Parent Quotes · Page 99

When I was 13, I told my parents I didn't believe in God any more. Religion should not be about determining women's freedoms.

— Elizabeth Olsen

My parents were pretty liberal, but they were still parents. I definitely had my teenage rebellion.

— Lauren Oliver

Its easy to be mad at a father for not being there, but do you really want someone in your life that…

— Anonymous

My attitude towards money is because of my mum and dad. My parents have always worked full time and I've always had…

— Amy Childs

A child's job is to test her boundaries, a parent's is to see that she survives the test.

— Roger McDonald

My first strong musical memory is of the Villa-Lobos Sixth Quartet which my parents were rehearsing. I remember that it reminded me…

— Leonard Slatkin

I really believe strongly that kids should be spared the runoff of their parents' lives and problems.

— Dave Eggers

But it had no doubt sprung from true emotion, for all that parents ever wanted, really, was for you to love their…

— Meg Wolitzer

I had my dysfunctions, but music gave me peace and joy. I never felt in tune with the world. My parents always…

— Meredith Brooks

Marriage and conjugal love are by their nature ordained toward the procreation and education of children. Children are really the supreme gift…

— Pope Paul VI

When 60 - 70 percent of all interpersonal conversations and relationships exist through text messaging or social media, it's hard to get…

— Sam Levinson

And if you are a parent, introduce your children to their neighborhood library. It will give them a real sense of independence…

— Sarah Jessica Parker

I've always been quite mature because of the way my parents brought me up. They were very good at talking to me…

— Saoirse Ronan

So I had to figure out for myself what was right and true. It was a search. It was a process. It…

— Tim Cook

Fate is a story that's been written for you by somebody else. By your parent's genes, by what happened to you when…

— Alberto Villoldo

The epithets of parent and child have been long applied to Great Britain and her colonies, [but] we rarely see anything from…

— George Mason

Modern children were considerably less innocent than parents and the larger society supposed, and postmodern children are less competent than their parents…

— David Elkind

And last, my mom. I don’t think you know what you did. You had my brother when you were 18 years old.…

— Kevin Durant

I used to play Saturday night shows with different little groups. If I could get a show, I would do it. I…

— Mick Jagger

You like to explore things, and your parents don't like it because it gets the pots and pans dirty, and because it's…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

So you didn’t tell me it was a messed-up idea to keep this all a secret because. . .” “Because experience is…

— Chris Crutcher

I wonder how it turns out that we all lead such different lives. Take you and your sister, for example. You're born…

— Haruki Murakami

As human beings, when we're young, we're not jaded. As we grow older, we begin to take on ideas of our parents,…

— Giancarlo Esposito

“Parent power is not a sign of democracy, it is a sign of barbarism. We are to regard education as a service…

— Stephen Fry

My parents gave me a strict upbringing, which at times has caused me to suffer distress but today I am grateful to…

— Brigitte Bardot

Before I became a parent, I was a bestselling author and speaker pounding up the escalators of a different airport every week.

— Rachel Simmons

I would have given anything to keep her little. They outgrow us so much faster than we outgrow them.

— Brian Fitzgerald

My parents always told us, you know, you have to get your education. You're not supposed to become a statistic.

— Venus Williams

“Perhaps it's natural for a father, for every parent, to see in his child all that's unspoiled and good.”

— Vaddey Ratner

SAFETY NET-ISM: The belief that there will always be a financial and emotional safety net to buffer life's hurts. Usually parents.

— Douglas Coupland

Children rarely want to know who their parents were before they were parents, and when age finally stirs their curiosity, there is…

— Russell Baker

What we love, we protect. This story will delight children and parents alike, who care for what they love.

— Zoe Weil

Really, the F word in a song - it should be the least of the worries of parents these days.

— Enrique Iglesias

Forgiving the men who killed my parents and brother was a process, a journey into deeper and deeper prayer.

— Immaculee Ilibagiza

Are modern children going to revolt against being modern, and if so, what form will reaction of modern parents take?

— E. M. Delafield

Loyalty to the school to which your parents pay to send you seemed to me like feeling loyalty to Selfridges.

— John Mortimer

I wouldn't listen to my parents, but I found out that I absorbed. I never heard what they said - told me…

— Andrew Young

Growing up, I watched shows such as 'Blackadder' and 'Monty Python' with my parents.

— Mathew Baynton

Being a parent can make you a horrible person at times, because you're pushed to the limit constantly.

— Nick Cave

My parents, who grew up in terror and dealt with segregation and humiliation, nonetheless taught us to be hopeful and open and…

— Bryan Stevenson