Parent Quotes

4993 Parent quotes by 3126 unique authors

I'm concerned about the insidious influence of the media's bad messages that undermine the lessons parents try to instill in their sons and daughters. — John Ratzenberger
I'm in the middle of my own 'Project Runway' challenge given to me by my daughter's preschool. All the parents have to make an outfit… — Busy Philipps
I've tried really hard to care about things that were very different from my parents. I was curious if I could care about [money] on… — Chelsea Clinton
My dad was an absentee dad, so it was always important to me that I was part of my daughter's life, and she deserved two… — Samuel L. Jackson
My daughter is the biggest gift; I've said it so many times and it sounds like a cliche, but the thing about being a parent… — Geri Halliwell
My daughter is, of course, perfect. Everyone's child is, but mine really is perfect. But I could not have raised her without my parents. From… — Valerie Jarrett
Success for me is that if my son chooses to be a stay-at-home parent, he is cheered on for that decision. And if my daughter… — Sheryl Sandberg
We hear the stories every day now: the father who puts on a suit every morning and leaves the house so his daughter doesn't know… — Mitch McConnell
That experience is the parent of wisdom is an adage the truth of which is recognized by the wisest as well as the simplest of… — Alexander Hamilton
Nothing reassures parents more than surrounding their kids with the kind of guys who have a lot of weapons and nothing to do on weekdays. — Stephen Colbert
If all the animals and man had been evolved in this ascendant manner, then there had been no first parents, no Eden, and no Fall.… — H.G. Wells
The whole blame goes to the parents. They have lived as ambitious beings; they have destroyed themselves. Now they go on giving their heritage to… — Rajneesh
This is a very fundamental reason why man cannot become meditative - or why very few men have dared to become meditative. Our training is… — Rajneesh
If gratitude is due from children to their earthly parent, how much more is the gratitude of the great family of men due to our… — Hosea Ballou
I thank thee, Mother Nature, that thou hast put ingenuity enough in the brain of a child, when attacked by a brutal parent, to throw… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Would there not be the greatest reason to apprehend, that error in the first sentence would be the parent of error in the second sentence?… — Alexander Hamilton
Many children work hard to please their parents, but what I truly longed for was good times that were about us, not about me. That… — Gil Hodges
If you're unlucky enough not to have alcoholic parents, it takes you a whole lifetime of intoxication to overcome the dead weight of their virtues. — Emile M. Cioran
My plea to educators and parents is that they should give some thought to the nature of the brain of a child, for the brain… — Wilder Penfield
Writer Somerset Maugham, after his parents deaths, spent a few stultifying years in his uncle's vicarage. Later, in his teens at a boarding-school, having lost… — Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon
If our society were truly to appreciate the significance of children's emotional ties throughout the first years of life, it would no longer tolerate children… — Stanley Greenspan
They [gorillas] are brave and loyal. They help each other. They rival elephants as parents and whales for gentleness. They play and have humor and… — Pat Derby
Failing and laughing at your own shortcomings are the hallmarks of a sane parent. — Jim Gaffigan
Well, I took a sabbatical. I walked away from shooting movies because I couldn't handle the travel. I'm a single parent. I had young kids,… — Rick Moranis
I played basketball to try to get my parents from working so hard. — James Worthy

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