Parenting Quotes · Page 384

I didn't start grieving for my mother properly until I was maybe 16.

— Peaches Geldof

“Chronic selfishness and parenting do not go together”

— Anonymous

“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”

— Benjamin Franklin

The dance is the mother of the arts, The dance breaks down the distinction of body & soul.

— Curt Sachs

Whatever I do in life, my parents always taught me to focus on that, and they never let me quit.

— Cassie Scerbo

The trouble with learning to parent on the job is that your child is the teacher.

— Robert Breault

Does any new parent, even if you're not a first-time parent, ever really know what to do?

— Robert Downey, Jr

It seems the farther away we are from Hollywood, the better the ratings.

— Martin Milner

Whenever I get married, it will be a Bengali wedding. If I won't have a Bengali wedding, my mother won't come. She…

— Bipasha Basu

Part of our responsibility as parents, as adults, is to set examples for children. But we have to like children in order…

— Bobby McFerrin

When I look at my parents I'm like, 'This is easy. Staying together for 35 years? How hard is that?' They're like,…

— John Krasinski

Then I became a mother and it just fills every space, that isn't filled with something else important. It's just like this…

— Thandie Newton

I remember what it was like when my parents couldn't help me with my homework because they couldn't speak the language, or…

— Milana Vayntrub

“My mother has often been labelled as strange but that’s because she says things that people can’t possibly believe. Mostly she’s right.”

— Jeanette Winterson

My parents were the same in the pulpit as they were at home. I think that's where a lot of preachers' kids…

— Joel Osteen

I had a difficult relationship with my parents, who died young, but they instilled self-discipline and a sense of honour and loyalty…

— Monty Don

“Jimmy Stewart wrote to my father on December 31, 1946, “More important than anything, thank you for giving us that idea, which…

— Philip Van Doren Stern

“Timbuktu. The last pure place. Isolation being the mother of purity. All men are jealous of Timbuktu because Timbuktu is removed from…

— Tom Robbins

I don't really like to compare my life as an actress and being my son's mother. My personal life and my professional…

— Nia Long

“Well,” her mother said, looking at the engine, “at least that’s still there.” "Do you know anything about engines?" Stephanie asked. "That’s…

— Derek Landy

I was born and raised in Liberia in West Africa. My mother is Sierra Leonean, and my father's Liberian. I grew up…

— Richelieu Dennis

Such was the love of this grandson for his grandmother that two years after the death of his mother, when she herself…

— Pramoedya Ananta Toer

I've come to admire our military kids more than you all will know, because you guys are heroes. And the only way…

— Michelle Obama

“All of us—employers, parents, schools, government agencies, and interns themselves—are complicit in the devaluing of work, the exacerbation of social inequality, and…

— Ross Perlin

My adoptive mother always wanted to meet my biological mother.

— Saroo Brierley

I'm really enjoying playing mothers, it just feels a bit more grown-up.

— Joanna Page

We met Dr. Hall in such deep mourning that either his mother, his wife, or himself must be dead.

— Jane Austen

The teacher, whether mother, priest, or schoolmaster, is the real maker of history.

— H. G. Wells

Parents should be able to develop goals about the type of parents they want to be.

— Timothy Carey

“My mother warned me about getting into cars with strange men.” “This isn’t a car,” he pointed out.”

— Greg Cox

I am so happy and thankful that my parents are still together.

— Anonymous

I got a mother who's very strong after taking the whippings that she took from my father.

— Anonymous

What did my parents say when I told them I wanted to be an actor? 'Be a plumber.'

— Samuel West

My mother, Carmen, cleaned houses and took care of elderly people.

— Kevin de Leon

When I think of Venice Beach, my father's painting is what comes to mind.

— Ron Mael

My mother always said that everyone should be required to write an autobiography of their lives.

— Diane Keaton

When I make decisions, I'm not thinking about my parents. I'm thinking about my children.

— Tzipi Livni

My father is a die-hard Punjabi and I have been brought up in a typical Punjabi household.

— Esha Deol

I think the greatest gift your parents can give you if you want to be a comedian is good taste.

— Seth Meyers

“My life has been fabulous because I never listened to my parents.”

— Carrie Firestone