Parent Quotes · Page 84

My parents are artists, so I grew up with my mom having bonfires, seven guitars, and talented musicians and artists around like…

— Amber Tamblyn

My parents had very high expectations. They expected me to get straight A's from the time I was in kindergarten.

— Amy Tan

It remains to be seen which program will cause greater societal damage: China's one-child policy or America's one-parent policy.

— P. J. O'Rourke

The best thing parents can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep…

— Carol S. Dweck

It is the parent's job to see how their child learns and to make sure that the children's self confidence is buoyed…

— Henry Winkler

Being a parent means making unpopular decisions! Saying that doesn't make it easier though.

— Anonymous

All good qualities in a child are the result of environment, while all the bad ones are the result of poor heredity…

— Elinor Smith

Our family is very tight. Just like any family, we have our ups and downs, but the love is always going to…

— Tahj Mowry

It's a very painful, eye-opening experience to realize, "Wait a minute, my dad actually doesn't want me to be successful because he's…

— Gary Vaynerchuk

I do have an incredible relationship with my parents, and my mom, who I go to for absolutely everything, thank the lord.…

— Hailee Steinfeld

So now I'm thinking about it. I'm imagining sitting down with my parents and actually saying, "I'm gay." And you know what?…

— Michael Thomas Ford

There are uses to adversity, and they don't reveal themselves until tested. Whether it's serious illness, financial hardship, or the simple constraint…

— Sonia Sotomayor

Apple is developing a service called Home Kit that will allow people to operate gadgets like garage openers and thermostats through one…

— Jimmy Fallon

Thank God that Bumble-Ardy's parents are dead so we don't have to wonder what they did to him. We only know that…

— Maurice Sendak

You know the things I went through as a youngster, coming into the business, all the good, the bad and the ugly…

— Raekwon

Those in society who are in charge of schools must never forget that the parents have been appointed by God himself as…

— Pope John Paul II

My daughter is the biggest gift; I've said it so many times and it sounds like a cliche, but the thing about…

— Geri Halliwell

Self-acceptance begins in infancy, with the influence of your parents and siblings and other important people. Your own level of self-acceptance is…

— Brian Tracy

The fact that this chain of life existed [at volcanic vents on the seafloor] in the black cold of the deep sea…

— Robert Ballard

To be told that our child's behavior is "normal" offers little solace when our feelings are badly hurt, or when we worry…

— Bruno Bettelheim

The clergy profession is fundamentally self-defeating. Its stated purpose is to nurture spiritual maturity in the church - a valuable goal. In…

— Christian Smith

The charity that begins at home cannot rest there but draws one inexorably over the threshold and off the porch and down…

— Nancy Mairs

I have faced uncounted, incalculable number of efforts to convert me. There's no college professor who could do it. In my case,…

— Rush Limbaugh

One of my big revelations was that nobody cares whether you write your novel or not. They want you to be happy.…

— Sam Lipsyte

You can't live the rest of your life carrying a pain because your parents couldn't get along. I choose to spend my…

— Jason Mraz

Have you ever noticed how parents can go from the most wonderful people in the world to totally embarrassing in three seconds?

— Rick Riordan

If you're a parent, the five worst words you can say to your children are, "When I was your age ..." You…

— Bill Cosby

My parents wanted me to be smart and be a scholar, and the best I could do was graduate high school.

— Levon Helm

Prayer turns ordinary parents into prophets who shape the destinies of their children, grandchildren, and every generation that follows.

— Mark Batterson

Your folks are god, you love them and you want to make them happy but you still want to make up your…

— Chuck Palahniuk

The right to life does not depend, and must not be declared to be contingent, on the pleasure of anyone else, not…

— Mother Teresa

Does any new parent, even if you're not a first-time parent, ever really know what to do?

— Robert Downey, Jr

I was an ugly child. I got lost on the beach. I asked a cop if he could find my parents. He…

— Rodney Dangerfield

She'd be one of those parents who left a kid behind at a rest stop, driving for miles before she noticed. We'd…

— Deb Caletti

I don't think there's anything worse than your parents being alive and telling you to go give them some money and just…

— T-Pain

My parents weren't extremely successful financially, but they were happy people. They gave me confidence.

— Jack Wagner

I was brought up in an environment where my parents expressed their financial concerns in front of their children.

— Natalie Imbruglia

Fear has been the original parent of superstition, and every new calamity urges trembling mortals to deprecate the wrath of their invisible…

— Edward Gibbon

I began absolutely non-stop tormenting my parents, begging them on a daily basis to move there.

— Taylor Swift

I think sitting in the car with your parents and listening to music is an essential to growing up.

— James Vincent McMorrow