Parents Told Quotes

34 quotes by 31 authors

Though she doesn't remember any trauma, she said that her parents told her she cried on a daily basis and her grandmother resorted to passing… — Mila Kunis
My earliest memory is of feeling different. My parents told me that I wasn't like other children. — Billy Corgan
A lunch date is more fun than a dinner date; you're not tired. It's a secret that not a lot of other parents told me… — Jessica Capshaw
My parents told us how they felt but never imposed their beliefs on us, although I appreciate I got a healthy sense of democracy from… — Ahmet Zappa
Good and evil are not what our parents told us, not what our church tells us, or our country, not what anybody else tells us!… — Richard Bach
My generation's parents told their children, 'Become an accountant, a lawyer, or an engineer; that will give you a solid foothold in the middle class.'… — Daniel H. Pink
My working poor parents told me that I could do better. They taught me that I was as good as anybody else. And it never… — Mike Huckabee
I was six years old when my parents told me that there was a small, dark jewel inside my skull, learning to be me. — Greg Egan
I have a real passion for children. I always wanted to teach and only became an athlete because my parents told my brother Parenthesis and… — Gail Devers
My parents told me in the very beginning as a young child when I raised the question about segregation and racial discrimination, they told me… — John Lewis
I've wanted to act since I was little, but my parents told me I couldn't pursue it until after college. The understanding was that I… — Allison Williams
I grew up cursing a lot. It felt natural. My parents told me to stop. — Adam Sandler
My parents told me that education was the path to success - and they showed me, taking me to Head Start while they were pursuing… — Denise Juneau
When I was growing up, my parents told me, 'Finish your dinner. People in China and India are starving.' I tell my daughters, 'Finish your… — Thomas Friedman
Girls see these defined roles they're supposed to follow in life, but when I was a young child, my parents told me I could be… — Joan Jett
How many times have your parents told you not to do things, and the next thing you know, you go do it? And you realized… — Michael Jordan
I was 12 when my parents told me we were moving to Lebanon. I remember thinking, 'Leba-who?' I had absolutely no concept of the place. — Greg Kinnear
I know people who are twice as creative as I am, twice as smart, but they didn't do anything because they feared going into a… — Queen Latifah
My parents told me I would become a doctor and then in my spare time I would become a concert pianist. So, both my day… — Amy Tan
I ended up dropping out of high school at 16 and getting kicked out of my home. My parents told me, sadly, that because I… — Tullian Tchividjian

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