Quotes About Parents

My parents kept us sheltered from this world of Hollywood. I don't have any great memories of bouncing on Cary Grant's knee or something like that

I've got a really great family round me, two sisters and an older brother and my mum and dad. Everybody's equal.

My parents' long and happy marriage was a great ideal to live up to, but a tough one.

Thank goodness I had a great family growing up, a great foundation. But I will say my faith, my parents, my family, all that stuff is very, very important. And I'll say that until the day I die.

Unhappy parents teach you a lesson that lasts a lifetime.

What I got which was unusual, especially as a child actress, was parents who believed that Hollywood was not that important. They told us education, family, health, all come first and they meant it.

My Dad is my hero. He's 85 now and he is in great health. He is handsome and strong. He has an incredible moral and ethical backbone. I couldn't have been luckier with my parents.

What a childhood I had. My parents sent me to a child psychiatrist. The kid didn't help me at all.

Yeah, my parents help me keep my feet on the ground.

I'm often asked by parents what advice can I give them to help get kids interested in science? And I have only one bit of advice. Get out of their way. Kids are born curious. Period.

Parents need all the help they can get. The strongest as well as the most fragile family requires a vital network of social supports.

Government schooling is the most radical adventure in history. It kills the family by monopolizing the best times of childhood and by teaching disrespect for home and parents.

Historically, the best way to convert liberals is to have them move out of their parents' home, get a job, and start paying taxes.

I bought my parents a home before they died, and they got to see that I was going to be all right. They always thought I would go someplace.

There is always need for good foster parents, people who have room in their homes, the openhearted people.

Proper school nutrition must be complemented by activities outside of the cafeteria. The decisions parents make to keep their kids healthy are critical in fighting this battle on the home front.

Children can withstand a lot of pressure and trial from the outside if the home inside is held steady by parents whose character is steady.

But I think role models also start in the home with your parents.

Education begins at home and I applaud the parents who recognize that they - not someone else - must take responsibility to assure that their children are well educated.

Studies show that children of divorced parents can have outcomes as positive as those coming from intact homes, provided the father remains financially supportive and active in his children's lives.

You parents can provide no better gift for your children than an education in the liberal arts. House and home burn down, but an education is easy to carry along.

My parents were really political. The news was very important in our home. We basically had dinner every night while watching the news, and then we'd discuss it with our parents.

There is no home as comfortable as your father's arms and no bed as soft as your mother's lap.

Everyone knew in the 1950s why a girl from a nice family left home. The meaning of her theft of herself from her parents was clear to all - as well as what she'd be up to in that room of her own.