Parenting Quotes · Page 305

“Heaven and earth begin in the unnamed: name’s the mother of the ten thousand things.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin

A license is required to teach, drive, hunt and fish but not to parent.

— A Eastburn

I admire my mother for being a single mum. It's ridiculously hard.

— Holliday Grainger

I could tell that my parents hated me. My bath toys were a toaster and a radio.

— Rodney Dangerfield

Now here's a funky introduction of how nice I am, Tell your mother, tell your father, send a telegram.

— Anonymous

My father was a Vietnam vet, and he was Green Beret.

— James Ransone

“Do not let anyone rent space in your head for free. (author's late father)”

— Alka Dhillon

“Your true identity is far more than the sum total of your parents’ flesh or names.”

— Candace L. Talmadge

My parents worked hard. My mother, Wilhelmina, was a very strong woman. She had to be with 12 kids. She would do…

— Sol Campbell

I was very proud of my father, and I admired him, but I always thought he was more interesting than the shows…

— Joss Whedon

When I was three, my father was three. When I was six, he was six... he needed me to escape from being 50.

— Christopher Robin Milne

It didn't take a trauma to make you wear a mask. It didn't take your parents getting shot...or cosmic rays or a…

— Mark Millar

My parents got divorced for the same reason that most people's parents get divorced: the relationship had stopped working. I was about…

— Corinne Bailey Rae

My parents always told me to stay away from trouble. When I moved away from them at a young age, I was…

— David Ortiz

My mother made me listen to Carnatic music saying that only then I will be able to appreciate any good music. But…

— Y. G. Mahendran

Acting is my calling. It is one of the things I was meant to do in this world, along with being a…

— Michael Hyatt

My parents [father Lenny Kravitz and Bonet] did exactly what they wanted and didn't let anyone tell them not to. Now, as…

— Zoe Kravitz

“Please don't misunderstand me. I'm not saying motherhood lacks meaning. There's great dignity in the smallness of motherhood; we're essential in our…

— Lydia Minatoya

“As Miriam released my hand I felt that she and Midwife Bell had returned to a more primitive world, where men never…

— J.G. Ballard

My parents are very comfortable with the way that I am, and I think they've always been. Without that, I don't think…

— Jason Wu

“Things that remind me of Mother are these: the truth ‘mid deception, a warm summer breeze, the calm within chaos, a stitch…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

I was born in Northern California and lived there until I was about eight years old. Then my parents moved me up…

— Bonnie McKee

Watching my father plan and strategize for the resistance has taught me about trust.” She leaned forward. “Personal trust is very different…

— Alison Goodman

The Rosary is the most beautiful and the most rich in graces of all prayers; it is the prayer that touches most…

— Pope Pius X

I fell, you see. Trod on my abbot, Father Habit. Oh, dear! I mean...

— Brian Jacques

My mother was Indian, brought up in Delhi. My grandparents were born in Bow and Poplar.

— Sebastian Coe

My father owned a small piece of land. He carried it with him wherever he went.

— Woody Allen

My mother is a very liberal wife and mother, so there was no peer pressure to marry.

— Soha Ali Khan

We best serve our Father in Heaven by righteously influencing others and serving them.

— Richard G. Scott

Very few parents give out healthy lunchboxes due to pressure from their children.

— Prue Leith

When you are abandoned by two parents as a baby - wow, that is something to live with.

— Marion Cotillard

My parents are supportive of me, whatever school I go to.

— Jayson Tatum

My mom sang in high school choir and so did my father.

— Kevin Richardson

A lot of peoples' parents aren't very supportive; my mom is super supportive.

— Ravyn Lenae

Mothers are only human, you turn it over to God and then you just wing it.

— Anonymous

For a mother the project of raising a boy is the most fulfilling project she can hope for.

— Andrea Dworkin

When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.

— Anonymous

Encourage & support your kids because "Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.

— Lady Bird Johnson

My mother came from India to go to the University of California, Berkeley.

— Kamala Harris

Is there a doctor in the house? My parents want me to marry you.

— Wendy Liebman