#parent

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 guess you could say I devoted myself so strongly to my music that for awhile I forgot about my family. But I only get one set of parents, and I think I forgot about that for a little while. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#awhile #could #devoted #family #forgot

I dropped out of NYU, moved out of my parent's house, got my own place, and survived on my own. I made music and worked my way from the bottom up. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#dropped #got #house #i #made

Teachers support evaluations based on multiple measures: student growth, classroom observation and feedback from peers and parents. ↗

— Arne Duncan

#classroom #feedback #growth #measures #multiple

My kids are so much better parent than I was. ↗

— Dick Van Dyke

#i #kids #much #parent #than

My parents split up when I was about 2. I realize more and more how much I'm like my father. My gentleness comes from my mother. ↗

— Justin Townes Earle

#comes #father #gentleness #how #i

I think the themes of belonging and parentage and love are obviously universal. ↗

— Christopher Eccleston

#i #i think #love #obviously #parentage

Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them. ↗

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

#faults #forgive #instilled #least #parents