Parenting Quotes · Page 501

My father was the first to see through the schemes of the white man.

— Chief Joseph

“My parents were at a total loss. I was going nowhere and I was irritable and hostile.”

— Alcoholics Anonymous

If you want to be treated like a mother, act like one.

— Jeannette Walls

My father would read me Page Six instead of, like, kids' stories.

— Billy Eichner

“Children learn best when they like their teacher and they think their teacher likes them.”

— Gordon Neufeld

“Always put the kneeler down immediately! Any Catholic parent of small children knows”

— Jennifer Handford

The Parent Trap gave my career another boost, starring in family comedies.

— Maureen O'Hara

I came to parenting the way most of us do - knowing nothing and trying to learn everything.

— Mayim Bialik

“Leah: I want those gubs Mommy. Kate: They're not 'gubs' they're 'gloves' Aaden and Leah try and say gloves Leah: Gloves! Kate:…

— Kate Gosselin

You know, we all become parts of our parents later on in life, and I was lucky enough to latch onto their…

— Steve Doocy

When we were visiting New York City, I took my kids to the same playground where I went growing up. It was…

— Ben Stiller

“Never kill anything that’s rare,” my father had said. “I’m lucky I didn’t kill an elephant,” I replied. “You’d have had a…

— Pat Conroy

Parents need all the help they can get. The strongest as well as the most fragile family requires a vital network of…

— Bernice Weissbourd

When I was very little my mother would read to me in bed. She gave me a fascination for stories, and for…

— Michael Morpurgo

Bollywood is where I started from and learnt acting, whereas Bhojpuri cinema has got me superstardom. So, for me Bollywood is like…

— Ravi Kishan

I think I've actually had a pretty standard upbringing. My parents are really normal, so I've always had them around to keep…

— Sophie Lowe

“I am so accustomed to the young mom phenomenon, that when I saw the poster for The Proposal I wondered for a…

— Mindy Kaling

“I know a girl She puts the color inside of my world But she's just like a maze Where all of the…

— John Mayer

“Most adult children of toxic parents grow up feeling tremendous confusion about what love means and how it’s supposed to feel. Their…

— Susan Forward

My mom tells this story that even when I was in the womb, my father played the piano and she sang. So,…

— Cyrus Chestnut

As a child, I was tortured because my mother was a brilliant seamstress who made most of my clothes. I was despised…

— Lynda Resnick

I've always dressed myself, even when I was younger. My parents didn't pick out my clothes or anything. They let me do…

— Zendaya

“God’s Word   “Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so…

— Glenn Langohr

“My father is deceast, come Gaveston,' And share the kingdom with thy deerest friend.' Ah words that make me surfet with delight:…

— Christopher Marlowe

I grew up poor, seventh of ten children with a single mother. We were born distrusting.

— Robby Hoffman

My mother could do absolutely anything. She was like Martha Stewart before such a thing existed

— Cheryl Ladd

I was hoping I could become a success to give my mother and my father a better way of living.

— Bobby Womack

That mind-blowing moment when you realize chores were really the crap your parents didnt want to do.

— Anonymous

The biggest impact my father had on my life was teaching the importance of literacy.

— Thomas Steinbeck

We all have that Chutiya friend who becomes innocent in front of our parents.

— Wakif

Being a good human being is very easy: Be a good son, a good husband, a good parent and a good citizen.

— Siddharth Katragadda

I hate when new parents ask who the baby looks like. It was born 15 minutes ago, it looks like a potato

— Anonymous

I've really had two heroes in my life. My father and Ronald Reagan.

— Ted Cruz

When I had nothing else, I had my mother and the piano. And you know what? They were all I needed.

— Alicia Keys

My father told me once that the most important thing every man should know is what he would die for.

— Tana French

“I knew my mother's limitations because they formed the marrow of my bones.”

— Alice Sebold

Some hoes only meet the parents because they gotta walk pass the living room.

— Nikhil Saluja

Can a mother get pregnant while nursing? Yes, but it's easier if she puts the baby to bed first!

— Nikhil Saluja

Sometimes my mother goes through my socks and underwear. I wouldn't mind, but it tickles so much!

— Emo Philips

“The arms of mothers are made of tenderness; in them children sleep profoundly.”

— Victor Hugo