Parents Quotes · Page 51

I'm close to both my parents and very proud of what they've achieved.

— Jack Davenport

My parents wanted me to grow up around horses and open spaces.

— Schuyler Fisk

Kobe was, other than my parents, he was the reason why I played sports. Just his mindset, the Mamba mentality.

— George Kittle

A lot of people who come to my restaurant bring their parents over because it brings back good memories.

— Alvin Leung

Follow your own passion - not your parents', not your teachers' - yours.

— Robert Ballard

I was safe, due to my parents, but the Boys' Club was a massive influence.

— Michael Carrick

My true gods are my parents. I am what I am because of them.

— Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

Only a niche section of parents allow their children to take up courses on film and television.

— Amala Akkineni

Two people who really inspire me are my parents, Wanda and Anthony, just because they really made sure to keep up Hispanic…

— Laurie Hernandez

You draw the best things from your parents and family. You're going to pick up some of the bad things as well…

— Mark Ronson

My family always ate dinner at the table, and we would chat about our day while eating. My parents like to have…

— Lisa Hanawalt

I think that parents grow up with an idea of what they want their kids to be like - and then their…

— Katy Perry

I envision presenting parents with a marketplace of school choices - public, private, parochial, charter, virtual, blended, and home education. They then…

— Jeb Bush

My parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles were all funny, and I felt that energy, that delivery, that timing, that sarcasm. All that…

— Jeff Ross

Now, we've made the revolutionary discovery that children have two parents. A decade ago even the kindly Dr. Spock held mothers solely…

— Gloria Steinem

It's up to the parents to watch their kids and make sure their kids aren't doing any crazy drugs. I always blame…

— Juicy J

Our message to parents is to focus on the process the child engages in, such as trying hard or focusing on the…

— Carol S. Dweck

“numbers. According to a 2007 survey conducted by AOL and the family magazine Cookie, 94 percent of parents say their children are…

— Richard Bromfield

I was always in love with music, but my parents never really saw that I had talent, and it was really just…

— Richard Hyung-ki Joo

The interesting thing now for No Child Left Behind is that there are very few advocates for it; there is no constituency…

— Bob Schaffer

Parents are not the all-knowing, ideal people we would like you to think we are. We've made wrong choices before, and will…

— John McCain

Sometimes it's so weird just to do an interview. This morning I was back in my parents' house, with my brother, and…

— Carey Mulligan

I knew from the time I was 6 or 7 that music was something I had to do. Growing up, my parents…

— Crystal Bowersox

The world is not the most pleasant place. Eventually your parents leave you and nobody is going to go out of their…

— Queen Elizabeth II

Children who avoid the mistakes their parents made often make the mistakes their parents avoided.

— Anonymous

Now, like a lot of parents, I have to fight with myself every time I leave the house not to buy my…

— Claudia Winkleman

We never understand the heroes in our parents until we begin to age.

— Terry Mark

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

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

— Samuel West

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

— Natalie Imbruglia

Whatever I do in life, my parents always taught me to focus on that, and they never let me quit.

— Cassie Scerbo

It has been my observation that parents kill more dreams than anybody.

— Spike Lee

Parents realize their wealth should be used for social good rather than children's good.

— Azim Premji

Because my parents are Muslim, there's no doubt they wished I would marry someone Muslim.

— Konnie Huq

When I make decisions, I'm not thinking about my parents. I'm thinking about my children.

— Tzipi Livni

I think the greatest gift your parents can give you if you want to be a comedian is good taste.

— Seth Meyers

“My life has been fabulous because I never listened to my parents.”

— Carrie Firestone

“When you were a child, I didn't tell you about the evil in the world, all that lay in wait.”

— Blake Crouch