Parenting Quotes · Page 346

Both my parents were doctors, and my mother had her surgery in the house. There were six children.

— Diane Cilento

A child learns lessons in life more from his unhappy parents than his happy ones.

— Vikrant Parsai

We had our family tree done... turns out I'm a quarter gay on my father's side.

— Brian Posehn

I am the only son and my parents couldn't have been happier that their son is getting married.

— Aditya Narayan

Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness.

— Henry Fielding

Of course, the ideal scenario for parenting is obviously two parents of a mature age.

— Jennifer Aniston

My mother loved rock and roll. She loved high-energy music.

— Patti Smith

A baby nursing at a mother's breast... is an undeniable affirmation of our rootedness in nature.

— David Suzuki

I had great mentors in my parents who always sought to understand the world around them. And they would push me to…

— Mae Jemison

I would actually like to establish myself as an actor first because both my parents are powerful and strong actors so, I…

— Akshara Haasan

My father (Danny Thomas) used to tell me there are two kinds of people, the takers and the givers. 'The takers sometimes…

— Marlo Thomas

If my mother put on a helmet and shoulder pads and a uniform that wasn't the same as the one I was…

— Bo Jackson

“But what if we fail' they ask, whispering the dreaded word across the Generation Gap to their parents. 'Don't' they whisper back.…

— William Zinsser

Someday I will have to give an account of myself. How would the Father in Heaven judge me if I followed others…

— Anton Bruckner

“What part did she give you?" Zoe asked her mother. "Mary, the mother of God." "Talk about miscasting," Nelia said.”

— Pamela Todd

I have never understood why people identify with criminals: even if your father and grandfather were criminal, you have to find a…

— Jasmila Zbanic

My mom taught me the power of love. I learned to focus on the long-term big picture from my father. His sense…

— Padmasree Warrior

“All he felt was that same feeling he'd always had, that he was looking for something, whose name he didn't even know,…

— Marcus Sedgwick

“You’re very impatient,” Violet said, facing the door. “You always have been.” “I know,” Eloise said, wondering if this was a scolding,…

— Julia Quinn

“There's some comfort in saying, I'm joining this long line of humanity. We're all going to get in line and our parents…

— Wayne Coyn

My mother kept all my awards on the sideboard of her front room, and she polished them. She polished everything religiously. And…

— Glenda Jackson

“It’s always been this way. There were rumors about me even before I was born. It’s why my mother never calls me…

— Leigh Bardugo

The parents are the issue, because it's not the kids' fault. They're the ones on the playground getting the s - and…

— Gordon Ramsay

The heavenly Father Whom we worship is the Father of the Truth, namely, of the only-begotten Son, and has the Spirit of…

— Gregory Palamas

Being a father brings with it a lot of responsibilities, just like being a goalkeeper does.

— P. R. Sreejesh

As parenting goes, knowing the whereabouts of one's children is pretty fundamental.

— Katie Hopkins

Guns don't kill people. Hot girls with scary fathers kill people.

— Nishan Singh

There's a lot of people in show business who have show business parents.

— Bebe Buell

There is nothing so humbling as being a parent to young children!

— Joe Kennedy III

Parents know how to push your buttons because, hey, they sewed them on

— Camryn Manheim

Mother Nature made me the way I am, and I should be happy.

— Karolina Kurkova

Mothers and children are human beings, and they will sometimes do the wrong thing.

— Maurice Sendak

“We are mothers; we belong to each other. This coffee brings us together.”

— Tsh Oxenreider

As I have got older and become a father, there's less and less time for films.

— Paul Thomas Anderson

To have been able to buy my parents a house in London is something no one can imagine.

— Katie Melua

My parents didn't read to me. My dad was a jobbing labourer, my mother was in the cotton mills.

— Bernard Cribbins

“My father would never object. He might make a face at first, then take it back.”

— André Aciman

My grandfather was coloured, my father was Negro, and I am Black.

— Henry Louis Gates

My father took me to a lot of sports events as a child, and our TV stayed on ESPN.

— Freddie Gibbs

My mother should have been Jewish. She could have taught a class on how to induce guilt.

— Lorna Luft