Parent Quotes · Page 62

[I'm a conscious parent when I] believe that my child matters more than their relationship to academics or success.

— Shefali Tsabary

I went underground. So I didn't see [my father] for 11 years. So that was pretty traumatic time for my parents for sure.

— Bill Ayers

There's a big difference between being privileged and being spoilt. My parents always said, 'Spoilt means ruined, and you're not ruined, just…

— Tamara Ecclestone

There was a certain amount of discipline, I think; my parents wanted to be sure that I was not just sitting around…

— Paul Smith

I hated being a child because to be a child means that you are essentially the property of your parents, benevolently or…

— Molly Crabapple

I wanted to create a place where parents can come and find products that are safe for their children, as well as…

— Soleil Moon Frye

If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

— Anonymous

Becoming a parent expands you as a human being. I am having the most wonderful time. You've married, but the addition of…

— Kyle MacLachlan

Regarding local residents attempting to ban sex shops from their neighborhoods: You show me a parent who says he's worried about his…

— George Carlin

The promise of our country is that the rules are fair. If you work hard and play by the rules, you can…

— Geraldine Ferraro

When I first graduated college, I told my parents I'd try to pursue comedy for the first year or two, and if…

— Ben Schwartz

I think the only thing harder for a parent is having to sit down and watch you do a dying scene. I've…

— Garrett Hedlund

I see my parents a lot more often, but what I liked about the challenge of my part was I got to…

— Marisa Tomei

When my parents were getting divorced, I just said to myself, 'Go to sleep, and tomorrow you can go skiing.' I cried…

— Lindsey Vonn

But I don't think any parent can expect to escape this life without disappointing his child at some point. And the same…

— Julie Klassen

My parents are both very funny but they're also relatively soft-spoken, normal human beings while I'm just a lunatic. I don't know…

— Emma Stone

If we parents accept that problems are an essential part of life's challenges, rather than reacting to every problem as if something…

— Barbara Coloroso

Being dismantled before our eyes are not just individual programs that politicians cite as too expensive but the whole idea that society…

— Richard Stolley

No doubt there are some who, when confronted with a line of mathematical symbols, however simply presented, can only see the face…

— Roger Penrose

Giving back has to do with the way I was brought up and the fact that I've traveled widely and seen terrible…

— Richard Branson

Dr. [Paula] Menyuk and her co-workers [at Boston University's School of Education] found that parents who supplied babies with a steady stream…

— Jane Brody

I engage with New York and America but my parents pretty much hang out in this radius of Long Island where their…

— Himanshu Suri

One of the greatest predictors of academic success that exist is the emotional stability of the home. So if parents are interested…

— John Medina

I mean that's really depressing man. Of course, the kids are freaking out. They watch cartoons and sit in front of the…

— Emily Haines

But she needs me more than she needs him and I guess being needed is almost as good as being loved. Maybe…

— Betty Smith

I definitely had creative people around me, but my parents were more just very encouraging.

— Rose Byrne

What good is my parents' wealth and education and upbringing if I'm not contributing to the world?

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

My sister and I both benefited hugely from the great security that our parents had given us, and then we went off…

— Tom Hollander

Those people on daytime TV talking about how their parents never gave them the positive feedback they needed and that's why they…

— Garrison Keillor

All I ever wanted to do was to do something good so that my parents could be proud of me.

— Ozzy Osbourne

Start a program for gifted children, and every parent demands that his child be enrolled.

— Thomas A. Bailey

“A parent who cannot provide the basic needs of two children, must not even bear one.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

Parents must lead by example. Don't use the cliche; do as I say and not as I do. We are our children's…

— Lee Haney

My parents got divorced when I was about ten years old, but I saw my mom go work two and three jobs…

— LeToya Luckett

Parents with meager means have the same aspirations for their children as other parents. Children from poor families have the same needs…

— Mark Sanford

“One of the main functions of a push-up bra is to lower the number of mothers who seem like mothers.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

The greatest reverence is due to a child! If you are contemplating a disgraceful act, despise not your child's tender years.

— Juvenal

I cannot deny that there are unavoidable, day-to-day tradeoffs between being a parent and a professional. There are only so many hours…

— Nathan Blecharczyk

My parents worked enormously hard to put four children through college. We didn't have a lot of money.

— Anonymous

My parents and I always put great emphasis on telling stories that appeal to a child's sense of humor.

— Mike Berenstain