to future generations.

— Marianne Williamson

I know my responsibilities. They are to my religion, my parents, my wife, my family and my community.

— Moeen Ali

If necessity is the mother of invention, discontent is the father of progress.

— David Rockefeller

Whether it be with your parents or your siblings, everyone is dealing with different kinds of things.

— Justin Hartley

Above all, never lose faith in your Father in Heaven, who loves you more than you can comprehend.

— Jeffrey R. Holland

“I wonder what children whose parents have money think about in their spare time.”

— Gary Shteyngart

I suppose it's amazing how quick life goes by when you have children.

— Steffi Graf

To think that Woody was in any way a father or stepfather to me is laughable.

— Soon-Yi Previn

And we are a people without tears. The things that moved our parents do not move us at all.

— Natalia Ginzburg