#parent

My parents had a pub and each Sunday there was an accordionist. They have told me that when I was in my cradle, I already was imitating the gestures of the musician. ↗

— Toots Thielemans

#cradle #each #gestures #had #i

There's a difference between someone who's 'harsh' and someone who is 'hard.' Life was hard. You lived in the South, as my grandparents did, and you had to survive. That is hard. ↗

— Clarence Thomas

#did #difference #grandparents #had #hard

So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life. ↗

— Uma Thurman

#amazing experience #best #experience #experiences #intimate

As to that leisure evening of life, I must say that I do not want it. I can conceive of no contentment of which toil is not to be the immediate parent. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#contentment #evening #i #i can #i do

Growing up, I started developing confidence in what I felt. My parents helped me to believe in myself. I wasn't the best looking guy, I wasn't the best athlete in the world, but they made me feel good about myself. ↗

— Herschel Walker

#athlete #believe #best #confidence #developing

That children shall be compelled to receive religious instruction which is in antagonism to the wishes of their parents, is what no man with say sense of justice would suggest. ↗

— Charles Tupper

#children #compelled #instruction #justice #man

It's about strengthening the relationship and the bond of parent to child. ↗

— Blair Underwood

#bond #child #parent #relationship #strengthening

Parents are the bones on which children cut their teeth. ↗

— Peter Ustinov

#children #cut #parents #teeth #their

I didn't want my parents to support me. I wanted to prove that I could do it by myself. ↗

— Linda Vester

#i #me #myself #parents #prove

Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates. ↗