Parent Quotes · Page 38

As a gay parent I must flee Russia or lose my children

— Masha Gessen

Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.

— Anonymous

It is the uninvolved parent who has to resort to strictness.

— Andrea Bocelli

Today's parents grew up with the silly notion that music was meant to be heard.

— Bill Cosby

Well-mannered children could be conceived if the parents were well-mannered.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

My parents are not theatrical people, but my dad took me to the theater.

— Kate Fleetwood

No parent should have their child die before he or she does.

— Phil Knight

My parents would have loved it if my brother or I had become a doctor or lawyer.

— Gabriel Macht

I've grown up with my parents' music tastes, listening to Fleetwood Mac and the Rolling Stones.

— Saoirse Ronan

Parents don't understand kids and kids don't understand parents. My parents were divorced when I was really young and I went to…

— Mark Hoppus

Jill, we became parents so we could tell our kids what to do. Otherwise we're just the tallest people living here.

— Tim Allen

Marriage is like a table with four legs - the couple, the children, the parents and the in-laws. Break any of these…

— Siddharth Katragadda

I am urging the parents of black and Latino youngsters particularly to not let their children go out wearing hoodies.

— Geraldo Rivera

It was always the view of my parents...that hot weather encouraged loose morals among young people.

— Ian Mcewan

I think for every parent, they know their kids better than anybody else, and they have to just trust their own instincts.

— Rob Reiner

Learning to drive in Canberra is pretty easy and I had great teachers in my parents.

— Melissa Breen

I am now pretty far advanced in life, and all my views are center'd in the Happiness and well-fare of my children;…

— George Mason

Being a parent gives you historical perspective. You have thoughts about how you fit into a larger generational drama - those who…

— Marianne Williamson

An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. Your mother…

— Jane Austen

Whole communities are growing up without fathers or male role models. Bringing up a family in the best of circumstances is not…

— Jonathan Sacks

I thank God that I'm a product of my parents, that they infected me with their intelligence and energy for life, with…

— Shakira

We should figure out how to do this so that some parents don't feel disenfranchised, angry and upset. It says a lot…

— Lisa Randall

I have the most amazing and supportive family. My parents always encouraged us to aim high and follow our dreams. They instilled…

— Jamie Eason

Raising children is a spur-of-the-moment, seat-of-the-pants sort of deal, as any parent knows, particularly after an adult child says that his most…

— Anna Quindlen

I feel very strongly that I am under the influence of things or questions which were left incomplete and unanswered by my…

— Carl Jung

The thing I like the best, especially being a parent of so many kids, Is that they're all so different. You love…

— Nick Lachey

The relations between parents and children are certainly not only those of constraint. There is spontaneous mutual affection, which from the first…

— Jean Piaget

No one that has ever been in combat ever wants to see war anywhere in the world. It is horrible. It's horrible…

— Matt Shea

What you're experiencing now [on "MasterChef," on "Junior"] is what life's going to be like for the next four, five decades. You're…

— Gordon Ramsay

Why one writes is a question I can answer easily, having so often asked it of myself. I believe one writes because…

— Anais Nin

My parents subscribed to both Time and Newsweek and in 1978, I remember the covers of both that December were of the…

— Julia Scheeres

Think about reading: Today, parents would love it if their kids read books more because the parents understand the books. Just over…

— Paul Saffo

I think it's important to have a happy parent.

— Gloria Estefan

My parents didn't really know one another.

— Christopher Durang

If you are a parent it helps if you are a grown-up.

— Eda LeShan

“Education is the second food a parent can give a child.”

— Uzoma Nnadi

Parents need to teach their children principles of respect and acceptance.

— Zachary Quinto

I think the best thing your parents can do for you is to let you be yourself.

— Jaime Winstone

There are many things I wish I could redo as a parent.

— David Sheff

My parents' generation's benchmark was simple: Fat Equals Bad.

— Arabella Weir