Parents Quotes · Page 59

I don't think any child could really be happy between five and eight away from their parents

— Tina Louise

School is where you go between when your parents can't take you and industry can't take you.

— John Updike

Our parents have, by far, the greatest influence on shaping who we are and how we deal with the world.

— Mamie Gummer

“Is there anything as incredible as the love story of your own parents?”

— Jeffrey Eugenides

I wish we lived in a world where all kids were loved by their parents how I was and am every day.

— Lizzie Velasquez

You know, all 'The Karate Kid' fans from the original are parents these days. I think it's a cool thing.

— William Zabka

I refused to let my parents take my hat off when I went to bed.

— Ed Henry

One of the premises of parenting might be that the job of parents is to teach their kids to get along without…

— Timothy Carey

My parents always supported me, but I was put to task. My father thought when I sang, I was sharp; my mother…

— Goldie Hawn

My parents want me to be a lawyer or something like that. Something steady. That's always their main concern as parents: "Oh,…

— Thu Tran

“when coaches or parents make consistency their foundation, everyone around them becomes more comfortable and everyone around them has a greater opportunity…

— John Wooden

My generation are the neurotic ones. Therapists' offices all over the world are full of patients blaming their parents for their own…

— John Bishop

I deal with young people's goals and dreams, and I don't take that lightly, so I just tell them how it is.…

— Dawn Staley

If you are dim but have rich parents, a life of comfort, affluence and power is almost inevitable - while the bright…

— Owen Jones

There are a lot of bands that my parents used to go see that I haven't necessarily heard of, and asking them…

— Liv Bruce

I drew a lot. I always had sketchbooks. My parents were really great about any gift-giving holiday - birthdays, Hanukkah, Christmas -…

— Abbi Jacobson

“We feel stuck in a rut, unable to say ‘no’ to our parents, unable to put an end to their controlling behavior,…

— Lukasz Laniecki

One of the things we have to remember about the poorest countries in the world is that parents, extremely poor parents, are…

— Gene Sperling

When you're a kid, you learn whatever your parents think until you start taking in media. Because all your friends are your…

— Lucy Dacus

“We came around the corner and stood in the doorway of what looked like a paint-testing ground. This was where we proved…

— Sylvia Harney

I have great respect for my parents. I got such beautiful things from both of them. It doesn't mean that we didn't…

— Patti Smith

For about 30 years, Halloween was taken over by pranksters. By the '30s, pranks were causing cities millions of dollars of damage.…

— Lisa Morton

My wife and I both grew up with parents who were very young. Her mom was, I think, 17 or 18 when…

— Jason Isbell

You always want to break away from your parents, and you always think, 'I'm never going to be like that guy.' What…

— Loudon Wainwright III

Both my parents are Nigerian, but my mother worked internationally so when she travelled so did the kids.

— Kemi Badenoch

I grew up listening to New Edition and Bell Biv DeVoe because of my parents.

— Caleb McLaughlin

When I was 12, I realized I was very uncomfortable having my parents on set. So I told them that, and they understood.

— Ellen Page

At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child's success is the positive involvement of parents.

— Jane D. Hull

I would always thank my parents in everything I do because they sacrificed everything for me to do what I love.

— Marsai Martin

The birth of everyone's sexuality, in a way, I think, is based off of one's relationship with their parents.

— Jacob Elordi

My parents sacrificed so much for all of us. It makes me want to give back to them by being the best…

— Diana Lopez

My parents never raised their hand or fired me. Their way of disciplining me was to tell me what is right or…

— Deepika Padukone

One reason there are so many juvenile delinquents today is that their parents didn't burn their britches behind them.

— Anonymous

Parents are responsible for the sexual education of their children.

— Andrzej Duda

My parents got divorced, and they both remarried other people.

— Lauren Alaina

People who lose their parents when young are permanently in love with them.

— Aharon Appelfeld

I don't want kids listening to my music thinking it's for their parents. I want them to feel it's theirs.

— Mayer Hawthorne

For kids, the first day of school is always a special day for their parents.

— Amrapali Gupta

In my first start-up, I didn't get any salary for four years, so I had to move back with my parents.

— Travis Kalanick

My parents both are physicians, and my grandfathers were both physicians.

— Hill Harper