Parenting Quotes · Page 169

I completely admire my mother for raising a child with cerebral palsy at home.

— Natalia Vodianova

I was never plunked in front of an idiot box because my parents had other things to do.

— Cree Summer

“Children can be too hard on their parents, until they learn themselves how hard life can be.”

— David Clement-Davies

My father used to see God in human beings and in his work. Each person has his own way.

— Akkineni Nagarjuna

Leisure is the mother of philosophy; and commonwealth, the mother of peace and leisure.

— Thomas Hobbes

It was a given in our family that my father was a grocer so that I wouldn't have to be.

— Calvin Trillin

God, it sucks to disappoint your parents, even at forty-two years old.

— Lauren Myracle

A mother has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.

— Sophia Loren

I'm Colombian-American. My father wanted me to have American citizenship, but he wanted to raise me in Colombia.

— Kali Uchis

...Then I got divorced and everything changed, and I became a father in a whole new way and found a whole new…

— Louis C. K

Many star kids constantly get compared to their fathers and are unable to match their parent's mettle. But I am proud to…

— Puneet Issar

Having parents who were hard working, blue collar, and staunchly independent, neither political party's positioning really impressed me.

— Kurt Bills

Of course for some Putin is a tyrant and dictator. Others consider him Russia's savior. But I'm in a difficult position. Putin…

— Ksenia Sobchak

One could call this a postnatal abortion on the part of a mother, I guess; I repudiate him entirely and completely for…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

I come from a humble background. My dad moved to London 45 years ago and worked as a bus conductor whereas my…

— Raj Kundra

My father gave me some advice when I was very young - whatever someone tells you in the future, don't forget Pele…

— Jurgen Klopp

We still wading in the water... Cocaine, blunts, marinating in the water. Lean and took a puff, and then she gave it…

— Vince Staples

You know one scene I always think about is in 'The Godfather', when Marlon Brando's in the hospital. Al Pacino arrives there…

— Garret Dillahunt

“My Parents had early given me religious Impressions, and brought me through my Childhood piously in the Dissenting Way. But I was…

— Benjamin Franklin

“Just because I haven't put a lot of thought into this book doesn't mean you shouldn't. I warn you to read this…

— Stephen Colbert

“I had uncovered a widely held but overlooked attachment: our attachment to the view that every problem must have a solution. We…

— Sarah Napthali

It's incredible being a woman. I was, of course, fortunate to have an Irish mother who is an empowered woman. She comes…

— Amala Akkineni

From the time I was wee big, my mother was one of the first members of Mary Kay Cosmetics. Women going door-to-door…

— Robin Wright

People read the Tribune or the Sun-Times, you know, way back when the Tribune was a right-wing paper.It's always been somewhat that…

— William Kristol

My father didn't believe in my music. I don't blame him.

— Scott Storch

My sister-in-law, my mother, grandmother, and the entire family have been the biggest support for me.

— Vijay Shankar

You can't compare me to my father. Our similarities are different.

— Dale Berra

“My mother was beautiful once too. Or so they tell me. -Katniss”

— Suzanne Collins

Conscience is what makes a boy tell his mother before his sister does.

— Evan Esar

Sometimes my mother had difficulty communicating with me about certain topics.

— Gloria Estefan

“Try it for your father, dear,” said the Countess. “Quickly, before it congeals.”

— Terry Pratchett

I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life.

— Sidney Poitier

My father was a classical pianist, and my mother was a singer of just about everything.

— Carly Simon

And I think that motherhood has made me a better actress as well.

— Mahima Chaudhry

We all work hard to understand the dynamic relationship we have with a parent.

— Alice Sebold

I just can't imagine cursing in front of your parents.

— Nate Bargatze

Paid leave is a not just a mother and child issue, it's a societal issue we have.

— Susan Wojcicki

My GirlFriend told me that she want me to act a little more like her father. So I fucked her mom.

— Nikhil Saluja

Mother Nature is the great equalizer. You can't get away from it.

— Christopher Heyerdahl

My mother's side of the family tree is Scotland - Edinburgh, in fact.

— Tony Adams