Parent Quotes · Page 92

Google says young people don't care about privacy, but when asked if they'd let their parents see their phone bills and other…

— Nick Harkaway

Why is it parents think they help their kids by pretending things are better than they are?

— A. E. Hotchner

Better a loving single-parent family than a 'conventional' family where the parents hate each other and the father is a demagogue.

— Moby

The parents exist to teach the child, but also they must learn what the child has to teach them; and the child…

— Arnold Bennett

Fear of corporal punishment obscures children's awareness of the compassion underlying the parent's demands.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

Often parents have a great desire and hopes, and aspirations for their kids but they don't have any practical plans of action.

— Stephen Kendrick

I grew up in the East End of London, the youngest of three boys in a Catholic household. Both my parents were…

— James Herbert

I only work every five years. It's exhausting. I've got a family, and I want to be a really good parent, as…

— Niki Caro

You live in a time of great challenges and opportunities. As spirit sons of heavenly parents, you are free to make the…

— Dieter F. Uchtdorf

As a leader, parent, or friend - don't let someone's poor attitude and poor performance hinder your commitment to holding them to…

— Hal Elrod

Anxiety is the poison of human life; the parent of many sins and of more miseries. In a world where everything is…

— Tryon Edwards

My parents, and especially my mother, always made films in a very artisanal kind of way. Her office was at home. She…

— Mathieu Demy

Is it not wonderful, that the love of the parent should be so violent while it lasts and that it should last…

— Joseph Addison

I go to therapy once a week, that helps a lot. I have a really supportive family. I have two little kids,…

— Mark Duplass

To harness the power of television for the education of our nation's children, everyone must get involved - television programmers, government leaders,…

— Edwin Newman

Parents do not owe their progeny an inheritance no matter how much money they have. One of the surest ways to produce…

— Ann Landers

Nobody is excused from the excellence trend. Babies are not excused. Starting right after they get out of the womb, modern babies…

— Dave Barry

We hold in our arms the rising generation. They come to this earth with important responsibilities and great spiritual capacities. We cannot…

— Neil L. Andersen

When I was a little kid and I heard a song I liked on TV, I would jump up and run to…

— Brendon Urie

There are no secrets of success. Success is doing the things you know you should do. Success is not doing the things…

— Wilferd Peterson

Let's say we discover the gene that says the kid's gonna be gay. How many parents, if they knew before the kid…

— Rush Limbaugh

We disliked the rigours of existence, the unfulfilled longings, the enshrined injustices of the world, the labyrinths of love, the ignorance of…

— Ben Okri

The presence of a grandparent confirms that parents were, indeed, little once, too, and that people who are little can grow to…

— Fred Rogers

Yes, he’s a good boy. Never been in trouble at school and he’s on the honor roll. Captain of the football team.…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

Too often, parents force their kids into becoming something they want them to become rather than trying unpack the treasure chest God…

— Stephen Kendrick

We don't always do the things our parents want us to do, but it is their mistake if they can't find a…

— J. Courtney Sullivan

Both my parents wanted me to excel academically, like every other parent. They wanted me to pursue my higher studies.

— Aishwarya Lekshmi

Parents aren’t the people you come from. They’re the people you want to be, when you grow up.

— Jodi Picoult

Today is the child of yesterday and the parent of tomorrow. The work you produce today will create your future.

— Bruce Mau

My parents are very conservative. They taught me the value of hard work - don't depend on other people, do it yourself.

— Kyrsten Sinema

We all need that extra friend outside of our immediate family to talk about that extra stuff you wouldn't normally talk to…

— Bethany Hamilton

When children are ready to talk, that is the time for parents to listen, regardless of the hour.

— Delbert L. Stapley

What did I get from Simon? An education - the thing my parents always wanted me to have.

— Lynn Barber

Some poets marry a language; some have affairs with it; some treat it as a parent, some as a child, some as…

— Stephen Burt

Both my parents were doctors, and my mother had her surgery in the house. There were six children.

— Diane Cilento

Of course, the ideal scenario for parenting is obviously two parents of a mature age.

— Jennifer Aniston

Nothing is ever quite right, is it, after a parent dies? No matter how well things go, something always feels slightly off...

— Jenna Blum

IF PARENTS PASS ENTHUSIASM ALONG TO THEIR CHILDREN, THEY WILL LEAVE THEM AN ESTATE OF INCALCULABLE VALUE

— Thomas A. Edison

“I think that as a parent, you have the responsibility to create a peaceful and warm home for your child to come…

— Kou Matsuzuki

I was the one that put myself in rehab. I was the one that went to my parents and said, you know,…

— Nicole Richie