Parents Quotes · Page 45

“plage, various seaside chairs and stools supported the parents”

— Vladimir Nabokov

I think we're such great parents together - I could not have picked a better partner to have kids with.

— Jessie James Decker

As a child, I was raised by native Hawaiian elders - three old women who took care of me while my parents…

— Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey

My dad was a brilliant civil engineer. My parents later divorced, but we lived in Abu Dhabi, Greece, Kuwait.

— Yasmine Hamdan

About all some parents accomplish in life is to send a child to Harvard.

— Anonymous

Growing up, I had a very happy childhood, with two parents who are still very much together.

— Kate Winslet

I'd go grocery-shopping with my parents and the old-school nuns would be there collecting money. It freaked me out.

— Steve Harwell

My parents have provided guidance, objective feedback, and unconditional support. They are advocates of what I do.

— Leanne Caret

My parents didn't want me to be a regular in a series. I was a working actor from time to time but…

— Harry Shearer

I want every version of a woman and a man to be possible. I want women and men to be able to…

— Natalie Portman

I'd love to do a movie where I actually get to be kind of quirky and odd and dorky and all that…

— Rachel Nichols

People in China have a range of strong views about how children should be protected when they go online and whether the…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

The best way to achieve freedom from your parents is to gain their trust by proving that you can take very good…

— Terry Mark

We live in the greatest country in the world and there are opportunities out there. You can't stay at home with your…

— Bob Backlund

I didn't want my parents to know about 4chan at first because of the adult content. By the time I was 18…

— Christopher Poole

My brother and his wife are such good parents. They work together as a team. They are doing really well. I'm really…

— Jo Frost

Among the other values children should be taught are respect for others, beginning with the child's own parents and family; respect for…

— James E. Faust

My family was lower middle class, and my parents both worked, so we couldn't take proper vacations. We'd go for three days…

— Harry Shearer

I know I'm going to send my three kids off to college someday. I know my parents will pass away someday. It's…

— Lee Unkrich

Being working class, my parents thought, 'Ian's going to uni, the first in the family,' and I'd do dentistry or accountancy. I…

— Ian Rankin

What is less often noticed is that it is precisely the kind of moral instruction that parents are constantly trying to give…

— Anonymous

“Neither parents nor schools are very effective at teaching the young to find pleasure in the right things. Adults, themselves often deluded…

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

What my parents have given to me is not anything that has to do with money or success or anything that society…

— Willow Smith

Having to parent your mother or father is a challenge that way too many teens have to deal with. Teens whose parents…

— Laurie Halse Anderson

My parents didn't get to have a dream. Their dream was to live in a country where their kids would have choice.

— Kelly Marie Tran

The mentality that I have now comes from my parents, both of whom were judo fighters and they were very competitive.

— Evan Fournier

As a child, I remember I always wanted to make my parents happy and give them everything in their lives.

— Rani Mukerji

I am in love with dance and my parents accept that gracefully.

— Shefali Zariwala

My parents were acting teachers, but I was a bookworm who was passionate about music.

— Alison Sudol

I think children of divorced parents do grow up quicker. You just do.

— Jasmine Guinness

Parents should work together as efficiently as two book ends.

— Anonymous

“Like many parents, they equated normality with being happy and productive.”

— Daniel Tammet

“Is that what love is all about? Needing them to come back to you when they're away? To come home and keep…

— Wally Lamb We Are Water

We are all, I suppose, beholden to our parents - the question is, how much?

— Jodi Picoult

I know parents across America remain sick with worry about the safety of their children. I feel that anguish.

— Lucy McBath

Acting was important, but it was not as important as getting an education, and I credit my parents with a lot of…

— Alexander Gould

Parents do the best they can. But my parents are better grandparents than they were parents.

— Teri Hatcher

My parents were just searching for an alternative way of raising their children.

— Joaquin Phoenix

It's been ingrained in me, from my parents and others, this idea of making a difference in the world.

— Lawrence Bender

I knew I'd been given another chance, another life in Australia by my parents, so I didn't want to hurt them.

— Saroo Brierley