#parent

When a parent shows up with an attitude of entitlement, understand that under it is a boatload of anxiety. ↗

— Robert Evans

#attitude #boatload #entitlement #parent #shows

That a great battle must soon be fought no one could doubt; but, in the apparent and perhaps real absence of plan on the part of Lee, it was impossible to foretell the precise scene of the encounter. ↗

— Edward Everett

#apparent #battle #could #doubt #encounter

As a kid I would be put to bed when my parents had guests and because I was such a show-off I would go to my mum's room, put on her nightdress and Jackie Onassis shawl, run downstairs, go outside, ring the doorbell and pretend to be one of the guests. I'd say, 'Hello, I'm Mrs. So-and-So.' ↗

— Rupert Everett

#bed #downstairs #go #guests #had

My mum had me brought up by nannies and governesses. I didn't have much to do with my parents until I was 21. ↗

— Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark

#had #i #me #much #mum

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection. ↗

— Sigmund Freud

#any #cannot #childhood #father #i

I don't think I would have been a good mother. Being a parent brings immense responsibility. It's a Herculean task. It would be almost too much for me. ↗

— Julie Christie

#been #being #brings #good #good mother

The monitors indicated that it was a credible election, I think, in an overall sense, it apparently is a free and fair election, so it's a real milestone and one of the things we can take some little confidence in. ↗

— Warren Christopher

#confidence #credible #election #fair #free

If I just produce the transparent ideal accepted by the Western experts, a process of privatization which will be very good but never happen, that means nothing. ↗

— Anatoly Chubais

#experts #good #happen #i #ideal

A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it. ↗

— Frank A. Clark

#baby #born #loved #need #never

Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. ↗

— Henry Fielding

#dancing #parent #warmth #which