Parents Quotes · Page 110

I was brought up in an environment where my parents expressed their financial concerns in front of their children.

— Natalie Imbruglia

What did my parents say when I told them I wanted to be an actor? 'Be a plumber.'

— Samuel West

Being young is hard. Being young and queer is even harder, regardless of how accepting your parents or community are.

— Tommy Dorfman

I am so happy and thankful that my parents are still together.

— Anonymous

Parents should be able to develop goals about the type of parents they want to be.

— Timothy Carey

Whether it be with your parents or your siblings, everyone is dealing with different kinds of things.

— Justin Hartley

Little kids are that way; they feel if their parents aren't watching what they do then what they do isn't real.

— Philip K. Dick

Now that I'm a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.

— Ruby Bridges

The central government role is to ensure that what goes on in the school is revealed to parents and potential parents. It…

— Damian Green

I've been lucky in that my parents have always supported me with my cricket, but I've seen so many young Asian girls…

— Isa Guha

I made odd noises as a child. Just did weird things, like turn off light switches twice. I think my parents thought…

— Johnny Depp

The big thing with all parents is they just want to be left alone. I want no demands. That's the best gift…

— Terry Crews

“Parents of well-behaved children were surprised to notice an improvement in schoolwork when switching to unpreserved bread.”

— Sue Dengate

People lament that there's no roles being written for South Asian or Muslim characters. But their parents don't want their children to…

— Aasif Mandvi

Regardless if my kids don't have both parents I'm trying to create that safe space of co-parenting. That's really what it's all…

— Keyshia Cole

“But why do adults, why do parents not realise that children desperately wish to do things not so much out of duty,…

— David Clement-Davies

When I first started painting, I had an interesting nightmare about Cleveland - I dreamed the houses there were encased in this…

— April Gornik

We lived in a suburb in Johannesburg, which is a massive city of about 8 million people, and my parents would drive…

— St. Lucia

I called all adults by their first names, and my mum was just another adult. I was the firstborn of my generation…

— Nile Rodgers

“When her mother combed Harriet's hair, she said that the woods were disgustingly muddy and mosquito-ridden. During her history unit on pioneers,…

— Kimberly Karalius

The whole blame goes to the parents. They have lived as ambitious beings; they have destroyed themselves. Now they go on giving…

— Anonymous

I had a happy childhood, with many stimulations and support from my parents who, in postwar times, when it was difficult to…

— Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

Negotiating the adolescent stage is neither quick nor easy. . . . I have often said to parents, "If it isn't illegal,…

— Virginia Satir

The charter school is a possibility, an alternative in certain circumstances, but not in most, and not in most places, and not…

— Mark Shields

The way we dress on 'Mad Men' is so associated with old photographs, with people's parents and grandparents.

— Christina Hendricks

I want to thank the people who have always supported me, my parents, my brother.

— Iker Casillas

And we are a people without tears. The things that moved our parents do not move us at all.

— Natalia Ginzburg

“I wonder what children whose parents have money think about in their spare time.”

— Gary Shteyngart

Children are not looking for perfect parents, but they are looking for honest parents.

— Howard G. Hendricks

I find that relationships between kids and parents are very interesting.

— Taika Waititi

I learned from my parents that you have to get pleasure out of what you're doing, or don't do it.

— Douglas Tompkins

Heredity is what sets the parents of a teenager wondering about each other.

— Laurence J. Peter

For the parents of a Little Leaguer, a baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown into innings.

— Earl Wilson

My parents couldn't be looser. It was the ultimate laissez faire upbringing.

— Charlie Trotter

It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable…

— Samuel Butler

I'm an only child, and I'm very, very close with my parents, who actually live in Australia.

— Catriona Gray

My parents emphasized experiential learning - in my family, being adventurous was a sign of maturity.

— Ali Wong

My parents had a small piece of land to earn a living from, but my father always wanted to educate his children.

— Milkha Singh

A word of advice - don't invite your parents to the after-party at 4 A. M.

— Courtney Act

My parents are good role models because they've worked hard and gave me a happy childhood.

— Anonymous