#parent

The harder you try to become the opposite of your parents, the more quickly you become them. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#harder #more #opposite #parents #quickly

I had a head start in acting. Because of my parents, I had a SAG card, an agent and a recognizable name. But I knew if I screwed up, people would never forget. I'd be dead. ↗

— Mary Crosby

#agent #because #card #dead #forget

I had a really nice childhood; I had great parents. I earned my allowance by washing dishes, and in the summer I earned my allowance by working in daddy's garden. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#childhood #daddy #dishes #earned #garden

Apparently I'm not a pro cyclist. ↗

— Jon Cryer

#cyclist #i #pro

I'm a big traveler these days. I was in Hong Kong. I live there. I was just in Belgium with my parents and now I'm on my way to North America. You will find me all over. ↗

— Jean Claude Van Damme

#belgium #big #days #find #hong

I think I'm proudest of making my parents proud. ↗

— Eric Dickerson

#i think #making #parents #proud #proudest

My parents used to take me to a lot of theatre when I was young. ↗

— Lexa Doig

#lot #me #parents #take #theatre

Thank God my parents had an abundance of patience. ↗

— Lexa Doig

#god #had #parents #patience #thank

Spanking and verbal criticism have become, to many parents, more important tools of child rearing than approval. ↗

— Phil Donahue

#become #child #criticism #important #important tools

There are some parents who have really done it right and told their kid, 'You know, we have this dough, none of this is for you. You have to get your own.' ↗

— Robert Downey, Jr.

#dough #get #kid #know #none