Parent Quotes
4993 quotes by 3191 authors
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I'm worried about parents who aren't parenting.
— Barbara Bush
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Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.
— Barbara Bush
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I'm happy to be helping people that are passionate about empowering parents for student learning.
— Jeb Bush
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I'm sure there were times when I wish I had thought, 'Gosh, that might really embarrass mom and dad,' but our parents didn't raise us…
— Jenna Bush
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I own four copies of Robin WIlliams's Live on Broadway comedy special for HBO. One in Wilmington, one in L.A., one in my trailer, and…
— Sophia Bush
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You know, my parents have always been incredibly supportive. I'm an only child, so we're very close. There's just the three of us. They're exceptional…
— Sophia Bush
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The subtle generational cues that make one thing cool and another uncool aren't always obvious to a parent. My children are my dinner-table sounding board.…
— Nolan Bushnell
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Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.
— Samuel Butler
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It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents.
— Samuel Butler
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There's nothing secret about it. Everyone knows that I am waiting for my real parents, the king and queen, to come restore me to my…
— Meg Cabot
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People are losing jobs, people need to be entertained, and I want to make movies that parents and children can look forward to seeing, that…
— Nicolas Cage
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I sometimes found myself more comfortable around my TV family than I did with my own parents and sister.
— Kirk Cameron
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I had a daughter who was 9 years old and I had the feeling I wasn't going to be a real parent if I didn't…
— Jane Campion
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Freud taught us that it wasn't God that imposed judgment on us and made us feel guilty when we stepped out of line. Instead, it…
— Tony Campolo
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My parents had a certain resolve to them that I don't see as so prevalent today. Through good times and bad, they were committed to…
— Steve Carell
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Thought is the parent of the deed.
— Thomas Carlyle
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The spiritual is the parent of the practical.
— Thomas Carlyle
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As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and by extension, to other young people.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience, do we ever reach a…
— John le Carre
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I got a lot of support from my parents. That's the one thing I always appreciated. They didn't tell me I was being stupid; they…
— Jim Carrey
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