Parents Quotes · Page 118

All parents are an embarrassment to their kids. Often, grandparents are the relief. Kids don't have to resist you.

— Anne Lamott

As a young child, I suffered from poor health. My parents encouraged me to swim, which really improved my condition.

— Sui He

My parents were divorced by the time I was even conscious - like, I don't remember them ever being together.

— J. Cole

My parents thought art was important and a lot of my childhood was spent doing some form of it or another.

— Jason Becker

My parents made me believe I could do anything I wanted to do. They were really into empowering me.

— Pierre Omidyar

My parents never got carried away with the extraneous elements of being in the business.

— Haley Joel Osment

“War ... it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents.”

— Joseph Heller

The great thing about my parents is they didn't preach anything they didn't practice.

— Charles Koch

Thanks to my parents, who had me traveling around the world mouth-first, I knew from a young age I wanted a career…

— Andrew Zimmern

My parents were funny. My brothers were funny. We just laughed and had a good time. Growing up, it breeds that. It…

— Kym Whitley

“When a child is immersed in a certain environment, his thinking is formed by roles models of behavior demonstrated by parents in…

— Sunday Adelaja

“Parents have a child, and in doing so they bring into the world a monster that kills everything it comes in contact…

— Thomas Bernhard

I'll confess that, from an early age, I was a huge fan of President Reagan because my parents bought me an enormous…

— Uzodinma Iweala

The problem with growing up in a cafe was the cafe never closed, my parents worked every day of the year from…

— Anthony Minghella

My parents were the ones who gave me the independence, who gave me the spark to do anything that you set your…

— Marlee Matlin

You never realize how many swears or how inappropriate a song is until you're in the car with your parents listening to…

— Kat

“[THE DAILY BREATH] Do you remember the first day of school, when your mom and dad gave you the new uniform, the…

— Dragos Bratasanu

When I was prosecutor we had truancy and curfew issues and we made a refrigerator magnet, and that was hot with parents.…

— Amy Klobuchar

My parents both came to the United States from the Dominican Republic, and they were deeply grateful for the opportunities this country…

— Tom Perez

Maybe you had to leave in order to really miss a place; maybe you had to travel to figure out how beloved…

— Jodi Picoult

As parents, can we counter the effect of television violence? One worrying feature in Britain is that so many TV sets are…

— Robert Winston

Growing up with Bronx Irish parents during an era of protests against the status quo, I was especially committed to doing the…

— Greg Fitzsimmons

The one thing that was nice about being an only child is that my friends' parents would always ask me whether I…

— Alexa Bliss

True is it that life's most solemn promises are not made but assumed, not spoken nor written. As parents it is often…

— Philip Geary

That's the best gift you can give to your parents - a diploma.

— Liza Soberano

I grew up cursing a lot. It felt natural. My parents told me to stop.

— Adam Sandler

Different parents have different standards for their children.

— Penelope Spheeris

It is rare, I think, for parents to let their children -- of any age -- grow up and become peers.

— Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot

My parents have been unbelievable. Obviously, without them, I wouldn't be where I am.

— Katrina Adams

My parents keep me grounded. I've spent a lot of time on my own in my life, and I've learnt the hard…

— Atif Aslam

We like to think that our parents made a decision to bring us into the world.

— Christopher Eccleston

Loving a parents is more precious than anything else in this world

— Mariel Atos

Both Sheena and I are working parents, and we know how hard it is to balance work and parenting.

— Eric Greitens

In spite of my parents being actors, I never took acting as a profession for granted and still don't.

— Shriya Pilgaonkar

Each month from our income - we have a separate account, obviously - we give 80 percent of it to our parents…

— Granit Xhaka

I've wanted to be a comedian since I was a kid, and my parents were very supportive of that.

— Brett Gelman

I have great parents, and they both taught me great things, but my formative years were boundaryless.

— Roseanne Barr

I always spend Christmas back home with my parents in the north west of England.

— Liz Carr

“Leave your mark on the world by leaving behind a child who grows up to love and serve the Lord.”

— Elizabeth George

When your parents are madly in love for 45 years, your standards are really high.

— Winona Ryder