Parent Quotes

A parent does not do everything for their kid. A parent that does everything for their kid produces a kid with no self-confidence.

I have a strong Lutheran background, and my parents instilled in me strong morals.

When I was quite young my parents never said books were off limits.

Learning to drive in Canberra is pretty easy and I had great teachers in my parents.

I want to be the best parent I can be. I want to be the best husband I can be

Parents must refuse to cooperate with any psychological evaluation of their children in school.

Calculus is one course you can come with to your parents and say, I am dropping it. And they'll understand.

In the free society envisioned by the founders, schools are held accountable to parents, not federal bureaucrats.

If I'm censoring for anyone, it's for my parents. They are very old-fashioned and moral people. They still don't understand me that well.

Neither of my parents would ever stand in the way of any of their children speaking their minds.

My parents were in short street, so they had to go abroad to economize.

It's very important that your parents have careers of their own. When the kid becomes the breadwinner of the household, that's when you have problems.

When I was born here in Gulfport in 1966, my parents' interracial marriage was still illegal. And it was very hard to drive around town with my parents, to be out in public with my parents.

The word NO, carries a lot more meaning when spoken by a parent who also knows how to say yes.

My parents had a normal life in Russia and they could have easily kept living a normal life, working and raising a child in Russia.

In my parents I saw a model where they were really always communicating, doing things together. They were really kind of a team. I wanted some of that magic myself.

Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind; The foul cubs like their parents are.

Wise parents offer criticism only when asked, and then minimally.

Listen to your parents. Be obedient to them whether you agree with them or not. They love you more than anyone else and have your best interests at heart.

My family, my parents are hippies.

My parents really raised me with the value that it's important to give back, and I've always gravitated towards non-profits and charities that work with children.

When you feel protective toward your parents, you have become an adult.

You have to be the parent; you can't be their friend.

If you try to target a movie at kids, you end up with something that makes parents take a nap.

The parents age must be remembered, both for joy and anxiety.

Parents often brag about the amount of money spent per child, but I think, perhaps ironically, those great monies that are spent - I call it putting a band-aid on a hemorrhage.

Parents should not let kids listen to my music if it's offensive. I wrote these songs for me.

The man who disobeys his parents will have disobedient sons.

My parents didn't raise me to be a professional player. They raised me to be a good person.

What did i know of your fantasies? Why do we know so little about the fantasies of our parents? What do we know of somebody if we know nothing of the images passed to him by his imagination?

I’ve met kids who haven’t had the best of parents but because they had something in them, or they had somebody at school help develop them, they turned out fine.

Depriving a parent of parental status is as devastating as a criminal conviction.

One thing my parents always taught me was to maximize my options.

Why didn't children ever see that they could damage and harm their parents as much as parents could damage and harm children?

Failing and laughing at your own shortcomings are the hallmarks of a sane parent.

I can direct dial today a man my parents warred with. They wanted to kill him, I want to sell software to him.

I can remember only a small handful of instances in which I talked about politics with my parents. I remember my parents telling me that Daniel Ellsberg was a hero when I was six years old.

If my parents were alive, they'd giggle "John was an actor since day one!".

I learned from my parents the idea that, if you are devoted enough and you want to study something enough, you can really teach yourself anything.

I couldn't have gotten this far without my beautiful parents. I'm also very lucky to have the best friends that I do.

My parents were both actors my dad sort of quite early on. My mother acted for a while, and now she's a painter.

I did my fair share of stupid stuff in high school, like anyone. I had a healthy fear of my parents, and I certainly never wanted to disappoint them. That would be the worst thing I could ever do.

A lot of my friends are artists or musicians or single parent families and I'm totally aware of how difficult it is for them to make ends meet.

There is no magic on earth strong enough to wipe out the legacies of one's parents.

Some children are afraid to die because their parents are afraid to die. My own children have come to understand that it's totally okay with me if they die. They don't have to live for my sake.

Women have nine months more experience than you do - nine months to prepare for being a parent.

My parents were exclude from rights as farm workers, though that has to change.

You know some of the people in The Strokes, yeah, their parents had success - but we didn't live like yuppies.

Accepting your teen's individuality and natural evolution is one of the most difficult challenges you'll face as a parent.

A man can be a parent without knowing it: a woman cannot.