#rents

About the time I turned 50, I experienced the profound biological change that often accompanies women at that age. Also, I put two kids in college and lost both of my parents, so I'm no longer somebody's daughter. ↗

— Jane Pauley

#accompanies #age #also #biological #both

My parents had an experience of life that is as opposite to mine as you can imagine. ↗

— Jane Pauley

#had #imagine #life #mine #opposite

My parents were terrific - mother was a church organist and my father was probably the most respected person in our church outside of the minister and sometimes maybe that much. The neighbors all called him - a gentleman. ↗

— Jane Pauley

#church #father #gentleman #him #maybe

We're going to live longer than our parents' generation, and there comes a point when you ask yourself, 'What am I going do?' You can only play so much golf. ↗

— Jane Pauley

#ask #comes #generation #going #golf

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

As a man, I've been representative of the values I hold dear. And the values I hold dear are carryovers from the lives of my parents. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#dear #hold #i #lives #man

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