Parenting Quotes · Page 317

There is something quite special about getting into a plane with my mother and going somewhere.

— Shannon Walker

"Honour thy father and thy mother" stands written among the three laws of most revered righteousness

— Aeschylus

My father was an actor, and we have the most important theatre company in Montreal.

— Gilles Duceppe

2 hour movie, 30 second sex scene. Guess which part your parents happen to walk in on?

— Anonymous

I did 'Daddy' when I was 17 years old. My father, Mahesh Bhatt, directed the movie, and he cast me.

— Pooja Bhatt

My mother is amazing. She moved from Surrey to London, taught herself English, and found a job.

— Kaya Scodelario

“I put my arms around a trunk and squeezed it, then I lay down on my father's grave.”

— Sharon Olds

Children can be harsh judges when it comes to their parents, disinclined to grant clemency.

— Jon Krakauer

Being a parent is such a difficult business; you don't always get things right. And also, you don't want to be a…

— Kelly Macdonald

To play my father, his struggles, and how he overcame it all would require you to bring tears to my eyes. It…

— Rohan Marley

My grandfather lived to be late 90s on one side and on the other side, 70s or something. And my father died…

— Clint Eastwood

No one is so foolish as to prefer to peace, war, in which, instead of sons burying their fathers, fathers bury their…

— Croesus

“without much fanfare. My mother invited the usual neighborhood kids over, but fewer of them showed up than in previous years.”

— Mary Morony

At times our children may not be in possession of a good spirit; but if the parent continues to possess the good…

— Brigham Young

For a long time, I thought that I was an enlightened parent by virtue of being an enlightened person. What a fool.

— Rumaan Alam

The mother-in-law came round last week. It was absolutely pouring down. So I opened the door and I saw her there and…

— Les Dawson

“No wonder marriages used to hold up better. Sherman's parents and their friends had all had plenty of servants, and the servants…

— Tom Wolfe

I want to be a lawyer, a dancer, an actress, a mother, a wife, a children's author, a distance runner, a poet,…

— Rachel Corrie

Where did you go?" "To the end of the driveway," my mother says. "I was nine months pregnant; that was the maximum…

— Jodi Picoult

“Suppose it were offered to the father of three children to take his choice whether two should be received into heaven and…

— Thomas Allin

My father was a headmaster in England and then the dean of a college in Australia. We moved there when I was…

— Olivia Newton-John

A Mother's love is something that no one can explain, It is made of deep devotion and of sacrifice and pain, It…

— Helen Steiner Rice

I think, when I started to become successful in the movie business, my mother was very, very worried. She thought no one…

— Sherry Lansing

Growing up with a bold feminist in my mother, I witnessed her march magnificently from mini to maxi, fashions so obviously linked…

— Esther McVey

“A mother is the unmemntioable boundary that can never come fully clear.”

— Erin Moure

“The simplicity of life is universal. Mother Nature is a wonderful teacher.”

— Steve Leasock

Every time you drink a glass of milk or eat a piece of cheese, you harm a mother. Please go vegan.

— Gary L. Francione

“At first my father didn't like Art, but after he got to know him better he really hated him.”

— Joe Hill

The reason children accept discipline from their parents is because they know their parents love them.

— Nipsey Hussle

I could tell my parents hated me. My bath toys were a toaster and a radio.

— Rodney Dangerfield

Sadly, I can't say the same for my Father, who is probably in a different place - Hell.

— Anonymous

My husband is a good father, concerned about his children.

— Grace Kelly

I have really dope parents, and they happen to both really love, love music - they're huge music fans.

— Syd

I grew up around lots of men - my father, my brothers, my uncles - so I wasn't intimidated by them.

— Dolly Parton

My parents were involved in the record industry, so I was exposed to the arts very early.

— Max Greenfield

I grew up with parents who really encouraged me to listen to as much music as I could.

— Jack Garratt

Most parents vaccinate their kids. That is the bottom line.

— Vivek Murthy

To a teenager there's nothing more embarrassing than a parent.

— Anonymous

“My mother painted with water," he says. "And my father played with fire.”

— Ally Condie

“There are really places in your heart that you don't know exist until you love a child.”

— Ann Lamott