Parents Quotes · Page 110

sometimes the very faults of parents produce a tendency to opposite virtues in their children.

— Maria Edgeworth

When I'm a teenager, my parents don't understand that they were teenager too :/

— Harshita

My parents saw their job of parenting as their most important role in life, and I aim to aspire to that.

— Andrew Lincoln

Pretending to be asleep so your parents won't make you do SOMETHING.

— Anonymous

All parents gush about what it's like to be a parent. I love it.

— Liz Phair

I make no apologies for informing parents of the expanded universal child care benefit.

— Pierre Poilievre

My parents tell me that I've been singing since I was really young.

— Mohit Chauhan

Parents need to nourish spiritual values in their children from a very young age.

— Mata Amritanandamayi

What made me want to play drums in the first place was Led Zeppelin and The Who. My parents had their records,…

— Joey Jordison

We don't yet know, above all, what the world might be like if children were to grow up without being subjected to…

— Alice Miller

My son, who is five, was adopted from Ethiopia. My daughter was adopted from Guatemala. Her parents died of typhoid and malaria.…

— Lisa Kristine

I grew up in the large house and the larger garden of my parents in Altenberg. They were supremely tolerant of my…

— Konrad Lorenz

But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents…

— Bible

The parents have not only to train their children: it is of at least equal importance that they should train themselves.

— Havelock Ellis

I was born in New York, but I was only here for two months. My parents are German, and I grew up…

— Peter Hermann

Egypt was tough without our parents. My brothers and sisters had to work day by day, and every time they collected a…

— Luol Deng

Your parents' views are, by current standards, out there. Getting in their faces about it would be needlessly disrespectful, but there's no…

— Carolyn Hax

Growing up on an all-boys' team wasn't the easiest thing. I'd have guys come after me on the ice and just hit…

— Hilary Knight

“Take sex, for instance.' 'What do you want me to do with it?' 'Try to be serious for a moment. Take the…

— John Mortimer

My parents couldn't afford physical therapy, so they sent me to dancing school. I learned how to dance in heels, which means…

— Maysoon Zayid

Kids should be taught about sex, sex hygiene and contraceptive methods starting in the sixth grade, and whenever they want to try…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

I started preparing meals for my family when I was 12 because both of my parents worked, but I didn't know that…

— Ayesha Curry

I used to listen to my dad a lot as a way of trying to be close to him, as well, because…

— Teddy Thompson

I have very liberal parents. People forget that Fidel Castro was on the cover of 'Time' magazine, and the one that I…

— Robert Englund

It would have been nice to be parents, but I don't feel wistful about it any more.

— Bernard Cribbins

I was never obsessed with being adopted. I was simply curious about my biological parents.

— Lisa Lutz

It's true that I've never had a burning desire to rebel against my parents.

— Taylor Swift

It always seemed to be a constant that my parents were political.

— Alexei Sayle

Parents get worried that kids will hold grudges. But they just don't.

— Jo Frost

They were very supportive parents in all my endeavors. They have very different approaches on how they give advice.

— John David Washington

“What feels comfortable for the parents isn't what's best for the child...”

— Fredrik Backman

“Parents, she thought, learned to survive touching their children less and less.”

— Celeste Ng

When I was born my parents lived in a flat so small that it now legally can't be rented out as a…

— Jack Monroe

Parents always know what strings control your heart and soul. After all, they are the ones who tied them there.

— Mercedes Lackey

Our demographic has parents and grandparents and kids. But I love our fan base. It's awesome.

— Steve Harwell

My parents worked hard, sometimes two jobs, to keep a roof over our heads and food on the table.

— Carole Radziwill

“Your life is given to you by your parents. If you don't want to live, you have to ask them first.”

— Yu Hua

“In united families, they might sleep with half filled stomach but no one sleeps with empty stomach.”

— Amit Kalantri

The Jewish man with parents alive is a fifteen-year-old boy and will remain a fifteen-year-old until they die.

— Philip Roth

I was born to teenage parents who got married young and divorced early.

— Nina Turner