Parent Quotes · Page 89

...one of the worst things about being a parent, for me, is the self-discovery, the being face to face with one's secret…

— Anne Lamott

My parents were gardeners themselves, and perforce they used environmental techniques because it was during the war, and you didn't have the…

— Margaret Atwood

All men know their children Mean more than life. If childless people sneer- Well, they've less sorrow. But what lonesome luck!

— Euripides

I don't blame the players, I don't blame the parents, I blame programs and I blame the coaches.

— Tony DiCicco

I'm moved by contraries, by opposites, the strength that was my mother's eyes, the beauty of my father's hands.

— Judith Jamison

Losing close relatives doesnt get any easier, really, but losing your parents is the big deal.

— Rick Stein

I think, a lot of times, people don't want to do what their parents do because they want to be their own…

— Margaret Qualley

The greatest gift a parent can give a child during all the ups and downs of life is love.

— Doc Childre

The parents' job is to be there for their kids, not the other way round. Troubles between parents need to be talked…

— Susie Orbach

When any of us thinks of ourselves as a role model - whether thats as a parent being observed by their kids…

— Chip Conley

I wondered how long it took for a baby to become yours, for familiarity to set in. Maybe as long as it…

— Jodi Picoult

“He thinks giving your kids everything is what makes you a good parent. Like, 'Here's an Xbox, and by the way, I…

— Michelle Krys

The honour of parents is a fair and noble treasure to their posterity, but to have the use of a treasure of…

— Plato

My parents are pretty liberal. But they were just you know trying to look out for my innocence or whatever. But my…

— Lena Dunham

“No matter how old you are, as long as a parent is alive, you are still a child. It is only after…

— Dennis Prager

I'm so grateful to my parents for my upbringing and for all of the opportunities that I was provided with, but I…

— Ivanka Trump

You know how sometimes you just have a memory of looking up and seeing a face looking over your crib and then…

— Billy Collins

We have been conditioned, taught, and coerced by the agents of our culture (parents, grandparents, advertisers, food critic, etc.) to eat the…

— Sharon Gannon

The protection of a ten-year-old girl from her father's advances is a necessary condition of social order, but the protection of the…

— Margaret Mead

What a mystery blood was -- how did a tiny gesture, a tome of voice, endure through generations like the harder verities…

— Diana Gabaldon

My parents were working class folks. My dad was a bartender for most of his life, my mom was a maid and…

— Marco Rubio

It is the teaching of the Bible and of sound Political ethics that the education of children belongs to the sphere of…

— Robert Dabney

It's very important for the parents of young autistic children to encourage them to talk, or for those that don't talk, to…

— Temple Grandin

“ Alexander Hamilton Junior High School -- SEMESTER REPORT -- STUDENT: Joseph Margolis TEACHER: Janet Hicks ENGLISH: A, ARITHMETIC: A, SOCIAL STUDIES:…

— Steve Kluger

I still frequent my parents' house. I go there to escape, back to the bedroom that I grew up in. Just to…

— Robert Smith

I have this blanket thing about giving parenting advice to parents, and that's: 'Don't take other people's advice on parenting.'

— Drew Lachey

Coaches know that a parent publicly scolding his kid after a race will not help the athlete perform better.

— Don Kardong

Parents should not smoke in order to discourage their kids from smoking. A child is more likely to smoke when they have…

— Christy Turlington

My first priority is my children. If at any moment I put aside something that I want to do to be a…

— Monica Denise Brown

A parent can seem very kind and gentle, but as any child knows, as soon as that parent gets stressed, they can…

— Michael Sheen

While having a profound impact on the development of values is surely an important job of a good parent, force-feeding opinions to…

— Kara Swisher

To my parents and all the people who reassured me that leaving high school and going into the draft was the right…

— Jeremy Bonderman

My parents suffered from that ideal of a perfect nuclear family. They found that a difficult pressure, I think.

— Tim Burton

When the history of guilt is written, parents who refuse their children money will be right up there in the Top Ten.

— Erma Bombeck

My mom really instilled in me this idea that parents are not perfect and they make mistakes.

— George Clarke

Sometimes I laugh with my parents, and sometimes I yell at them, and both are therapeutic.

— Brie Larson

When I was little, I thought about becoming a lawyer like my parents, and my mother would always tell me, "You can…

— Alexandra Daddario

I think I have a newfound respect for what my parents did, to create two players - one who was really good…

— Patrick McEnroe

Do not ask that your kids live up to your expectations. Let your kids be who they are, and your expectations will…

— Robert Breault

My son has two loving parents and an extended family, whether it's cousins or stepmothers or boyfriends. My son is surrounded by…

— Bridget Moynahan