#parent

My mom's a Catholic, and my dad's a Jew, and they didn't want anything to do with anything. ↗

— Isabelle Huppert

#anything #catholic #dad #jew #mom

Divorce is, of course, difficult for a child. I didn't go through it as my parents stayed together, but I have a lot of friends who did. ↗

— Elizabeth Hurley

#course #did #difficult #divorce #friends

My parents felt that acting was far too insecure. Don't ask me what made them think that painting would be more secure. ↗

— John Hurt

#ask #far #felt #insecure #made

You are more likely to be overweight if your friend's, friend's friend is overweight than if your parents are overweight. ↗

— Mark Hyman

#likely #more #overweight #parents #than

My parents both were doing the Civil Rights Movement, were very involved with the civil rights to Congress. And my friends' parents were as well. ↗

— Janis Ian

#civil #civil rights #civil rights movement #congress #doing

All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped. Youth, like pristine glass, absorbs the prints of its handlers. Some parents smudge, others crack, a few shatter childhoods completely into jagged little pieces, beyond repair. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#inspirational #life #parents #family

Parents are like God because you wanna know they're out there, and you want them to think well of you, but you really only call when you need something. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#god #parents #family

Maybe you had to leave in order to really miss a place; maybe you had to travel to figure out how beloved your starting point was... ...Parents aren't the people you come from. They're the people you want to be, when you grow up. I sat between my mother and my father, watching strangers on TV carry in Shaker rockers and dusty paintings and ancient beer tankards and cranberry glass dishes; people and their hidden treasures, who had to be told by experts that they'd taken something incredibly precious for granted. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#parenting

Whatever I do, it's my business. It's not my job to parent America. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#business #i #i do #job #parent

My parents were young and liberal and knew I was going to drink anyway, so they let me do it at home. ↗

— Jessica Alba

#drink #going #home #i #knew