Parents Quotes · Page 95

Remember to love your parents...We are so busy growing up, we often forget they are also growing old.

— Anonymous

My parents tried to shield me from how famous they were when I was growing up on Long Island. I had no…

— Alexa Ray Joel

“But Dad looked delighted. "My Mia's singing 'Waiting for Vengeance' to my Teddy. What do you think about that?”

— Gayle Forman

I celebrate my hardworking parents and all the opportunities they gave me.

— Nathan Chen

My parents pushed us very hard to work, both in the home, doing chores and cooking, and at school.

— Wendi Deng Murdoch

“ALL FAMILIES INVENT THEIR PARENTS AND CHILDREN, GIVE each of them a story, character, fate, and even a language.”

— Edward Said

“If you were my child, I would staple you to your bedroom wall.”

— Myra McEntire

I was raised in a time when parents brought out belts, and you got tough love.

— Linda Perry

I go to church because my parents go to church, and I believe the things they were doing at the time were…

— Peter Tosh

I remember, as a child, wanting all the time to buy my parents presents. I stood around forlornly in fancy shops, unable…

— Elizabeth Berg

In various European countries, it is increasingly common for young men to live with their parents into their 30s and even longer.…

— Dennis Prager

I never understood overly protective parents...The more you don't allow them to do the more the worse they are gonna do behind…

— Anonymous

I don't think my parents imagined I'd represent England when they first drove me to mini-rugby at Maidenhead. I was only five…

— James Haskell

My parents were hardworking. They made every penny stretch as far as possible. That was probably the major reason everything they gave…

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

While I've lived in L.A. since 1985, I'll always consider Chicago my home town and have much affection for it. My parents…

— Douglas Wood

Parents must lay down ground rules for their children to help them to grow up and to learn responsibility for their actions.…

— Charlotte Rae

My parents were practicing Jews. My mother grew up in an orthodox synagogue, and after my grandfather died, she went to a…

— Judith Butler

“Children get food shelter pocket money longholidays and love, all of it apparently free gratis, and most of the little fools think…

— salman rushdie

“It's been said that parents should give their children roots and wings. That was a perfect description of my parents. Even in…

— Richard Paul Evans

Children, honor your parents in your hearts; bear them not only awe and respect, but kindness and affection: love their persons, fear…

— Jeremy Taylor

Place the lives of children in their formative years, despite the convictions of their parents, under the intimate control of experts appointed…

— Anonymous

A lot of camps and summer programs for kids seem to have discovered that among the most valuable things they offer is…

— Nancy Gibbs

It is true that there are some parents who have concerns about vaccines, but while we hear about these concerns a lot…

— Vivek Murthy

My children are my greatest gifts and my greatest inspirations. That my husband is the most honest, kind, hard-working, and genuine person,…

— Trista Sutter

The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.

— Clarence Darrow

My parents being from Nigeria deeply informs all my social justice and human rights work.

— Opal Tometi

I'm the rogue Canadian in my family - I just happened to be born here while my parents were studying here.

— Eleanor Catton

“Johnny looked at her. "I think we can't make people love us." "Including our parents?" Especially our parents.”

— Kristin Hannah

My parents taught me never to judge others based on whom they love, what color their skin is, or their religion.

— Taylor Swift

When I started doing magic as a kid, my parents had no problem.

— David Copperfield

My parents were born here, but my abuelita was not - she came from Colombia in the '60s to have my mom.

— Rachel Zegler

I think the deepest problem is between my parents and me. I just don't know if it will ever be the same.

— LaToya Jackson

One thing I wanted to do from when I was young was buy my parents a house. I have done that in…

— Wilfried Zaha

My parents are actually very hip. They're way hipper than me.

— Peter Vack

Dick and I became increasingly committed to helping other parents - parents from low-income families in particular.

— Betsy DeVos

I don't know if I was funny as a child, though I always thought my parents really enjoyed listening to me sing.

— Pippa Evans

Both my parents died on the young side. My father was 45, and my mother was 61, so cancer's affected me in…

— Kevin Connolly

How we treat our parents teaches our children how to treat us...and the circle of life continues.

— Jordan Blake Michiels

I don't think parents always know where their children are going or what they are doing, what they are up to.

— Nicholas Hoult

My parents are my No. 1 supporters and they always have been.

— Mariel Zagunis