Parents Quotes · Page 103

Dad was in the British Army and my mom was in the Royal Air Force, so both of my parents believed in…

— Mike Myers

If you're a black kid from the streets and somebody is rapping about parents not understanding, you'd laugh at that.

— MC Ren

My parents have always done what they've loved, and they've had many different careers.

— Leona Lewis

My parents have left a legacy in our family of service to others.

— Neil Bush

I want to do more good work. That's very much my parents' influence in me.

— Yvonne Orji

My parents are not shy, clearly publicly and otherwise, in expressing their hopes that they will soon be grandparents.

— Chelsea Clinton

Very often, overweight children have parents who are struggling with weight issues.

— Lisa Ling

My parents were very protective. I couldn't even cross the street without them getting all excited, and placing bets.

— Emo Philips

Wealthy parents have long relied on a properly timed donation to improve their children's chances at admission to college.

— Michael J. Knowles

As far as my parents go, I have been heavily influenced by them. Whenever they went for shootings or shows, I used…

— Esha Deol

People who were gay were pitied and ridiculed by my parents - they had no modern sense of people being allowed to…

— Miriam Margolyes

After a time, all children have to be on their own. Though as parents you always want to cushion them, however, when…

— Rajesh Khattar

The best thing parents can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep…

— Carol S. Dweck

Don't anger your parents in order to please other people because those other people didn't spend their lives building yours. BUT your…

— Mahfoudh

The only thing that would really make my mother angry would be if I liked horror movies or violence or Ronald Reagan.…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

We had some Stevie Wonder and Luther Vandross, but there's a lot of hip-hop and other black music that I just never…

— Daniel Caesar

I liked making people laugh. I remember that specifically, being really young and having my parents being in the audience and laughing.…

— Kaitlin Olson

When I went to school, most parents wanted their children to get good A-levels, to go to university, and get a degree…

— Theo Paphitis

One of the things I have noticed about my novels is that they all concern people who can't quite bring themselves to…

— John Lanchester

When I was young, I told my parents, 'I promise you I'm going to play in the Champions League, and for my…

— Naby Keita

I grew up in a very loving middle class family. My parents were educators. I'm not even the first PhD in my…

— Condoleezza Rice

“Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away. The moments that…

— Paul Coelho

And it was important to my parents that I get my degree in 4 years, because "Money doesn't grow on trees." [LOL]…

— Wendy Williams

I was a huge David Letterman fan, even going back to when he was on NBC. My parents would only let me…

— Trevor Moore

When I get off the phone with my parents, usually I'm in a good spot.

— Marcus Mariota

My parents are supportive of anything I want to do, as long as it's not bad.

— Zoey Deutch

Why will parents use that expression? What right have you to have a favorite child?

— Fanny Fern

Our children are extensions of ourselves in ways our parents are not, nor our brothers and sisters, nor our spouses.

— Fred Rogers

My parents don't press it but, you know, they're into good grades.

— Lucy Deakins

My parents always said that I would be a lawyer or pilot or doctor - and I always just thought that's what…

— Benjamin Clementine

Practice makes perfect. How many times have parents uttered those words to encourage their children ¦?

— Vikrant Parsai

“One day you look in the mirror and you see your parents' sadness in your eyes.”

— Hannah Lillith Assadi

We're from Delhi and I've grown up surrounded by my parents and relatives speaking Punjabi at home.

— Jonita Gandhi

I am very close with my parents, they are very amazing, so loving, so cool, and really valued art.

— Regina Spektor

You know, in Russia we say there are three things you can't choose: your parents, your gender and your president.

— Ksenia Sobchak

When I come home, I am literally the most popular person with my friends' parents for doing 'The Archers.'

— Felicity Jones

I felt very humble when my parents took me to meet Stephen Hawking.

— Brooklyn Beckham

The most heart breaking moment is when we see tears in the eyes of our parents because of us.

— Anurag Prakash Ray

“That boy made me realize, for a while at least, that my parents were wrong, and I didn't have to be like…

— J.X. Burros

Teens stop hating your parents. One day you'll be one of them. Would you like to be hated by your children?

— Ritu Ghatourey