Parents Quotes · Page 59

Being gay is not a terrible, tragic disease that requires prevention or treatment chosen for you by your parents.

— Alice Dreger

Parents are flawed human beings who are given a role that more approximates that of God than of mere mortals.

— Dennis Prager

Parents, just keep in mind that kids will always round off to the nearest obscenity..

— Ray Romano

I would ask my parents something, but then go to my siblings. We were encouraged to bounce ideas off everyone.

— Ahmet Zappa

“Because they're parents. It's in the job description. Must drive minivans. Must be immune to fashion. Must be freaks.”

— Sarah Ockler

“Maybe my parents had it right, and all kids need is love, fresh air and a bit of healthy neglect.”

— Ann Cleeves

Love and appreciate your parents. We are often so busy growing up; we forget they are also growing old.

— Anonymous

A lot of parents pack up their troubles and send them off to summer camp.

— Raymond Duncan

My parents bought a motorhome and would take us to skate competitions throughout California when I was only seven or eight years…

— Nyjah Huston

I don't recall my parents ever steering me toward or away from science. It was more that I was steered toward learning…

— Sandra Faber

“I also believe that parents, if they love you, will hold you up safely, above their swirling waters, and sometimes that means…

— Mitch Albom

When I found out my parents wanted to homeschool me, I was so bummed out. I missed all my friends. But now…

— Rich Brian

People still look askance at a kid in the supermarket who's pitching a fit and think the parent is not sufficiently in…

— Ross W. Greene

If your boyfriend or girlfriend wrongs you don't tell your parents about it. You might forgive them, but your parents won't.

— Rajat Dogra

You are under great scrutiny when you are adopting, more so than natural parents. There are a lot of interviews, screenings etc.

— Craig Revel Horwood

“These parents are making daily deposits into Sammy’s wisdom account that are going to help Sammy—when he’s a teenager and throughout his…

— Jim Fay

One of the things that I really like about young adult fiction is that you can explore the relationships between teens and…

— Maggie Stiefvater

I talked late, swam late, did not learn to ride a bike until college - and might never have walked or learned…

— Julia Glass

Its so easy and convenient to buy our children gifts, but I encourage and challenge you to give them gifts that TRULY…

— Stephanie Lahart

“I sit on my bed and think about Nader McMillan and wonder what I’m going to do. Ignore him. Stand up to…

— A.S. King

I think the number one thing that I find important is the importance of honesty with your friends and your parents, if…

— Emma Stone

My parents, neither one of them went to college. That wasn't available to them. But, you know, we had a wonderful life.…

— Tad Devine

Maybe someday it will seem quaint that, during a time of plague, some of the parents of the 1990s wanted to deny…

— Anna Quindlen

My mom and my dad wanted my brother and I to have a better life, you know, better education, better jobs. It…

— Mila Kunis

After all the sacrifices and studying so hard,this achieve is for yourself and for your parents.

— Mitch Alapan

If Tumblr and Twitter were school subjects, my parents would love me.

— Jenni Monroe

I appreciate my parents for everything they instilled in me and my brothers.

— Thundercat

My parents didn't know how to provide me with the encouragement I needed to achieve my dreams.

— Eileen Pollack

“We realized that the version of the world they rendered for us was not the world they really believed in...”

— Jeffrey Eugenides

My parents have been there for me, ever since I was about 7.

— David Beckham

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

— Bible

Credit for my success should go to my parents and my late guru Mandolin Srinivas garu.

— Devi Sri Prasad

Before marriage, her parents wonder when he will go home; after marriage, she wonders when he will come home.

— Vikrant Parsai

I'm thankful I don't have parents that I feel I need to get their attention. They've always been there for me.

— Cierra Ramirez

My parents are wonderful, and I'm really lucky - but my mom has always been almost exclusively a right-brained person.

— Brandon Boyd

That's what children are for—that their parents may not be bored.

— Ivan Turgenev

The whole world could be affected by your talent, your talent, but nothing for your parents

— Mak_786

My parents gave everything for me and I want now to keep winning to provide for them.

— Marcos Maidana

In any kid's relationship with their parents, there's always an influence there. You always want to do them proud.

— Colin Morgan

Parents want their kids’ approval, a reversal of the past ideal of children striving for their parents’ approval.

— Elizabeth Kolbert