Parents Quotes
People always have to have a reference - I think I'll always be in the shadow of my parents.
Eliot Sumner
I do think that maybe, even subconsciously, a lot of parents in the West are wondering, have we gone too far in the direction of coddling and protecting - you know, you see kids, sometimes that seem very rude and disrespectful. And the more important thing is they don't seem that happy.
Amy Chua
Parents must have the courage to say no, to defend truth, and to bear powerful testimony.
Quentin L. Cook
I did a lot of acting when I was a child. I was very shy - the kind of kid who ran into a corner and cried on parents' visiting day.
Adrienne Shelly
In the fields of southwest Iowa, my parents and grandparents worked and sacrificed. Like so many Iowans, the American Dream for them was never about wealth or fame. Their dream was to leave their children and grandchildren a better life, with greater opportunity, than their own.
Joni Ernst
Over 90 percent of parents in Puerto Rico want their children to be totally fluent in English.
Luis Fortuno
Even if your parents don't have Alzheimer's or aren't in a wheelchair, your parents get old - if you're lucky to have parents who live for a long time. It's a challenge, and it's difficult and lovely and touching and awful and ghastly and real.
Gemma Jones
My brothers and I were raised by our parents to respect everyone regardless of background or race.
Alan Wilson
Always, as a child, I would go around the house, and if I found a word that I didn't know the meaning of, I would write it down and ask my parents to define it and try to memorise it.
Alexandra Adornetto
I wasn't one of those hideous children who make their parents sit through hour-long performances when you're seven. I didn't do anything like that thankfully.
Jo Brand
I grew up never thinking about acting as a profession because that was what my mum did, and often, you don't want to be like your parents.
Margaret Qualley
My parents have always been incredibly supportive. Even when I dropped out of high school, they said, 'We trust you, we believe in you.'
Philipp Meyer
Writing was something I have always been interested in. I've grown up in a household full of books, with both my parents English teachers and very booky.
Alexandra Adornetto
Having loving and supporting parents didn't make me feel any better about the possibility of seeing my personal life splashed across newspapers and tabloids.
Mary Cheney
Once I got to college, it seemed that the Hamptons were a little bit too posh for me and didn't represent the kind of values I was embracing in my late teens. So, I didn't go out there, except to visit my parents, for a long time. And then, after 9/11, I discovered it was a nice, mellow place to hang out.
Colson Whitehead
My parents are from the former Soviet Union, from Ukraine, and I grew up wanting to be a professional hockey player.
Gabe Polsky
