Parents Quotes
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One of the greatest titles in the world is parent, and one of the biggest blessings in the world is to have parents to call mom and dad.
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When I was eight and a half, my parents moved to a part of Queens where there was a club nearby. We joined, and if you believe in someone up above, I think I was meant to play tennis.
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I'm a member of the African diaspora: my parents left the Caribbean and came to London for a better life.
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It was the late '70s when my parents met. My dad was a lighting director for a soap opera, and my mom was a temp at the studio. They moved into a house in The Valley in L.A., to a neighborhood that was leafy and affordable.
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And my parents' separation was tricky. But my mum had always been really honest with me, and treated me like an adult even when I was really young, so I knew they hadn't been getting on.
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I grew up in Baltimore, which is, you know, a city of extremes certainly, but my parents were very conservative. But they made me feel safe, and even though they were mortified at what I was doing, they encouraged it. I think because they thought, what else could I do?
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My parents were big film buffs.
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My parents moved to American Samoa when I was three or four years old. My dad was principal of a high school there. It was idyllic for a kid. I had a whole island for a backyard. I lived there until I was eight years old and we moved to Santa Barbara.
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As long as she is talented enough and passionate about doing it herself then I will be happy and support her. I think I will be sensible - my parents said I could only do it if I got my education and so I had something to fall back on.
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When my parents got divorced, I wanted to spend my time laying in the garage listening to the washer and dryer. Loud, immersive, changing. It was music to me.
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I'm Cuban. Both my parents are Cuban. My grandparents are, too. Although I have no idea where Fit comes from.
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I think some parents fall into a trap, teaching their kids that everything is always perfect and everyone is always a winner.
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I always was passionate about science fiction and horror, and my parents enjoyed that as well.
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Some parents let their kids sleep at other people's houses, where they drink alcohol, watch TV for hours and God knows what else. But if you say you have to get all A's and practice the violin for two hours, then they consider that abusive. That upsets me.
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I was thinking about what it was like for my parents to have a strange kid with a hobby or a pursuit that maybe they weren't that familiar with. It must have been a strange experience - nerve-wracking, in some ways.
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I don't visit my parents often because Delta Airlines won't wait in the yard while I run in.
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My parents were terrific - mother was a church organist and my father was probably the most respected person in our church outside of the minister and sometimes maybe that much. The neighbors all called him - a gentleman.
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I got everything I wanted from my parents: Brooks Brothers sweaters and Spalding saddle shoes.
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However deep our devotion may be to parents or to children, it is our contemporaries alone with whom understanding is instinctive and entire.
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I was, like, 17 years old, making more money than my parents.
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I hate the thought of my children being glued to a screen. Children only play on computers all day because their parents let them.
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The world is not the most pleasant place. Eventually, your parents leave you and nobody is going to go out of their way to protect you unconditionally. You need to learn to stand up for yourself and what you believe and sometimes, pardon my language, kick some ass.
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I am my parents' daughter, and I always want to be. But I first wanted to make sure that I was standing on my own two feet.
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Parents spend a lot of time talking over kids. My son went through a vocabulary burst as I was writing 'The Bear.' I thought, 'What if I just stopped and listened?'
