Quotes About Stepchild

Indecision is like a stepchild: if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water.

I was a stepchild in two different families. The hardest thing about being a stepchild is you know that in some way everything would be easier if you didn't exist.

I wrote 'Ain't It Cool? Hollywood's Redheaded Stepchild Speaks Out,' because in doing hundreds and hundreds of interviews over the past six and a half years, I was tired of the story being half told or a third told or erroneously told.

Being acknowledged and appreciated by your child and stepchild is the greatest gift for all the hard work we put in as parents.

Science fiction is the ugly stepchild of mainstream literature, and fantasy is the ugly stepchild of science fiction, and tie-in novels are the ugly stepchild of fantasy... and on and on and on.

I remember the dark days when, thanks to 1966's 'Batman' with Adam West, comics were considered the ugly stepchild of popular culture.

Mystery fiction was considered a stepchild of literature.

Respect can be as elusive as the unicorn. I know something of this because I write books that are set in the Middle Ages, and the historical novel is often seen as the unwanted stepchild in the fictional family. I know even more about respect - or the lack thereof - because I live in New Jersey.

Physiology is the stepchild of medicine. That is why Cinderella often turns out the queen.

beat you like a red-headed stepchild.