Parents Quotes

My parents have a wonderful marriage, for many years. But I can't commit myself for such a long time.

I was born and raised in China, and my parents were missionaries.

Thank God my parents had an abundance of patience.

Yeah, my parents help me keep my feet on the ground.

My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I hated it somehow pleased them even more.

Growing up, I remember my parents feeling a little wary of 'The Simpsons.' This was the late eighties, and there was a wave of articles about TV shows that were bad for America. Then we all started watching it and loved it.

Research shows that parents are the single biggest influence on children - if you are worried about your teen and drugs, talk to them.

The film is about Joe discovering who his mother and father are and his relationship with them, and the identity crisis he goes through once he finds out who his parents are.

There were only two other Chinese families in this town of 25,000, but to our parents, the determining factor was the quality of the public school system.

'Handsome' means many things to many people. If people consider me handsome, I feel flattered - and have my parents to thank for it. Realistically, it doesn't hurt to be good-looking, especially in this business.

Different parents have different standards for their children.

Wherever I look, I see signs of the commandment to honor one's parents and nowhere of a commandment that calls for the respect of a child.

I never want to disappoint my parents, ever. They are people that I always look up to.

And my parents' separation was tricky. But my mum had always been really honest with me, and treated me like an adult even when I was really young, so I knew they hadn't been getting on.

My dad, of course, like a lot of Asian parents, wanted me to be an engineer or doctor and never could understand why I would want to be a lawyer. And then, when I first said I wanted to run for office, he thought that was absolutely insane.

More than ever, we as parents and a nation must do something about the growth of obesity in our children. We must do more than just talk, we must be concerned enough to act.

I'm very conscious of the fact that when I'm working, my daughter is not with one of her parents.

Cloning looks like a degrading of parenthood and a perversion of the right relation between parents and children.

My parents were both Spanish-speakers and they used to speak to me and my siblings in Spanish and we'd answer them in English.

By measuring the proportion of children living with the same parents from birth and whether their parents report a good quality relationship we are driving home the message that social programmes should promote family stability and avert breakdown.

I lost my parents when I was fairly young.

Kids today are technologically sophisticated. In many families, they are far ahead of their parents.

As is said about most writers: on the one hand all I ever did from when I was a child was read, and I was a loner, which was furthered by my parents and my upbringing.

I believe Congress has a duty to do so as well; not simply as a body of legislators, but more importantly as a community of friends, neighbors, parents and Americans.

I'm very proud of what my parents achieved and what they stood for. They didn't have much, but in many ways they were richer than most.

I'm not defined by where I came from. I never took part in the rules and hatred that sometimes go along with religion. But if my parents are happy with what they believe, then I'm happy to stay out of their way. We agree to disagree.

My parents were Democrats.

I grew up cursing a lot. It felt natural. My parents told me to stop.

The causes of youth violence are working parents who put their kids into daycare, the teaching of evolution in the schools, and working mothers who take birth control pills.

I just did a spread in 'Maxim', I'm 35 years old. I've had women and parents email me asking if I should really be doing that, since I'm still considered a role model.