Parent Quotes · Page 51

I've never done a blind date but my parents met on a blind date.

— Hunter Parrish

My parents [are my hero]. They've helped me be who I am.

— Ava DuVernay

As a kid, all I thought about was death. But you can't tell your parents that.

— Maurice Sendak

Children are not to be blamed for the faults of their parents.

— Aesop

“believed him. Just thinking that a parent could do”

— Madison Grace

Parent of sweetest sounds, yet mute forever.

— Thomas B. Macaulay

As a mum, the last thing you need is to be parent-shamed.

— Vogue Williams

With our parents we bury our past, with our children our future.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

However, as every parent of a small child knows, converting a large object into small fragments is considerably easier than the reverse…

— Andrew S. Tanenbaum

If i were to backbite against anyone, it would be about my parents for they have more right to my good deeds

— Abdullah ibn Mubarak

The baby boomers owe a big debt of gratitude to the parents and grandparents - who we haven't given enough credit to…

— Steven Spielberg

In high school, I came to realize I had a second-hand faith, derived from my parents and family background. I had no…

— Nancy Pearcey

As a younger person I think I thought of myself as a Tony [from The Best Man], struggling with the legacy of…

— Chris Hart

Where parents do too much for their children, the children will not do much for themselves.

— Elbert Hubbard

I looked up to my parents because they were very successful in what they wanted to do. I was lucky; I didn't…

— Derek Jeter

They say that we are better educated than our parents' generation. What they mean is that we go to school longer. They…

— Douglas Yates

I used to teach at a private school, and the parents thought I loved their children. I did not love their children!…

— Caitlin Flanagan

You’re an idiot, Maxon Schreave. Your parents have completely sabotaged you. You could have a thousand girls set before you, and it…

— Kiera Cass

When I was twelve. And I was going through my parents' bookshelves, I found the most wonderful books and plenty of. Within…

— Judy Blume

As parents, the most important thing we can do is read to our children early and often. Reading is the path to…

— Laura Bush

Every day after school, for three hours a day, I would sell those pralines on the street corner. I was just eight…

— Richard Simmons

In Berkeley, California is no sense of the "white way being the right way." Parents also come in every variety - mixed…

— Julia Scheeres

Well, if you can't then write in the press or put on television the importance of parents changing what they're doing, then…

— Jerome Kagan

Every child deserve a parent but not all parents deserve a child. Some parents need to realize just how blessed they really…

— Ritu Ghatourey

A large part of parenting is about managing weariness and motivation. Much of the success of parenting is about avoiding the sins…

— Gary L. Thomas

There's nothing more true in being a child of a diaspora, a child of immigrants. We're completely new to our parents. We're…

— Junot Diaz

But as surely as the moon rises and the sun sets, depravity passes down through the ages, because there is always a…

— Chris Adrian

“An alarming number of parents appear to have little confidence in their ability to "teach" their children. We should help parents understand…

— Raymond S. Moore

Ten years have passed since a perfect blue sky morning turned into the blackest of nights. Since then we've lived in sunshine…

— Michael Bloomberg

This was not a good idea coming home for Christmas. I'm too old. Years ago, coming back from schools or trips, I…

— Douglas Coupland

Who am I? I'm a survivor. I'm a woman with tremendous inner resources and resilience. I care about people. I believe in…

— Jane Fonda

I suggest that this is a good time to think soberly about our responsibilities to our descendents - those who will ring…

— Hyman Rickover

Ninety per cent of being a parent is just being present and available.

— John Cho

As a parent, I'd - I'd be a better father.

— Alan King

You'll never be a perfect parent, but you can be a praying parent.

— Mark Batterson

When I was a lot younger, my parents raised me watching classic movies.

— Sara Paxton

I'm the son of highly functioning parents who I'm incredibly lucky to have.

— Tom Hooper

My parents separated when I was eight. I grew up with my mom alone.

— Julian Casablancas

In the happiest of our childhood memories, our parents were happy, too.

— Robert Breault

Our identity is fictional, written by parents, relatives, education, society.

— Anonymous