Parents Quotes · Page 94

Treat your mother with respect and your children will do the same for you

— Anonymous

As an only child to be there when your parents say goodbye, that's tough.

— Noel Edmonds

Some parents could do more for their children by not doing so much for them.

— Anonymous

You know you had FUN when you CANT tell your parents what you did

— Ritu Ghatourey

“Oliver Biddle was who you became if you couldn't find anyone to love except your parents. ”

— Melissa Bank

I don't have any brothers and sisters, so I always relied on my parents to guide me or answer questions.

— Daryl Davis

I've always enjoyed acting. When we were younger, my sisters and I would put on plays for our parents.

— Serena Williams

My parents left Libya in 1979, escaping political repression, and settled in Cairo. I was nine.

— Hisham Matar

My parents' marriage was already shaky when I came along. They split up when I was five, and I didn't see Dad…

— Robert Webb

My parents have sailed around the world; they know what can happen and that it's not always fun, but because I want…

— Laura Dekker

My parents were always doubtful about my making a living as an artist. Even when I was up for the Turner Prize,…

— Cornelia Parker

I was born in London, England during the great fog of 1952, but survived the coal-fueled air pollution with no ill effects…

— Jack W. Szostak

“Most parents are not really ‘supportive’ because they want their kid(s) to succeed; they ‘support’ their kid(s) as an attempt to avoid…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

The best part is when parents come up to me with their kids, and they say, 'My daughter started gymnastics because of…

— Laurie Hernandez

So often I meet parents who are just exhausted. I want to look at how I can then create space for that…

— Jo Frost

When I was growing up, my parents took in foster children. From a young age, I learned that there are a lot…

— Michelle Monaghan

“No. Absolutely not. I forbid it. You'll have nightmares." "She was my friend! You must allow me. Why are you so horrid?"…

— Laurie Halse Anderson

My original interest in the Nazi holocaust was personal. Both my father and mother were survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto and the…

— Norman Finkelstein

“Parents were good to us, gave us a lot, took care for us when we couldn’t have taken care for ourselves, wanted…

— Lukasz Laniecki

Even if the two parents have decided they can't stand the sight of each other anymore, they can still back each other…

— Jennifer Ashton

My parents didn't give me any scope to feel sorry for myself. They were just like 'go play with your brother, go…

— Oscar Pistorius

For years now, Chinese parents and teachers have lamented what's known as the 'xiao huangdi' - or little emperor - phenomenon, a…

— Jeffrey Kluger

“I never understood those commercials with the parents celebrating the end of summer. Now I understand that around mid-August, all the summer…

— Jim Gaffigan

I talked my parents into sending me to Roedean at 16. I had this idea that if I could get into Cambridge,…

— Lucy Griffiths

My mum's from Yorkshire and my parents aren't snotty or posh - they're very hard workers, both of them.

— Sally Phillips

I want to thank my parents and my coaches, who brought me out of Guwahati.

— Hima Das

'Castles Made of Sand' was a song that my parents put me to sleep to, so naturally, it still puts me in…

— Hannah Bronfman

My children did not go through a stage of being rude to their parents. I'm sorry if that sounds incredible.

— Judith Martin

My parents not only did it for a living, but they were really good at it.

— Kiefer Sutherland

My parents raised me to put school first and modeling and extracurriculars second.

— Devon Windsor

I don't think it matters how many parents you've got, as long as those who are around make their presence a good…

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

The reality is that we were blessed with parents that put us into a lot of things.

— Valentin Chmerkovskiy

I don't blame my own parents for the way I grew up, as quite often there is little choice in these issues.

— Peter Garrett

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

I believe in adventure and imagination, and I got that from my parents and the things I experienced as a child.

— Mirai Nagasu

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

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

— Alexander Gould

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

— Daniel Tammet