Parent Quotes - Page 46

Was it Gorky who had said, "If your children are no better than you are, you have fathered them in vain, indeed you have lived in vain".

Some believe all that parents, tutors, and kindred believe. They take their principles by inheritance, and defend them as they would their estates, because they are born heirs to them.

Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there.

People who lose their parents when young are permanently in love with them.

I say things, like every other parent, that reminds you of your own parents. One thing I do know about being a parent, you understand why your father was in a bad mood a lot.

My parents are supportive of anything I want to do, as long as it's not bad.

Kids don't make up 100 percent of our population, but they do make up 100 percent of our future.

When I was kidnapped, my parents snapped into action. They rented out my room.

I remember when I was doing Mermaids [1990], I was 16 and they gave me a B12 shot once. My parents weren't there, and when they did come, they freaked out. They were terrified, because of the Judy Garland stories. I know it's just vitamin B, but it did give you a boost.

One of the things my parents taught me, and I'll always be grateful as a gift, is to not ever let anybody else define me; that for me to define myself. and I think that helped me a lot in assuming a leadership position.

When our first parents were driven out of Paradise, Adam is believed to have remarked to Eve, "My dear, we live in an age of transition."

Next to God, thy parents.

Music is generally important to blind people, and most of the blind people that I have come into contact, through my parents, music is very special to them.

Not a tenth of us who are in business are doing as well as we could if we merely followed the principles that were known to our grandfathers.

If as a family we must be selective listeners, then let us pay more attention to the words of the heart and less to the words of anger

Is there a doctor in the house? My parents want me to marry you.

I have a theory that if you've got the kind of parents who want to send you to boarding school, you're probably better off at boarding school.

It would be hard to find a single example in history in which a group that cast more than 50 percent of the vote got away with calling itself the victim... Women are the only 'oppressed' group to share the same parents as the 'oppressor'; to be born into the middle class and upper class as frequently as the 'oppressor'; to own more of the culture's luxury items than the 'oppressor'.

My parents always told us, you know, you have to get your education. You're not supposed to become a statistic.

I've had many nicknames over the years: V, Nessa, Nessy Poo, Nessy Bear and Van. Only my parents call me Van, though, and I hate it. I get embarrassed.

Both my parents were actors. I was schooled to think that acting was an important social service, that it was something that human beings need.

So parents, get your children's permission to watch!

When my parents were growing up the world's population was under three billion. During my children's lifetime, it is likely to exceed nine billion. You don't need to be an expert to realise that sustainable development is going to become the greatest challenge we face this century

I was born and raised Catholic, so it's in my blood. I don't go to church... I was born and raised Catholic, which is about the extent of my religion. My parents made one request: that I have my first Holy Communion.

My parents suffered from that ideal of a perfect nuclear family. They found that a difficult pressure, I think.