Parents Quotes · Page 106

My parents instilled in me a sense of self that I was more than just a diagnosis or a condition.

— Zach Anner

There are occasions when I've had beef, but I generally tend to avoid it, as a nod towards my parents' culture.

— Sanjeev Bhaskar

I was good in science in school and parents thought I would become a school teacher like my mother.

— P. T. Usha

In our culture, when the parents are having a tough time, the grandparents take care of the kids.

— Shannon Sharpe

“I couldn't keep myself from wondering how on earth I got to have such demented parents".”

— Bella Forrest

I was good in biology, but I did very badly in chemistry, and my parents were horrified by that.

— Andrew Sean Greer

One genuine reason to feel jealous of my parents:-) I will never ever have a kid as awesome as their's...

— Anonymous

Children have an uncanny memory for what parents say, but don't do.

— Wes Fesler

Perhaps the soundest advice for parents is: Lighten up. People have been raising children for approximately as long as there have been…

— George Will

My parents are proof that arranged marriages can work. It is a great part of my culture but I grew up in…

— Konnie Huq

It's not the physical location of birth that defines citizenship, but whether your parents are citizens, and the express or implied consent…

— Phyllis Schlafly

That’s sort of a cliché about parents. We all believe that our children are the most beautiful children in the world. But…

— Heather Armstrong

I was fascinated by my parents as I would visit them on the sets. Since we were a nuclear family I always…

— Meghana Raj

My mum would take us to ballet, and we used to go as a family to Brownies. My dad used to take…

— Corinne Bailey Rae

I don't want to be preachy, but I find it so disturbing that parents today want kids to be a certain way…

— Vidya Balan

While my seemingly compulsive school-hopping has raised some eyebrows among my peers and caused my parents understandable consternation, I do not regret…

— Alexandra Adornetto

I'd have a competition over anything. Absolutely anything, I didn't care what it was. I think that's why my parents decided that…

— Tanni Grey-Thompson

Any statements from the parents may seem like criticism or judgment by the child or adolescent. It's very important that the child…

— Timothy Carey

Growing up, my parents made a lot of sacrifices for my brother and I to go to private school and to attend…

— Marcus Mariota

I can't say there was a last straw because there have been so many straws, but certainly the horrors at the border,…

— Mary L. Trump

My parents divorced, my brothers and I ended up living with my mother, and we were living with the choice of heating…

— Theo Paphitis

For every musician there's a certain point when your kids get to 13 or 14 and you become an embarrassment. They don't…

— Paul Young

In addition, help your children learn self-discipline by such activities as learning to play a musical instrument or other demanding skill. I…

— Joe J. Christensen

“Parents get all focused on themselves, and they see their little babies start walkin' and talkin', and since they kinda look like…

— Barry Lyga

I always wrote. My parents are writers. It just seemed like something people did.

— Zoe Kazan

“Youngsters tend to save the whole world while their parents struggle to save theirs.”

— Toba Beta

My parents always made me dress up for church. I really didn't want to.

— Amar'e Stoudemire

I was pronounced clinically dead. That must have been awful for my parents. Of course, I don't remember it.

— Amanda Redman

Calculus is one course you can come with to your parents and say, I am dropping it. And they'll understand.

— Bill Cosby

My parents have been married for 50-plus years, and I wanted to have what they had.

— David Furnish

I always was passionate about science fiction and horror, and my parents enjoyed that as well.

— Jane Goldman

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— Mak_786

My dad played some guitar, and both my parents are fans of music and have huge record collections.

— Zacky Vengeance

People think I must have pushy parents, but that's not the case.

— Troye Sivan

I had very strict parents, I could never go outside or go to parties.

— Cardi B

My parents put skates on me at age 2, the way it should be if you're serious, and I've always liked it.

— Bonnie Blair

My parents separated when I was eight. I grew up with my mom alone.

— Julian Casablancas

No matter how painful something is, you have to take it. I saw that in both my parents.

— Bernard Lagat

I always found it strange, when I went round to other people's houses for tea and that, how strict their parents were.

— Russell Howard

My parents are from Scotland and my sister and brother were both born in Scotland so my heritage is from there.

— Sam Allardyce