Parents Quotes · Page 133

I think you get a lot of influence from what your parents play around you. So I always loved country, R&B and…

— Gabby Barrett

For the parents of the youth of Africa, please give your kids a chance to realise their dreams.

— Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Many benefit cuts hit single parents hardest and punish children by forcing their families into destitution.

— Dawn Foster

“I wanted to die. Where were my parents to take me in their arms, to reassure me?”

— Marjane Satrapi

Everything I am came from my parents. I don't take that much credit for who I am and what I am.

— Mandy Patinkin

My parents would use all of their money for us to go new and exciting places, instead of a new television or…

— MO

We hear from parents all the time about how much their kids learn from playing and creating on Roblox.

— David Baszucki

My parents are really supportive, really proud, but in a nice way; they're not gushing.

— Fearne Cotton

My parents came out of Glasgow during the Depression and both - particularly my father - had very tough childhoods. They fought…

— Denis Lawson

My parents were stuck in the idea of what a marriage should be, and they divorced. So I've tried to take the…

— Geraldine James

I guess you could say I devoted myself so strongly to my music that for awhile I forgot about my family. But…

— Lady Gaga

My childhood was rough, we were poor and my parents were alcoholics, but nobody was mean. I knew I was loved. We…

— Carol Burnett

Smaller families mean we have more time and money to lavish on each child. Parents are more anxious because small families give…

— Carl Honore

Everyone needs a mother who forgives all mistakes, a father who fulfills wishes and a true friend who help him when he…

— Anonymous

That's basically what my parents taught me throughout my childhood, being intense and consistent. In my opinion, those are the hardest things…

— Evan Fournier

“Loving my son, building my son, touching my son, playing with my son, being with my son… these aren’t tasks that only…

— Dan Pearce

My parents are kind of young, and my dad always listened to rock music and stuff like that, so I sort of…

— Meghann Fahy

I always thought it would be funny to have the Parents Television Council write an episode of 'Family Guy' and give them…

— Seth MacFarlane

Parents make sure homework is returned without error, drill their kids on upcoming tests to the saturation point, and then complain if…

— John Rosemond

There are some parents who always have their daughter's hair whipped. Mine wasn't always like that, but I appreciate that both my…

— Goapele

I don't take anything for granted. In the beginning, my parents put a lot of money on the table so I could…

— Stan Wawrinka

“...my father, [was] a mid-level phonecompany manager who treated my mother at best like an incompetent employee. At worst? He never beat…

— Gillian Flynn

Public school is a place of detention for children placed in the care of teachers who are afraid of the principal, principals…

— Nate

“Some children grow up with parents whi have their own strong attachment issues: they experience their parents as sometimes emotionally available, sometimes…

— Leslie Becker-Phelps

My parents were amazing and wonderful, but there was a lot of pressure to do my best and in every way possible.

— Kate Bosworth

Yes, my parents are strict about me having a childhood. I go ice skating and sledding, and swimming in the summer.

— Jackie Evancho

“Our fathers were demons,' Catarina said. 'Our mothers were heroes.”

— cassandra clare

My parents put cleats and shin guards on me as soon as I could remember.

— Jenna Ortega

My parents always taught me that my day job would never make me rich; it'd be my homework.

— Daymond John

My parents are famously not part of the gestalt of the fashion industry.

— David Lauren

Growing up, I watched shows such as 'Blackadder' and 'Monty Python' with my parents.

— Mathew Baynton

I told my parents about my musical dreams. They let me try my luck.

— Ankit Tiwari

Pulling away from your parents, that's the natural thing to do; that's how life progresses.

— Wendi McLendon-Covey

Forgiving the men who killed my parents and brother was a process, a journey into deeper and deeper prayer.

— Immaculee Ilibagiza

Really, the F word in a song - it should be the least of the worries of parents these days.

— Enrique Iglesias

My parents were a huge inspiration to me and a massive part of my life and everything that I have achieved.

— Steve Bruce

Sometimes you just have to sit down and ask your parents if they sold your soul.

— Nikhil Saluja

“My parents. My friends. My world. These are the things the Empire can never take away.”

— Claudia Gray

My parents are very trusting. They have always supported my decisions. Sometimes I feel they trust me too much.

— Nidhhi Agerwal

My parents always told us, you know, you have to get your education. You're not supposed to become a statistic.

— Venus Williams