Parent Quotes

Thought is the parent of the deed.

How dare anyone, parent, schoolteacher, or merely literary critic, tell me not to act colored.

I'd say we do reach somewhat of a younger audience, but I think for the most part that younger audience is picking our music up from a brother or sister or even parent, who is turning them onto the band.

It's so very important as to what a child watches on TV. I feel for every parent that knows this, and cares, because they only have control of the child's viewing to a certain point.

The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.

When your parent is a public idol, you never really have a chance to lay that parent to rest.

My theory about Jack is that he's not a very good parent.

I remind everyone: Whether you school them at home or send them to school, you as a parent have the responsibility to make sure they learn and behave. Teachers and principals may help, but parents are the ones who must accept responsibility.

Every word, facial expression, gesture, or action on the part of a parent gives the child some message about self-worth. It is sad that so many parents don't realize what messages they are sending.

When I was 12, I forgot the keys to my parent's apartment. So I simply climbed up seven floors to get in.

I didn't have time for my children much. I wasn't a very good parent; I had a pretty unhappy home life.

The President's proposed privatization plan would jeopardize that security by cutting guaranteed benefits for future retirees and endangering the benefits of current retirees, people with disabilities, and children who have lost a parent.

I have a very steadfast tendency to parent myself, to monitor my development into the person I want to be. I've tried to keep the corruption minimal.

You didn't have a choice about the parents you inherited, but you do have a choice about the kind of parent you will be.

It was never the fame or fortune that drove me to act. It was something I love and enjoy doing it. A lot of people identify who they are by what they do and that's not me. It's what I do but not who I am. Who I am is a parent. I'm a family man.

Children don't just play any more - they're far too busy learning to fence and taking extra French classes. In the end, you're actually doing more damage to your children by trying to hot-house them. It's far better to remain a calm parent.

I did everything in my power to give my brokers brand identity and clout in the market. I saw my job as parent to build them up and if I took care of them, then they would take care of their customer.

I'm still my parent's child, I'm still me, but I made a choice. I evolved into Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. I think it has to do with evolution.

At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent.

But I was the most unashamed lone parent you were ever going to meet.

You'll be a good parent when you're ready to no longer be selfish. Until I was about 35, it was all about me. I look back and I'm astonished at how I lived my life - it was totally self-involved.

However, as a parent, as a grandparent, as a former educator, I know that these practices alone when we are dealing with young children are insufficient. We will never control this rising epidemic without greater accountability from the food industry.

In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent.

It's about strengthening the relationship and the bond of parent to child.

No parent is there forever. So I won't be here forever with these kids.

The abduction of a child is a tragedy. No one can fully understand or appreciate what a parent goes through at such a time, unless they have faced a similar tragedy. Every parent responds differently. Each parent copes with this nightmare in the best way he or she knows how.

A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.

My kids are so much better parent than I was.

A child's geographic location, race or parent's income level should not predetermine their life's course and it's up to us to see that they don't.

I think that discipline is so much of an important part of being a parent. Because it's very, very important to teach your children to take responsibility for their actions.