Parents Quotes · Page 104

I was a very hyper-active child and my parents just didn't know what to do with me.

— Jay Ryan

It is not possible for any institutions to interfere in the way parents raise their children.

— Andrzej Duda

Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave, when they think their children are naïve.

— Ogden Nash

Parents were the only ones obligated to love you; from the rest of the world you had to earn it.

— Ann Brashares

Parents should always teach their children as much as possible about everything.

— Jerami Grant

I was fat because my parents were a little fat themselves at that point in their lives, and I ate what they…

— Jami Attenberg

There's no constitutional right for your parents to pay for college.

— Jane Velez-Mitchell

My parents in America always told me that I was adopted. It's never been a secret to me.

— Jessica Long

Some parents believe that competition helps prepare children to succeed. Others fear that their children will not be able to handle failure.

— Bill Dedman

Most of my story ideas come from my childhood. Sometimes they hatch from stories my parents told me, sometimes they come from…

— Kimberly Willis Holt

I grew up in a time when I could play and bike in the neighborhood, largely because my parents assumed that if…

— Kim Brooks

I think a lot of people who want to be musicians terrify their parents because they don't have a living example of…

— St. Vincent

I was very sheltered, very bookish and, basically, skittish about life. My parents were both older when I came along and they…

— Robert Sapolsky

Parents need to sit down with their boys and girls and tell them how to carry themselves and tell the boys how…

— Pepa

“It has consistently been shown that when parents can contain their conflict, manage their own emotions, and do their job of parenting…

— JoAnne Pedro-Carroll

Your parents are always a big influence on you. They help you make you who you are. The main thing my parents…

— Amber Le Bon

Since it's based on my parents, it's more emotionally close to me than some of my more surreal plays. And then I…

— Christopher Durang

As a kid, I dreamt of becoming a writer. My most exciting pastime was reading novels; in fact, I would read anything…

— Maryam Mirzakhani

“Later, you told me what your mother had said. How your father, the farmer, rose up slowly. You told me how your…

— Jon Gresham

I really related to that experience of being what we call the 'bridge generation' and always trying to navigate your more traditional…

— Nahnatchka Khan

“Just as verbally and physically abused children internalize blame, so do incest victims. However, in incest, the blame is compounded by the…

— Susan Forward

I think parents are probably really excited for their kids and want to give them everything. But there should be a limit…

— Ann Makosinski

I have three older brothers, and we all have different combinations of parents. My father was the best man at my mom's…

— Inara George

What I was told by my parents was that, you know, take this inhibition out whether you're a girl or a boy.…

— Chanda Kochhar

My parents reckoned it was worth giving acting a go, so I dropped out of college a few months in.

— Dylan Llewellyn

My parents would say, 'Why don't you go out and play?' and I would say, 'I can't! I'm putting on my shows!'

— Andy Kaufman

My parents have always encouraged me to follow my dreams and do what makes me happy.

— Manushi Chhillar

My parents have had a love marriage, so I have made it pretty clear to them that I, too, will have a…

— Sonakshi Sinha

My parents are not together, but they were both always around.

— Daveed Diggs

Obviously, as parents, we want to do what's best for the kids.

— Kate Gosselin

If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either.

— Dick Cavett

There are a lot of hard-working parents out there for whom it is hard to support their families during Thanksgiving.

— Tobias Harris

I hope Indian parents will allow girls to choose their own destiny.

— Geeta Phogat

Hug your parents extra close tonight. Gods plan does not always make sense.

— Anonymous

My parents were not professionals. They were products of the Depression.

— Carl Kasell

Time has taught me that parents do the best they can with the light they are seeing with. That is what we…

— Leslie Jordan

Get over here!, give me your hand, you gone wish you were never born.

— Ritu Ghatourey

Mom, look! 'Very nice.' Oh, that's cool how you saw without actually looking...

— Anonymous

“They say you don’t grow up until you lose your parents. Frankly, I’d prefer to be immature.”

— Jonathan Kellerman

To me, those are the greatest treasures - the personal letters between my parents.

— John Carter Cash