Parenting Quotes · Page 374

They've got great parents; I'm just trying to be the fun uncle.

— Sarah Silverman

It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

My parents' sacrifice and hard work obligated me to be successful, it wasn't an option to fail.

— Wayne Messam

The Godhead consists of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Father is a material being.

— Orson Pratt

Your parents may not be perfect, but they are the most perfect gift God has ever given you.

— Anonymous

Warhol wanted to put me in a film, but my mother wouldn't let me.

— Patti D'Arbanville

You know it's time to grow up when your parents make you go to doctor appointments by yourself...

— Anonymous

My mother always said I should have a back-up profession if the acting doesn't work out.

— Gina Bellman

Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness.

— Brené Brown

I'm a total fangirl for Nancy Meyers. I love all her movies - 'Something's Gotta Give,' 'Father of the Bride,' 'The Parent…

— Rebecca Serle

What the world needs today more than anything else is an implicit faith in God, our Father, and in Jesus Christ, His…

— Heber J. Grant

The people whom the sons and daughters find it hardest to understand are the fathers and mothers, but young people can get…

— Simeon Strunsky

I've got The Father on my side, Jesus Christ, The Holy Spirit and 2/3 of the angels. What do you think I'm…

— Leonard Ravenhill

Being a mother is probably the hardest job in the world. I feel like, in a lot of ways, children come into…

— Mariah Carey

Your parents don't give you much love, do they?' 'I don't need that stuff,' I told her. 'Henry, everybody needs love.' 'I…

— Charles Bukowski

Unfortunately, in my home, we didn't speak Arabic; it was a mixed culture. My mother played a dominant role in our educational…

— Said Musa

A lot of what I've written that's made its way onto my records I've written in Kansas, which is interesting because I've…

— Kevin Morby

“When we need to find something to blame for a tragedy, mothering becomes the de facto central influence in a child or…

— Anonymous

My dad was always such a frustrated artist. He always worked very hard to support his family, doing a bunch of ridiculous…

— Rainn Wilson

“It’s understandable that we would believe many things as children that our parents and others in our society have passed on to…

— Robert Carroll

God sounds kinda like a shitty father to me. If God was so powerful why'd he have to give his son up?…

— Hannibal Buress

“The death mask.” My mother dips her fingers in a bowl of white clay. She covers my face with it, blows on…

— Zoraida Córdova

I think people like to think I'm in some way financially dependent on my family - on my dad - but the…

— Devon Aoki

The original entrepreneur may initiate the initial purpose, but, in a sense, like a parent that has children, the children have their…

— John Mackey

“I am not my husband's wife, nor my child's mother...who, then, am I?”

— Rasana Atreya

Good works are links that form a chain of love" Mother Theresa

— Anonymous

I see a boy with his mother's ambition, performing for love, trained in submission.

— Pete Townshend

My father was tough. At least, he thought so, and I guess I have a lot of his traits.

— Lee Marvin

“Of course your parents know how to push your buttons. They're the ones who did the wiring.”

— Delia Fontan Fernandez

My father's a preacher, my mother's a teacher, thus I rhyme.

— Saul Williams

Parents must be treated with respect, whether one wants to strangle them or not.

— Loretta Chase

Planning the conversation in your head before asking your parents for something big.

— Anonymous

“it's a wise parent who allows her children to give up the things of childhood in their own time.”

— Anonymous

“Somehow I knew that puppies were meant to leave their mothers.”

— W. Bruce Cameron

Basic Instincts It's the way mother birds build nests, and build them high enough to elude

— Anonymous

I'm pretty relaxed as a parent, and I think that people might be surprised by that.

— Whitney Port

I'm happiest walking through fields, on beaches, and over riverbanks. Nature is my surrogate mother.

— Marco Pierre White

My parents' usual reprimand was to remind me that I was not the Prince of Wales.

— Andrew Solomon

Snow looks beautiful until your parents make you shove it.

— Danish

At 41 and a half weeks pregnant, I started to have second thoughts about becoming a mother.

— Jenny Mollen