“No matter how much we love them, we all grow up surrounded by our parents’ shit. You’ll either be buried in it… — J. Kenner Copy Share Image
I wanted to write when I was young, but people said it was impossible. Then my parents locked me in a mental… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Single parents do not have the luxury of purchasing an abundance of healthy foods for their kids to try. I know this.… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
Kids are not driving themselves to McDonalds. It's not about kids and their choices. It's about parents and their choices. — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
I go to church because my parents go to church, and I believe the things they were doing at the time were… — Peter Tosh Copy Share Image
My parents were rather unconventional and did not accept rules unless they thought they were defendable. They were atheists when Sweden was… — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
My parents' convictions, when it came to discipline, were not very strong. For my bar mitzvah, I gave out a mix tape… — Adam Pally Copy Share Image
My parents are my inspiration. Believe it or not, they're my personal coaches. After every game I still call them and get… — Vince Carter Copy Share Image
I told my parents when I was three that I wanted to be in movies. I don't know what I saw at… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
We don't need mandatory, non-sectarian prayers read over the loudspeaker to 'put God back in schools.' God never left the schools. God… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
My brother was always going to go in the direction of football. With me, it was more between school and football. Eventually,… — Granit Xhaka Copy Share Image
A lot of parents aren't exactly sure how to go about solving a problem with a kid in a way that's mutually… — Ross W. Greene Copy Share Image
My parents were fairly young in the city of Compton. So the things that they played - you know, that was the… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
“I had to choose between getting burned by my father, the sun, relentlessly burning and leaving me burnt. Too hurt, too scorching… — Isabel Villarreal Copy Share Image
I grew up in Baltimore, which is, you know, a city of extremes certainly, but my parents were very conservative. But they… — John Waters Copy Share Image
“I know more about my father than I used to know: I know he wanted to be a pilot in the war… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“In the first years of our lives we learn how to shit, talk, walk, sleep, eat and, most importantly, how to royally… — A.G. Phillips Copy Share Image
“For my success I am immensely grateful to God, my parents, my family, my friends, my teachers and to the books I… — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
I never knew I was a songwriter. I didn't even know I was a singer. My parents just got me a guitar… — Dion DiMucci Copy Share Image
I've always been a family entertainer. Every show I have done has been suitable for any age - parents never need to… — Bruce Forsyth Copy Share Image
I went to USC in L.A. Part of me is a real West Coast kid. My parents had a house in Palm… — Linda Johnson Rice Copy Share Image
When I speak to kids I tell them, 'Hey, you think your parents are a pain in the ass now, but they're… — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
You can rebel against everything adults say. When I want to find out what the new music is, I find out what… — George Clinton Copy Share Image
The children of less effective, less competent parents will be more likely to adopt the customs and values of the peer group. — Caterina Fake Copy Share Image
Parents must lay down ground rules for their children to help them to grow up and to learn responsibility for their actions.… — Charlotte Rae Copy Share Image
“Nothing, absolutely nothing, happens 'till parents stop clenching their fists around precious things and people, let go, & trust God!” — Gary F. Patton Copy Share Image
So no, it's not all in the genes, but what isn't in the genes isn't in the family environment either. It can't… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
If you look at any Mumbai guy, he starts to handle pressure at a very young age. Starts at the school level,… — Prithvi Shaw Copy Share Image
And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against… — Bible Copy Share Image
My foster parents were very religious. They told me that they had not decided to take me in, rather that it was… — Lemn Sissay Copy Share Image
Among both individuals with high-functioning autism or Asperger and their parents, many are superfast at spotting details. You hardly have time to… — Simon Baron-Cohen Copy Share Image
My parents always did things a little bit differently. My three brothers, my sister and I didn't go to normal public schools… — Nyjah Huston Copy Share Image
Music is so much a part of me: my parents told me that when I was an infant, I wouldn't eat unless… — Neil Sedaka Copy Share Image
I grew up in San Diego with immigrant parents, before the food blogs, before this kind of celebrity chef culture we know… — Samin Nosrat Copy Share Image
My ex-girlfriend said to me, 'I'm surprised at how normal you are since you were homeschooled.' But I was only homeschooled because… — Reece Thompson Copy Share Image
Nick's mother and I were attentive, probably overly attentive - part of the first wave of parents obsessed with our children in… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
Society should see parenting as a public health issue and help parents to bring their children up feeling loved. We have birthing… — Bernie Siegel Copy Share Image
My parents have always said, 'You'll be so unhappy if you're no more than your career, that it's important to get out… — Eva Amurri Copy Share Image
I decided I would go to NYU so I could get into the comedy world and have legit housing, and my parents… — Ilana Glazer Copy Share Image
“Many parents have discovered, perhaps with some guilt, that they can read a story to a child while thinking of something else.” — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
