Parenting Quotes · Page 427

“He’s a real romantic,” said my mother. “Romantics are usually bastards, in case you haven’t noticed.”

— Suzanne Berne

“Losing a parent, I guess it makes you realize none of us is gonna be immortal.”

— Mary Kay Andrews

A mother is always a mother, since a mother is a biological fact, whilst a father is a movable feast.

— Angela Carter

We are all, I suppose, beholden to our parents - the question is, how much?

— Jodi Picoult

With the same intensity that the Father loves Jesus, He loves you.

— Mike Bickle

Being sent away to school was no different from my biological mother giving me away.

— Michael Reagan

To be a mother, a housewife, never cost me any sacrifice - I savored every minute of those years.

— Indira Gandhi

I am born connected. I am born remembering rivers flowing from my mother's body into my body.

— Meinrad Craighead

My parents played bridge, and I remember being fascinated watching them. I sometimes got a chance to sit in on a hand,…

— Louis Sachar

You will not easily get a man to believe that his carnal love for the woman he has made his wife is…

— Anonymous

One of the things that I learned at a very young age is the power of a parent's words to their children.

— Danny Gokey

~My children are my life ... It's not like I don't have my own wants and and dreams anymore - it's just…

— Angie Harmon

When I was a kid, my father would read Neil Simon plays with me, when I was going to bed, as bedtime…

— Zach Woods

'Yes' is the mother of all positive words, next to 'love.' Maybe 'love' is the father of all positive words.

— Jason Mraz

My father had an expression, if you want to know the road ahead, ask the person that's been there. We found that…

— Joel Glazer

There was never any pressure on me to go into the business, but I was always aware of it. I'd go on…

— Micky Dolenz

By giving women training to sue a company for a 'hostile environment' if someone tells a dirty joke, we are training women…

— Warren Farrell

“I’m through being cool. Or, more accurately, I’m through entertaining the notion that anybody could even consider the possibility of coolness emanating…

— Anthony Bourdain

I spoke to my parents and my agent a year before Rio. I was like: 'I don't want to do this. I…

— Ellie Simmonds

“I've been thinking of something your father said - that the true measure of love is what one is willing to give…

— Laura Frantz

Was it the act of giving birth that made you a mother? Did you lose that label when you relinquished your child?…

— Jodi Picoult

My mother gave me an understanding that as good as you think you are, you're not so great. There's always room for…

— Stevie Wonder

In 1776, at the point of severance, except for an infusion of words from east coast Indian languages, the English language of…

— Robert Burchfield

“My father is standing at the sink wearing a too-tight long-sleeved red T-Shirt, a pair of too-high jeans and sporting the type…

— Rebecca Sparrow

My dad was my hero. And I got my personality from my mother.

— Magic Johnson

My father wouldn't get us a TV, he wouldn't allow a TV in the house.

— Janis Joplin

I feel very proud as a father when my daughter is being recognised for her talent and hard work.

— Johnny Lever

But mostly, it's a book about my relationship with my father.

— Alison Bechdel

“They were the sisterhood: their mothers at a younger age.”

— Ann Brashares

Fathers represent another way of looking at life - the possibility of an alternative dialogue.

— Louise J. Kaplan

I pop gum. My parents get so annoyed with me. I know my dad wishes he never taught me how to do…

— Hilary Duff

I am a mother and I have been divorced, and I love fashion and the Upper East Side.

— Kelly Rutherford

My father made me swear that I would never resort to violence in life.

— Manoj Kumar

Good parents have children who do terrible things and vice-versa.

— Terry McMillan

My real name's Rakim - my parents named me after the god MC himself.

— ASAP Rocky

I believe that a parents role is to provide a path or opportunity for their children.

— David Soul

Hugs can do great amounts of good - especially for children.

— Princess Diana

My parents didn't hide reality. I watched cartoons and the news with equal fascination.

— Jello Biafra

My father helped me leave. He said, 'It's all out there, it's not here.'

— Alan King

“A mother who would stop at nothing for her child is dangerous woman when crossed.”

— Solange nicole