Parents Quotes · Page 128

No matter how big you are, in the eyes of parents to keep children

— Mak_786

I felt like a burden on society, a burden on my parents, a burden on my brother.

— Dylan Alcott

“My father spoke with his hands. He was deaf. His voice was in his hands. And his hands contained his memories.”

— Myron Uhlberg

It's painful to watch your parents not be in control of things.

— Regina Spektor

I've always wanted to be sure my parents approve of what I do.

— Ashley Tisdale

I hate when parents compare you to other kids. I'm me you should love me for who I am not what you…

— Anonymous

Fire is born from wood (as two sticks are rubbed together), but then devours its parents.

— Rig Veda

Like parents, cooks shouldn't have favourites, but some recipes inevitably shine more than others.

— Yotam Ottolenghi

Parents let children hav fun once in a while. most of u always be so strict n mean or wat ever n…

— Ritu Ghatourey

I will always be the way I was a couple years ago before anything happened. And that's to my parents' credit, my…

— Kaley Cuoco

I look at my books the way parents look at their children. The fact that one becomes more successful than the others…

— Alex Haley

There's something about a divorce in that even if your parents still love you, the fact that they can't live with each…

— Jack Black

I was born in Pondicherry. Both my parents are French. They met in Pondicherry in the '70s, got married, and stayed back…

— Kalki Koechlin

All parents are trying to balance. Look, I'm lucky in the sense that I can control my hours. I can choose my…

— Matt Damon

My parents always instilled knowing that your beautiful, that your fearfully and wonderfully made, and that you know who you are.

— Amber Riley

I struggled a lot in Kenya. My brother was looking to get me out, also with my parents. They managed to take…

— Victor Wanyama

When my dad retired, he moved to Georgia, but I stayed in California. I was in San Francisco: that's where I first…

— Zaytoven

I had been brought up in an elementary school where, my first few grades, I remember being specifically told that my teachers…

— Jake Gyllenhaal

And how we become like our parents! How their scorned advice - based, we felt in our superiority, on prejudices and muddled…

— Alexander McCall Smith

Because when does anybody really grow up? I mean, I feel more grown up now, more in a place of solidity and…

— Priscilla Ahn

My parents were educated in the Turkish system and went straight from high school to medical school; my mom, who had skipped…

— Elif Batuman

To believe that your husband, wife, parents, kids, boss, job, bank account, or body is even partly responsible for your emotions, to…

— Anonymous

My parents took me to Sam Ash, and I got a pretty cheap setup - a MIDI keyboard and one of those…

— Cuco

Without Metallica, I wouldn't be doing what I am doing. I have every Metallica record, of course, and I would spend hours…

— Joey Jordison

To My Future Kids: I will do my best to make sure you don't grow up with divorced parents...

— Anonymous

I guess its the same with all children really, they have this sort of pathetic longing to be like their parents were.

— Rick Stein

Even my parents felt like, 'My son finally made it working with Youn Yuh-jung.'

— Lee Isaac Chung

My parents grew up in Haiti, and unfortunately they watched the country they loved slide into dictatorship.

— Karine Jean-Pierre

My parents are super-traditional. To them, any career in the arts - they just wouldn't have it.

— Jax Jones

I did not have an affectionate childhood, neither of my parents were expressive in that way.

— Ulrika Jonsson

My parents split before my fifth birthday, and I moved with Mom and my three siblings to her native Oahu.

— Janet Mock

My parents told me, 'Skating is a privilege, not a right, and school always comes first.'

— Ashley Wagner

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

— Hozier

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

— Woody Allen

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

— Anonymous

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

— Ranbir Kapoor

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

— Grant Shapps

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

— Vikrant Parsai

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

— Francine du Plessix Gray

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

— Sandy Raman