Quotes with parents

  • When they asked Jack Benny to do something for the Actor's Orphanage - he shot both his parents and moved in.
  • I feel like I almost didn't grow up in the business, because my parents worked so hard at sheltering us from that. I was raised in Connecticut. And I honestly wasn't aware that my dad was a celebrity until I moved to Los Angeles a year ago.
  • In the Fifties, my parents were known as 'America's sweethearts'. Their pictures graced the covers of all the newspapers. They were the Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston of their day.
  • My parents used to throw great New Year's Eve parties. They invited such an eclectic mix of showbiz people. All those cool people were always hanging out at our apartment.
  • When I was seven, I was allowed to be an extra in 'Parenthood,' which was amazing. But then I kind of got addicted to it, and my parents didn't want me to want to act. They felt that would be putting your kid in an adult world.
  • Occasionally I've seen children become heavy-handed and insensitive when dealing with their aging parents, and it only caused resentment and hard feelings.
  • The deep, personal material of the latter half of your life is your children. You can write about your parents when they're gone, but your children are still going to be here, and you're going to want them to come and visit you in the nursing home.
  • Mysteries, like the Masonic rites, are ones parents and elders are sworn not to reveal to the uninitiated, which include all children. And so we sought for signs.
  • Number one, it was a chance to thank my parents, because they passed away a couple of years ago. They gave me so much by giving me the opportunity to play soccer, and I wanted to share the story we had together.
  • I want to be a good example for my son. That's the best way to parent - to be the example of what you want to see in them. That's definitely how my parents parented and how my grandparents parented. And it works.
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  • John Ruskin Children see in their parents the past, their parents see in them the future; and if we find more love in the parents for their children than in children for their parents, this is sad but natural. Who does not entertain his hopes more than his recollections.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Billy Graham A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.
    Billy Graham
    American Evangelist (1918 - 2018)
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  • Brad Sherman Circumcision is obligatory for Jewish-born males - it must be performed on the eighth day after birth and is only postponed in the case of threat to the life or health of the child. Muslim parents also circumcise their male children.
    Brad Sherman
    American politician (1954 - )
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  • Bob Beauprez Education is a shared commitment between dedicated teachers, motivated students and enthusiastic parents with high expectations.
    Bob Beauprez
    American politician and member (1948 - )
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  • Woody Allen
    I don't think my parents liked me. They put a live teddy bear in my crib.
    Woody Allen
    American movie director and actor (1935 - )
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  • Benedict Cumberbatch 'Benedict' means 'blessed.' My parents liked the sound of the name and felt slightly blessed because they'd been trying for a child for a very long time.
    Benedict Cumberbatch
    English actor (1976 - )
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  • Philip Roth A Jewish man with parents alive is a fifteen-year-old boy, and will remain a fifteen-year-old boy until they die!
    Philip Roth
    American Novelist (1933 - 2018)
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  • Al Goldstein A self made man is a rarity and hated by the parasites that floated to fame thought their parents, relatives and contacts.
    Al Goldstein
    American pornographer (1936 - 2013)
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  • Henry Louis Mencken A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Barbara Kingsolver After 'The Poisonwood Bible' was published, several people believed that my parents were missionaries, which could not be further from the truth.
    Barbara Kingsolver
    American novelist, essayist and poet (1955 - )
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  • Anna Quindlen All parents should be aware that when they mock or curse gay people, they may be mocking or cursing their own child.
    Anna Quindlen
    American author and journalist (1952 - )
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  • Adelbert von Chamisso All possible means were used by the infatuated parents to conclude the bargain; and deception put an end to these usual artifices.
    Adelbert von Chamisso
    German writer, liar and explorer (1781 - 1838)
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  • Benigno Aquino III Although I was born to famous parents, I know and feel the problems of ordinary citizens.
    Benigno Aquino III
    Filipino politician (1960 - )
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  • Bertil Ohlin As mathematics had been my best subject at school, my parents proposed - and I accepted - studies at the University of Lund in mathematics, statistics, and economics. The choice of the latter subject is said to be due to the fact that at the age of five years, I was very fond of calculating the cost of the various cakes my mother used to bake.
    Bertil Ohlin
     
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  • Albert J. Nock As might be supposed, my parents were quite poor, but we somehow never seemed to lack anything we needed, and I never saw a trace of discontent or a failure in cheerfulness over their lot in life, as indeed over anything.
    Albert J. Nock
    American libertarian author (1870 - 1945)
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  • Bo Sanchez As much as I loved the model of St. Francis, I realized that I couldn't afford to be poor, because unlike St. Francis, I'm not celibate. I was enlightened that God's call to me was not poverty but generosity and simplicity. And I had to go back to the lesson I learned from my parents: that is, simplicity.
    Bo Sanchez
    Filippine author, lay pastor and entrepreneur (1966 - )
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  • B. D. Wong Asian people are very practical and come from a conservative world. The parents want their kids to be doctors and lawyers. There are casting calls for Asian children, but once the parents find out the children might miss school, they're opposed to it.
    B. D. Wong
    American actor (1960 - )
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  • Bill Rancic Because of the fact that we've been through so much, we're going to appreciate every step of being parents. I think we're going to savor it and cherish it and we're going to be the best parents we can be.
    Bill Rancic
    American entrepreneur (1971 - )
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  • Barbara Bush Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.
    Barbara Bush
    American First Lady (1925 - 2018)
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  • Hosea Ballou Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.
    Hosea Ballou
    American Theologian, Founder of ''Universalism'' (1771 - 1852)
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