- Blue
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- Nov 07, 2020
Parents Quotes
On parents, and the paths they set.
This collection covers a filmmaker's frustration that an age rating kept her intended teenage audience away, and a memory of parents who worked as preachers shaping an early sense of faith. For a poetic take on family, see Shayari.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was never the girl that grew up saying I want to get married. I actually told my parents to not expect me to get married.
- Born
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a Brazilian - full blood, parents born and raised, and I lived there for a little bit - but I didn't grow up there.
- Comedy
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- Nov 07, 2020
My sister would write plays, and I would act in them and perform them for my parents. They were on the comedy side, very much inspired by 'The Amanda Show.'
- Paris
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sir Rodin convinced my parents to have me committed; they are all in Paris to arrange it.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents were the good parents that said, 'You should try and get a good job and go to college and get an education.'
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because when I go places and I talk to kids and I talk to parents and I talk to athletes all over, and they look at my story and they see a person, African-American or not, they see something that they can relate to.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm close with my parents. I have a lot of acquaintances, but my very good close friends are few I can count my very good friends on one hand. And that's how I like it to be.
- Moving
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- Nov 07, 2020
Both my parents are Scottish, and although I grew up in Canada after moving over, all of my family are proud to be Scots.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up watching my parents work in the fields. That's where I get my work ethic from, because I saw them work hard my whole life.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to teach at a private school, and the parents thought I loved their children. I did not love their children! I liked them well enough, but I was always delighted to see them go off for summer vacation.
- Lost
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents managed a summer camp, and it was vacant for about seven or eight months out of the year. It was in the middle of nowhere in the woods. We backed up to a state forest. So absolutely, there were creepy woods all around the house. It was easy to get lost. It was really spooky.
- Eldest
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents were hippies. I'm the eldest of eight children.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started making music for fun, but I had two parents who were very much in the business. I didn't run around trying to get the spotlight. I was very shy. I never sang in front of people 'til I was about 17 years old.
- Nov 07, 2020
There are many stressed single parents who may be working two jobs in order to keep the family together.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the things we want to do is find ways, first, to impress these parents how important it is to have children in a situation where they can respond to them and, second, to bring intergenerational relationships into play.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020