Parent Quotes · Page 40

Did your parents build knows you a swing facing a wall when you were a kid?

— Roddy Piper

I've learned that the worst thing a parent can do is ignore their children

— Sherman Alexie

Parents must be treated with respect, whether one wants to strangle them or not.

— Loretta Chase

I'm pretty relaxed as a parent, and I think that people might be surprised by that.

— Whitney Port

My parents were neither very poor nor conspicuously honest.

— Mark Twain

My parents had broken through the shackles of dogma

— Franz Boas

Envy is the last thing that my parents feel.

— Keira Knightley

I married an excellent parent, but I'm not sure that I've made a great parent.

— Danny Bonaduce

I never want to disappoint my parents, ever. They are people that I always look up to.

— Nicole Richie

Parents are always more knowledgeable than their children, and children are always smarter than their parents.

— Jonathan Safran Foer

I love cooking. It's one of my favorite things to do. To share my parents' recipes that I grew up with is…

— Lance Bass

If you haven't saved, your child may have to work. But do what you can to NEVER take out student or parent…

— Michelle Singletary

I grew up on a farm - it was a lovely life; we'd make tree houses all day - and my parents…

— Joanne Froggatt

I think my parents saw that acting ultimately made me happy, even though it was a rough ride for a little bit.…

— Alexandra Daddario

My dad loves what I do and I support my parents financially because they didn't have a job that gave them a…

— Marilyn Manson

In view of this and other things, I demand forgiveness for being so obviously impressed with my own parents.

— Beryl Markham

I cannot control what you bring into the theater when you see the film. I can't control what my parents bring in.…

— James Ponsoldt

[The Lord] has indicated that the greatest work we parents can do is performed in our homes, and our homes can be…

— Thomas S. Monson

My parents and grandparents have always been engaged in teaching or the medical profession or the priesthood, so I've sort of grown…

— Colin Firth

My parents are both from Vermont, very old-fashioned New England. We heated our house with wood my father chopped. My mom grew…

— Geena Davis

My parents thought it was nice to develop my imagination, but they never seriously thought that anything would ever come of it.…

— Nicole Kidman

Nothing could convince Aunt Nelly to let Vlad stay home for the duration of the school year, which just goes to prove…

— Heather Brewer

If every parent understood the huge educational benefits and intense happiness brought about by reading aloud to their children, and if every…

— Mem Fox

I don't have many hours in a day, as I'm essentially a single parent. But fortunately, I'm a really fast writer. My…

— Michelle Gagnon

After a while, you're growing up so quickly and you begin to not know your parents anymore. You're left with the memories…

— Diane Guerrero

Thanksgiving is a typically American holiday. In spite of its religious form (giving thanks to God for a good harvest), its essential,…

— Ayn Rand

Being branded to some subset of your fans is important when it comes to creating films and characters they're not familiar with.…

— Christopher Meledandri

My parents both left school at 14, but my parents are incredibly smart, successful, thoughtful people. So one of the lessons I…

— Harry West

There are people all around us whose lives are masterpieces of service. One thinks of parents working two or three jobs to…

— James M Strock

I knew I wanted to go to college and I wanted to study it acting, so I just looked for the best…

— Patrick Wilson

Our society is monstrously disjunctive, at once so efficient in war and so inefficient in caring for the welfare of its members.…

— Anne Truitt

I find that the only way to get through life is to picture myself in an entirely disconnected reality. I often imagine…

— Joe Dunthorne

We owe our existence to our parents, but we actually didn't have a choice.

— Leon Kass

I'm very lucky to have a good co-parent to work with.

— Ruben Gallego

My parents were incredibly strict, almost military style.

— John Leguizamo

Some children are spoiled and it is not their fault, it is their parents.

— Roald Dahl

The influence of one's parents is powerful and permanent.

— Faye Wattleton

I myself am a parent in a small business. Number of employees: one.

— P. J. O'Rourke

When you feel protective toward your parents, you have become an adult.

— Mason Cooley

Partiality in a parent is unlucky; for fondlings are in danger to be made fools.

— Roger L'Estrange