Parenting Quotes · Page 485

My parents had lots of parties. They were hopelessly bohemian. They were just 18 when they had me.

— Noel Fielding

It's about strengthening the relationship and the bond of parent to child.

— Blair Underwood

She is descended from a long line that her mother listened to.

— Gypsy Rose Lee

A mother is she who can take all the place of other but her place is not taken by anyone.

— Anonymous

Our parents have always encouraged us to be independent and dream big.

— Jenna Bush

My parents live right down the street from the house I grew up in.

— Miranda Lambert

I hate when my parents never let me go anywhere and then ask me why I'm always on the computer.

— Tanya Bianco

Juvenile delinquency would disappear if kids followed their parent's advice instead of their example.

— Anonymous

My Mother set me on the right track, Marty Robbins made me want to write songs, and Jesus Christ did the rest.

— Bernie Taupin

“The attempt to prevent our kids from struggling for fear it might scar their permanent records is, instead, scarring them for life.”

— Heather Choate Davis

There's sometimes a weird benefit to having an alcoholic, violent father. He really motivated me in that I never wanted to be…

— Dean Koontz

You can't grow up without taking a few knocks on the way. All parents know that, but children when they're growing up,…

— Ibn Warraq

My mother was a public school teacher in Virginia, and we didn't have any money, we just survived on happiness, on being…

— Dave Grohl

“I am not sure that you can be taught how to love. In many ways it is innate - just watch and…

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

Becoming a father, especially say you have a bad game or something you come back and see your little one smiling it…

— Phil Foden

My father disowned me and my mother left me. It was difficult but I took Lord Ganesha's and Jesus's name and could…

— Rakhi Sawant

My mother Edna was diagnosed with vascular dementia in 2004, and for the next four years I looked after her at home…

— Angela Rippon

“A very patient voice. Concerned, somehow, but a hopeful voice; a cheerful, even loving voice. He tried to remember his mother. ‘Cheradenine?’…

— Iain M. Banks

“We always ate with gusto...It would have offended the cook if we had nibbled or picked...Our mothers and zie [aunties] didn't inquire…

— Sergio Esposito

“We often tend to think of the Father as transcendent and far off in heaven; similarly, the Son may seem far removed…

— Millard J. Erickson

This whole head of the home thing has been blown way out of proportion. Some guys just take it way too far.…

— Donny Osmond

“So a dog's value came from the training AND the breeding. And by breeding, Edgar supposed he meant both the bloodlines -…

— David Wroblewski

I knew that I was a gay boy fairly early; what was interesting to me was that my mother didn't know. She…

— Nate Berkus

My mother bought me a brand new suit for going away to college. We were poor, but she wanted me to have…

— Tom Heinsohn

A mother is she who can take the place of all others.

— Cardinal Mermillod

My father contracted polio on a troop train in Korea.

— David Alan Grier

If you don't know the advantage of a women, go and ask your father.

— Anas Alobobo

Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy - the mother

— Claudette Colbert

My mother, Ms. Nippy Carville, was a woman of many talents.

— James Carville

I don't see myself as a role model; people should look to mothers and sisters as role models.

— Lily Allen

I work hard to show my mother that her child has a purpose.

— Lil B

My greatest regret is that my mother died before I could help her materially.

— James L. Brooks

How sad to see a father with money and no joy. The man studied economics, but never studied happiness.

— Jim Rohn

I don't think it's ever really easy to lose a loved one, especially your mother.

— Marcus Smart

“while your mother in law still lives, domestic harmony / is out of the question.”

— Juvenal

I love how parents think that yelling can resolve any problems.

— Anonymous

“to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”

— Anonymous

When I was a kid I got no respect. My mother breast fed me through a straw.

— Rodney Dangerfield

I grew up listening to my mother's collection of Hank Williams, George Jones and Marty Robbins records.

— Keith Whitley

My mother asks me what round I'd like to win in, and she prays for that.

— Naseem Hamed