Parent Quotes · Page 56

The British have always made terrible parents.

— Rachel Cusk

A parent may be without a job, but no child should be without a doctor.

— William J. Clinton

Sheer necessity,-the proper parent of an art so nearly allied to invention.

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Possessive parents rarely live long enough to see the fruits of their selfishness.

— Alan Garner

We parents ask dumb questions, therefore we get dumb answers.

— Bill Cosby

Lads, you're not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died.

— Frank Leahy

“A philanderer cannot be a parent - a parent cannot be a philanderer.”

— Abhijit Naskar

You've got to talk to your kids as both a parent and a friend.

— Craig Robinson

You might get one job for having a famous parent, but you won't get your second unless you're good.

— Linus Roache

Parents should monitor their behavior, know who their friends are, and keep track of what they do.

— John Walters

Most youth still hold the same values of their parents…if we do not alter this pattern, if we don’t resocialize, our system…

— John Goodlad

Losing a parent over eight years is a very dark journey. I spent the first four years feeling bad and angry and…

— Lauren Miller

I grew up in a city. My parents would think there was something wrong with America if they knew I was secretary…

— Tom Vilsack

Parents giving the keys to the car act as if they are giving the keys to the kingdom.

— Anonymous

You can't predict when a crisis might hit your family, whether it's with an elderly parent or with your children.

— Nancy Gibbs

The love you have for your child is so much greater than any challenge you'll face as a parent, and that's what…

— Hilary Duff

Whatever the explanation, it's perfectly obvious that our educational system has nothing to do with education: it's a babysitting service designed to…

— Stephen R. Donaldson

It is as natural and reasonable for a dependent creature to apply to its Creator for what it needs, as for a…

— Archibald Alexander

The whole blame goes to the parents. They have lived as ambitious beings; they have destroyed themselves. Now they go on giving…

— Anonymous

I think that being a conscious parent opens your eyes to the fact that any adult relationships that you have, whenever children…

— Peter Krause

But now, being a parent, I go home and see my son and I forget about any mistake I ever made or…

— LeBron James

parents needn't bother driving small children around to see the purple mountains' majesties; the children will go right on duking it out…

— Barbara Holland

Tradionally, parents made decisions for a child, because presumably they are looking out for his or her best interests. But if they…

— Jodi Picoult

My maternal family are South African and when I was small and my parents separated my mother and I went back to…

— Rachel Holmes

God knows that a mother needs fortitude and courage and tolerance and flexibility and patience and firmness and nearly every other brave…

— Phyllis McGinley

Everything looks stark and vivid and frozen, as though drawn precisely and outlined in ink - parents' smiles frozen, camera flashes blinding,…

— Lauren Oliver

My parents were both first-generation Irish Catholics raised in Brooklyn. But it was more for me - it was that women of…

— Alice McDermott

Whenever I hear about a child needing something, I ask myself, 'Is it what he needs or what he wants?' It isn't…

— Haim Ginott

I make no apologies for Popeye. Behind M*A*S*H, it's my biggest hit. It got maligned by the critics because it wasn't Superman.…

— Robert Altman

I got into acting in high school mainly because I wasn't doing anything else and started to hit a few bumps in…

— Matt Letscher

I want it to be said that the Bush administration was a results-oriented administration, because I believe the results of focusing our…

— George W. Bush

When I was in high school, my parents had this power over me - if I ever lied or got caught doing…

— Dan Byrd

The best thing a parent can do for a child is to love his or her spouse.

— Zig Ziglar

We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Honor your parents by not judging them. Give them the benefit of doubt.

— Michael Jackson

Young people can change and grow. Every parent knows that.

— Greg Boyle

Two imbecile parents, whether related or not, have only imbecile offspring.

— Charles Davenport

My parents never told us that our great-grandmothers had been slaves.

— Constance Baker Motley

I think my biggest role as a parent is teaching empathy.

— Stephanie Land

My parents let me find my way and that's how they supported me the entire way.

— Channing Tatum