Parents Want Quotes
34 Parents Want quotes by 32 unique authors
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Is there a doctor in the house? My parents want me to marry you.
— Wendy Liebman
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There are all these new books out there portraying Asian mothers as scheming, callous, overdriven people indifferent to their kids' true interests. For their part,…
— Amy Chua
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Follow your heart, and your pleasure in art. Don’t do what you think is going to be making you money, or what you’re parents want…
— Wayne White
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In great countries, children are always trying to remain children, and the parents want to make them into adults. In vile countries, the children are…
— John Ruskin
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Maturity is doing whatever you want, even if your parents want the same thing.
— Werner Erhard
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Oh, that God would raise up missionaries. I don't wish the same things your parents want for you. They want for you security and insurance…
— Paul Washer
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I'm a Southerner. We dream of having the family and the kids, and the parents want grandkids, that's all they care about, give me some…
— Lance Bass
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It's such a stress always trying to get bigger houses and larger cars and better schools. Of course, parents want to give their children the…
— Shirley Henderson
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Many toxic parents compare one sibling unfavorably with another to make the target child feel that he's not doing enough to gain parental affection. This…
— Susan Forward
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Parents want their kids’ approval, a reversal of the past ideal of children striving for their parents’ approval.
— Elizabeth Kolbert
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On the one hand, parents want their children to swim expertly in the digital stream that they will have to navigate all their lives; on…
— Hanna Rosin
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Would you stop thinking about what everyone wants. Stop thinking about what I want, what he wants, what your parents want. What do you want?
— Nicholas Sparks
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We don't always do the things our parents want us to do, but it is their mistake if they can't find a way to love…
— J. Courtney Sullivan
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All decent parents want to do what's best for their children. The Chinese just have a totally different idea of how to do that.
— Amy Chua
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The world can be a hard place sometimes... You have to have heart. You have to be strong. Parents want their children to grow up…
— Jewell Parker Rhodes
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...who proved that you don't have to do what your parents want, or what your boyfriend wants, for you to be happy. You just have…
— Jack Gantos
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One of my big revelations was that nobody cares whether you write your novel or not. They want you to be happy. Your parents want…
— Sam Lipsyte
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If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued…
— Carol S. Dweck
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The biggest mistake coaches make is taking borderline cases and trying to save them. I'm not talking about grades now, I'm talking about character. I…
— Bear Bryant
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Why would any parent want their kid on their health-care plan when they are 26? Parents want their kids to grow up and take care…
— Michele Bachmann
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Even with protection, even with death threats, I can publish, I can travel and I can live the life that I want and not the…
— Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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I got into the Shanghai Drama Institute because my parents, like all parents, want their children to have good grades and to go to a…
— Li Bingbing
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Maybe it will be difficult, but I want to finish school. My parents want me to finish school, and I am pretty sure I will.…
— Matteo Manassero
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Modern parents want to nurture so skillfully that Mother Nature will gasp in admiration at the marvels their parenting produces from the soft clay of…
— George Will
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Your parents want to think they have a healthy, happy family.
— Mary Docter
Who Wrote These Parents Want Quotes
32 authors contributed a total of 34 Parents Want Quotes, led by these top contributors: