Parent Quotes · Page 83

If I told my parents that I was going to do that [ to be really counsel to a Prime Minister] when…

— Warren Mundine

Little kids are that way; they feel if their parents aren't watching what they do then what they do isn't real.

— Philip K. Dick

Spanking and verbal criticism have become, to many parents, more important tools of child rearing than approval.

— Phil Donahue

My earliest childhood memory was watching my parents loosen the wheels on my stroller.

— Joan Rivers

And we are a people without tears. The things that moved our parents do not move us at all.

— Natalia Ginzburg

Heads know that failing to invest in good, nutritious food is a false economy and parents won't tolerate reconstituted turkey being put…

— Jamie Oliver

One of the greatest titles in the world is parent, and one of the biggest blessings in the world is to have…

— Jim DeMint

My parents always made education and school the number one priority. They believed that an education is the best gift you can…

— Debra Messing

I know what it felt like to walk into school and have kids say, 'Mr. Spangler's here!' And I thought, what if…

— Steve Spangler

Hard to believe that so nearby, just across the Channel, such atrocities could still occur in their supposedly civilized world, that one…

— Lauren Willig

There have been some good studies done in California with Hispanic parents where in the course of a year, they have changed…

— C. Everett Koop

Miles Davis, his parents migrated from Arkansas to Illinois, where he had the luxury of being able to practice for hours upon…

— Isabel Wilkerson

It was a bitter moment for us. We weren't two mature parents. We were just two kids playing grown-up. We still needed…

— Erma Bombeck

We often think about happiness as trying to increase our joy, but it's also about decreasing our worry. So what you get…

— Dan Buettner

My parents couldn't give me a whole lot of financial support, but they gave me good genes. My dad is a handsome…

— Ashton Kutcher

Whats happening in America today is parents are emphasizing their relationship with their children instead of leadership. Anyone in leadership will tell…

— John Rosemond

There are women who live in U.S. with maybe one abortion clinic. The right wing is trying to make it impossible for…

— Lindy West

Most uncomfortable! Did we lose anyone? Head count! Lee Ark, Leetu, and Brunstetter. Three. Should we count the meech egg? No, I…

— Donita K. Paul

There is something about Christmas that requires a rug rat. Little kids make Christmas fun. I wonder if could rent one for…

— Laurie Halse Anderson

"Little Brother" sounds an optimistic warning. It extrapolates from current events to remind us of the ever-growing threats to liberty. But it…

— Dan Gillmor

We put so much pressure on ourselves as parents to be able to do everything, but children are very grateful and understanding.…

— Liv Tyler

Well into the 19th century there were pronouncements from just about every branch of science and medicine that reading, writing, and thinking…

— Dale Spender

The rules your parents teach you to live by are very different than the rules the world actually runs by. Most of…

— Tucker Max

“I don’t know about your parental units, but mine really have it together when it comes to laundry. They have it together…

— Phoebe Robinson

Children are not looking for perfect parents, but they are looking for honest parents.

— Howard G. Hendricks

It's very important that your parents have careers of their own. When the kid becomes the breadwinner of the household, that's when…

— Jaleel White

Parents who wish to train up their children in the way they should go must go in the way in which they…

— Anonymous

When you're trying to be a parent and a businessperson at the same time, that is the most stressful thing you could…

— Kate Spade

As a parent, my fantasy is to cook every meal, read every story, do everything, and also work all day. I'm overly…

— Liv Tyler

I grew up listening to most of my parents' music like The Beatles and ABBA and all that stuff.

— Tammin Sursok

To make [parents] happy, I went to Fordham University for three weeks, while at the same time running ads in Variety, "magician-actor…

— David Copperfield

From where can your authority and license as a parent come from, when you who are old, do worse things?

— Juvenal

Breasts are a scandal because they shatter the border between motherhood and sexuality

— Iris Marion Young

I became a degenerate artist. My parents were shaped by their own experiences, and artists weren't so useful in the death camps.

— Art Spiegelman

My parents were involved in everything I did. They were showbiz people themselves. My dad was an actor. They were parents; they…

— Tina Yothers

I am very different as a parent to new kids. My work changed from being rooted in the sky to being rooted…

— Peter Eisenman

Somewhat paradoxically, parenting programs should focus on the behavior of the parents not the behavior of the children.

— Timothy Carey

My parents’ biggest thing was that they just wanted me to graduate high school and go to college. They couldn’t fathom me…

— Mila Kunis

My parents ingrained in me early on that the perfect score is always something to strive for. I want to win and…

— Andrea Jung

When your parent is a public idol, you never really have a chance to lay that parent to rest.

— Lorna Luft