Parent Quotes - Page 18

My father is a chemist, my mother was a homemaker. My parents instilled in us the feeling that learning was the most exciting thing that could happen to you, and it never ends.

Writing should ... be as spontaneous and urgent as a letter to a lover, or a message to a friend who has just lost a parent ... and writing is, in the end, that oddest of anomalies: an intimate letter to a stranger

Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.

You go to a theater now and you literally see parents watching the movie and they suddenly cover their kid's ears. I figured I'd make one movie where they didn't have to do this.

People don't always realize that my parents shared a sense of intellectual curiosity and a love of reading and of history.

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.

Screaming at children over their grades, especially to the point of the child's tears, is child abuse, pure and simple. It's not funny and it's not good parenting. It is a crushing, scarring, disastrous experience for the child. It isn't the least bit funny.

There is always need for good foster parents, people who have room in their homes, the openhearted people.

being a parent is not transaction ... we do not get what we give. It is the ultimate pay-it-forward endeavor: we are good parents not so they will be loving enough to stay with us but so they will be strong enough to leave us.

If i were to backbite against anyone, it would be about my parents for they have more right to my good deeds

In mere moments of togetherness, families forge their most indelibe memories.

Losing my parents really set me adrift in more ways than one. It's not just losing them. It's losing the possibility of family.

What a wonderful contribution our grandmothers and grandfathers can make if they will share some of the rich experiences and their testimonies with their children and grandchildren.

Jill, we became parents so we could tell our kids what to do. Otherwise we're just the tallest people living here.

I think that because of YouTube, because of MySpace, because of the digital domain that we have on the Internet, the younger generation is much more open to information. I think it's so much easier for them to gain information and trade information, and they have become more aware. In some cases, more aware than their own parents and adults, as to what's going on in the world. I find that really intriguing and interesting, and I think there is a brewing of a whole new generation of activists coming.

They've got great parents; I'm just trying to be the fun uncle.

Isn't it a remarkable coincidence almost everyone has the same religion as their parents ? And it always just happens to be the right religion. Religions run in families. If we'd been brought up in ancient Greece we would all be worshiping Zeus and Apollo. If we had been born Vikings we would be worshiping Wotan and Thor. How does this come about ? Through childhood indoctrination.

Respect gods before demigods, heroes before men, and first among men your parents; but respect yourself most of all.

The problem with our education system is not that parents do not have a choice. The problem is that inequities continue to exist.

If you have a clean environment, you will have a healthy atmosphere. This will make you happy and your happiness will bring joy to your parents and it will affect the community, too. Then there will be peace of mind to one and all.

My parents often wondered why I would grow so indignant at the falsification and exploitation of the Nazi genocide. The most obvious answer is that it has been used to justify criminal policies of the Israeli state and US support for these policies.

You might as well learn about sex from Motley Crue than your parents because it's a lot more interesting.

This is the tragedy of modernity: as with neurotically overprotective parents, those trying to help are often hurting us the most.

I must have good genes from my parents because I feel no slowdown of energy, enthusiasm or even memory.

The secret of dealing successfully with a child is not to be its parent.