Parents Quotes · Page 88

Try not to worry what your parents think - try to help them see that you do live by the values that…

— Deepak Chopra

Parents are key when it comes to keeping kids off drugs. Good parenting is the best anti-drug we have.

— Mel Carnahan

Children always assume the sexual lives of their parents come to a grinding halt at their conception.

— Alan Bennett

You can check that box off. You want to make your parents proud for the tuition they paid at NYU.

— Adam Jacobs

Parents and teachers, learn to listen, then listen to learn from children.

— Russell M. Nelson

Our parents came home one day and heard us, and they thought it was the radio, but our grandfather told them it…

— Barry Gibb

My brothers and I were raised by our parents to respect everyone regardless of background or race.

— Alan Wilson

My parents are not people who would want to rock the boat. They wouldn't break the law.

— Caroline Lucas

One of my big fears in life is that I'm gonna die and my parents are going to come to clean out…

— Bill Hicks

Certain people are not going to connect with a book about the effect a dog has on a family. But every one…

— John Grogan

I try to understand faith and religion. I was raised by wonderful Catholic parents who were deeply faithful and taught us that…

— Roxane Gay

My parents came from working-class, small-peasant, farm-labourer backgrounds and had made the grade during the fascist years; my father came out of…

— W. G. Sebald

The world is divided between kids who grow up wanting to be their parents and those like us, who grow up wanting…

— Richard Russo

If I had been born in the circus, my parents would have pushed me on that little high wire at four years…

— Philippe Petit

It's a very hard goal. But, what I want is to tell people who are getting bullied to stand up to the…

— JoJo Siwa

My suggestion is that there's no way out of the human condition. Sex, death, marriage, children, parents, illness. There's no way out.…

— James Hillman

My parents made it clear that I should never display even the slightest disrespect to individuals who had the power to let…

— James D. Watson

I can't wait for both my daughters to be old enough to read all my books. I loved it every time I…

— Edwidge Danticat

We have always been a big success as parents and I get on well, always have, with my exes - and had…

— Jim Kerr

I've done so many jobs. As an actor, you have to. I didn't have my parents footing the bill when I moved…

— Michael Kelly

My parents had a software company making children's software for the Apple II+, Commodore 64 and Acorn computers. They hired these teenagers…

— Bre Pettis

'Duch' means spirit and 'ovny' is kind of the adjectival ending, so the word itself means spiritual. It's my father's name, obviously.…

— David Duchovny

“Children who are neglected by their parents—despite their parents’ best intentions—grow up to feel insignificant, insecure, unloved and—more than anything else—angry. To…

— Shmuel Boteach

My dad was a wrestler and my mom played college softball, but they were never out in the front yard coaching and…

— Blake Bortles

My parents were never condescending to us. They treated us like adults from a very young age.

— Isaac Hanson

My parents put everything in a trust fund for me. I won't get it until I'm 18, so I'll use it for college.

— Heather O'Rourke

I've always had the laugh. It just happens. It used to embarrass my parents.

— Conchata Ferrell

When I grew up in Pittsburgh in my parents' restaurant, I was almost like a country bumpkin.

— Ming-Na Wen

But as a kid you take it very personally when your parents divorce.

— Jessica Barden

“Children view their parents as both intrepid and omnipotent.”

— Harlan Coben

It's a very important part of my life: parents and church - and your surroundings.

— Joseph Parker

There was no real plan B. It was like, I'm gonna move back to Seattle and move in with my parents.

— Justin Kan

I love that phrase that parents say to their children when they cry: 'I'll give you something to cry about.'

— John Grant

'Mom, make me some food ?' 'Get it yourself.' 'Never mind, I'm not hungry...'

— Anonymous

But as far as the fame goes, my parents make sure they keep me grounded, for sure. They make me wash dishes…

— Ashley Greene

I don't like talking on the phone when my parents are listening. So uncomfortable.

— Anonymous

I had very strict parents, I could never go outside or go to parties.

— Cardi B

My parents put skates on me at age 2, the way it should be if you're serious, and I've always liked it.

— Bonnie Blair

My parents separated when I was eight. I grew up with my mom alone.

— Julian Casablancas

No matter how painful something is, you have to take it. I saw that in both my parents.

— Bernard Lagat