Parenting Quotes · Page 414

“Every mom has her own battle. Win yours without being 'nyinyir' to others.”

— Jihan Davincka

My father always said, 'The saddest thing in life is wasted talent.'

— Chazz Palminteri

Mother never said to me, 'Stay out of trouble.' She didn't have to!

— Chita Rivera

Mani is not just my Godfather. He is almost like a father to me.

— Sudha Kongara

“You're not exactly the father I'd choose for my children. (Coco Chanel)”

— Chris Greenhalgh

I used to worry about becoming a father. But now, after becoming one, I am very happy.

— Ranvir Shorey

I didn't meet my father until he was 30, and he died nine months after that.

— Jermaine O'Neal

In 1971, my mother died of cancer and within a year my first husband Alec Ross died, also from cancer.

— Sheila Hancock

If anything, I thought I would go the conservatory route, practice cello and try to get into the best orchestra I could,…

— Laufey

I have never felt any connection with my family. There is—I must say simply—something in me that is not in my family.…

— Jean Cocteau

I'm happy to have represented England at youth level but I'm also proud of my Nigerian heritage from my parents.

— Bukayo Saka

What, however, left a deep impression on me was the reading of the Ramayana before my father. During part of his illness…

— Mahatma Gandhi

You know the things I went through as a youngster, coming into the business, all the good, the bad and the ugly…

— Raekwon

Motherhood is a lifetime commitment. With its many twists and turns,and ups and downs, mothers have the inherent ability to ride the…

— Heather James

I was a countryman and a father before I was a writer on political subjects... Born and bred up in the sweet…

— William Cobbett

“And it had left me with a certain skill for managing enraged werewolves, which was a good thing, my foster father had…

— Patricia Briggs

“Each time Anna moved from her father’s world to her mother and Lydia’s, she felt as if she’d shaken free of one…

— Jennifer Egan

Going back to my mother's passing, there was no way I could hold back my tears or sense of grief at knowing…

— Michael Beckwith

My father was a really sharp cartoonist and filmmaker. He used to tape-record the family surreptitiously, either while we were driving around…

— Matt Groening

“Jesus Christ,” said my father. “Can you imagine? If it wasn’t punishment enough ending up in a ruddy wheelchair, then you get…

— Jojo Moyes

“In Bangor, she’d had no incentive to do homework—her foster parents were partiers, and she’d come home from school to find a…

— Christina Baker Kline

I had a very difficult childhood. I was surrounded by people who had both parents, which made me feel different. Having a…

— George Lopez

“Presentation was the name of the Catholic church [my mother's family] attended, and this is what I love about the Irish: My…

— Kathy Griffin

My mother, Betty, was an entertainer - she opened up for James Brown, Ike and Tina Turner - and I had an…

— Salim Akil

It is not that I trust you because what your mother says but what your neighbour says.

— Vikrant Parsai

My father is an amazing fighter and what he's already accomplished is nothing short of remarkable.

— Eric Trump

“Don't insult me. Everyone knows a turtle is a crustacean on its mother's side.”

— Anthony Marra

When I was young my father used to play. He always took me to the training ground.

— Thomas Partey

You have to be the parent; you can't be their friend.

— Patricia Richardson

My parents were exclude from rights as farm workers, though that has to change.

— Julia Serano

In the beginning, when the world was new and nothing had a name, my father took me to see the ice.

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

I'm moving into a yurt in the woods near my parents' home in Vermont.

— Hannah Teter

We never shall understand the pain that our parent go through with us until we are parent ourselves.

— Michael Country

“Knox's father shrugged. "They're children. We don't need their forgiveness.”

— Alex London

Me and Sandra are thoroughly satisfied customers as parents of kids who came through this Orange model.

— Andy Stanley

Single mothers are raising more of America's children than ever before.

— Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Knowledge is the mother of all virtue; all vice proceeds from ignorance

— Charles Dudley Warner

Let not that man presumes to look for mercy from God who offends His Holy Mother!

— Louis de Montfort

My parents said marrying was an optimistic thing to do in pessimistic times.

— Olivia Wilde

My grandmother's mother was from near Naples, so I love Italy, but I feel completely Argentinian.

— Paulo Dybala