Parents Quotes · Page 139

I have amazing parents and some really great friends that would kick my butt if I ever started acting different.

— Jane Levy

“...my father, [was] a mid-level phonecompany manager who treated my mother at best like an incompetent employee. At worst? He never beat…

— Gillian Flynn

The family unit is very interesting because these are people that you're supposed to be the closest to in your life, and…

— Taika Waititi

I wanted to be a good kid, and I wanted to please my parents.

— Andreja Pejic

I grew up in a Christian home with amazing parents.

— Allyson Felix

“No child, no matter what path they may have chosen, should be abandoned by the people who should love them the most.…

— S.L. Jennings

You know, all 'The Karate Kid' fans from the original are parents these days. I think it's a cool thing.

— William Zabka

I think parents are probably really excited for their kids and want to give them everything. But there should be a limit…

— Ann Makosinski

Nobody is weirder than your own family, and I think teenagers feel that particularly acutely; the fact that you can walk five…

— Simon Templeman

My parents did not want us to lose our culture and our language. And that was a good thing.

— Jose Feliciano

I've grown up seeing the pros and cons but I love it and I've always wanted to act. Throughout all the rejections…

— Lily Collins

My parents pretty much realized that I would do whatever I wanted, and that was it, really.

— Amy Winehouse

When I announced that I wanted to become an actress, my parents were dead against it. I had to put up a…

— Simi Garewal

I couldn't have been luckier with my parents.

— Harry Connick, Jr

My parents told me, 'Skating is a privilege, not a right, and school always comes first.'

— Ashley Wagner

My earliest interest in game design came when I was in primary school, and my parents bought a Commodore 128 computer. I…

— Brendan Myers

My working-class Italian-American parents didn't go to school, there were no books in the house.

— Martin Scorsese

I have my parents to keep me in check, a team that loves me, and I have the ability to go out…

— Brian Ortega

Parents, raise your kids. Young men and women, raise your kids.

— Estelle

My parents' set-up was very traditional, whereas that's not the life I've chosen to lead.

— Fiona Bruce

My parents and grandparents have always been engaged in teaching or the medical profession or the priesthood, so I've sort of grown…

— Colin Firth

Children aren't dogs; adults aren't gods

— Haitian Proverb

For parents who work, afterschool programs can be a crucial support system, but too many communities have limited options.

— Stacey Abrams

When I was a lad, my parents and all their equivalents never lusted after other people's riches or success.

— David Jason

My dad wanted me to be a professional person, which I was - I was a civil engineer. I graduated from civil…

— James Hong

I've always been very cautious with what I do. You know, that started at a young age. I always had the approach…

— Derek Jeter

The CHOICE Act provides students with an opportunity, rather than a one-size-fits-all solution, by giving parents a choice in what educational opportunities…

— Tommy Tuberville

My mother just died at 103, so that's a start. You should live 20 years longer than your parents.

— Rupert Murdoch

My parents taught me to react quickly when temptation comes and to say 'No!' instantly and emphatically. I recommend that same counsel…

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

My parents had to work hard, and I was always looking for a way to make it big - for their sakes…

— Tiny Tim

In my many years of coaching, he is the most focused in terms of the important aspects of his life and his…

— Wally Goodwin

“But I'm learning it's human nature to want the things you can't have. What changes is how you go about pursuing the…

— Katie Kacvinsky

I think sometimes when children grow up, their parents grow up. Mine grew up with me. We coexist. I don't try to…

— Katy Perry

My parents provided me the best they could, if not more. I was even provided goat milk by my parents.

— P. T. Usha

Heredity is what sets the parents of a teenager wondering about each other.

— Laurence J. Peter

A good youth ought to have a fear of God, to be subject to his parents, to give honor to his elders,…

— Anonymous

My parents were very permissive when it came to animals. As long as we earned the money to buy them and built…

— Maggie Stiefvater

I was always kind of a school person - my parents were teachers, and my grandparents were immigrants, so their big thing…

— Mayim Bialik

I suspect that among parents or siblings of a person with autism there are higher rates of talents in systemizing.

— Simon Baron-Cohen

Trendy is emulating your children while they emulate your parents.

— Bill Greenwell