Parents Quotes · Page 241

Protestant parents still keep a Bible handy in the house, so that the children can study it, and one of the first…

— Mark Twain

I received a lot of complaints from parents who wrote and told me that their kids wouldn't go to sleep until our…

— Milton Berle

My parents were very volatile but very loving. My father would get jealous if my mother looked at somebody. I used to…

— Felicity Kendal

It's great to be able to connect parents with children both emotionally and through humor. I look forward to exploring family entertainment…

— Jon Favreau

My theory is that there is a finite amount of intelligence in a family, and you're supposed to gradually transfer it to…

— Dave Barry

Parents are with their children almost constantly and can observe when they are ready to be instructed. From questions or behavior or…

— Boyd K. Packer

“We're not peculiar." "Oh, yes, you are. Don't you realize that in my world my parents are peculiar because they'd never been…

— Madeleine L'Engle

My parents decided - because they were not going to teach us anything Jewish at home - to send both me and…

— Noreena Hertz

“Why do you think, A.J.," they say in unison, "that you find these boys so attractive?" I didn't say that this fiery…

— Joan Bauer

I was training in Spain for 15 months, and while I was there, my parents didn't want to be halfway around the…

— Johanna Konta

The biggest single problem of American parents today is the foolish idea that you just have to be a friend to your…

— Steve Biddulph

One of the things my parents told me when I was young was that I had to always do more than everyone…

— Serge Gnabry

The biggest mistake coaches make is taking borderline cases and trying to save them. I'm not talking about grades now, I'm talking…

— Bear Bryant

Asian parents, or a lot of parents in general, they have no idea what goes on in this industry. Mine were born…

— Manny Jacinto

I've seen my whole family struggle, with money, with relationships, with alcohol, and I thought there must be a better way. As…

— Kellie Pickler

A misperception about anorexia is that you don't eat. Not true. Maybe you eat just 500 calories a day. It would be…

— Brittany Snow

For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers,…

— Bible

Parents provide their children with genes as well as an environment, so the fact that talkative parents have kids with good language…

— Steven Pinker

Most parents try really hard to give their kids the best possible life. They give them the best food and clothes they…

— Anonymous

Because my parents were illegal, they couldn't trust anybody. They were always nervous. A neighbor could be like, 'These people are making…

— Giannis Antetokounmpo

I was a swimmer growing up, which meant being in the pool at 5 A.M. You get used to it. You get…

— Teddy Sears

My parents never referenced Ethiopia that much, largely because of the circumstances under which we left. We left during a time of…

— Dinaw Mengestu

You know, my parents had a restaurant. And I left home, actually, in 1949, when I was 13 years old, to go…

— Jacques Pepin

I grew up in a show business family, so we've always had a great sense of balance, being so close to my…

— Andy Gibb

I've come to realize that making it your life's work to be different than your parents is not only hard to do,…

— Paul Reiser

Parents, first and foremost, it is important to... understand and recognise the activities your child is naturally gravitating towards. It's important also…

— Viswanathan Anand

After a while, you're growing up so quickly and you begin to not know your parents anymore. You're left with the memories…

— Diane Guerrero

No one in my family plays music. But since I was very little, I would go around the house singing and dancing.…

— Rosalia

Like with me, like around '97, for Christmas my parents bought me an MPC 2000 sampler and a little eight-track cassette recorder.…

— Adrian Younge

“Nightmares did come true. Because, after her second night of major loving with the man of her dreams, the absolute last person…

— Alisha Rai

“when affluent, educated parents decide to homeschool, public schools lose out on involved PTA parents and capable school-improvement advocates. Or when parents…

— Emily Matchar

My parents both left school at 14, but my parents are incredibly smart, successful, thoughtful people. So one of the lessons I…

— Harry West

My parents are very middle class. They don't have all this money to just be throwing around, but they would always give…

— Nate Bargatze

I'm really grateful to my parents for having the confidence in me to let me go. I was terrified I might have…

— Sheridan Smith

When my parents were like, 'We're going to the Northwest,' I thought, 'You've gotta be kidding me.' I was so depressed. The…

— Bonnie McKee

It's difficult for my mum because she doesn't know half of the things that happened. She might think the sun shines out…

— Andre Gray

I grew up in Long Island City. When I was growing up, my parents owned a women's clothing store in Queens. It…

— Jessica Valenti

“Do you not realize that your kids are going to make mistakes, and a lot of them? Do you not realize the…

— Dan Pearce

I told my parents I wanted to be an actress years before I wrapped my head around what my dad did for…

— Allison Williams

My parents both came from working-class backgrounds, my father particularly. He came from a very poor family, 12 of them lived in…

— Roger Allam