Parents Quotes · Page 116

Very few parents give out healthy lunchboxes due to pressure from their children.

— Prue Leith

Is there a doctor in the house? My parents want me to marry you.

— Wendy Liebman

A lot of peoples' parents aren't very supportive; my mom is super supportive.

— Ravyn Lenae

“Sheesh, one hot girl walks into the house and all trust vanishes. -Vane Weston”

— Shannon messenger

The most powerful teaching of children is by the example of their parents.

— Dallin H. Oaks

Children aren't happy without something to ignore, And that's what parents were created for.

— Ogden Nash

Nothing I have ever done has made my future worse, my parents' life worse, my daughter's life worse.

— Farrah Abraham

I'm always crying. I get a lump in my throat when I see intimacy between parents and their children.

— Anna Chancellor

I would phone my parents every single night, crying: 'I hate it!' And they were not nice to me in RADA, it…

— Joanna Page

Every child should be taught to cook in school, not just talk about nutrition all day. Good food can be made in…

— Jamie Oliver

I feel like kids are the perfect psychic investigators of their parents, and kids understand their parents' unconscious better than the parents…

— Mike Mills

We hear some people talk about the nanny state and, actually, we don't want to be telling people how to bring up…

— Nicky Morgan

But there are parents out there who feel like they have been shut out from the process of how their children are…

— Lori Lightfoot

My parents are from Ghana. Until I was 17, I thought you had to go to college. I had no idea. I…

— Ato Essandoh

“Parents that provide a nonviolent, fostering, strong and steady background for their children assist in impede violence and abuse in their households.”

— Patricia Dsouza

I learned everything, right or wrong, about honor and love, all those things, when I was a kid watching movies. I learned…

— Sydney Pollack

When I was a little child, my parents taught me by example to pray. I began with a picture in my mind…

— Henry B. Eyring

In third grade, I was taking tap-dance lessons, and about six weeks before the recital I wanted to quit. My mom said,…

— Rebecca Lobo

I always knew I would sing. I just didn't know if I would be successful or not. But I sang at school,…

— Andrea Bocelli

I was 14 in Barcelona, and when I initially went there, I didn't see my mum for six months and my dad…

— Johanna Konta

I think the fact that my parents are still, "Hey, great, that's great!" and not, "We need you to do this and…

— Tatiana Maslany

I was raised by extremely strict - but also extremely loving - Chinese immigrant parents, and I had the most wonderful childhood!…

— Amy Chua

When my husband and I first became parents, we joked that our chubby baby was destined to grow into an Alex P.…

— Rumaan Alam

In today's world, everyone's so clued into their iPhones, and communication is going by the wayside as far as one-on-one is concerned.…

— Phyllis Smith

A lot of the songs in 'See Jane Sing!' are pulled straight from the kitchen table and my parents harmonizing together.

— Jane Lynch

The best part about being friends with your parents is that no matter what you do, they have to keep loving you.

— Natalie Portman

“Father has a strengthening character like the sun and mother has a soothing temper like the moon.”

— Amit Kalantri

You white people are so strange. We think it is very primitive for a child to have only two parents.

— Anonymous

Parents own the children, and it is an issue of freedom and public health.

— Rand Paul

“Consciously or not, all parents act in ways that encourage their children to follow in their footsteps.”

— John J. Macionis

There's no way that moving in with your parents is a sign that your life is on track.

— Jerry Seinfeld

Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.

— Samuel Butler

Having parents who are chicken sexers - I had trouble explaining that to kids at school!

— Lee Isaac Chung

Both my parents' brothers are into active politics and so was my grandfather.

— Mimi Chakraborty

“Parents want the best for their children … for themselves.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

My parents are very good examples of Christians. They are big on forgiveness.

— James Acaster

If you are sinlge ou don't have to live with someone who can't stand your parents.

— Anonymous

It's not unusual for kids in their twenties to be mad at their parents.

— Joy Browne

My parents always talked to me in full sentences and were really interested in investing in my potential.

— Ketanji Brown Jackson

Being articulate, my parents could make anything sound reasonable.

— Noah Baumbach