Parents Quotes · Page 81

Parents do not own their children. They have no ‘natural right’ to control their education fully.

— John Goodlad

My parents instilled a strong work ethic early on in my life.

— Richard M. DeVos

“Emilie Buchwald quotes Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.”

— Emilie Buchwald

It's away from home when you realize the true meaning of a parent's love and family.

— Anonymous

Both my parents are Methodist preachers, I grew up in a church.

— Wes Bentley

You first parents of the human race...who ruined yourself for an apple, what might you have done for a truffled turkey?

— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

If you ever write a book, I can only give you one piece of advice. Don't let your parents get involved.

— Markus Zusak

I'm exceptionally open with my own parents, and they're exceptionally open with me.

— Claire Danes

Confidence was the backbone of my upbringing. I was an only child, so I was spoilt, loved, and given an enormous amount…

— Miriam Margolyes

I think one of the things about parents and children is there are the accidents of temperament. There's no guarantee that just…

— Aline Brosh McKenna

My parents made no money whatsoever, but they really knew how to see, as artists. So a big adventure might be, on…

— Ali MacGraw

I will here say to parents, that kind words and loving actions towards children, will subdue their uneducated nature a great deal…

— Brigham Young

I have a real passion for children. I always wanted to teach and only became an athlete because my parents told my…

— Gail Devers

I was 22 years old, actually, incidentally had just been laid off from my job and I had a dog. My parents…

— Simu Liu

Workers and students and part-time working parents across New Mexico are taking home too little, trying to stretch dollars as far as…

— Michelle Lujan Grisham

I remember when I told my parents that I wanted to be a filmmaker, and no longer was I planning to be…

— Lee Isaac Chung

Obviously, you want to teach your child between right and wrong, respect and being kind to others, whether it's their sisters or…

— Eli Manning

“The memories seem to come in layers. For example, the first memory might be of incest; then they remember robes and candles;…

— Glenn L. Pace

My father was always playing this ethnic blues stuff around the house, and both my parents played. Then one day my father…

— Alvin Lee

My parents sent me from Venezuela to the Convent of Our Lady, a boarding school in Hastings, which was horrible - like…

— Carmen Busquets

“I’m here for my parents, I thought, I’m here for my mom. Because of the letter. To give them a chance, since…

— Maya Bode

Your parents and people close to you, whenever you want to do something or you want to follow a dream, they'll try…

— Israel Adesanya

“Damn! - I'd rather walk into something of my own accord than to be frogmarched into it." "So it says here in…

— Eric Frank Russell

The millennials were raised in a cocoon, their anxious parents afraid to let them go out in the park to play. So…

— Nancy Gibbs

From my own experience, I know how important reading together can be for parents and children.

— Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall

I started working when I was 17. After working for seven-eight years, I informed my parents about my acting decision.

— Anupriya Goenka

My parents thought if they put me in drama classes, I might come out of my shell. It worked, and I've acted…

— Samara Weaving

My mates and my family know who I am and that's all I really care about. Making my parents proud and happy.

— Sarah Greene

I have been through a lot in my life, my parents divorced when I was 16, and it was a very difficult time.

— Emily Atack

“Patty believed that parents have a duty to teach their children how to recognize reality when they see it.”

— Jonathan Franzen

“Some children are each loved by their stepparent, but not by their biological parent … or parents.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

My parents were ordinary people; we lived in a small apartment.

— Viktor Vekselberg

When I entered the profession, I didn't make a big deal of it. People didn't really know I was my parents' son.

— Tom Burke

Since the beginning of time, every child on the planet has endeavored to please their parents.

— Emilio Estevez

My parents have always taught me to be myself and to follow my instincts.

— Kaia Gerber

“We do not inherit the Earth from our parents. We borrow her from our children.”

— Keith David henry

In Texas, it's legal for a kid to be in a bar with your parents.

— Maren Morris

My mum went above and beyond to make up for the fact I didn't have two parents. I was very lucky.

— Stacey Dooley

I've gotten a lot of good advice from my parents. Probably the best advice I've ever gotten from my mom is 'Let…

— Leah Pipes

“To have the opportunity to know your parents is to have the opportunity to truly know yourself.”

— Amy Denise