Parents Quotes · Page 77

I grew up a chubby girl. I had two brothers. My parents loved us, they just fed us whatever we wanted.

— Meghan Trainor

I took up boxing out of sheer interest and to help my parents financially.

— Mary Kom

My parents were both opera singers, and they also were both heavily into religious and church music.

— Rick Nielsen

'E.T.' began with me trying to write a story about my parents' divorce.

— Steven Spielberg

When we were growing up we were taught by our parents to have faith in God.

— Bukayo Saka

Kids in school told me my parents had accents, but I had no idea; they've always sounded that way to me.

— Karen Bardsley

Someone's parents have been singing entirely the wrong sort of songs.

— Patrick Rothfuss

My parents pushed me toward trombone because they didn't need another trumpet player.

— Trombone Shorty

Having such high-profile parents could be intimidating, but really, they've let me do my own thing and evolve as a person. When…

— Roshni Nadar

The Ways and Means Committee for me has this opportunity to work with programs where I can take my parents' sense of…

— Sander Levin

I think my parents felt us being a minority a little bit more than I did, and they tried to shelter me…

— Nathan Chen

I feel pressure because I feel like I have a lot of parents in my life; I have a lot of people…

— Shawn Mendes

Children... are our legacy. Our responsibility. They are our destiny and we are theirs. The extent to which we fail as parents,…

— Dirk Benedict

Why do our parents have the ability to make us feel like children even when our hair is graying and we have…

— Michael Robotham

My parents listened to a lot of music when I was really little. They used to listen to people like Michael Jackson…

— Conor Maynard

I feel very happy that the society has matured and parents have opened up to their girls studying more and becoming working…

— Asin

It seems like people my age are over-protected today, even to the point where a lot of parents refuse to put their…

— Abby Sunderland

By the time I was 19, my parents weren't very authoritative over my life.I didn't have any doubt about that - at…

— Bruce Springsteen

I was happy that at home we were a closed circle and then we went out playing chess and saw the world.…

— Judit Polgar

My parents told me they were going to kill me at least a thousand times growing up. "I'm gonna kill you," and…

— Dave Eggers

I personally think that IMDB and some of those Wikipedia things are absolutely ridiculous, because I have been trying to write in…

— Alfonso Ribeiro

Peer pressure is something everyone will face in school. You have to really go by what you think is the right thing…

— Madisen Beaty

Living in a place like Pakistan, very often you meet people who are migrating abroad. And sometimes you'll ask their parents, you…

— Mohsin Hamid

Kids don't want stand-ins on parents' weekend, no matter how much they might love those stand-ins. They don't want stand-ins to talk…

— Jennifer Ashton

I am very privileged to have the parents and family that I do.

— Vivek Oberoi

A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.

— Billy Graham

Chinese parents always think you can do better. But it comes from wanting you to succeed.

— Alvin Leung

I've already put my parents through the wringer with a number of my jobs!

— Ari Graynor

Parents: you do realize one day you will have to pay for all your own things me: yes but today is not…

— Rajat Dogra

“As a child you don’t question your parents’ choices. You accept them. They”

— Bruce Springsteen

I have always loved doing accents. I have lived with my parents in a number of countries, including Italy and Jamaica.

— Sarita Choudhury

If you ask me, 'Are you for or against gay parents?' for example, having kids - it's hard for me to say,…

— Juan Pablo Galavis

Back in the early '40s, they used to call Down syndrome infants and babies 'mongoloids.' It's very hard for parents.

— Chris Burke

My parents were the traditional Filipino parents who didn't talk about money around the dinner table.

— Bo Sanchez

My parents felt so uncomfortable coming to the kind of theater I was in; they had nothing to say about it.

— Eileen Atkins

My parents don't have any showbusiness links. They are so far away from it.

— Sam Claflin

Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

My parents are artists and have always instilled great pride in understanding of various backgrounds.

— Paloma Elsesser

When I changed my degree to acting, I almost gave my parents heart attacks.

— Jayma Mays

My parents were married 53 years, good and bad. Can I do that? Probably not. But I really hope I can

— Scott Baio