Parent Quotes

When we first began and I was 14, my influences were the stuff that was in my parent's record collection like Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin.

The child gets two confusing messages when a parent tells him which is the right fork to use, and then proceeds to use the wrong one. So does the child who listens to parents bicker and fuss, yet is told to be nice to his brothers and sisters.

I don't think America knows what a gay parent looks like. I am the gay parent. America has watched me parent my children on TV for six years. They know what kind of parent I am.

When you are getting ready to become a mom, being in love with someone just isn't enough. You need to think about whether he would be a good parent and raise your children with similar beliefs.

Thought is the parent of the deed.

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

I have a child and I'm a parent first of all.

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.

The one thing I think you must do is, as painful as it is as a parent, is listen.

I don't think it negates your skills as a parent if you're homosexual.

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

When you become a parent, you look at your parents differently. You look at being a child differently. It's an awakening, a revelation that you have.

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.

I knew going in that being a single parent would be one of the toughest jobs I'd ever have. I'd been a talk-show host, actor, comic, and on and on, but this gig was going to be my defining moment.

You can imagine what a dorm room environment is to a CF parent. It's like, oh my God. It's crazy.

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.

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.