Parents Quotes
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“To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.”
Quote by -Oscar Wilde
I could tell that my parents hated me. My bath toys were a toaster and a radio.
Quote by -Rodney Dangerfield
When I was kidnapped as a child my parents sent a letter to the hijackers me Pay 5,000 dollars or your back
Quote by -Rodney Dangerfield
“Let parents then bequeath to their children not riches but the spirit of reverence.”
Quote by -Plato
“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 you shouldn’t have done it.”
Quote by -Michael Jordan
My parents are my backbone. Still are. They're the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.
Quote by -Kobe Bryant
“Hypocrite: The man who murdered his parents, and then pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan.”
Quote by -Abraham Lincoln
I think parenthood is a wonderful balancing act. On the one hand, you want to spend as much time with your children as possible. On the other hand, you want to set an example for them to see that you're fulfilled in your life and in your work.
Quote by -Michael Sheen
A parent can seem very kind and gentle, but as any child knows, as soon as that parent gets stressed, they can suddenly turn and get a bit angry.
Quote by -Michael Sheen
My parents have been married forty-two years. I wonder how many of those were happy.
Quote by -Michael Palin
"We never know the love of our parents for us till we have become parents."
Quote by -Henry Ward Beecher
"We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves."
Quote by -Henry Ward Beecher
"My parents gave me a strict upbringing, which at times has caused me to suffer distress but today I am grateful to them for it."
Quote by -Brigitte Bardot
"My parents taught me many of the things that people need in life to feel confident: practical things, such as managing finances, mucking out the goat barn, cleaning a house, doing repairs, mending a broken roof or a toilet."
Quote by -Bryce Dallas
"My parents never talked to me like I was a kid. Maybe that's why I've been seen as mature."
Quote by -Dakota Fanning
"My parents were both writers - they would type their manuscripts sitting side by side on the veranda of our house near Watford - so I wanted to do something different. I wanted to be a bluegrass singer, an architect, a landscape gardener, or to do something with animals."
Quote by -Deborah Moggach
"It's nice to have a pause to parent and to be more present at home, teaching them how to drive cars and navigate boys and all this sort of thing."
Quote by -Diane Lane
"So when I told my parents I wanted to go into acting because I was flunking out of my first year of junior college, they were relieved that I had picked something other than joining the army. But I can't imagine how they had high hopes for me."
Quote by -Dustin Hoffman
"If I wanted to lay down a baby con, I could say I was the product of a broken home. But I'd only be bum-rapping my parents."
Quote by -Frank Abagnale
"My parents didn't really understand too much about sport. At that time, we were in a Polish community in the inner city of Chicago, and I was the youngest of a bunch of cousins. Polish families are real big, with cousins and aunts and uncles."
Quote by -Mike Krzyzewski
"When I was growing up, there weren't any Little Leagues in the city. Parents worked all the time. They didn't have time to take their kids out to play baseball and football."
Quote by -Mike Krzyzewski
"Parents can really help, but they can also really hinder the development of their youngsters."
Quote by -Mike Krzyzewski
"I think some parents now look at a youngster failing as the final thing. It's a process, and failure is part of the process. I would like it if the teacher and the parents would connect more. I think that used to be, but we're losing a little bit of that right now."
Quote by -Mike Krzyzewski
"Parents who expect change in themselves as well as in their children, who accept it and find in it the joy as well as the pains ofgrowth, are likely to be the happiest and most confident parents."
Quote by -Fred Rogers
"One of the things that my parents have taught me is never listen to other people's expectations. You should live your own life and live up to your own expectations, and those are the only things I really care about it."
Quote by -Tiger Woods
"My parents always supported me, but I was put to task. My father thought when I sang, I was sharp; my mother was upset when I wasn't in the first line at recitals."
Quote by -Goldie Hawn
"God is the mother and father of the world. Our parents are the mother and father of this body."
Quote by -Sathya Baba
"The parents gave you this body and fostered the intelligence and love that are embedded in it; so, gratitude is their due."
Quote by -Sathya Baba
"It was a little weird. My parents and everybody is here, so I'm glad I pitched well or I'd be in a bad mood right now."
Quote by -Mark Mulder
"I was happy to be with my parents. I didn't see very much of them, so I was very happy when my father was there and out of jail."
Quote by -Indira Gandhi
"Since the child knew his parents would give in, he tried the same trick again and again."
Quote by -Jackie Chan
I used to live with my grandmother. I used to wonder why the other kids in school went home with their mothers and fathers. I wanted to be the guy that got married. I wanted to be the guy with the children and the white picket fence. I never had that.
Quote by -Kevin Gates
The best situation is being a single parent. The best part about is that you get time off, too, because the kids are with their mom, so it's the best of both worlds. There's a lot to be said for it.
Quote by -Larry David
My parents were both storytellers. They always spoke with metaphorical richness.
Quote by -Alice Walker
I am happy at the thought that the worst worries are over for my parents.
Quote by -Albert Einstein
It is true that my parents were worried because I began to speak relatively late, so much so that they consulted a doctor. I can’t say how old I was then, certainly not less than three.
Quote by -Albert Einstein
My mom and my dad were both very sociable, meeting lots of interesting people.
Quote by -Bill Gates
Teenagers these days are out of control. They eat like pigs, they are disrespectful of adults, they interrupt and contradict their parents, and they terrorize their teachers.
Quote by -Aristotle