Parent Quotes · Page 44

Avoiding a bathtub because your parents tried to kill you in one isn't the same as avoiding your entire life by becoming…

— Maggie Stiefvater

Ours is the first society in history in which parents expect to learn from their children, rather than the other way around.…

— Shana Alexander

It took me a long time to be convinced that marriage was right for me because I've come from a long line…

— Sylvester Stallone

I always wanted to perform. I remember being 5 years old and telling my parents to sit down as I was going…

— Tammin Sursok

My parents were supportive of my creativity but did not have a lot of patience for whimsy with zero production value. They…

— Mindy Kaling

My plan will also help reduce the cost of child care by allowing parents to fully deduct the average cost of child…

— Donald Trump

I believe that our own experience instructs us that the secret of Education lies in respecting the pupil. It is not for…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

My parents thought, 'Oh, my God! What's wrong with him? He's possessed or something.' All of a sudden, I stood up and…

— Raul Julia

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

— Danny Bonaduce

“Blessed your mum, who carried you in a womb for nine months.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

As a younger person I think I thought of myself as a Tony [from The Best Man], struggling with the legacy of…

— Chris Hart

My father taught me how to be a parent and gave me a positive connection with men because he is a gentleman.

— Iman Abdulmajid

I think kids ought to travel. I think it's very good to carry kids around. It's good for them. Of course it's…

— Doris Lessing

Parent's job = Prepare the child for the world. Parent of autistic child's job = Prepare the world for the child.

— Stuart Duncan

She was calm and quiet now with knowing what she had always known, what neither her parents nor Aunt Claire nor Frank…

— Richard Yates

I can't stand films that make the kids out to be heroes and the parents to be imbeciles.

— Molly Ringwald

I remember when I was doing Mermaids [1990], I was 16 and they gave me a B12 shot once. My parents weren't…

— Winona Ryder

I think it's harder - much harder - to be a good parent than to write a book.

— Elizabeth Berg

There's no way that moving in with your parents is a sign that your life is on track.

— Jerry Seinfeld

“Amid the joy of raising children will be some of the hardest work you’ll ever do.”

— Elizabeth George

Men don't want to be confused by the facts when their minds are already made up. Women know the art of negotiation…

— Kamla Persad-Bissessar

The best aunts aren't substitute parents, they're co-conspirators.

— Daryl Gregory

Always be grateful for your blessings, especially your heritage. When we are blessed with goodly parents, we should be grateful. This is…

— Quentin L. Cook

Love is probably the most powerful force in the cosmos, capable of creating miracles. Love can manifest in so many ways -…

— Mike Love

My parents have been married forty-two years. I wonder how many of those were happy.

— Michael Palin