Parenting Quotes · Page 61

Necessity, who is the mother of invention.

— Plato

My mother was pretty much on my case all the time.

— Wesley Snipes

My parents were strict but loving.

— Ann Dowd

My father was an architect.

— Jocelyn Bell Burnell

My father taught me how to hunt.

— John David Washington

Truth is the nursing mother of genius.

— Margaret Fuller

Mothers aren't allowed to have favorite children!

— Bonnie Jo Campbell

We are the people our parents warned us about.

— Anonymous

I never wanted anything to happen to my parents, but a hero needs an origin story.

— Joey Comeau

Parents are supposed to be role models, not let downs.

— Anonymous

If he doesn't respect his mother, he sure as hell won't respect YOU.

— Mina Alesevic

Most of us become parents long before we have stopped being children.

— Mignon McLaughlin

“The Father is always intimately entwined in our struggles". ~R. Alan Woods [2013]”

— R. Alan Woods

Ireland is a fruitful mother of genius, but a barren nurse.

— John Boyle O'Reilly

My mother said I was a star when I was about four years old. That's all I need.

— Jonathan Rhys Meyers

I was raised in a family where my father was the first one to go to college.

— Jim Gaffigan

“Etsuko was given the name Esther by her teacher, Mr. Slater, on her first day of school. "It's his mother's name," she…

— Julie Otsuka

Elvis was sincere, and he was - he was so loyal. And he was so homespun. He loved his mother, he loved…

— Linda Thompson

From a young age, my parents always told me and my sister how important it was as a girl to be more…

— Coco Rocha

I was kind of a misfit, and when my mother died, I had to become an adult, something that I never thought…

— Martha Wainwright

I would much rather be known as the mother of a great son than the author of a great book or the…

— Rose Kennedy

My son has two loving parents and an extended family, whether it's cousins or stepmothers or boyfriends. My son is surrounded by…

— Bridget Moynahan

In our family, there wasn't anything else besides art. Nothing else in the world existed. My father never spoke about going to…

— Kiki Smith

“For to be overmindful of your debt is to doubt his generosity who has the free-hearted earth for mother, and God for…

— Khalil Gibran

Parents should be encouraged to read to their children, and teachers should be equipped with all available techniques for teaching literacy, so…

— Hugh Mackay

“My parents, like other parents of this era, represented a generation of helpers—what I refer to as generation of doers. We have…

— Rick Rigsby

The hardest stories we tell are always about ourselves. How do you explain that you have been missing your mother for 20…

— Jose Antonio Vargas

The parents pull you aside and say, 'I have to give credit where credit is due, you really are sacrificing a lot…

— Charlie Batch

There has been, for some reason (or more likely an unfortunate accumulation of reasons) a trend over the past several decades for…

— Carolyn Hax

I pray to my mother before every game. She passed away when I was 9, but I always consider her my wings…

— Jahlil Okafor

My parents found tradition and ritual very important, because they were both brought up that way and found comfort in it. They…

— Chloe Sevigny

If you look back over my life, there's been a lot of things that have happened that I really haven't had any…

— Caleb Plant

“That’s your first helping,” his father responded.”

— John Burley

I dont give a lovely mother fuck as nigga

— Lil Wayne

My mother says I have boring percussion.

— Stephin Merritt

I am learning cooking... all my mother's recipes.

— Divya Dutta

Hot legs, bring your Mother, too.

— Rod Stewart

My father is a very theatrical and dramatic person.

— Viva Bianca

A mothers instinct really is a powerful thing.

— Anonymous

I think I'm proudest of making my parents proud.

— Eric Dickerson