#parent

We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing. ↗

— Robert E. Lee

#apparent failure #blessing #failed #failure #god

I had great representatives looking out for my best interests and safety. They just happened to be my parents. ↗

— Eric Lindros

#best interests #great #had #happened #i

Chum was a British boy's weekly which, at the end of the year was bound into a single huge book; and the following Christmas parents bought it as Christmas presents for male children. ↗

— A. E. van Vogt

#bought #bound #boy #british #children

Being an only child and losing both my parents at an early age, I have found that the friends I have made over the years are the people who help me get through life, good times and bad. ↗

— Fannie Flagg

#bad #being #both #child #early

Nobody cooks anymore. To me, to watch your parents cook, and to have a house that smells warm and delicious, is a very vital memory that I think kids don't really have anymore. ↗

— Tyler Florence

#cook #cooks #delicious #house #i

I think anybody over 30 plays parents because it happens in your thirties and so that's kind of a natural progression. But I'm definitely drawn to it. It's probably the most intense, passionate thing that happens to you as you get older. ↗

— Jodie Foster

#because #definitely #drawn #get #happens

Distrust and caution are the parents of security. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#distrust #parents #security

My parents said sticks and stones will break your bones but names will never hurt you. But I always felt a sense of exhilaration after a fight; it was the names that really hurt me. ↗

— Michael Franti

#always #bones #break #exhilaration #felt

My parents used to throw great New Year's Eve parties. They invited such an eclectic mix of showbiz people. All those cool people were always hanging out at our apartment. ↗

— Ben Stiller

#always #apartment #cool #cool people #eclectic

I know there are parents who are very structured and organized and are certainly far more together than I am, it's just not me. ↗

— Soleil Moon Frye

#certainly #far #i #i am #just