Parent Quotes · Page 49

It's hard to learn about your parents' courtship.

— Michael Reagan

It's no coincidence that Superman's parents are Joseph and Martha Kent.

— Scott McClellan

We have a good opportunity to be good parents right now.

— Joe Nichols

The suspicious parent makes an artful child.

— Thomas Chandler Haliburton

A parent knows better than any book or "expert" what their kid really needs.

— Jessica Alba

Revolution devours its own parents as well as its own children.

— Helen Foster Snow

Nothing affects the life of a child so much as the unlived life of its parent

— Carl Jung

As every parent knows, not every moment is going to be super exciting.

— Kevin Jonas

I wish we lived in a world where all kids were loved by their parents how I was and am every day.

— Lizzie Velasquez

Great teachers will never be able to make up for bad parents, nor should they be expected to.

— Taylor Mali

As far as young kids go, my primary interest is to get parents to read to their kids. That's about the most…

— Terry McMillan

I speak in reality. I don't try to hide anything from anybody, and that's the most dangerous thing about our music that…

— Marilyn Manson

I've always had this thing where I've always seen my parents as people, from a very young age.

— George Clarke

Being a parent is the hardest thing in the world... the psychological toll it takes on you because these lives are in…

— Michelle Pfeiffer

That's maturity-when you realize that you've finally arrived at a state of ignorance as profound as your parents.

— Barbara Mertz

You have to give kids something to rebel against. You can't like their music - you have to call it noise. It's…

— Graydon Carter

My parents were both from Scotland, but had been resident in Lower Canada some time before their marriage, which took place in…

— Maria Monk

[I'm a conscious parent] when I stay away from fear-based control tactics - punishment, yelling and threats and I'm seeking more enlightened…

— Shefali Tsabary

What my parents have given to me is not anything that has to do with money or success or anything that society…

— Willow Smith

Most adults would not dream of belittling, humiliating, or bullying (verbally or physically) another adult. But many of the same adults think…

— Laurence Steinberg

It's not that I don't respect my parents' authority or appreciate all that they did for me, but when I was 18…

— Ryan Sheckler

The charter school is a possibility, an alternative in certain circumstances, but not in most, and not in most places, and not…

— Mark Shields

The great medical facilities are a relief for the parents, too, who don't have to think about caring for their young ones…

— Jami Gertz

My parents weren't in the arts, but we grew up in Balmain, which at that time was an artistic, bohemian suburb of…

— Rose Byrne

A cruel joke has been played on us. We are fated always to remember what we learned but never to recall the…

— Jo Coudert

When there are deportations, you better believe there are families involved - there are parents being separated from their children. It doesn't…

— Diane Guerrero

I had invited 50 or 60 peers and friends, most of whom were parents, to see the film [Trust], and I asked…

— David Schwimmer

The character of a child is formed largely during the first twelve years of his life. He spends 16 times as many…

— David O. McKay

My parents died a long time ago. And you know the sad thing? I still miss them every day. I spent my…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

I am the father of a 9 year-old son whose descent into the world of autism began at the age of 7…

— Rick Rollens

I am relieved that, in my own teaching, I don't have to moderate between high stake teaching and education for the virtues.…

— Howard Gardner

Liberated from the error of pagan tradition through the benevolence and loving kindness of the good God with the grace of our…

— Saint Basil

Nobody can prepare you for the loss of a parent.

— Samantha Bond

I used to date a girl from Buffalo. Why can't I meet a girl with normal parents?

— Rodney Dangerfield

You can say I will be a bad parent, but at least I won't dress them in Aeropostale.

— Anonymous

Being a parent means loving and supporting your children through it all.

— Anonymous

Kids never get pissed at their parents. Unheard of.

— Maurice Sendak

Every person I've ever met always thinks their parents are weird.

— Rick Nielsen

My parents were very firm about me always getting my homework done.

— Chelsea Clinton

My parents are both teachers, so we had the summers off.

— Anonymous