Quotes About Parents

They forget how much they used to love their own parents," she said, "when they were kids.

Nelson Richard DeMille was born in New York City on August 23, 1943 to Huron and Antonia (Panzera) DeMille, then moved with his parents to Long Island.

I'd once seen in The Wall Street Journal where a school guidance counselor says to two parents, "Your son is vicious, mean-spirited, dishonest, and likes to spread rumors. I suggest a career in journalism.

It's the first line in your book. I always thought there was a lot of truth in that. Or maybe that's what my English teacher said. I can't really remember. I read it last semester. - Your parents must be so proud you can read. - They are. They bought me a pony and everything when I did a book report on Cat in the Hat.

For a moment, I wondered how different my life would have been had they been my parents, but I shook the thought away. I knew my father had done the best he could, and I had no regrets about the way I'd turned out. Regrets about the journey, maybe, but not the destination. Because however it had happened, I'd somehow ended up eating shrimp in a dingy downtown shack with a girl that I already knew I'd never forget.

My father was retired military, and my mother was an educator. She was incredibly creative. I used to love going to her school during the summer and helping her decorate her classroom. I would draw Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck. She was a sixth grade teacher. She and my father are the ones that got me into my love of music.

My parents were both from the East and had moved to San Francisco only so my father could go to law school there.

My parents had been involved in the labor movement; if we'd grown up in the city, we would have been red-diaper babies.

People always say to me, 'It must have been wonderful coming from old Hollywood, with all those movie stars,' but I never knew anyone. I didn't even know who Charlie Chaplin was. My parents really kept me away from it all.

It starts with family - they've sacrificed so much for me, with my parents moving away from each other when we were young, for tennis.

My dad was a great eater but Mum was the cook.

My mum and mad were both very generous, encouraging parents.

My mum and dad's hobby was amateur dramatics.

My father was very chic. My mum was always encouraging me. Some parents would say, 'Why don't you be a lawyer, a doctor, or something more important?' They never said that.

My mum was a librarian, and my dad worked in Greenland.

Aside from the whole Richard and Judy fame thing, I am incredibly lucky they're my mum and dad.

When I was 13, I won a scholarship to boarding school. My parents let me choose whether to go, and I decided I wanted to. Afterwards, I went to Cambridge to study law - in a way, I was carrying the academic hopes of my family, as Mum and Dad left school at 14.

I don't want to achieve less than my mum and dad.

Mum and dad are always looking out for me; they just want the best for me.

I always knew I wanted an educational background, and my mum and dad were quite big on that.

My mum and dad are great mates.

Mum and Dad have both got very well-tuned senses of humour.

My mum and dad only had me and my brother.

The best thing my mum and dad ever did for me was keeping me at home and giving me time to find my feet.