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Remember that a woman who has given birth to a dead child has given birth and is recovering physically, too. Don't be afraid of grieving parents. — Elizabeth McCracken

Too many people try to please their parents. My parents were Republicans, which is too bad, but they allowed me to be who I wanted to be. — Grace Slick

I had always wanted to have children, so it caused me a lot of grief when I was younger, and I had supposed that gay people could not be parents. — Andrew Solomon

I have not wept since the death of my parents," said Luxa quietly. "But I am thought to be unnatural in this respect. — Suzanne Collins

We have a good opportunity to be good parents right now. — Joe Nichols

My parents said, Oh, he's going to be a director someday. I wanted to be an actor. — Quentin Tarantino

As a child, I never wanted my parents to be unhappy, which meant that I would always contemplate what would make them happy. — Etgar Keret

Parents are supposed to protect you, but they seem to be really, really lousy at it. — Hannah Harrington

Parents are the most likely to be victims of the violence of their mentally ill children. — Rich Lowry

I'm not paid to be a role model, parents should be role models. — Charles Barkley

Parents can make us distrust ourselves. To them, we seem always to be works-in-progress. — Frank Pittman

Faith can be very very dangerous, and deliberately to implant it into the vulnerable mind of an innocent child is a grievous wrong. — Richard Dawkins

Parents aren't the people you come from. They're the people you want to be, when you grow up. — Jodi Picoult

When you're a teenager,everybody is waiting for you to be something or somebody else-your friends,your parents,your teachers.Sometimes you lose track. — John David Anderson

I've always wanted to be sure my parents approve of what I do. Even with my tattoos, my mom went with me. — Ashley Tisdale

Our parents got to be kids. Now it's our turn. — Mary-Kate Olsen

To be friends with God means to pray with simplicity, like children talking to their parents. — Pope Francis

Your parents ask you to follow the standard path: School, job, security. Is this really the best way? I don't think so - be your own boss! — Kim Dotcom

Parents have got to chill out. Let your kid eat dirt - they're gonna be fine! — Jeff Garlin

Don't judge other people. For example, if you want God's anointing to be on you for parenting, you need to be careful not to criticize other parents. — Joyce Meyer

One of the premises of parenting might be that the job of parents is to teach their kids to get along without them. — Timothy Carey

Parents and therapists offer unconditional love without needing it to be returned, yet both sides grow in love, understanding, and acceptance. — Jed Diamond

And my parents don't want me to tell my grandmother - who, let's be honest, is already in the bottom of the ninth inning, age-wise - that — Robin Benway

THE most widespread form of child abuse in the United States is parents sending children to the government to be educated. — Neal Boortz

I'm glad your parents will be at the wedding. It's important for you to see them, — Robin Mahle

I am my parents' daughter, and I always want to be. But I first wanted to make sure that I was standing on my own two feet. — Lily Rabe

When we are very young, our parents inadvertently program us to be what we eventually become. ~ Peggy Toney Horton — Peggy Toney Horton

No parent should be denied from their Scouting - their son's Scouting experience simply because those parents happen to be gay. — Gwen Ifill

My parents wanted me to be a lawyer. But I don't think I would have been very happy. I'd be in front of the jury singing. — Jennifer Lopez

Don't try to understand other people's marriages, darling, even your parents'. You'll be lucky if you understand your own. — Laura Buzo

It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents. — Samuel Butler

My parents wouldn't have sent me out into the world with wool over my eyes. You have to be aware, or you'll be swallowed. — O'Shea Jackson Jr.

My parents are really quite strict, so I have to be home at a certain time - even now, at the age of 25. — Tena Desae

We were very kooky and inventive, and it didn't take long for my parents to realize we should all be auditioning for things. — Ashley Williams

Our parents have always encouraged us to be independent and dream big. — Jenna Bush

My parents taught me to never give up and to always believe that my future could be whatever I dreamt it to be. — Susana Martinez

I can't stand films that make the kids out to be heroes and the parents to be imbeciles. — Molly Ringwald

Parents are to be respected - it Is a commandment from God. — Monica Johnson

Ohmygod. Did hell just freeze over? - Zoey Redbird when Aphrodite LaFonte tells her parents that Zoey deserves to be leader of the Dark Daughters — P.C. Cast

Some parents believe that competition helps prepare children to succeed. Others fear that their children will not be able to handle failure. — Bill Dedman

Be nice to your children. They may grow up to be writers. — Katerina Stoykova Klemer

I spent some time back in Mexico at 16 because my parents thought it would be prudent for me to learn Spanish, because I held a Mexican passport. — Lupita Nyong'o

All parents want their children to be happy, but so few parents talk about it. — Robert Holden

I thought I was going to be a math major. My parents were both accountants and wanted me to major in business. Math was our compromise. — Michael Silverblatt

I was missing the opportunity to see my friends' children grow up, to have my son go to his friends' homes and be involved with their parents. — Karen Hughes

We don't get to choose our parents," Sunny said. "If we did, some of us might choose never to be born at all. — Jamie Ford

My parents never said I had to be 16 to date, but that has been the rule for all my friends. — Miranda Cosgrove

My parents wanted me to have an honorable profession and not to be a jester. — Philippe Petit

I think it's the human condition to be frequently embarrassed by your parents. — Ivanka Trump

When my mother died, and when my father died, it's big. Our parents are giants; they're titans of our lives, so of course it's going to be a big deal. — Loudon Wainwright III

This would be a better place for children if parents had to eat spinach. — Groucho Marx

I think my parents knew before I did that I was going to be an actress, because I was doing impressions of Margaret Thatcher at the age of four. — Michelle Dockery

Children need parents who will let them grow up to be themselves, but parents often have personal agendas they try to impose on their children. — Harold S. Kushner

Your children will become what you are; so be what you want them to be — David Bly

I told my parents, 'You've taken care of me all my life, helped me through college. You've been awesome, but now it's my turn to be my own man.' — Eric Close

last name's just for people who want you to be impressed by their parents." I — Matthew Woodring Stover

Just as the Supreme Court has said that women have the right to choose whether or not to be parents, men should also have that right. — Karen DeCrow

you don't have to be dead to haunt. Parents, songs, exes. — Samantha Hunt

When I told my parents I wanted to be an actor, my mom was, like, 'I think I heard you say lawyer.' — Maz Jobrani

Both my parents are Scottish, and although I grew up in Canada after moving over, all of my family are proud to be Scots. — Callum Keith Rennie

My parents are really good people - they just are not meant to be together. — Hayden Panettiere

It's as if once you hit high school, you're programmed, like a robot, to be an asshole to your parents. — Sara Zarr

I don't go to school, I don't have parents, I came from the sea to be your husband. — Kevin Canty

A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone. — Billy Graham

Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that. — Barbara Bush

I don't dislike children, I just don't particularly want to be around with them a lot. Problem is, neither do their parents. — Bill Maher

Would-be adoptive parents have to struggle for years through a bureaucratic obstacle course at an average cost of $30,000. — Foster Friess

My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author. — Lloyd Alexander

I dislike arranged marriages. There are some mistakes for which one should not be able to blame one's poor parents. — Salman Rushdie

We should try to be the parents of our future rather than the offspring of our past. — Miguel De Unamuno

Children can be harsh judges when it comes to their parents, disinclined to grant clemency. — Jon Krakauer

There are no illegitimate children, only illegitimate parents-if the term is to be used at all. — Bernadette Devlin

The only book in our home was the Bible. My parents forbade books. They thought I needed help because I wanted to be a writer! — Ken Bruen

When you're growing up you need your parents, but you don't want to be associated with them because you're trying to have your own life. — Rick Nielsen

I am very much interested in getting parents to read to children, and trying to get people mentoring children. If I can do both I'll be happy. — Walter Dean Myers

Be what you want to be,not what your parents want. — Faraz

My parents wanted us to be well-rounded individuals and really have the American experiences as richly as one can. — Uzo Aduba

Our children are not going to be just 'our children' - they are going to be other people's husbands and wives and the parents of our grandchildren. — Mary Calderone

I believe government should be loyal to parents, teachers and children. — J. C. Watts

This isn't your world. It's your parents. Your world is still out there, waiting to be discovered. Always remember that. — Carroll Bryant

It can be very difficult to trace your birth parents. — Christopher Eccleston

I guess the only thing to do now is meet his parents. I'm sure they're decent people. I mean they gotta be if they named their son Gaylord Focker. — Robert De Niro

What cannot be communicated to the [m]other cannot be communicated to the self. — John Bowlby

Be kind to everybody, be grateful, say thank you everyday. My parents taught me well. — Nicole Richie

My parents were quite liberal with us, always encouraging us to be our own person and be creative. — Sienna Miller

Schoolmasters and parents exist to be grown out of. — John Wolfenden, Baron Wolfenden

I believe there ought to be school choice, so that parents can choose within the public school system. — William H. Gray

I love [my parents], but what if I could really talk to them? I mean, what if they had some answers? Or would that just be too weird? — Paul Rudnick

Patriotism to your country is something that comes from your heart. It should be taught to you by your parents. — Jesse Ventura

They would never have demanded he be like them; they hardly wanted to be themselves. — Hanya Yanagihara

It's wrong for parents to bury their children. It should be the other way around. — Rose Kennedy

I wouldn't be here if it were not for the grant system that paid for me to go to art school - because my parents couldn't have afforded it. — Peter Capaldi

But Little League can be a great experience for kids, as long as they want to play
and don't play to bring their parents glory. — Yogi Berra

It is time to teach society on how to be empathetic with people grieving. — Nathalie Himmelrich

You know, my parents, they raised me to be a fighter. — Michael Schiavo

..."there's a special kind of hurt in learning that your parents are not the angels or saviors you wish them to be... — Nadia Hashimi

Kids on the set tend to be a pain, and if they're not, their parents are. — Timothy Olyphant

The phrase 'Boys will be boys,' reflects that a male child is expected to be unpredictable and occasionally troublesome. — Kilroy J. Oldster

I have always been motivated by a greater good. As a child, I was taught by my parents to be good and to do good at all times and in all ways! — James May

To me, rock music was never meant to be safe. I think there needs to be an element of intrigue, mystery, subversiveness. Your parents should hate it. — Trent Reznor