Parents Quotes · Page 56

I think it'd be useful for parents to know kind of what is the culture of an institution.

— Margaret Spellings

Teachers tell me that they'd like to work more closely with parents.

— Jim Knight

Generosity is something we learn, from our parents, schools and community.

— Ross Perot

Parents cannot expect advice to have the same force upon their children as experience has upon themselves.

— Samuel Richardson

Yes, my parents brought us up like anybody else. We didn't get any more presents than other people.

— Holly Branson

Don't quarrel with your parents even if you are on the right.

— Plato

The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.

— Clarence Darrow

I was raised in a time when parents brought out belts, and you got tough love.

— Linda Perry

Paradoxically, since gay men rarely have gay parents, cultural transmission must come from friends or strangers (a problem since the generations so…

— Edmund White

Like many Asian parents, mine were very focused on education. My dad would quiz me with multiplication tables when I was about 5.

— Lisa Su

My parents were in Vaudeville, in musical. And I would tour with them and had a couple of wonderfully lucky breaks in…

— Julie Andrews

My parents were really loving, open people to be around. I don't remember them ever telling me this profession is difficult. There…

— Rachel Keller

I got lucky with my parents. They were unfailingly loving and supportive, which gave me confidence about my place in the world.

— Richard Coles

Now, I was one of those kids who grew up privy to both his parents' secrets, who acted as the intermediary between…

— Tom Junod

Parents taught me how to behave, school taught me what to do for a living. The work helped me earn a living.…

— Kemmy Nola

My parents never planted the seed that anything was impossible. They planted the seed that things were doubly hard for a black…

— Malcolm Brogdon

My parents put me in the water very early, and also had me skiing at a very early age. They put me…

— Benoit Lecomte

“The cake is pretty simple; they didn't want anything too fancy. Two tiers. The bottom is the Frango mint tier from the…

— Stacey Ballis

“Christian parents, if you desire your sons and your daughters to become steadfast and useful members of the Church of Christ, see…

— G.H. Gerberding

Parents don't particularly care whether it's early infantile autism or whatever label the clinicians have put on it. All they want is…

— Darold Treffert

“Parent power is not a sign of democracy, it is a sign of barbarism. We are to regard education as a service…

— Stephen Fry

We had many books and pictures... my parents' way of life doubtless left a lasting impression on me. They created an atmosphere…

— Alfred Stieglitz

Speaking as a parent, I don't think parents think all the time about structures. I know from conversations I've had with other…

— Nicky Morgan

I just don't know when, as a society... it sort of only became OK to represent gay people in the traditional sense,…

— Jordan Gavaris

“Johnny looked at her. "I think we can't make people love us." "Including our parents?" Especially our parents.”

— Kristin Hannah

I'm the rogue Canadian in my family - I just happened to be born here while my parents were studying here.

— Eleanor Catton

My parents being from Nigeria deeply informs all my social justice and human rights work.

— Opal Tometi

When I started doing magic as a kid, my parents had no problem.

— David Copperfield

My parents were born here, but my abuelita was not - she came from Colombia in the '60s to have my mom.

— Rachel Zegler

My parents taught me never to judge others based on whom they love, what color their skin is, or their religion.

— Taylor Swift

My parents are actually very hip. They're way hipper than me.

— Peter Vack

One thing I wanted to do from when I was young was buy my parents a house. I have done that in…

— Wilfried Zaha

I think the deepest problem is between my parents and me. I just don't know if it will ever be the same.

— LaToya Jackson

I celebrate my hardworking parents and all the opportunities they gave me.

— Nathan Chen

“But Dad looked delighted. "My Mia's singing 'Waiting for Vengeance' to my Teddy. What do you think about that?”

— Gayle Forman

My parents tried to shield me from how famous they were when I was growing up on Long Island. I had no…

— Alexa Ray Joel

Remember to love your parents...We are so busy growing up, we often forget they are also growing old.

— Anonymous

My parents were among the first families from their area to leave Nigeria and come to America, the land of the free.

— Nnamdi Asomugha

My parents pushed us very hard to work, both in the home, doing chores and cooking, and at school.

— Wendi Deng Murdoch

“ALL FAMILIES INVENT THEIR PARENTS AND CHILDREN, GIVE each of them a story, character, fate, and even a language.”

— Edward Said