Parenting Quotes · Page 395

He who has the judge for his father goes into court with an easy mind.

— Miguel de Cervantes

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

— Pooja Bhatt

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

— Anonymous

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

— Kaya Scodelario

"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

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

— Steve Leasock

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

— Erin Moure

My father wanted me to play pro football, and he didn't like the fact that I'd left school. And he said, "It…

— Bill Cosby

My parents divorced about the same time the movie 'The Parent Trap' came out, about two twins at camp who scheme to…

— Chuck Palahniuk

“There are things you forget naturally-computer passwords, your father's continuing relationship with life-and then there are things you can't forget that you…

— David Sedaris

“Man up, Akane. World-wide destruction or talk to your mother.” When she didn’t answer right away, he shook her. “What? I’m thinking…

— Dana Marie Bell

“And really is there anything in the world more captivating than a beautiful young mother with a healthy baby in her arms?…

— Anton Chekhov

I never knew my father, and I'd hate to repeat that kind of cycle with my own children, because I'd also want…

— Mickey Rourke

I'm the new Slytherin Seeker, Weasley. Everyone's just been admiring the brooms my father's bought our team.

— Draco Malfoy

“In all my life I have never heard a mother call out to her child as he or she goes off to…

— Susan Jeffers

“Without you, African mother, there would have been no us--African fathers, sons and daughters. Do we need to say any more African…

— Yosef A.A. Ben-Jochannan

So, babies are taken from their mothers because they get temporarily insane and it's not the mother's fault. This is the thing:…

— Marie Osmond

“And I am overwhelmed now by the awfulness of over-simplification. For now I realize that not only have I been guilty of…

— Alistair MacLeod

“His mother hesitated before she continued grilling him. “Is he a good boy?” “No, Mom, he’s Satan incarnate. In fact, once it’s…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

Because my parents were illegal, they couldn't trust anybody. They were always nervous. A neighbor could be like, 'These people are making…

— Giannis Antetokounmpo

“Long past sunset an old blind woman sat on a camp-stool with her back to the stone wall of the Union of…

— Virginia Woolf

Listen to these wounds of pain put in the form of questions to me by a young woman who had had two…

— Neal A. Maxwell

Very few people want to hear the truth. Bogie was like that, my mother was like that, and I'm like that. I…

— Lauren Bacall

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

— Joe Hill

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

— Gary L. Francione

“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

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

— Grace Kelly

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

— Dolly Parton

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

— Syd

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

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

— Nipsey Hussle

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

— Ann Lamott

“He declared that ignorance was the parent of fear, that knowledge was power.”

— Kenneth C. Johnson

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