#parent

My parents, especially my mother, were no influence on me whatsoever. ↗

— Andy Partridge

#especially #influence #me #mother #parents

I think about my parents all the time, especially on Sunday when I'm at Mass. My mother always said, 'We do not pray to win elections. We pray for people's health, we pray that God's will be done, we pray that we do our best. But we do not pray to win elections.' ↗

— Nancy Pelosi

#always #best #done #elections #especially

The crafty person is always in danger; and when they think they walk in the dark, all their pretenses are transparent. ↗

— John Tillotson

#crafty #danger #dark #person #pretenses

Heredity is what sets the parents of a teenager wondering about each other. ↗

— Laurence J. Peter

#about #each #heredity #other #parents

I was going to be a concert pianist, and when I was in high school, my parents were scared to death that I would focus too much on that too soon. And that I'd end up in some sort of dead end, and not fulfilling whatever potential they thought I had. ↗

— David Hyde Pierce

#concert pianist #dead #dead end #death #end

Luckily, thanks to the way my parents taught me, I think I can handle the fame in the right manner. ↗

— Alessandro Del Piero

#handle #i #i can #i think #luckily

We need to make sure that the fast-growing States and the balance of States in this country have as much information as available because I cannot imagine the pain as a parent myself of having my child molested by someone in our schools. ↗

— Jon Porter

#balance #because #cannot #child #country

The best part about being friends with your parents is that no matter what you do, they have to keep loving you. ↗

— Natalie Portman

#being #best #best part #friends #keep

From their teenage years on, children are considerably more capable of causing parents unhappiness than bringing them happiness. That is one reason parents who rely on their children for happiness make both their children and themselves miserable. ↗

— Dennis Prager

#bringing #capable #causing #children #considerably

In various European countries, it is increasingly common for young men to live with their parents into their 30s and even longer. Why not? In the welfare state, there is no shame in doing so. ↗

— Dennis Prager

#countries #doing #european #european countries #even