Parenting Quotes · Page 381

“boys who had been born on third base and thought they hit a triple (as my mother often quoted),”

— Anonymous

I've got 'trust' tattooed on me, and I have a tattoo on my finger that's for my parents.

— Anne-Marie

Found my son and his girlfriend naked in his room...sex-ed is so advanced now, they also give homework.

— Anonymous

France, mother of arts, of warfare, and of laws (Les Regrets)

— Joachim du Bellay

Being a parent means making unpopular decisions! Saying that doesn't make it easier though.

— Anonymous

I don't smoke. I don't do drugs. I'm a virgin. I go to school. And my mother is not yet satisfied.lol

— Christian Heggs

My father is a die-hard Punjabi and I have been brought up in a typical Punjabi household.

— Esha Deol

I think the greatest gift your parents can give you if you want to be a comedian is good taste.

— Seth Meyers

When I was a kid, everything was so unplanned, my parents were so erratic, and my world was so inconsistent.

— Drew Barrymore

Mothers and their children are in a category all their own. Theres no bond so strong in the entire world. No love…

— Chiboy Amobi

My father wanted me to play pro football, and he didn't like the fact that I'd left school. And he said, "It…

— Bill Cosby

My parents divorced about the same time the movie 'The Parent Trap' came out, about two twins at camp who scheme to…

— Chuck Palahniuk

“There are things you forget naturally-computer passwords, your father's continuing relationship with life-and then there are things you can't forget that you…

— David Sedaris

“Man up, Akane. World-wide destruction or talk to your mother.” When she didn’t answer right away, he shook her. “What? I’m thinking…

— Dana Marie Bell

“And really is there anything in the world more captivating than a beautiful young mother with a healthy baby in her arms?…

— Anton Chekhov

“I don’t know that it had anything to do with us,” my father said. But how could it have not? Doesn’t the…

— David Sedaris

I want to be a Military/Navy Wife, it fits me perfectly. I know it requires distance for 8-10 months at a time.…

— Elisa Aldana

“My mother took the train to Halifax to see my father off. It was crammed with men en route to the Front;…

— Margaret Atwood

Some people say that I need to take a break and relax a little bit, but basketball is all that I know.…

— Tobias Harris

I remember when I was a kid, with the acting thing, I resented it because, you know, you don't want to do…

— Jeff Bridges

“And then, again, I was undergoing with my father what the very young inevitability undergo with their elders: I was beginning to…

— James Baldwin

“At the supreme moment of victory they cheered their Father Abraham, the man who, after a shaky start in office, learned how…

— James L. Swanson

And as husbands and fathers and brothers, we have to step up because every girl's life matters, every daughter deserves the same…

— Barack Obama

“We realized that the version of the world [our parents] rendered for us was not the world they really believed in, and…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“My life has been fabulous because I never listened to my parents.”

— Carrie Firestone

We first become salesmen as children in the confession booths of our parents.

— Criss Jami

I am thankful to my audience, parents, and the media who have supported me over the years.

— Govinda

To every little girl, her father is a hero. My father actually is one.

— Alexandra Kerry

A mother only does her children harm if she makes them the only concern of her life.

— W. Somerset Maugham

The one phrase you can use is that success has a thousand fathers, and failure is an orphan.

— Alan Price

My mother always said that everyone should be required to write an autobiography of their lives.

— Diane Keaton

When I make decisions, I'm not thinking about my parents. I'm thinking about my children.

— Tzipi Livni

I was brought up by two women: my mother and my grandmother.

— Lemmy

“There is no such thing as illegitimate children, only illegitimate parents.”

— J.Adam Snyder

Parents realize their wealth should be used for social good rather than children's good.

— Azim Premji

Life was hard on mothers; but then, they just didn't understand.

— James T. Farrell

Because my parents are Muslim, there's no doubt they wished I would marry someone Muslim.

— Konnie Huq

Niobe would have been called most blessed of mothers, had she not seemed so herself.

— Ovid

There's no greater joy for a parent than to see their child reach their dream

— Anonymous

I had worked my whole life. Until I became a mother, that's the only way I measured my value.

— Demi Moore