#pare

It's interesting that I had such a close relationship with my grandfather. Because your parents always judge you: they say, 'You shouldn't do this, you shouldn't do that.' But with your grandparents you have a feeling that you can say anything or you can do anything, and they will support you. That's why you have this kind of connection. ↗

— Novak Djokovic

#anything #because #close #close relationship #connection

I think any parent that makes their kid sit at a piano against their will and practice, they're going to have a kid that's not going to want to play the piano. ↗

— Debbie Gibson

#any #going #i #i think #kid

It is always fragile, being a parent. ↗

— Renee Fleming

#being #fragile #parent

In 1953 there were two ways for an Irish Catholic boy to impress his parents: become a priest or attend Notre Dame. ↗

— Phil Donahue

#become #boy #catholic #dame #his

Since the conception of our country, America has held that parents, not schools, teachers, and certainly not courts, hold the primary responsibility of educating their children. ↗

— John Doolittle

#certainly #children #conception #country #courts

What would my parents think about America if they arrived here today? Would they even want to come? I wonder. ↗

— Kirk Douglas

#america #arrived #come #even #here

I think my parents were high when they named me. ↗

— Jolene Blalock

#i #i think #me #named #parents

I don't consciously think of how parenthood has changed me but I'm sure it must have. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#consciously #how #i #me #must

Does any new parent, even if you're not a first-time parent, ever really know what to do? ↗

— Robert Downey, Jr.

#does #even #ever #first-time #know

I don't know why my parents split up. I guess they just drifted apart, but I do know they stayed very good friends. ↗

— Minnie Driver

#drifted #friends #good #good friends #guess