Parents Quotes · Page 48

We write not only for children but also for their parents. They, too, are serious children.

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

When I was quite young my parents never said books were off limits.

— Anonymous

I don't always study. But when I do, I make sure my parents see me.

— Anonymous

Is my job as a child, even as an adult, is my job to heal the wounds of my parents' childhoods?

— Peter Hedges

My parents have been volleyball players, and my dad is an Arjuna awardee in volleyball.

— P. V. Sindhu

Im jealous of my parents. I will never have a son so cute as they have

— Hussein Nishah

I was born to Chinese immigrant parents, who came from Taiyuan.

— May Pang

I love my parents and we have a terrific relationship. They have been very supportive of my career choice.

— Mena Massoud

Osama bin Laden characterized his terrorist activities as 'defensive jihad,' provoked by 'debauched infidels' bent on enslaving the Muslim world. The lead…

— Albert Bandura

Since I was a kid, music has been a huge part of my life. My parents had a pretty solid vinyl collection…

— Reid Scott

“They (parents) have been doing this (imposing their beliefs about life on you) since you were born. That’s more than enough to…

— Lukasz Laniecki

White parents use time out. My mom used a different type of time out. She'd be like, 'There...take time out to pick…

— Martin Lawrence

My father, Fukujuro, drove a cab and my mother, Itsuko, was a homemaker. My parents often took me to see Impressionist exhibits.…

— Takashi Murakami

I've got two parents, I don't ride around with guns, and I've never put my hands on a woman. But the only…

— Tyrann Mathieu

My earliest memory, and one of my favorite memories, is growing up in Hawaii and going to visit my dad's parents, my…

— Evan Mock

My parents got me a $25 Kent steel-string acoustic guitar when I was around 12. The following Christmas, my parents bought me…

— Alex Lifeson

My brother Robert wanted to act from a very early age, and there was always a part of me that said we…

— Philip Glenister

My parents aren't artists or anything, but growing up in Wales, especially in a Welsh language school and community, they have this…

— Iwan Rheon

The best schools tend to have the best teachers, not to mention parents who supervise homework, so there is less need for…

— Sugata Mitra

Neither of my parents are involved in politics or anything like that, but my dad is political, certainly, and we would have…

— Leo Varadkar

Boarding school was a really pivotal moment. Before I went there, I was so happy. I'm not sure I was ready for…

— Adwoa Aboah

Parents can ruin children, and sometimes that's a learned behavior. Sometimes you can't blame your parents for it, sometimes you can. I…

— Terry McMillan

Since my brother died in 1982, my parents and I had formed a shaky tripod of a family; now that I'd lost…

— Ann Hood

“The reality is that most of us communicate the same way that we grew up. That communication style becomes our normal way…

— Kristen Crockett

I want to make people of Punjab, my parents, and grandparents proud.

— Shehnaaz Gill

My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I hated it somehow pleased them even more.

— Barry Humphries

My parents have always been supportive of whatever I've wanted to do.

— Syd

I got into tennis because of my parents. They would play a little on the weekend and I liked it when I…

— Gael Monfils

Going to school at home saved my life as far as education went. My parents were able to give me the attention…

— Kristy Swanson

I was raised by my parents to believe that you had a moral obligation to try and help save the world.

— Anne Lamott

I think, a lot of times as women, we feel pressure from our parents, our friends: we see our friends get married.

— LeToya Luckett

Each and every one of us who is still lucky enough to have our parents has a duty to them. We do…

— Ann Jillian

But I think role models also start in the home with your parents.

— Dominique Wilkins

My parents are Andre Previn and Mia, but obviously, they're not even my real parents.

— Soon-Yi Previn

My parents always saw me as an artist, and that greatly influenced me

— Meredith Brooks

My parents are my backbone. Still are. They're the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.

— Kobe Bryant

Both my parents are wonderful cooks - my father looks like he has been in the kitchen his whole life.

— Aditya Roy Kapur

Parents who press their children to succeed do so in hopes of preparing them for an adulthood of high achievement.

— Alissa Quart

My parents moved to San Francisco from India when I was a year old.

— Sid Sriram

“The miracle of children is that we just don’t know how they will change or who they will become.”

— Eileen Kennedy-Moore