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Parent Quotes - Page 14

Parents must get across the idea that "I love you always, but sometimes I do not love your behavior."

Amy Vanderbilt, Letitia Baldrige (1978). “The Amy Vanderbilt complete book of etiquette: a guide to contemporary living”, Doubleday Books

In search of my mother's garden, I found my own.

"In Search of Our Mother's Gardens" (1974)

My parents taught me that AIDS was a man-made disease designed to get rid of the undesirable people.

"The Passion of Kanye West". Interview with Lola Ogunnaike, www.rollingstone.com. February 9, 2006.

Conduct yourself towards your parents as you would have your children conduct themselves towards you.

Isocrates (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Isocrates (Illustrated)”, p.14, Delphi Classics

A grandparent is the only baby-sitter who doesn't charge more after midnight - or anything before midnight.

Erma Bombeck (1997). “Forever, Erma: Best-Loved Writing From America's Favorite Humorist”, p.161, Andrews McMeel Publishing

There is never a problem child; there is only a problem parent

Alexander Sutherland Neill (1932). “The Problem Parent”

Life is composed of lights and shadows, and we would be untruthful, insincere, and saccharine if we tried to pretend there were no shadows.

Walt Disney, Kathy Merlock Jackson (2006). “Walt Disney: Conversations”, p.54, Univ. Press of Mississippi

Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.

Francis Bacon, Richard Whately (1858). “Essays: With Annotations by Richard Whately”, p.491