We first become salesmen as children in the confession booths of our parents.

Modeling a behavior is 100x stronger than telling someone to act differently. Kids imitate the habits of their parents. Teammates match the competitive energy of one another. Employees learn to manage like their supervisor. Be...

My parents are my backbone. Still are. They’re the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.

No one ever thinks about the guy who was raised by the guy who was raised by wolves.

When I meet other parents and they’re more ‘mumsy’ than I am – you know, I don’t want to be ‘mumsy,’ but I’m like, ‘Were you always like that or… what happened?’

No matter how far we come, our parents are always in us.

Even though our journey as parents of a medically fragile child began with emotional turmoil, it has since become a purposeful odyssey that brings meaning and depth to our lives. This is the road we...

Two imbecile parents, whether related or not, have only imbecile offspring.

It is clear that parents of children attending government-owned schools in Colorado cannot rely on state reports to determine whether their children are safe. Parents deserve consistency and accuracy when it comes to the state’s...

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For a wonderful physical tie binds the parents to the children; and—by some sad, strange irony—it does not bind us children to our parents. For if it did, if we could answer their love not...

Do we not see the influence we have when we say we believe in one thing, but our children see us living something else? Do we not realize how little we encourage our children to...

I never, even for a moment, doubted what they’d told me. This is why it is that adults and even parents can, unwittingly, be cruel: they cannot imagine doubt’s complete absence. They have forgotten.

Thus the castle of each feudal chieftain became a school of chivalry, into which any noble youth, whose parents were from poverty unable to educate him to the art of war, was readily received.

My parents never talked to me like I was a kid. Maybe that’s why I’ve been seen as mature.

Well that came out horribly wrong!

When I was in Taiwan, we were there for about 8 months, and I was 11 at the time, so it was definitely a culture shock. But it was a really interesting time to be...

We get nothing, … I would like to see more support for stay-at-home mums. We are doing the country a great service by looking after our children. We are saving the Government millions by running...

There’s no constitutional right for your parents to pay for college.

I never wanted to find my birth parents – if one set of parents felt like a misfortune, two sets would be self-destructive…I had no idea that you could like your parents or that they...

I think everyone’s parents have secrets. You just have to know where to look for them.

When I think of Tomodachi, I think of your mother. Your mother, she too lose her baby. She lose you. That very sad thing for her. Maybe she come looking, and she not find you....

Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.

When you lose your parents, the sadness doesn’t go away. It just changes. It hits you sideways sometimes instead of head-on. Like now.

My parents made me finish high school before I started acting, and I did, like, two weeks of fine arts college before I was like, ‘This sucks. I’m going!’ I got a few small jobs,...

You don’t pay back your parents. You can’t. The debt you owe them gets collected by your children, who hand it down in turn. It’s a sort of entailment. Or if you don’t have children...

I knew I was blessed with a gift of having both parents.

Nothing’s scarier than having a sick child, and one so newly born, and so vulnerable. It’s the worst thing for a parent.

village.” And to pursue a life of purpose.We affirm our duty to nourish and nurture the young, to honour their caring ideals as the heart of being human. To recognize the early years as the...

I was actually supposed to be a basketball player, not an actress. My parents had me playing basketball on competitive teams when I was in kindergarten. Even though my heart belongs to the arts, I’m...

I come from very conservative parents, and we weren’t particularly wealthy, but we were comfortable.

The inspector had interviewed boys before, boys from the poorest parts of town. He had the habit of not specifying “mam” or “dad” or even “parents.” They were things he knew not every child possessed...

Parents need to realize that the world is getting complicated every second. With new problems, new diseases, new habits. They have to realize the vast probability of their kids being victims of this age, this...

My family, my parents are hippies.

My parents were very active in the Civil Rights Movement. My father was a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) worker; my mother was a secretary with the Panthers.

It’s not always easy being her daughter.’ I think,’ she said, ‘sometimes it’s hard no matter whose daughter you are.

The first big break was winning a scholarship to go to Cambridge University. I was very lucky, because my parents couldn’t have afforded a university education for me. Without a scholarship I couldn’t possibly have...

It’s difficult for the schools when parents drop in.

School plays were invented partly to give parents and easy opportunity to demonstrate their priorities.

It’s going to be one of those situations where you’re not going to have 100 percent of the people happy about it. We have to have a recommendation that will help explain to parents what’s...

Luckily my parents were not against my ambition, they’ve always been very supportive. But they were adamant that I went to university first.

People who lose their parents when young are permanently in love with them.

Os homens têm experiência de séculos a mais que as mulheres em: malsentir, antever e precaver. Quando levadas ao mundo do trabalho “masculino”, as mulheres aceleram seu desenvolvimento nessa mesma direção e, dessa forma, as...

Can you taste it Bruce? Can you taste the filth, the dirt, the oily blackness of that fossil fuel in our mouth as you choke and gag and spit it out? Do you still hear...

I cannot help but wonder if any parents ever actually schedule in adolescent drama on their day planners. Looks like a slow week, Sarah. I guess I can pencil in your eating disorder.

You’re being parental’, I said. ‘Go find that squid’.

My parents encouraged thought. You’ll get through life better if you learn how to think.

I never really had to put much thought into my race, and neither did anybody else. I knew I was black. I knew there was a history that accompanied my skin color, and my parents...

…but oh, it would just break your heart to see some of them waiting for their visitors. They get their hair all done up on Saturday, and on Sunday morning they get themselves all dressed...

I was very much a product of the public-school system. There was only one other kid in my class who had parents not involved in the stock market or law.