Quotes about parent
parent
So actually, there could be parents-of-the-parents-of-the-parents-of-the parents? Lois Lowry
parent wanted
My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author. Lloyd Alexander
parent atmosphere normal
My parents were older than normal when they had me, and had been very into the politics of the 1960s, so I was brought up in that atmosphere. Madeleine Peyroux
parent typical parenthood
Are anybody's parents typical? Madeleine L'Engle
parent supportive eccentric
I've always been interested in the rest of the world. My family is very eccentric; my parents have always been very supportive of travel and doing whatever I thought I needed to do. Lynsey Addario
parent praying mercy
What a mercy was it to us to have parents that prayed for us before they had us, as well as in our infancy when we could not pray for ourselves! John Flavel
parent said
My parents never said it. They thought you shouldn't wear out the words Lisa Kleypas
parent secret vices
My secret vice is Sudoku puzzles. Can't stop playing them. My parents are accountants. I blame them entirely. Lisa Gardner
parenting fighting thinking
You try as a parent. You love beyond reason. You fight beyond endurance. You hope beyond despair. You never think, until the very last moment, that it still might not be enough.
parent fame traps
When I did 'Parent Trap,' I was ten. I was thrown off by the whole fame thing. Lindsay Lohan
parent support want
I didn't want my parents to support me. I wanted to prove that I could do it by myself. Linda Vester
parent months hollywood
I was born in Connecticut. But my parents brought my sister and I to L.A. when-Hollywood, actually, when i was 6 months old. Linda Evans
parenting inspire depends
Everything depends on upbringing. Leo Tolstoy
parent picnics nostalgia
They remember when their parents went out there, had picnics on the Beck's Mill grounds. It was the nostalgia of it. Larry Nelson
parent portraits complicated
The portrait of my parents is a complicated one, but lovingly drawn. Joyce Maynard
parent know-how knows
The word NO, carries a lot more meaning when spoken by a parent who also knows how to say yes.
parent proud way
I'm very proud of what my parents achieved and what they stood for. They didn't have much, but in many ways they were richer than most. John Major
parent care want
That which parents should take care of... is to distinguish between the wants of fancy, and those of nature. John Locke
parenting night wow
I just sat all night looking at him, saying, 'Wow, it's incredible.' When Yoko woke up, I told her, 'He's fine,' and we cried. John Lennon
parenting doors healthy
If [Sean] doesn't see me a few days or if I'm really, really busy, and I just sort of get a glimpse of him, or if I'm feeling depressed without him even seeing me, he sort of picks up on it. And he starts getting that way. So I can no longer afford to have artistic depressions. If I start wallowing in a depression, he'll start coming down with stuff, so I'm sort of obligated to keep up. And sometimes I can't, because something will make me depressed and sure as hell he'll get a cold or trap his finger in a door or something, and so now I have sort of more reason to stay healthy or bright...
parent sometimes accepting
I knew that part of friendship consisted in accepting a friend’s shortcomings, which sometimes included his parents. John Knowles
parenting important love-and-respect
Love and respect are the most important aspects of parenting, and of all relationships. Jodie Foster
parent fans bigs
My parents are big Shakespeare fans. Ellie Kendrick
parent acting littles
I started acting when I was about nine. I always wanted to get into acting since I was really little but my parents would never let me because they'd heard all the bad stuff about being in the business as a young actor and stuff like that. Josh Hutcherson
parent reason theater
One reason you are stricken when your parents die is that the audience you've been aiming at all your life - shocking it, pleasing it - has suddenly left the theater. Katharine Whitehorn
parent wish easier
But no one is easier to delude than a parent; they see only what they wish to see. Karen Joy Fowler
parent betray
Could we betray our parents by going back to them? Karen Russell
parent freedom-to-choose freedom-to-read
Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me. Judy Blume
parent influence wanted
Certainly my parents were a huge influence. They always expected the most out of all of us. And expected us to do our very best. I'm thankful to them for allowing me to do what I wanted to do. Laurel Clark
parent wanted
What did I get from Simon? An education - the thing my parents always wanted me to have. Lynn Barber
parent going-away said
Vaisey said, "Is it because your parents don't understand you?" Charlie said, "No, it's because our parents understand us very well, and that is why they wanted us to go away. Louise Rennison
parent tragedy loses
To lose one parent is a tragedy, to lose both is utter carelessness. Malachy McCourt
parent helping should
Only this much I knew - that under ideal conditions, true education could be imparted only by the parents, and that then there should be the minimum of outside help. Mahatma Gandhi