Parenting Quotes · Page 314

Water is life's matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.

— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

“If only she could, like the mother of Jesus, arrive at that swollen state by magic.”

— Ian McEwan

Being a parent myself, I really understand the importance of keeping your children safe online.

— Judi Love

That moment when your parents take your joke completely serious and you end up getting in trouble.

— Anonymous

“Our Father in heaven is surely on the side of fathers on earth who love their children.”

— Honoré de Balzac

Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.

— Samuel Butler

I never had a mother. I suppose a mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.

— Emily Dickinson

Only a mother's heart can be Patient enough for such as he.

— Ethel Lynn Beers

“Rest nurtures creativity, which nurtures activity. Activity nurtures rest, which sustains creativity. Each draws from and contributes to the other.”

— Kim John Payne

“I was good at keeping secrets from my parents (it's one of the things we learn while growing up, after all).”

— Jojo Moyes

I grew up in a family full of strong women. A great aunt on my mother's side had been a matron on…

— Nick Earls

I love the man that [Peter Berg] is, the father that he is, and the leader. We push each other in a…

— Mark Wahlberg

“Solomon grew up in the royal palace of his father David with about 20 half-brothers and sisters, a large number due to…

— Charles River Editors

Being a parent, it is heartening to see your child wake up every day at 5:45 in the morning to pursue his…

— R. Madhavan

I was afraid of just about everything in this world, with the possible exception of my mother and I wasn't too sure…

— G. Gordon Liddy

When you were a baby, your mother put your happiness and well-being above hers. Your happiness was hers. She is now old...…

— Navaid Aziz

Our father is a hero for us and so I've always looked at him as somebody that I couldn't wait to be,…

— Valentin Chmerkovskiy

“ The Puffer Fish: Wherein the author flaunts his vocabulary. His father was IRA and his mother was Quebecois, and they had…

— Howard Mittelmark

My parents had a gardener when I was growing up, and he and I would dig in the dirt together - my…

— Howard Graham Buffett

My mother could never have said she loved fall, but as she walked down the steps with her suitcase in hand toward…

— Dinaw Mengestu

I'm sure my priorities will change. My mother was such a great mother and is still such a big part of my…

— Beyonce Knowles

My methods are all because of my experiences as a nanny. Parents have asked, 'How do you have an understanding of this…

— Jo Frost

“THINGS TO DO THIS SUMMER 1. Make Father Mickey lose his black Irish temper. 2. Wear a turtleneck, take in a deep…

— Lesley Kagen

Young people should ponder over problems that might confront them and be prepared to cope with them in a way that their…

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

For me, I learned from my father that when it's over, it's over.

— George W. Bush

I've always wanted to be what my father never was to me.

— Marquise Goodwin

I was born in Pittsburgh and my mother personifies that Steel City grit that makes the city what it is.

— Jason Taylor

I come from a Greek household. My mother wouldn't let the FedEx man come in without eating.

— Arianna Huffington

When I take my kid to school, all the parents stop and stare.

— Adam Sandler

My father died in '97. But at least he lived until 93, so he saw my success.

— John Catsimatidis

You float like a feather in a beautiful world. I wish I was special you're so fucking special.

— Radiohead

I was born in the Bronx, and then my father moved us to the country at an early age.

— Abel Ferrara

She's descended from a long line her mother listened to.

— Gypsy Rose Lee

“Love and honor thy Mother, for she is the fruit that gives thou life.”

— Dave Pelzer

The more I try to catch up, the farther I fall behind.

— Veronica Rossi

I'm not a parent yet, but I feel like a kid needs to be loved.

— Jennifer Westfeldt

“We’ll never solve the problems we don’t talk about.”

— Justin Young

And there was huge numbers of UFOs around my parents home in Kingston.

— Betty Hill

“the First Rule of Parenting states that you never wake a peacefully sleeping child.”

— David Mitchell

Apart from my parents, every family member on both sides was exterminated by the Nazis.

— Norman Finkelstein