Parenting Quotes · Page 326

Father, O father! what do we here In this land of unbelief and fear?

— William Blake

My mother was the president of the PTA at every school I attended.

— Vernon Jordan

That's the most fulfilling thing I've experienced ever, being a father.

— John Isner

What good is my parents' wealth and education and upbringing if I'm not contributing to the world?

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

There was a certain power beautiful mothers held over their less beautiful daughters.

— Sarah Addison Allen

Since the child knew his parents would give in, he tried the same trick again and again.

— Jackie Chan

My parents split up when I was 3 years old, and I lived with my mother.

— Garcelle Beauvais

I don't believe there are devils enough in hell to pull a boy out of the arms of a godly mother.

— Billy Sunday

“Karl was seventeen when Joseph dwindled away, and somebody told him that was Hamlet’s age when his father died too.”

— Gregory Benford

I was from a poor Jewish family in the South Bronx. My father was a plumber, but when I was 16, he…

— Leonard Susskind

I always wanted to be a father. I have a beautiful relationship with my dad and beautiful memories. I always knew I…

— Ricky Martin

“In introducing himself, he had said, "I'm the father," and the doctors had winced. Because something else must have echoed in their…

— Kenzaburo Oe

I'm sure it's not great fun for them, or for any parent, when their child says they want to be an actor,…

— Ewan McGregor

“Even the Thanksgiving when her parents had just divorced, Hoosier Pie made the cut. ...They also, incidentally, made a pumpkin pie, but…

— Molly Wizenberg

Demetrius: Villain, what hast thou done? Aaron: That which thou canst not undo. Chiron: Thou hast undone our mother. Aaron: Villain, I…

— William Shakespeare

Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs in my field, since the payment is pure love.

— Anonymous

I never realized how many people didn't have a father. Some just 'disappeared' and some passed away. I've never known the feeling…

— Shawn Captain

“I couldn't be certain whether their eagerness to leave was fueled by their desire to see more fire or to get away…

— Heather James

When I was a young child and before he had left us for the U.S., my father would give me Mark Twain…

— David Lammy

“Here is this vast, savage, howling mother of ours, Nature, lying all around, with such beauty, and such affection for her children,…

— Henry David Thoreau

We have been conditioned, taught, and coerced by the agents of our culture (parents, grandparents, advertisers, food critic, etc.) to eat the…

— Sharon Gannon

I wanted to be a filmmaker, so my parents helped me by encouraging me to save my allowance. So I bought my…

— Zal Batmanglij

One of the things I am very aware of not having in my life is the love of my father. ...but I…

— Sheila Walsh

There comes a time when parents needs to stop thinking about his or her looks and focus his or her energies on…

— Tonycvbchicago

All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting to encounter yourself.

— Gore Vidal

Do you not realize that the love the Father bestowed on the perfect Christ He now bestows on you?

— Charles Spurgeon

“Smile, my beloved, like the gold smiles from my father's coffers.”

— Gibran Khalil Gibran

I don't have anybody to weep for me, except my mother.

— Rakhi Sawant

“Who wants the humiliation of being father to the human race?”

— Steve Toltz

To me my father is my hero, my mountain and my drive.

— Kim Young-kwang

“They were a mother's words, words I would say to my own daughter if I were concerned for her”

— Tracy Chevalier

“If she raised you, she’s your mother,” Siri said. “It doesn’t matter who gave birth to you.” He”

— Brandon Sanderson

Straight outta Compton, is a brotha that'll smother yo' mother and make ya sister think I love her,

— NWA

My parents gave us a strong sense of civic responsibility.

— Gladys Berejiklian

I'm very lucky to have a good co-parent to work with.

— Ruben Gallego

Mother is far too clever to understand anything she does not like.

— Arnold Bennett

The trouble with parents is that by the time they are experienced, they are unemployed.

— Anonymous

I don't care what anyone says, but all children prefer their parents to be together.

— Suzi Quatro

“but I’m still the child of an abusive alcoholic and we don’t make great parent material.”

— Lisa Gardner

Parents are sometimes a little more passionate about their sons and daughters.

— Al Horford