- 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
- Friends
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
My father was the president of the Hearst Corporation, and my parents were close friends of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, and they all had pugs.
- People
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I guess it's because I do have a younger audience that, you know, parents worry about the role model thing. But when I was younger, I looked up to people, but I never wanted to be them. I always had my own identity. I'm an entertainer when I'm on stage, and they need to explain that to their kids. That's not my job to do that.
- I Can
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I can be pretty nasty. Not 'mean' nasty, but nasty by your parents' standards. But not by my parents' standards, because my parents were nasty for their day.
- Family
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
My son has two loving parents and an extended family, whether it's cousins or stepmothers or boyfriends. My son is surrounded by love.
- Mom
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
We had to give each other permission to be different as parents. That's why there's a mom and a dad with two different approaches, because you do need both.
- Laugh
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes I laugh with my parents, and sometimes I yell at them, and both are therapeutic.
- Music
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
When my parents got divorced, I wanted to spend my time laying in the garage listening to the washer and dryer. Loud, immersive, changing. It was music to me.
- Nov 07, 2020
When I was 6 years old, I asked my parents for an organ. I don't have any idea why I wanted an organ.
- Family
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm one of the few lucky actors in the world. I've never waited tables. I never pumped gas. I've always earned a living. I never had to borrow from my parents. I was the first in our family to own a new car.
- Culture
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Despite the efforts of some parents, children still tend to act out the traditional sex roles of our culture. The child's peer group may have more of an influence over this than the parents.
- Me
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
In my household growing up in Fayetteville, N.C., music was the great communicator between my parents and me.
- Loved
- |
- Nov 07, 2020