Parenting Quotes · Page 307

My whole life I had seen my father solve every problem he had through the use of violence.

— Juan Pablo Escobar

My father was always getting excited about something. It's genetically inside me somewhere.

— Nicolas Cage

Conor held tightly onto his mother. And by doing so, he could finally let her go.

— Patrick Ness

That's my sweetheart in there. I'm not living her. This is my home now. Your mother is my home.

— Nicholas Sparks

“What'd did I tell you?" muttered Adrian. He has no fuzzy affection for his father. "De-lightful.”

— Richelle Mead

My mother has done so much for me in my life and has continuously been there and been my rock.

— J. R. Martinez

My parents made me believe I could do anything I wanted to do. They were really into empowering me.

— Pierre Omidyar

“A child that’s being abused by its parents doesn’t stop loving its parents, it stops loving itself.”

— Shahida Arabi

“I am unlike most other people because I began, not in the body of my mother, but in the brain of my…

— Rinsai Rossetti

My mother was a proud and capable woman. She was among the first class of college graduates after China's Cultural Revolution, then…

— Leana S. Wen

I feel very blessed to have two wonderful, healthy children who keep me completely grounded, sane and throw up on my shoes…

— Reese Witherspoon

People often think that people like me don't have ordinary lives. I have the greatest pleasure, and in fact, the greatest success…

— Jenny Shipley

We should be able to carry on our careers and be women and mothers without fearing that if we show a vulnerable…

— Gina Miller

“You really are like him, your father." "I can't tell whether you think that's good or bad." "What does it matter? It's…

— Victoria Schwab

A father who sees his daughter leave in the arms of another man does not feel the same as a mother. It…

— Claire Denis

You look at guys like Goldberg, how old is he? Way older than me. We work a very different style, but father…

— Shelton Benjamin

“I could imagine his sorrow. My father had a sensual relationship with his books. He loved feeling them, stroking them, sniffing them.…

— Amos Oz

“I want to be loved. I want a real relationship, but I’m not ready to come out yet. For the time being,…

— Alessandra Hazard

Some persons believe everything that their kindred, their parents, and their tutors believe. The veneration and the love which they have for…

— Isaac Watts

“I think a father’s job, when it’s done best, is to get down on both knees, lean over his children’s lives, and…

— Bob Goff

When my parents force-fed me healthy food, they were confident they were giving me the best. But now, when I feed my…

— Vijay Sethupathi

“This is the India of which I speak - the India which, as I said, is to me the Holy Land. For…

— Annie Besant

My father had a lot to do with me thinking about acting, though he never saw me act. He passed away probably…

— Mahershala Ali

My parents had very strict rules about TV watching. They didn't want me to ever watch it during the week and my…

— Leslie Grossman

“Being my mother doesn’t give her a licence to abuse me.”

— Danu Morrigan

My parents never got carried away with the extraneous elements of being in the business.

— Haley Joel Osment

I go to him as a baby goes to his mother so that he can fill me and invade all and take…

— Elizabeth of the Trinity

Can't wait till my mother gets home cuz I need her shoulder to cry on and her honest opinion.

— Anonymous

“Every child needs a father. Even if he turns out to be Darth Vader.”

— Jackson Radcliffe

I was taught fashion very early, from the age of 12 when my father bought and created the group.

— Antoine Arnault

Freedom, where are you? Who holds you back? [...] The mother of wit and pleasure, Oh freedom!

— Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage

Judge a man by the comments of his neighbour rather than by the words of his mother.

— Vikrant Parsai

My father was actually a chemist. He got a degree in chemistry from Stanford.

— Bill Foster

“In the dream, Tana's mother loved her more than anyone or anything. More than death.”

— Holly Black

I told my father I wanted to act, and he stared renting all these classic films for me to watch.

— Emory Cohen

Please call your second witness, and then call your mother, she worries.

— Colin Mochrie

“Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother is entertaining, bracingly honest and, yes, thought-provoking.”

— Anonymous

My mother has an incredible rigidity, which is very Catholic.

— Manolo Blahnik

“My parents and sister looked like a picture-perfect family straight from a magazine. Without me.”

— Stacy Claflin

I love you just as the Father loves me; remain in my love.

— Anonymous