Parent Quotes

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Kids have *_____ never* taken guidance from their parents. If you could travel back in time and observe the original primate family in the original… — Dave Barry
Each generation criticizes the unconscious assumptions made by its parent. It may assent to them, but it brings them out in the open. — Alfred North Whitehead
Our very lives are dependent, for sustenance, on the sweat and sacrifice of the campesinos. Children of farm workers should be as proud of their… — Cesar Chavez
I wish to thank my parents for making it all possible? and I wish to thank my children for making it necessary. — Victor Borge
I think a child calling for his mother is the most beautiful sound in the world. — Edward Kennedy
Deep in the cavern of the infant's breast; the father's nature lurks, and lives anew. — Horace
The parents age must be remembered, both for joy and anxiety. — Confucius
A child's nature is too serious a thing to admit of its being regarded as a mere appendage to another being. — Charles Lamb
You lay, a small knuckle on my white bed; lay, that fist like a snail, small and strong at my breast. Your lips are animals;… — Anne Sexton
Love, children, and work, are the great sources of fertilizing contact between the individual and the rest of the world. — Bertrand Russell
Children, when they are little, they make parents fools; when great, mad. — John Ray
Through the survival of their children, happy parents are able to think calmly, and with a very practical affection, of a world in which they… — Walter Pater
Isn't it a remarkable coincidence almost everyone has the same religion as their parents ? And it always just happens to be the right religion.… — Richard Dawkins
Knowledge is the parent of love; wisdom, love itself. — Julius Charles Hare
Anxiety is the poison of human life; the parent of many sins and of more miseries. In a world where everything is doubtful, and where… — Tryon Edwards
Creating a child takes no love or skill; being a parent requires lots of both. — Michael Josephson
I think the biggest problem is parents are so concerned with being friends with their kids. You're not their friend. You're their parent. — Charles Barkley
When I speak to kids I tell them, 'Hey, you think your parents are a pain in the ass now, but they're going to get… — Charles Barkley
My parents and my grandfather on my mom's side would travel the earth. They went to Australia and China, and they went to probably every… — Brandi Chastain
I don't believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models... — Charles Barkley

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