Parenting Quotes · Page 405

“Tory a father isn’t supposed to fear his fourteen-year-old daughter. That being said, you terrify me.”

— Kathy Reichs

Along with a livable wage, many parents are desperate for quality affordable child care.

— Kirsten Gillibrand

The scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class.

— Jack London

As parents, it's easy to not give the child enough credit and not spend enough time together.

— Rahul Dev

OF COURSE I'd like to be the ideal mother. But I'm too busy raising children.

— Bil Keane

“Adora Belle looked down at a face that would take a frantic battalion of mothers to love,”

— Terry Pratchett

I've mostly worked in Hindi and occasionally Gujarati, which is my mother tongue.

— Supriya Pathak

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

— Henry Ward Beecher

After 'The Poisonwood Bible' was published, several people believed that my parents were missionaries, which could not be further from the truth.

— Barbara Kingsolver

Measuring Safety Performance by the number of injuries you have is like measuring parenting by the number of smacks you give

— Robert Long

The causes of youth violence are working parents who put their kids into daycare, the teaching of evolution in the schools, and…

— Tom DeLay

My father was a ham radio geek, and I remember the glow of the vacuum tubes from a Hammarlund receiver that became…

— Bre Pettis

My mother, grandmother and older sister all cooked, so it was hard to get into the kitchen. So I have no talent…

— Cheryl Ladd

“I’m Briana Fallon. Do you have a conventional first name, too, or did your parents anticipate your future academic achievements when they…

— Marko Kloos

My mother tells me of when I was 10 or 11 and I'd wear really tight, short skirts and crop tops. All…

— Lara Stone

“One of the biggest mistakes new homeschooling parents make is going into it with an 'all or nothing' mentality. That's a lot…

— Jacqueline Wilson

“we need a god who bleeds now a god whose wounds are not some small male vengeance some pitiful concession to humility…

— Ntozake Shange

“This made my father laugh. 'Mary made a cake, did she? Well, well. Better that than she should make a cake for…

— Jennifer Paynter

“There are two philosophies when it comes to getting young children to sleep. There is 'sleep training,' which basically involves putting your…

— Jim Gaffigan

When I am grappling with ideas which are radical enough to upset grown-ups, then I am likely to put these ideas into…

— Madeleine L'Engle

“The priest motioned for the congrecation to sit, then welcomed everyone in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. He…

— Natalie Baszile

“We try to bring up our children so that they are protected from the world's evils, only to find we've raised a…

— Samuel R. Delany

No one in my family plays music. But since I was very little, I would go around the house singing and dancing.…

— Rosalia

“As my father once explained to me, our “rights” are only as strong as the democracy that protects them. Because we are…

— George Takei

The students [of the 60s] substituted conspicuous compassion for their parents conspicuous consumption.

— Allan Bloom

Fashion is in my blood. Growing up, I was always clacking around the house in my mother's shoes.

— Sophia Bush

All the kids looked up to my father because he was known to be that dude who knocks people out.

— John Singleton

Do you know why love is blind? Because your mothers start loving you before seeing you!!

— Anonymous

“He flashed her a smile, and holy mother of God, it was wickedly sexy.”

— Jill Shalvis

Your Mother was A Hamster and you Father Smelled of elder berries

— John Cleese

I know more than anyone the divergent views about my father.

— Park Geun-hye

I was an absolute maniac, a terrible husband and father.

— Jim Valvano

He was a combat veteran from Korea, and he was a great father.

— Mike Pence

My parents are good role models because they've worked hard and gave me a happy childhood.

— Anonymous

Soon it will be a sin for parents to have a child that carries the heavy burden of genetic disease.

— Bob Edwards

I started out doing my mother's nightclub act, and I had stage fright.

— Carrie Fisher

Now, since I'm a husband and father, discrimination against women isn't just political, it's personal.

— Warren Farrell

We are never alone when we stand with our Father in Heaven.

— Thomas S. Monson

When I was four years old, my mother owned some tenements in the Bronx.

— Cy Coleman

I don't know if a mother's love and a father's love is that different.

— Peter Hedges