Parent Quotes · Page 33

As an adult, I can't blame my parents any more.

— Jennifer Aniston

Gaming is the child of avarice, but the parent of prodigality.

— Charles Caleb Colton

My parents are both Belgian-born, and so am I, actually.

— Celine Buckens

Both my parents instilled an interest in science and mathematics.

— George Smoot

Pity the poor infant. Born perfect into the world from imperfect parents.

— Cynthia Heimel

As a parent, you're never wrong in your children's eyes.

— Ronan Keating

Every parent wants to see their kids excel.

— Patrick Ewing

My parents were really strict about me not watching cartoons.

— Questlove

I'm pretty confident in who I am. I know that for parents everywhere, it's my job to be a role model, and…

— Selena

Remember that that "rude awakening" which your parents and well-meaning relatives threatened you with as a kid is better than no awakening…

— Perry Brass

I'm not a tech-savvy parent. I communicate with my children via the old-media format called yelling.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Mine [parents] started out more from scratch, because I'm constantly aware of what they suffered in the war.

— Francine du Plessix Gray

My parents are my inspiration. Believe it or not, they're my personal coaches. After every game I still call them and get…

— Vince Carter

You want to feel like people are hiring you because they want to work with you, not because of who your parents…

— Lily Rabe

I give this advice to every parent I meet, and it's something I have believed ever since I was young - never…

— Shatrughan Sinha

Sun is bad for you. Everything our parents said was good is bad. Sun, milk, red meat...college,

— Woody Allen

Until that time, her betrayals had filled her with excitement and joy, because they opened up new paths to new adventures of…

— Milan Kundera

No man ever made himself to live. No preacher, however earnest, can make one hearer to live. No parent, however prayerful, no…

— Charles Spurgeon

If your parents were strong in one way and weak in another, you will be strong in the same way and weak…

— Frederick Lenz

Parents typically don't talk to each other about their goals and attitudes to parenting but this type of conversation could be very…

— Timothy Carey

Like every parent, when you start your family, your life completely changes. And you completely live for someone else. I find that…

— Angelina Jolie

Its so very important as to what a child watches on TV. I feel for every parent that knows this, and cares,…

— Ruth Buzzi

All this time I lived with my parents, and wrought on the plantation; and having had schooling pretty well for a planter,…

— John Woolman

My parents were civil rights activists, and my mother was active in the feminist movement. Issues concerning marginalized people and especially women…

— Anna Holmes

I think that parents ought to get some idea of how the so- called "experts" have changed their advice over the decades,…

— Benjamin Spock

We're living through an era of higher income inequality than the country has experienced since before the Great Depression. Meanwhile, most people…

— Sasha Abramsky

My parents were true believers in the efficacy of American constitutional democracy, and I was thoroughly inculcated with reverence for what we…

— Al Gore

They may already know too much about their mother and father--nothing being more factual than divorce, where so much has to be…

— Richard Ford

To all of which is added a selection from the elementary schools of subjects of the most promising genius, whose parents are…

— Thomas Jefferson

Think of each wound as you would of a child who has been hurt by a friend. As long as that child…

— Henri Nouwen

I think that people have been looking at 40 years of flat wages. You know, the reality is you've got folks in…

— Keith Ellison

One of the things that happened that I think is noteworthy, my parents were pretty tolerant people given their position in society.…

— Bill Ayers

Parents shouldn't leave their kids unless —unless they've got to.

— Anonymous

I come from a very big family... nine parents.

— Jim Gaffigan

My mum and mad were both very generous, encouraging parents.

— Tony Abbott

We're not meant to be parents when we're 50.

— Roseanne Barr

My parents used to take me to a lot of theatre when I was young.

— Lexa Doig

The portrait of my parents is a complicated one, but lovingly drawn.

— Joyce Maynard

I'm always fascinated by the theme of children who parent the adults.

— Taika Waititi

Being a parent is no joke I commend and respect all the good parents out there!

— Anonymous