Parenting Quotes · Page 138

Even though my parents are American, I spent my whole childhood and adolescence abroad.

— Thelma Schoonmaker

[My mother] was the strength of our family, and I didn't realize that until I got a little bit older.

— Hope Solo

My father seemed always to know not only what I was doing, but what I was being.

— Lincoln Steffens

I couldn't live my life the way I do if my parents weren't supportive.

— Meghan McCain

“Perhaps I did nothing because I don't have enough fear to be a good parent.”

— Kaui Hart Hemmings

He should not be here, " said the fish in the pot. " he should not be here when your mother is not.

— Dr. Seuss

We all try to make our own way, but we definitely try to learn from our parents' experiences.

— Jerami Grant

I've learned from my parents' mistakes, I'm now using birth control...

— Anonymous

My father used to say, 'What the hell are you listening to? Put that bloody rubbish off.' And it was The Beatles.

— David Jason

“[She] looks gorgeous, wearing the look of a mother whose kids are finally starting to grow up. She can take care of…

— Darien Gee

My parents were in the local church choir, and I used to go along and sing and play the organ at all…

— Dolores O'Riordan

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old fashioned respect for the young is fast…

— Oscar Wilde

Since my parents both worked, they hired me when I was 11 to make dinner every night. I got a quarter a…

— Teri Hatcher

Reading was very important to me as a kid. It was very inspirational to me. I went to a school where that…

— Sasha Grey

I think the first music I ever heard was Abba. I took my mother's cassette recorder and went into the bushes to…

— Panos Cosmatos

When your dad is your father, best friend and mentor, all in one, it's hard to explain what he brings. He brings…

— Jae Crowder

When a little girl puts her energy to give her dad a kiss...Thats Love.When a wife makes tea for her husband &…

— Anonymous

There's been nothing proven that violence in video games has an impact. As a parent though, and I'm a parent for a…

— Reggie Fils-Aime

“Even in my time, we knew that men were not in charge. Oh, they might bluster as if they were. But when…

— Alex Flinn

I have a great respect for money. I know how hard it is to earn and keep, especially with our diabolical taxes…

— Sean Connery

The special relationship between America and the UK has been one of the great forces in history for justice and for peace,…

— Donald Trump

But fortunately for us and for all men, it has not been given unto us to judge, nor to execute, nor to…

— Richard L. Evans

“Comparing children of a 45-year-old dad to those of a 24-year-old father it indicated: autism was more than three times as likely…

— Anonymous

“Give grace to your children today by speaking of sin and mercy. Tell Susan that she can relax into God’s loving embrace…

— Elyse M. Fitzpatrick

My father was always in bands. He played drums and could sing. And my grandfather was a band leader.

— Randy Rainbow

There's a lot to live up to when three of your parents are successful in the music business.

— Aubrie Sellers

I remember hiding behind my mom at parent teacher conferences.

— Nav

A father, son, husband or just a friend, a sense of responsibility best describes a person.

— Nikitin Dheer

Every father should remember that one day his son will follow his example instead of his advice.

— Anonymous

Be kind to everybody, be grateful, say thank you everyday. My parents taught me well.

— Nicole Richie

“quit trying to become a better parent and decided to try becoming a better person.”

— Glennon Doyle Melton

I'd seen my father. He was a poor man, and I watched him do astonishing things.

— Sidney Poitier

“What proposal did Bloom, diambulist, father of Milly, somnambulist, make to Stephen, noctambulist?”

— James Joyce

In the ‘looks of disappointment’ department, my cat has picked up where my father left off.

— Tom Papa

I remember that my mother once told me that the opposite of love isn't hate, it's indifference.

— Emily Giffin

I must say that the first person to realise that I was talented in art was my mother.

— St. Lucia

“Mother Nature offers her nurturing essence to us all freely with no expectation of reciprocation.”

— Amy Leigh Mercree

My father always said, 'Malala will be free as a bird.'

— Malala Yousafzai

“He was everything your mother warned you about when she told you not to walk alone in the dark.”

— Nenia Campbell

My parents were very funny - they didn't know it. But they were. They were actually sharing an IQ.

— Tim Conway