Quotes with parent-child

Quotes 141 till 160 of 503.

  • Marcus Tullius Cicero Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    Roman statesman and writer (106 - 43)
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  • William Shakespeare Grief fills the room up of my absent child, lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Bow Wow Guys like Todd Bridges never overcame being a child star. You can't have any big failures. I've always felt regular. I played organized ball at the rec league. At 13, they told me I sold 3 million copies. I didn't know what that meant.
    Bow Wow
    American rapper and actor (Shad Gregory Moss) (1987 - )
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  • David Grayson Happiness... she loves, to see men at work. She loves sweat, weariness, self sacrifice. She will be found not in places but lurking in cornfields and factories; and hovering over littered desks; she crowns the unconscious head of the busy child.
    David Grayson
    American journalist, historian and author, pen name of Ray Baker (1870 - 1946)
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  • Bill Cosby Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit.
    Bill Cosby
    American actor, comedian, producer (1937 - )
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  • Carolyn Murphy Having a child keeps you very grounded. So when I decided to have a child, I made it clear to the people I work with that my job was no longer my priority.
    Carolyn Murphy
    American model and actress (1974 - )
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  • Michael Levine Having children makes you no more a parent than having a piano makes you a pianist.
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  • Anthony Burgess He said it was artificial respiration, but now I find I am to have his child.
    Anthony Burgess
    British writer, criticus (1917 - 1993)
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  • Joseph Rudyard Kipling He who can reach a child's heart can reach the worlds heart.
    Joseph Rudyard Kipling
    English writer (1865 - 1936)
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  • Lydia M. Child Home - that blessed word, which opens to the human heart the most perfect glimpse of Heaven, and helps to carry it thither, as on an angel's wings.
    Lydia M. Child
    American Abolitionist, Writer, Editor (1802 - 1880)
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  • Arna Bontemps How dare anyone, parent, schoolteacher, or merely literary critic, tell me not to act colored.
    Arna Bontemps
    American poet, novelist and librarian
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  • Boris Becker How do you build a relationship when you've hardly shared a word but suddenly share a child? How do you love a daughter you don't see for nearly two years? When does she become your daughter? How does she become your daughter?
    Boris Becker
    German tennis player (1967 - )
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  • Fran Lebowitz How do you know if your child is a writer? Your obstetrician holds his stethoscope to your abdomen and only hears excuses.
    Fran Lebowitz
    American journalist (1950 - )
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  • Carlo Collodi How it happened that Mastro Cherry, carpenter, found a piece of wood that wept and laughed like a child.
    Carlo Collodi
    Italian author, humorist and journalist (1826 - 1890)
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  • Ovid How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man.
    Ovid
    Roman poet (43 - 17)
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  • Samuel G. Goodrich How many hopes and fears, how many ardent wishes and anxious apprehensions are twisted together in the threads that connect the parent with the child!
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  • Barry Schwartz How much does it really matter whether your child will soon be enjoying a first year at Harvard or Yale or will instead end up at her third or fourth or fifth choice? Probably much less than you think.
    Barry Schwartz
    American psychologist (1946 - )
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  • William Shakespeare How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is
    To have a thankless child!
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Judy Garland How strange when an illusion dies. It's as though you've lost a child.
    Judy Garland
    American singer and actress (1922 - 1969)
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  • Bob Filner 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.
    Bob Filner
    American politician (1942 - )
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