Parents Quotes
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I started taking piano lessons when I was about 5, and there was always a lot of music in my family: my parents both play instruments, my grandparents were classical violinists, and my grandfather was actually a music professor and a conductor.
Adam Schlesinger -
Set a good example as parents, since the most convincing argument that a girl can become a computer coder is that her mother is one.
Lionel Shriver
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My parents had the plan for my life from the moment my mother tested positive with me. Looking back now, I'd say the hard turn for me was when I left school after the eighth grade to play tennis full time and study some with a travelling tutor.
Douglas Brunt -
I squatted for most of my adult life. I'm not condoning squatting; it was just the only way I could do what I wanted to do. I didn't have, you know, a trust fund or parents that could help out.
Jamie Hince -
'Visitation' reflects the era of the absentee father; 'parent time' influences the re-emergence of the involved father. 'Visitation' reflects the destruction of the family; 'parent time' influences the reconstruction of the family. 'Parent time' influences an era that understands that as either parents loses, so lose the children.
Warren Farrell -
I felt very humble when my parents took me to meet Stephen Hawking.
Brooklyn Beckham -
There's a reason why people who've had bad relationships with their parents listen to angry stuff.
Chris Martin Coldplay -
My parents traveled a lot, so my grandparents practically raised me. My grandmother and I really bonded in the kitchen. She's this amazing southern cook, and I would always help her - whether it was cracking eggs or stirring the green beans. It takes me back there.
Hillary Scott Lady Antebellum
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The most important thing parents can do, although it's not the only thing they should do, is model the behavior they want from their kids.
Angela Duckworth -
I was raised into the Romanian Orthodox culture by my parents, and most notably my mother, who is a profoundly religious and spiritual woman.
Dominique Moceanu -
The fact is that child rearing is a long, hard job, the rewards are not always immediately obvious, the work is undervalued, and parents are just as human and almost as vulnerable as their children.
Benjamin Spock -
One of my earliest memories is seeing the bright blue, Epic 45 of Jackie Wilson singing 'Higher and Higher,' and I'd say, 'That one!' and my parents would play it every Sunday afternoon and we'd all get up and leap around the house.
Bronagh Gallagher -
My parents told me that education was the path to success - and they showed me, taking me to Head Start while they were pursuing their own college degrees.
Denise Juneau -
I do want to have children, but my parents had me when they were in their forties. I'd like to copy that.
Kit Harington
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To me 'they lived happily ever after' means to be happy with yourself! My parents always taught me that being happy has to work without Prince Charming. My life is completed without a prince but it's nice of course to have someone who loves you and fights for you.
Kristen Stewart -
In healthy families, children discover (through being listened to) that what they have to say is important and that their experiences and ideas (and they themselves) have worth. They are encouraged to think for themselves, express opinions, and make decisions for themselves. Parents supporting them in standing on their own two feet and doing what they think is right. Trusting and gaining confidence in themselves, they develop an inner locus of control.
Louise Hart -
I think I had really good parents. I got really lucky. They said, 'You're a woman; enjoy yourself and believe that you can do things.'
Emily Ratajkowski -
I don't have the best family life. I'm not going to have a sob story and be like, my parents abandoned me, because they didn't. But they also are not that present. When I'm alone, I'm alone. I don't have anybody to call, and so I have to create meaning from myself.
Constance Wu -
Parents have a right to insist that godless evolution not be taught to their children.
Pat Buchanan -
It's wonderful to see parents come together and openly support their LGBTQ kids at my shows.
Hayley Kiyoko
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I thought I had a huge crush on a young Canadian photographer who was commissioned to go down to Australia to do a series, so I tried to figure out a way to follow him without getting in trouble with my parents, and that was by auditioning for their National Institute.
Deborah Kara Unger -
Both my parents are educators. My siblings and I always had to get good grades no matter what outside interests we had.
Yaya DaCosta -
Children are liable to expect more from life than their parents, and faced with adversity their reaction is more violent. They go farther, much farther than their parents, and, thereafter, their parents are unable to protect them.
Patrick Modiano -
I always wanted to perform. I remember being 5 years old and telling my parents to sit down as I was going to put on a play for them.
Tammin Sursok