Parenting Quotes · Page 474

My parents made reading fun for me as a kid and that's stayed with me my whole life.

— Tom Fletcher

We were far from rich, but I never remember my parents worrying about money.

— Jan Schakowsky

Being a husband is for me as big a priority as being a father.

— Roger Federer

I was very lucky. My parents raised me in such a way that it never occurred to me that I wasn't equal

— Victoria Principal

We want to feel that this earth is all ours, like our parents' house when we were children.

— Ella Maillart

In times of Peace sons bury theirs fathers. In times of War fathers bury their sons.

— Anonymous

There is no magic on earth strong enough to wipe out the legacies of one's parents.

— Salman Rushdie

My father did not rock. He just earned and hated. Don't end up like this man.

— Henry Rollins

If you can't afford taking your kids to the Zoo, try taking them to Wal-Mart...its essentially the same experience.

— Anonymous

'Castles Made of Sand' was a song that my parents put me to sleep to, so naturally, it still puts me in…

— Hannah Bronfman

“Later, when the man saw Jesus in the temple, he told the Pharisees and they harassed Jesus because of the sabbath healing.…

— Daniel Partner

“Seem like nice boys" my father said "Do they? I think there practice satarts and ends with Dos Equis but maybe I'm…

— Therese Walsh

I'm probably the only kid in history whose parents made him stop taking music lessons. They made me stop studying the accordion.

— Ricky Jay

Growing up, my parents were very, very strict. And then I went to UCLA with John Wooden, who was just off the…

— Bill Walton

Jaipur is my mother's hometown. So, every summer vacation, we would come to Jaipur and spend the entire holiday at my nani's…

— Jasmin Bhasin

One important lesson is this: It is okay to try and fail at something, but it isn't okay to not try. Parents…

— Bill Rancic

My father, we bumped heads when I was younger, much younger... I had different ideas that I shared with him. He didn't…

— Ziggy Marley

I grew up in Long Island City. When I was growing up, my parents owned a women's clothing store in Queens. It…

— Jessica Valenti

My Heavenly Father, forgive me when I fail to give you thanks for the many blessings you have bestowed upon me. Thank…

— David Kreger

“Every life has a soundtrack. There is a tune that makes me think of the summer I spent rubbing baby oil on…

— Jodi Picoult

There is a lot of parenting that's completely out of your control, but I think we live in an era right now…

— Rosemarie DeWitt

“They wanted the real mother, the blood mother, the great womb, mother of fierce compassion, a woman large enough to hold all…

— Janet Fitch

Know that, as in life, there is much that many have looked upon but few have seen because, as my father told…

— Odysseas Elytis

It's difficult for my mum because she doesn't know half of the things that happened. She might think the sun shines out…

— Andre Gray

“As soon as we exit our mother's womb, we are immigrating forever more ...”

— Julos Beaucarne

I am she, O most bucolical juvenal, under whose charge are placed the milky mothers of the herd.

— Walter Scott

Like any doting parent, I believe the most important work we do is the way we bring up our children.

— Sussanne Khan

2 Chainz smoking loud like it's a newborn. Dad wasn't around, my father figure was Too Short.

— 2 Chainz

“A Godly mother's seed of faith yields a bounty of faithfulness.”

— Agu Jaachynma N.E

My mother supported me until I become a man, so now that I'm older, it is my turn to support her.

— Sim

There are lots of comic bosses and fathers in sitcoms, but the comic landlord remains rare.

— Josh Widdicombe

I'm like all parents who try to shelter their children.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

I had to escape the destruction of my fathers bankruptcy and all that difficulty.

— Brendan Coyle

My mother raised three kids on her own, so I was taught that to be a working mom was a good thing.

— Sarah Shahi

Sitting around the house playing the wife and mother is driving me crazy.

— Patsy Cline

My mother taught me to ask people about the things they love.

— Andrew Sean Greer

My father, an engineer, was the gentlest man I knew.

— Kevin McCloud

I never knew motherhood could be so truly gratifying until I had Natasha.

— Natalie Wood

I know my father and my mother, but beyond that I cannot go. My ancestry is blurred.

— V. S. Naipaul

My time with my father would be very meaningful, but also very short.

— Henrikh Mkhitaryan