Parenting Quotes · Page 421

Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the living. -Gen 3:20

— Bible

Without my parents, I would be nothing, so I'd like to thank them.

— Kemba Walker

“Maybe the problem between me and my father was that we were both the same.”

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

I think my parents undoubtedly influenced me on some level.

— Miguel Ferrer

I think all parents know this is a lot of responsibility... looking after children.

— Ayesha Takia

Acting with my parents was nerve-wracking. If they watch me act on the sets I feel nervous and blocked.

— Meghana Raj

It is, of course, traditional in children's literature to get rid of the parents.

— Anthony Horowitz

My parents bookshelves were full of books that belonged to their lives in the Communist party.

— Michael Rosen

When I was a kid, my mother used to film all of our holidays and all of the good times, and I…

— Natalia Kills

My father had always said there are four things a child needs: plenty of love, nourishing food, regular sleep, and lots of…

— Ivy Baker Priest

I was illustrating, and I was cleaning people's houses; I was doing whatever I could to take care of my kid as…

— Emil Ferris

You know your life has reached another level of sad when your own mother mocks you for being clinically depressed.

— Anonymous

Divorce is, of course, difficult for a child. I didn't go through it as my parents stayed together, but I have a…

— Elizabeth Hurley

Let us give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the merciful Father, the God from whom all…

— Anonymous

“A mother's job is not complete till she has taught and imbibed God's Words, and principles into her kids.”

— Agu Jaachynma N.E

My mother was a huge influence on me - she was a free spirit and helped me appreciate, from a very early…

— Christian Louboutin

Both my mother and father were very supportive of any career move any of us wanted to make...The nice thing about my…

— James Gandolfini

The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this…

— Erich Fromm

“Cnán knew these gleaners and their types well enough that she could pick them out even in a healthy city. Not always…

— Neal Stephenson

“{Calpurnia)"My mother…she’s desperate for a daughter she can dress like a porcelain doll. Sadly, I shall never be such a child. How…

— Sarah MacLean

whereas in childhood ... it was the parents' judgement that mattered to the child, later on the situation becomes reversed: it is…

— Iris Origo

My son was so excited about me doing three roles, and Jo and my parents loved the craft work and visuals, and…

— Suriya

My family was very poor. Strangely, though, my father was an enigma in that he was always working. He was not a…

— Rodney Crowell

I never set out to be an actor. Again, my mother presented this job by job to me at the time, and…

— Gaby Hoffmann

I just miss being around my mother. I'm her boy. I'm a momma's boy.

— O. J. Mayo

Slumber not in the tents of your fathers. The world is advancing.

— Giuseppe Mazzini

Neither of my parents would ever stand in the way of any of their children speaking their minds.

— Ron Reagan

You know you're a mother when the smallest wimper from your child can wake you from a dead sleep.

— Linda Poindexter

If your parents didn't have any children, there's a good chance that you won't have any.

— Clarence Day

A parent asked me today, "How do you get your children to pray in church?" My response? "Pray at home."

— Mark Hart

A properly kept silence is a beautiful thing; it is nothing less than the father of very wise thoughts

— Diodicus

Girls are the future mothers of our society, and it is important that we focus on their well-being.

— Miriam Makeba

Becoming a mother has been the best experience of my life, and I wouldn't trade it for anything.

— Karisma Kapoor

Unfortunately, inner feelings and potential are often stunted by our parents, relatives or peers.

— Willie Stargell

I'm no economist. I don't even play one on TV. I'm just a husband, a father, a taxpayer.

— Mark McKinnon

“According to legend, Father Earth did not originally hate life.”

— N.K. Jemisin

As a parent you cannot support your child striking from school.

— Svante Thunberg

I applaud my mother now for getting me through that time and making me believe in myself.

— Leah Remini

That moment when your right but your parents don't wanna hear a word you have to say

— Kelly

My mother took me to every kind of dance instructor.

— Julie Newmar