Parenting Quotes · Page 368

Before I did 'How I Met Your Mother,' I was not considered a comedic actress.

— Cobie Smulders

“A loose feather can't be put back...but a broken wing can sometimes heal.”

— bob graham

My father is a businessman, and my mother is a schoolteacher.

— Kangna Ranaut

My mother always said that the strongest steel is forged by the fires of hell.

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

The love of a parent is as much nutrition as a chocolate bar.

— Sean Hepburn Ferrer

I hope I will be remembered as a good father and a fair employer. And a good host, of course!

— Diego Della Valle

I am indebted to my mother for the efflorescence of my knowledge.

— Swami Vivekananda

My parents came over from Barbados in the late 1950s and early '60s.

— David Harewood

My grandfather and my father disagreed about music, not least of all because my dad wanted to improvise. It wasn't just that…

— Elvis Costello

Something struck me in Africa, in black Africa, where polygamy is legal: the solitary woman is the rule there, from at an…

— Dacia Maraini

It was my father who taught me to value myself. He told me that I was uncommonly beautiful and that I was…

— Dawn French

He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than he who has a great deal left…

— William Penn

I didn't have parents, so I lived in people's homes... And because I grew up with no parental role models, I learned…

— John Lone

My sister and I were born in Chile and raised in the States, and my little brothers were born in the States…

— Pedro Pascal

Why didn't children ever see that they could damage and harm their parents as much as parents could damage and harm children?

— Laura Z. Hobson

There's something really empowering about going, 'Hell, I can do this! I can do this all!' That's the wonderful thing about mothers,…

— Kate Winslet

I'd be careful if I were you, Potter. Unless you're a bit politer, you'll go the same way as your parents. They…

— Draco Malfoy

I went to so many sleepovers where these parents were reading the 'Book of Revelation' before bed and things like that. I…

— John Gourley

“Other freshmen were already moving into their dormitory rooms when we arrived, with their parents helping haul. I saw boxes of paperbacks,…

— Louise Erdrich

No child should be raised in a system. A system isn't a parent. Even the system knows this, which is why the…

— Rhea Perlman

HOW TO MAKE YOUR PARENTS THINK YOU'RE INSANE Follow them around the house everywhere Moo when they say your name Run into…

— Sheryne Brooks

There are huge pain points experienced by parents. It's hard to find good child care options in one place. It's hard figure…

— Christine Tsai

“They took him last night, and tried him," the man continued. "At dawn they led him before Pilate. Twice the Roman denied…

— Lew Wallace

When my father finally got around to teaching me to drive, he was impressed at my "natural" talent for driving, not knowing…

— Robert Fulghum

My parents prepared me for the worst, hoped for the best.

— Darci Lynne Farmer

Once I got past my anger toward my mother, I began to excel in volleyball and modeling.

— Gabrielle Reece

I love photography and first editions. I have that in my genes. My father was an archivist.

— Winona Ryder

The Qaddafis, father and sons, speak the grammar of dictatorship: threats and bribery.

— Hisham Matar

When you're little, your father is your hero. Mine was. Then it all becomes more complicated.

— Clare Balding

My father thought of himself as a tradesman. A craftsman.

— Thomas Steinbeck

Losing a parent is tough and its something I hate to see others go through.

— Anonymous

In my mind, I always knew what my father looked like.

— Tom Stoppard

My whole family, my father's side, there was a great deal of depression, and my mother's side as well.

— Dorothy Hamill

People often ask me if my parents helped me. My mother did lend me $10 to register the domain name.

— Leandra Medine

My mother was really amazing and left me with a whole lot of treasures. I miss her terribly.

— Dianne Reeves

“If you pull some lame-ass 'I'm your father' bullshit, right now, I'm going to lose it.”

— Martin Leicht

A mother's prayers, silent and gentle, can never miss the road to the throne of all bounty.

— Henry Ward Beecher

My father is not that comfortable with children, but he's a terrific father for an adult.

— Christie Hefner

Father, may my song today be a sweet sound in Your ears-even if in Yours alone. Amen.

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

Dangal' worked because it dealt with the universal emotion behind the father and daughter.

— Rajiv Menon