--- title: "27 Parents Couldn Quotes by 26 authors" description: "Browse 27 Parents Couldn quotes by 26 authors. Discover the best Parents Couldn sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ba/monica-galetti-5793_afford_i-never-had-holidays-when-i-was-a-kid-be_107099.jpg" --- > [I never had holidays when I was a kid, because my parents couldn't afford them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-galetti/i-never-had-holidays-when-i-was-a-kid-because-my-parents-couldn-t/) [Monica Galetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-galetti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ba/monica-galetti-5793_afford_i-never-had-holidays-when-i-was-a-kid-be_107099.jpg) > [My parents couldn't be looser. It was the ultimate laissez faire upbringing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-trotter/my-parents-couldn-t-be-looser-it-was-the-ultimate-laissez-faire/) [Charlie Trotter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-trotter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cc/charlie-trotter-9546_father_my-parents-couldn-t-be-looser-it-was-the_1622658.png) > [My parents couldn't wait for me to get married.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aditya-narayan/my-parents-couldn-t-wait-for-me-to-get-married/) [Aditya Narayan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aditya-narayan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b40/aditya-narayan-11818_get_my-parents-couldn-t-wait-for-me-to-get-m_913256.jpg) > [When we were little, our parents couldn't tell us apart from the side or the back, they had to look at us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/drew-scott/when-we-were-little-our-parents-couldn-t-tell-us-apart-from-the-side/) [Drew Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/drew-scott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd9/drew-scott-5837_back_when-we-were-little-our-parents-couldn-t_1614201.jpg) > [I grew up and had a lot of friends who were gay and Mormon. They couldn't come out to their parents. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-reynolds/i-grew-up-and-had-a-lot-of-friends-who-were-gay-and-mormon-they/) [Dan Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-reynolds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15a/dan-reynolds-18572_come_i-grew-up-and-had-a-lot-of-friends-who-w_2541592.jpg) > [Being able to provide for your kids in a way that maybe your parents couldn't do for you is a great feeling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jayson-tatum/being-able-to-provide-for-your-kids-in-a-way-that-maybe-your-parents/) [Jayson Tatum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jayson-tatum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d0/jayson-tatum-8565_being_being-able-to-provide-for-your-kids-in-a_1416847.jpg) > [My parents couldn't handle my energy so they enrolled me in every sport the school was offering. I didn't resent it because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/channing-tatum/my-parents-couldn-t-handle-my-energy-so-they-enrolled-me-in-every/) [Channing Tatum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/channing-tatum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b9/channing-tatum-2462_energy_my-parents-couldn-t-handle-my-energy-so_1070145.png) > [It's different today than it was then. In those days we were strictly amateurs. If I had wanted to stay in for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-hamill/it-s-different-today-than-it-was-then-in-those-days-we-were-strictly/) [Dorothy Hamill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-hamill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/154/dorothy-hamill-12499_different_it-s-different-today-than-it-was-then-in_925407.jpg) > [I am the only son and my parents couldn't have been happier that their son is getting married.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aditya-narayan/i-am-the-only-son-and-my-parents-couldn-t-have-been-happier-that/) [Aditya Narayan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aditya-narayan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a33/aditya-narayan-11818_am_i-am-the-only-son-and-my-parents-couldn_612498.jpg) > [You can't live the rest of your life carrying a pain because your parents couldn't get along. I choose to spend my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-mraz/you-can-t-live-the-rest-of-your-life-carrying-a-pain-because-your/) [Jason Mraz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-mraz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/395/jason-mraz-975_joy_you-can-t-live-the-rest-of-your-life-car_1503840.jpg) > [There aren't as many roles for people who look like me, and it was always complicated when it came to casting my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meaghan-rath/there-aren-t-as-many-roles-for-people-who-look-like-me-and-it-was/) [Meaghan Rath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meaghan-rath/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f39/meaghan-rath-26624_always_there-aren-t-as-many-roles-for-people-wh_958463.jpg) > [I'd been warned that acting was an unstable profession and knew my parents couldn't support me financially. I had assured them I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ncuti-gatwa/i-d-been-warned-that-acting-was-an-unstable-profession-and-knew-my/) [Ncuti Gatwa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ncuti-gatwa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/305/ncuti-gatwa-6539_acting_i-d-been-warned-that-acting-was-an-unsta_2122516.jpg) > [I remember learning new words, trying to figure out what common things like cider, finding myself upset that my parents couldn't help…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/an-na/i-remember-learning-new-words-trying-to-figure-out-what-common-things/) [An Na](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/an-na/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ed/an-na-34463_cider_i-remember-learning-new-words-trying-to_282221.jpg) > [We weren't a welfare family, but we knew that if I wanted a bicycle it meant that somebody else wasn't going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-johnson/we-weren-t-a-welfare-family-but-we-knew-that-if-i-wanted-a-bicycle-it/) [Robert Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/226/robert-johnson-12734_family_we-weren-t-a-welfare-family-but-we-knew_1940607.jpg) > [My parents couldn't give me a whole lot of financial support, but they gave me good genes. My dad is a handsome…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashton-kutcher/my-parents-couldn-t-give-me-a-whole-lot-of-financial-support-but-they/) [Ashton Kutcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashton-kutcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/503/ashton-kutcher-1601_beautiful_my-parents-couldn-t-give-me-a-whole-lot_1797148.jpg) > [We had everything. We were young kids. We were driving cars our parents couldn't afford, living in big houses. For me to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-le/we-had-everything-we-were-young-kids-we-were-driving-cars-our-parents/) [Michel'le](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-le/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e7/michel-le-8055_afford_we-had-everything-we-were-young-kids-we_2686778.jpg) > [I went to Marymount College in New York City with a lot of kids whose parents paid their way, and I wouldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moira-kelly/i-went-to-marymount-college-in-new-york-city-with-a-lot-of-kids-whose/) [Moira Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moira-kelly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/321/moira-kelly-19142_afford_i-went-to-marymount-college-in-new-york_1926443.jpg) > [As a child, I lived in Germany at the Ramstein air force base, where my dad sang at a nightclub in Kaiserslautern.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mercer/as-a-child-i-lived-in-germany-at-the-ramstein-air-force-base-where-my/) [James Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mercer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/814/james-mercer-10889_afford_as-a-child-i-lived-in-germany-at-the-ram_3014902.png) > [The thing is, my fantasies about being a parent always involved fighting for my unpopular child, doing for her what my own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayelet-waldman/the-thing-is-my-fantasies-about-being-a-parent-always-involved/) [Ayelet Waldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayelet-waldman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a25/ayelet-waldman-3229_about_the-thing-is-my-fantasies-about-being-a_2944345.png) > [“What could he say about a future to those parents who couldn't let go of the past, who could do nothing but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-brown/what-could-he-say-about-a-future-to-those-parents-who-couldn-t-let-go/) [Jennifer Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/972/jennifer-brown-10248_children_what-could-he-say-about-a-future-to-thos_1441382.jpg) > [Of course, an exhausting day at sail lines and nets left little energy to expend on running or laughing. Perhaps that was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-mccaffrey/of-course-an-exhausting-day-at-sail-lines-and-nets-left-little-energy/) [Anne McCaffrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-mccaffrey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d2/anne-mccaffrey-7944_appreciate_of-course-an-exhausting-day-at-sail-line_2208052.jpg) > [I wouldn't be here if it were not for the grant system that paid for me to go to art school -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-capaldi/i-wouldn-t-be-here-if-it-were-not-for-the-grant-system-that-paid-for/) [Peter Capaldi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-capaldi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d2/peter-capaldi-2535_art_i-wouldn-t-be-here-if-it-were-not-for-th_2908858.png) > [I posed nude to show my parents they couldn't dictate to me any more - that I control my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/latoya-jackson/i-posed-nude-to-show-my-parents-they-couldn-t-dictate-to-me-any-more/) [LaToya Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/latoya-jackson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e8/latoya-jackson-11699_life_i-posed-nude-to-show-my-parents-they-cou_262264.png) > [I had been accepted to film school, but my parents couldn't afford it, and yet they made too much money for me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-murphy/i-had-been-accepted-to-film-school-but-my-parents-couldn-t-afford-it/) [Ryan Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-murphy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a35/ryan-murphy-7917_accepted_i-had-been-accepted-to-film-school-but-m_1035482.png) > [Teachers don't tell us the truth about historical people. If we knew the truth, parents couldn't hold their lives up as examples.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hulce/teachers-don-t-tell-us-the-truth-about-historical-people-if-we-knew/) [Tom Hulce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hulce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c7/tom-hulce-81807_about_teachers-don-t-tell-us-the-truth-about-h_287284.jpg) > [I remember what it was like when my parents couldn't help me with my homework because they couldn't speak the language, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milana-vayntrub/i-remember-what-it-was-like-when-my-parents-couldn-t-help-me-with-my/) [Milana Vayntrub](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milana-vayntrub/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da2/milana-vayntrub-21160_help_i-remember-what-it-was-like-when-my-pare_2456412.jpg) > [“She was fifteen and had access to the Internet; she already knew that the world is a cruel place if you’re a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredrik-backman/she-was-fifteen-and-had-access-to-the-internet-she-already-knew-that/) [Fredrik Backman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredrik-backman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab3/fredrik-backman-857_internet_she-was-fifteen-and-had-access-to-the-in_3147097.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/parents-couldn/#itemlist", "name": "Parents Couldn Quotes", "numberOfItems": 27, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I never had holidays when I was a kid, because my parents couldn't afford them.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Monica Galetti" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-galetti/i-never-had-holidays-when-i-was-a-kid-because-my-parents-couldn-t/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ba/monica-galetti-5793_afford_i-never-had-holidays-when-i-was-a-kid-be_107099.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ba/monica-galetti-5793_afford_i-never-had-holidays-when-i-was-a-kid-be_107099.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ba/monica-galetti-5793_afford_i-never-had-holidays-when-i-was-a-kid-be_107099.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I never had holidays when I was a kid, because my parents couldn't afford them.” — Monica Galetti", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My parents couldn't be looser. 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