Parenting Quotes · Page 497

When my mom was pregnant with me, my parents moved from France to America.

— Rostam Batmanglij

the Lord gives good many things twice over; but he don't give ye a mother but once.

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

A mother is person who can take the place of all others, but whose place no one else can take.

— Anonymous

My mother raised three children on her own and my dad was a doctor working 16 hours a day.

— Christopher Meloni

My wife is from Copenhagen and her father has been a huge Liverpool supporter since the early 1960s.

— Aaron Dessner

My parents dreaded the fact that I was changing my life to do this, but I just kept doing it.

— Jason Mraz

My mother's mother is a very tough cookie. She buried three husbands. Two of them were just napping.

— Rita Rudner

My father was responsible for me starting in music. He's always stood behind me.

— Gary Moore

My Father is a photographer, so it was always around. I was trained in painting, so I learnt a lot of skills…

— Patricia Piccinini

Little sister: Dad! I Wash the dishes! Father: Really!?Thats my good girl!And what does your Elder brother do? Elder brother: I help…

— Veronica Daaco

My parents, they were both Socialists; they were young - 30, 31. They were both successful career people. They had been teachers,…

— Maria Cornejo

Mothers are truly great who can do anything for you. But no one can do what a mother can for her child.…

— Urvashi Rautela

My father used to say that it's never too late to do anything you wanted to do. And he said, 'You never…

— Michael Jordan

As far as my father is concerned, he is possessive and orthodox, and for him, girls should be kept away from the…

— Esha Deol

I think family dynamics are definitely very interesting. And in my case my sister did get married. She gave my parents a…

— Aasif Mandvi

My mother, she was able to swim through planets and turn them into whatever she wanted - they didn't have to be…

— Patrick Monahan

“My mother looks at me with love and understanding, and I realize: she knows what my father did. She knows what I…

— Ally Condie

“Francesca couldn’t say anything, because that would just make her mother feel even worse, and so instead they stood there as they…

— Julia Quinn

“...once becoming a mother, a woman might be radicalized in her feminism. She had a greater stake in saving the earth from…

— Erica Jong

“With the sensation that he was passing through the Looking-Glass, Max stared at his father as if he had never seen him…

— Sol Luckman

I am that prodigal son who wasted all the portion entrusted to me by my father. But I have not yet fallen…

— St. Jerome

“The old feelings rumbled through his belly, taking root in his aching loins. He was too crippled to pleasure himself anymore. He…

— J.T. Ellison

The angel of the Family is Woman. Mother, wife, or sister, Woman is the caress of life, the soothing sweetness of affection…

— Giuseppe Mazzini

Following Michael Brown's death, I went to Ferguson and met with his parents. I stood with them as they tried to hold…

— Al Sharpton

I'd like to thank my parents for always stressing, be an individual.

— Shelby Lynne

My mother was a very amazing woman. She was a very strong, remarkable woman.

— Tina Knowles

Being parents suits us. Having kids has been the best thing for both of us.

— Ayda Field

Afflictions are but as a dark entry into our Father's house.

— Thomas Brooks

O heart the winds have shaken, the unappeasable host Is comelier than candles at Mother Mary's feet.

— William Butler Yeats

I was born with a natural gift. My mother recognized the talent.

— Bernie Worrell

In 2004, I joined my father, John Kerry, on the trail in his bid for the United States presidency.

— Alexandra Kerry

I steadfastly believe that there is no greater love than that between a mother and a child.

— John Carter Cash

I fell in love with funk music through my father - Funkadelic - as well as soul and classical early on.

— Miguel

My father hasn't backed me in any way, and I don't think anybody has backed me.

— Fahadh Faasil

“They didn't have to be funny — they were father jokes.”

— Terry Pratchett

“Like any good father, I tried to calculate ways I could monetize this ability.”

— Stephen Tobolowsky

Because everyone is someone's child, every woman seems like someone's mother.

— Megan Fox

Its a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.

— Ama Ata Aidoo

“A loving mother makes sacrifices for peace and laughter to reign in her home and family.”

— Agu Jaachynma N.E

Some journeys take you farther from where you come from, but closer to where you belong.

— Ron Franscell