I think part of being a parent is trying to kill your kids.

Has it ever occurred to you," he said abruptly, "that parents are nothing but overgrown kids until their children drag them into adulthood? Usually…

— Stephen King

I think part of being a parent, to love one's child, is to accept them as they come - not to see them as…

— Michael Sandel

I think being a parent is knowing how to love. Sometimes love is discipline, sometimes it's humor, sometimes it's listening.

— Melissa Etheridge

To be a parent, especially to rock 'n' roll kids, I think being a parent is the most difficult job on the face of…

— Ozzy Osbourne

Like any good parent you are trying to get the kid in a position where he is stronger and more powerful, and able to…

— Timothy Olyphant

I love when people will say, "Oh, my songs are my children." I understand that, but I'm also not afraid to kill my kids.…

— Adam Granduciel

It's a lot of pressure as a parent trying to get your kids to eat healthily and it doesn't always work out.

— Frankie Bridge

Has it ever occurred to you that parents are nothing but overgrown kids until their children drag them into adulthood? Usually kicking and screaming?

— Stephen King

Healthy love, I always think, is... wanting the person you love to be more of themselves. And I think for a parent that's a…

— Anne-Marie Duff

There's a marketing scheme that tells you that pregnancy and child rearing will make you into a moron, that your kids are only happy…

— Dar Williams

There is nothing that can bring you closer to fearlessness about everything else in the world than being a parent - because everyday fears…

— Arianna Huffington

There are many important elements to being a parent. A lot of people don't have fathers but they might have someone in their life…

— Liv Tyler

The absurd duty, too often inculcated, of obeying a parent only on account of his being a parent, shackles the mind, and prepares it…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

Being a parent and having two young kids, I buy Blu-rays and DVDs all the time. It's like buying a toy.

— Rob Letterman

I know for my wife and I, we always loved the idea of being young parents. It is an incredibly inspiring and challenging job…

— Taylor Hanson