Parenting Quotes · Page 245

My mother has fabulous skin which she gracefully passed on to me.

— Neha Dhupia

When I makes tea I makes tea, as old mother Grogan said. And when I makes water I makes water.

— James Joyce

We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow. Our wiser sons, no doubt will think us so.

— Alexander Pope

My parents are great. On every job, my whole family and I try to get as many breaks as I can.

— Finn Wolfhard

Parents are not quite interested in justice, they are interested in quiet.

— Bill Cosby

I was supposed to go to art school, and my father wanted me to go to law school.

— Mike Espy

“Your mother didn't raise you to be a child forever.”

— Tadahiko Nagao

There is nothing I've wanted more, or waited for longer, than to be a father.

— Greg Berlanti

I have had to contend against the unkindness of his sister, and the insolence of his mother; and have suffered the punishment…

— Jane Austen

Your birth was no mistake or mishap, and your life is no fluke of nature. Your parents may not have planned you,…

— Rick Warren

When I was growing up in the 50s it wasn't quite the same. Fathers were more protective and now they see all…

— Nancy Pelosi

We were still quite religious until I was about eight or nine. Then I watched my parents take a dramatic turn and…

— Adrianne Lenker

“87% of mothers used artificial milk because they believed that the hospital staff had advised to do so. In reality they had…

— Gabrielle Palmer

I'm often asked by parents what advice can I give them to help get kids interested in science? And I have only…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

I grew up in a uniform at school, and I sort of wish that I still had one and made to dress…

— Caroline, Princess of Hanover

It's as if, in the mother's eyes, her smile, her stroking touch, the child first reads the message:'You are there!'

— Adrienne Rich

My mother was quite poorly. She suffered from bipolar disorder, which at that time was called manic depression. She spent a lot…

— Caroline Quentin

“There is more to a boy than what his mother sees. There is more to a boy then what his father dreams.…

— Ben Behunin

“two brief, classic prayers written by Thomas Cranmer for the Church of England’s first Book of Common Prayer: Almighty and most merciful…

— John F. MacArthur Jr

I'm always touched when I go to events and stuff, to meet fathers who come up to me and thank me and…

— Nancy Pelosi

My parents said that I was nine months old and would throw myself out of the crib onto the floor continually. As…

— Johnny Knoxville

“My mother was a pathetic patchwork witch who had used magic so much to meddle in her own life that she had…

— Jo Walton

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavens,…

— Beth Moore

My mother didn't feel sorry for herself, she was left with no child support, no alimony at a very young age, with…

— Kellyanne Conway

If there is anyone who loves you more than you love yourself are your mother and almighty God.

— Anurag Prakash Ray

“Speaking as a mother of unborn generations, I'm against it.”

— Neil Gaiman Terry Pratchett

The portrait of my parents is a complicated one, but lovingly drawn.

— Joyce Maynard

There's nothing unique about me as a parent. I am a parent. My kids are kids. We do the best we can…

— Nikki Sixx

One of the great logical puzzles is how a woman is always like her mother but never like her sister.

— Robert Breault

All women who kill or have sexual obsessions or who are prostitutes have trouble with their fathers.

— Catherine Deneuve

“Your shelled bed I remember. Father, this thick air is murderous. I would breathe water.”

— Sylvia Plath

“Your parents are never gone from you. You'll see that someday, hopefully a very long time from now.”

— John Searles

“My mother says: 'People who suffer from anxiety are usually those with the most vivid imaginations.”

— Sara Baume

The danger of motherhood. you relive your early self, through the eyes of your mother.

— Joyce Carol Oates

Instead of raising awareness for bullying, how about parents just stop raising assholes?

— Nikhil Saluja

Paper Chasin = Doing whatever it takes to move out of your parents' house.

— Anonymous

Stath will definitely love his child. But he will also definitely be a horrendous father.

— Jamie Demetriou

I describe my look as a blend of mother goose, cinderella, and the local hooker!

— Dolly Parton

I saw my parents go through tough times between 1979 and 1983. They almost split up.

— John Carter Cash

Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers.

— Aldous Huxley