Parenting Quotes · Page 467

We needed the support of our parents because we had no car, no money.

— Bill Kaulitz

The reason why kids are crazy is because nobody can face the responsibility of bringing them up.

— John Lennon

Cling to the Father and his Holy name, And don't go ridin' on that long black train.

— Josh Turner

Learn from your parents mistakes -- use birth control.

— Anonymous

A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.

— H. L. Mencken

“All ambitious men want either to please their fathers or to punch them in the goddamned face.”

— Antonio Garcia Martinez

Of course my parents are picky about the girls I date; my parents watch out for me.

— Maluma

Career mothers are not kidding anybody. Being a mom is the hardest job of all. You got to work to rest.

— Sandy Duncan

My parents raised me well, I just tend to cuss a lot. Sorry for that. Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck,…

— John O Callaghan

“Edmund Bridgerton had died at the age of thirty-eight. And Anthony simply couldn’t imagine ever surpassing his father in any way, even…

— Julia Quinn

Divinity lies all around us, but society remains too hidebound to accept that fact...The mother sea and the fountain-head of all religions…

— William James

When I was a kid, my mother used to feed me mashed-potato sandwiches, brussel sprout sandwiches; my brain cells were starving from…

— Sylvester Stallone

I wanted to be a child actor so bad that every day I'd beg my parents if I could audition, but my…

— Zooey Deschanel

Lack of love from parents often motivates their children to go searching for love in other relationships. This search is often misguided…

— Gary Chapman

People say you don't need a father to be successful. I take offense to that. I had an argument with my mom…

— Dwight Howard

My father was always not concerned about the wealth I have, but every year he would ask me, how much have you…

— Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

I try to stay out of my kids' way and kind of just let them discover things for themselves. Our job as…

— Jada Pinkett Smith

I was a big reader as a child. My father is a great book lover and a librarian, but he forbid me…

— Asa Larsson

“We work with both parents and their children to make lasting progress. Supporting the entire family to succeed is critically important, because…

— Thomas L. Friedman

What comforted me? That is easy. It was a strong cold chicken jelly so very, very thick. My mother's Chinese cook would…

— James Beard

My parents both left school at 14, but my parents are incredibly smart, successful, thoughtful people. So one of the lessons I…

— Harry West

No mother wants to hear her son say he's gay. Those two words rip the picture of a daughter-in-law and grandchildren into…

— Johnny Weir

My parents are very middle class. They don't have all this money to just be throwing around, but they would always give…

— Nate Bargatze

I'm really grateful to my parents for having the confidence in me to let me go. I was terrified I might have…

— Sheridan Smith

So many young people I know have lost one of their parents, life is so unfair.

— Anonymous

I think that, any young child or teenager, you take a lot from your parents when you're growing up.

— Sydney Sweeney

Being a mother of two myself - and two small girls - I think that single parenting is hard.

— Sarah Clarke

“I lost my friend to suicide a year before I lost my father to cancer.”

— Jennifer Niven

I'd love to have a great relationship with my father. And unfortunately... I don't.

— Angelina Jolie

I always loved music. You know, my parents said I started singing when I was 4, in the car.

— Bob Seger

My father was an angry and impatient teacher and flung the reading book at my head.

— William Butler Yeats

When the swords flash let no idea of love, piety, or even the face of your fathers move you

— Julius Caesar

Whenever I close my eyes, I couldn't sleep; I only can sleep when I saw my mother face

— Anonymous

I grew up in a Glaswegian house because my parents are fairly Glaswegian-sounding.

— Tom Walker

It was the television that turned me to film. My parents did take me to Pete's Dragon.

— Kevin Feige

I was lucky enough to have a father who said, 'Don't quit.' So I just kept going.

— Mariska Hargitay

I was born Muslim, my parents are Muslim, I am Bosnian. I cannot be anything else.

— Adnan

I hope my tongue in prune juice smothers, If I belittle dogs and mothers.

— Ogden Nash

A lot of mothers want to be with their children. They can't afford it for this reason or that reason.

— Michael Leunig

I was labeled a troublemaker, my mom an unfit mother, and I was not welcome anywhere.

— Ryan White