Parents Quotes · Page 70

Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.

— Ogden Nash

I think as parents, our natural instinct is to go into problem-solving mode.

— Cynthia Germanotta

“And parents who love you, and who are probably making out back at that car," Archer said ...”

— Rachel Hawkins

Our parents were just brilliant parents who encouraged us to do whatever we wanted to do.

— Jack Lowden

“I believe that parents who love their children do everything for them with love, even discipline.”

— Ellen J. Barrier

My parents are going to kill me!" "That seems rather harsh...

— Garth Nix

My parents have always wanted me to pursue a dignified career.

— Shweta Basu Prasad

When I get off the phone with my parents, usually I'm in a good spot.

— Marcus Mariota

I went to Marymount College in New York City with a lot of kids whose parents paid their way, and I wouldn't…

— Moira Kelly

“Some grown-ups could be so inherently stupid. Try banning homework sometime. You might see those straight A's so many parents long for.”

— Heather Brewer

One of my sisters is physically and mentally handicapped. She took a lot of my parents' attention, so I grew up in…

— Alex Kingston

I've always had good support of parents for doing what I wanted to do. When it became music they were just as…

— Negash Ali

Gerry Schoenfeld told me 'Les Parents Terribles' was not going to sell, even though we had Kathleen Turner and Jude Law in…

— Roger Rees

I think the mix of narrative and analysis that the 'New Yorker' requires is a perfect expression of what my parents each…

— George Packer

The parent characters that I portray are Indian because I grew up in an Indian household. Having said that, I feel like…

— Lilly Singh

I'll go on '60 Minutes,' and whereas other parents would be like, 'You did a great job. I'm so proud of you,'…

— Maysoon Zayid

You do your work, and you do the best you can. That's what my parents taught me, and I think what they…

— Judy Smith

I told Miss Kay we need to make sure our children don't turn out like I turned out, so they were raised…

— Phil Robertson

The one thing that my parents have told me and I try to tell my kids it doesn't matter how much fame,…

— Tom Izzo

I was German-speaking, and I arrived 10 years old to Croatia, and really wasn't speaking a lot at home with my parents…

— Dejan Lovren

If you live with a single parent, you don't see compromise. You witness a grown person living in a world where they…

— Chris Rock

“An alarming number of parents appear to have little confidence in their ability to "teach" their children. We should help parents understand…

— Raymond S. Moore

I am writing to make sure that kids don't lose very important traits like curiosity that can drive social change because oftentimes…

— Adora Svitak

Parents needs to spend more time with who they're trusting their kids with. That's one of the nuggets going forward. Find out…

— Ray Lewis

My parents were very protective. I couldn't even cross the street without them getting all excited, and placing bets.

— Emo Philips

Very often, overweight children have parents who are struggling with weight issues.

— Lisa Ling

My parents are not shy, clearly publicly and otherwise, in expressing their hopes that they will soon be grandparents.

— Chelsea Clinton

My parents have always done what they've loved, and they've had many different careers.

— Leona Lewis

If you're a black kid from the streets and somebody is rapping about parents not understanding, you'd laugh at that.

— MC Ren

My parents have left a legacy in our family of service to others.

— Neil Bush

I want to do more good work. That's very much my parents' influence in me.

— Yvonne Orji

It's not what your parents give you. It's what you do with your own stuff.

— Jennifer Grant

Dad was in the British Army and my mom was in the Royal Air Force, so both of my parents believed in…

— Mike Myers

We're from Delhi and I've grown up surrounded by my parents and relatives speaking Punjabi at home.

— Jonita Gandhi

“One day you look in the mirror and you see your parents' sadness in your eyes.”

— Hannah Lillith Assadi

I am very close with my parents, they are very amazing, so loving, so cool, and really valued art.

— Regina Spektor

My parents don't press it but, you know, they're into good grades.

— Lucy Deakins

Our children are extensions of ourselves in ways our parents are not, nor our brothers and sisters, nor our spouses.

— Fred Rogers

My parents always said that I would be a lawyer or pilot or doctor - and I always just thought that's what…

— Benjamin Clementine

Practice makes perfect. How many times have parents uttered those words to encourage their children ¦?

— Vikrant Parsai