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Quotes about Parents

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Quotes about Parents

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Sometimes I see my father in me.

Author: Peter Falk (1927) | Theme: Parents | Clicks: 349 | Rank: 9.75 | Fav

My father was both the person who gave me reason to learn how to fight and the one who taught me the basics of fighting.

Author: June Jordan (1936-2002) | Theme: Parents | Clicks: 522 | Rank: 9.10 | Fav

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

Author: George Herbert (1593 - 1633) | Theme: Parents | Clicks: 184 | Rank: 0 | Fav

One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father.

Author: George Herbert (1593 - 1633) | Theme: Parents | Clicks: 135 | Rank: 0 | Fav

I was also interested in chemistry, but my parents were not willing to buy me a chemistry set.

Author: Martin Lewis Perl (1927) | Theme: Parents | Clicks: 174 | Rank: 0 | Fav

Along with my parents insistence, soon internalized, that I do very well in school, went my love of reading and my love of mechanics.

Author: Martin Lewis Perl (1927) | Theme: Parents | Clicks: 217 | Rank: 0 | Fav

About 1900 my parents came to the United States as children from what was then the Polish area of Russia.

Author: Martin Lewis Perl (1927) | Theme: Parents | Clicks: 164 | Rank: 0 | Fav

My father was killed by a German mine, while I lost other relatives in Allied bombing attacks.

Author: Jean-Marie Le Pen (1928) | Theme: Parents | Clicks: 161 | Rank: 0 | Fav

My parents, especially my mother, were no influence on me whatsoever.

Author: Andy Partridge (1953) | Theme: Parents | Clicks: 328 | Rank: 0 | Fav

I suppose my father was more influential in my starting to play the guitar.

Author: Andy Partridge (1953) | Theme: Parents | Clicks: 279 | Rank: 0 | Fav

My parents couldn't afford a full time drama school, but I basically just did every class I could do, and followed every drama interest I could. When I was 15 or 16 I did drama courses.

Author: Christopher Parker (1983) | Theme: Parents | Clicks: 183 | Rank: 0 | Fav

My father used to make things a lot. He was always in the shed making things. In Grand Day Out, Wallace builds a rocket, and it reminded me of my dad.

Author: Nick Park (1958) | Theme: Parents | Clicks: 160 | Rank: 0 | Fav

My parents were liberal intellectuals but even they expected me to stay at home and look after my younger siblings and do the housework.

Author: Sara Paretsky (1947) | Theme: Parents | Clicks: 172 | Rank: 0 | Fav

I have a friend who lives in the South Side of Chicago. I helped out at a church charity there where they try to give a bit of cohesion to a desperate area. Everyone was very welcoming.

Author: Sara Paretsky (1947) | Theme: Parents | Clicks: 146 | Rank: 0 | Fav

My father, he was like the rock, the guy you went to with every problem.

Author: Gwyneth Paltrow (1972) | Theme: Parents | Clicks: 175 | Rank: 0 | Fav

My dad always said he couldn't remember a time when I did not want to act.

Author: Gwyneth Paltrow (1972) | Theme: Parents | Clicks: 150 | Rank: 0 | Fav

My parents didn't agree with what was going on, you know, with the communists coming in, Fidel Castro. I didn't see the reason why I needed to go back there and be a part of that exhibition.

Author: Rafael Palmeiro (1964) | Theme: Parents | Clicks: 148 | Rank: 0 | Fav

My father instilled in me the attitude of prevailing. If there's a challenge, go for it. If there's a wall to break down, break it down.

Author: Donny Osmond (1957) | Theme: Parents | Clicks: 194 | Rank: 0 | Fav

These were profane when my parents were my age, and I expect they will still be profane when my children are my age.

Author: Doug Ose (1955) | Theme: Parents | Clicks: 138 | Rank: 0 | Fav

Some twins feel like they need to compare themselves to each other, but we're not that way. That's because of my parents, though, and having six kids in the family.

Author: Ashley Olsen (1986) | Theme: Parents | Clicks: 198 | Rank: 5.00 | Fav
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