Parents Quotes · Page 109

Sun is bad for you. Everything our parents said was good is bad. Sun, milk, red meat...college,

— Woody Allen

I think my parents took me to see Sting when I was very, very young.

— Hozier

I am feeling as if my parents are my children. I'm extremely protective about both of them while on the set

— Ranbir Kapoor

I can't wait to tell my kids I was born before the internet.

— Anonymous

Like all parents, I want to give my kids the best start in life.

— Grant Shapps

Parents ALWAYS notice fake friends BEFORE you. Don't underestimate them.

— KiKi Strack

Mine [parents] started out more from scratch, because I'm constantly aware of what they suffered in the war.

— Francine du Plessix Gray

Always treat your students as if their parents were sitting beside them in the classroom.

— Vikrant Parsai

My parents - my mother, particularly - were very focused on our succeeding. I loved my parents, and was very grateful to…

— Chang-Rae Lee

My parents are really funny. Laughter was a big part of my childhood. Of course, they tell a lot of bad jokes…

— Cecily Strong

Some children do what they’re told to do; some children do what they’re told not to do; all children do what they’re…

— Iyanla Vanzant

My parents are very democratic and liberal people who made the mistake of being democratic and liberal in the upbringing of their…

— Swara Bhaskar

“A dream is a seed. Vision plants it. Imagination nurtures growth. Opportunities create blooms. Thoughts become things!”

— Donna McGoff

“Finally, she's like, "I know it looks bad right now, but parents are just people. They don't always know what to do.…

— Tim Tharp

My earliest memories are of watching 'Star Trek' and 'MASH' while my parents barbecued chicken in the back yard. I was an…

— Mohsin Hamid

I don't need the new fan; I need the fan that has anxiety - parents are getting divorced, social problems, gender problems…

— Shawn Crahan

My childhood was bittersweet in many ways. We moved around a lot. By the time I was 10, I had travelled thousands…

— Nile Rodgers

A two-year-old can be taught to curb his aggressions completely if the parents employ strong enough methods, but the achievement of such…

— Selma Fraiberg

“He thinks giving your kids everything is what makes you a good parent. Like, 'Here's an Xbox, and by the way, I…

— Michelle Krys

There were a lot of things that my parents could not do or afford. And when they put all that dreams into…

— Sudha Chandran

My parents didn't want to believe their son was 200 feet up, free-soloing. They liked to go on long walks and runs,…

— Dean Potter

I would be lying if I said I'm not flattered being voted as the 'Time's' Most Desirable Man of 2012. Frankly, I…

— Arjun Rampal

My parent's house, to be honest, is like a snail's disco. It's a fine house but my parents are very eccentric. Also…

— Natasia Demetriou

I worry about the kids who have too much. As a parent living in a so-called good neighborhood with children who went…

— Marian Wright Edelman

“God sends Children, Parents help them grow up. Teachers teach students, An academy makes them Professionals.”

— Sandy Raman

What's losing a game when people are losing their kids, their parents, their houses? Nothing.

— JaMarcus Russell

“Our parents can continue to screw us up even after they die, and in this way, they’re never really gone.”

— Jonathan Tropper

My parents didn't have a lot of money, but we never knew that. They really did the best they could.

— Dorothy Hamill

My parents once caught me conducting Beethoven's 'Fifth Symphony.'

— Walker Hayes

We use our parents like recurring dreams, to be entered into when needed.

— Doris Lessing

When you have parents who are a little out of their minds, somebody has to take responsibility.

— Shannon Woodward

I'm still trying to figure out how to have an adult relationship with my parents.

— Kumail Nanjiani

Like every parent, my parents too took a lot of effort to give us the best, and to keep things as normal…

— Aishwarya R. Dhanush

Raffi Cavoukian was born in Cairo in 1948 and moved with his Armenian parents to Toronto when he was 10.

— Sheila Heti

My parents have been a great strength to me. They never forced me into anything, and I have the final say.

— Meghana Raj

I realized I was the one doing all the training, earning the money, and my parents were living off of me.

— Dominique Moceanu

I'm happy to have represented England at youth level but I'm also proud of my Nigerian heritage from my parents.

— Bukayo Saka

Hold dear to your parents for it is a scary and confusing world without them.

— Emily Dickinson

I think adoption becomes complicated whenever the biological parents are alive.

— James Haven

A son has no greater duty, no higher good, than serving his parents.

— Sri Sathya Sai Baba