Parent Quotes

4993 quotes by 3126 authors

Life really went backwards. My parents lost everything, all their savings, because we had to run from the Nigerian side to the Biafran side. We… — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
I wanted to pull away from the things that marked my parents as being different. — Jhumpa Lahiri
When I was 12 years old, I was just horrible. My parents were ashamed to watch my matches. I would play on a court at… — Roger Federer
I never waited 27 years, because 27 years ago I was just born. My parents never told me, 'If you don't win Roland Garros we… — Roger Federer
Does anyone ask their parents how they are conceived? — Boris Becker
Our ages ranged from 22, down to 18, and we had a 6 month contract to go to Bogata, Columbia. And of course, it was… — Martin Denny
Iâ€™m the only gay person my parents know, — Lance Bass
That's what children are forâ€”that their parents may not be bored. — Ivan Turgenev
My parents didn't really know one another. — Christopher Durang
Everybody always tells you what an awesome and unique experience being a parent is. Words can never do the feeling justice. — Eric Church
We write not only for children but also for their parents. They, too, are serious children. — Isaac Bashevis Singer
Having to parent your mother or father is a challenge that way too many teens have to deal with. Teens whose parents are dealing with… — Laurie Halse Anderson
All I wanted was to be straight so my parents could be happy. They never, never, never knew. — Maurice Sendak
Do parents sit down and tell their kids everything? I don't know. I don't know. I've convinced myself - I hope I'm right - that… — Maurice Sendak
I come from a family of communist nudists. I was allowed to do or not do what I liked. My parents were not interested in… — Lars von Trier
After puberty the personality develops impetuously and all extraneous intervention becomes odious.... Now it so happens that parents feel the responsibility towards their children precisely… — Antonio Gramsci
Behind the parents stands the school, and behind the teacher the home. — Abdul Kalam
Heâ€™s very close to his familyÂ His parents have been married 40 years.Â Heâ€™s got a pure heart.Â Thatâ€™s all that mattersâ€”heâ€™s got the purest… — Gisele Bundchen
The arts and a belief in the values of the civil rights movement, in the overwhelming virtue of diversity, these were our religion. My parents… — Jonathan Lethem
People who lose their parents when young are permanently in love with them. — Aharon Appelfeld

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