Parent Quotes · Page 17

It hurts real bad to have that protection barrier between parent and child

— Susan Smith

My parents were second cousins. That is enough to explain all of my peculiarities.

— Sargent Shriver

I started acting in my parents living room when I was five years old.

— Megan Gallagher

For some people, becoming a parent does change them, but it never changed me.

— Vinnie Jones

Having one child makes you a parent; having two youare referee

— David Frost

How well you do in life shouldn't depend on how well your parents did.

— Robert D. Putnam

My parents are actually very hip. They're way hipper than me.

— Peter Vack

“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

There's no way that moving in with your parents is a sign that your life is on track.

— Jerry Seinfeld

My parents got divorced and military school gave me a structure. A lot of kids my age were children of divorced parents.…

— Stephen Sondheim

Sometimes people need a kick in the pants to get them to do what they would be doing if government weren't there…

— Cal Thomas

We managed to write chapter one. Chapter two, we will have a child a parent can take home and raise as a…

— Panayiotis Zavos

All possible means were used by the infatuated parents to conclude the bargain; and deception put an end to these usual artifices.

— Adelbert von Chamisso

If my parents had made love a tenth of a second earlier or later, I wouldn't exist. What an enormous miracle, just…

— Warren Farrell

In the free society envisioned by the founders, schools are held accountable to parents, not federal bureaucrats.

— Ron Paul

When it was time for parent-teacher conferences, I remember that I was always embarrassed about what my parents would hear about me!

— Derek Jeter

For emotional reasons, connected with my affection for my parents, I was a reluctant atheist, but giving up religion brought peace of…

— J. J. C. Smart

As parenting declines, the need for policing increases. There will always be a shortage of police if there is a shortage of…

— Neal A. Maxwell

Moral values have been thrown out the window. Christianity is out the window. And that's wrong. Parents should be at home, teaching…

— Albert Belle

I always vaguely knew I wanted to perform, but I haven't got the greatest singing voice and my dancing isn't up to…

— Ruth Wilson

I was born in England - though both of my parents are American - and there's something about the 'Muppets' where they…

— Nicholas Stoller

Should Disappointment, parent of Despair, Strive for her son to seize my careless heart; When, like a cloud, he sits upon the…

— John Keats

Everyone has their parent's [music] collection which is strongly influences what you listen to as a kid. You have no choice. You…

— Ryan Lewis

Having settled down in the promised land of money and adventure - returning to a land of your parents last days can…

— Siddharth Katragadda

Citizenship means standing up for the lives that gun violence steals from us each day. I have seen the courage of parents,…

— Barack Obama

I was really interested in the ritual of fire dancing. I saw it when I was a kid. My parents took me…

— Miroslav Penkov

Overachievement is aimed at people who want to maximize their potential. And to do that, I insist you throw caution to the…

— John Eliot

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

— Dan Byrd

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

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

Our earth is like a child who has grown up without parents, having no one to guide her... Some have attempted to…

— William P. Young

There are all these new books out there portraying Asian mothers as scheming, callous, overdriven people indifferent to their kids' true interests.…

— Amy Chua

When I started doing magic as a kid, my parents had no problem.

— David Copperfield

Being a younger parent doesn't prevent tragedy.

— Amanda Redman

Sometimes you wake up in the morning and wish your parents had never met.

— Bill Fitch

Generosity is something we learn, from our parents, schools and community.

— Ross Perot

No matter what, if you're a parent, you have to make sacrifices.

— Billie Joe Armstrong

“Could we betray our parents by going back to them?”

— Karen Russell

My parents are my No. 1 supporters and they always have been.

— Mariel Zagunis

I was a smart kid and I was not understood by my parents.

— Woody Allen