#rents

Distrust and caution are the parents of security. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#distrust #parents #security

My parents said sticks and stones will break your bones but names will never hurt you. But I always felt a sense of exhilaration after a fight; it was the names that really hurt me. ↗

— Michael Franti

#always #bones #break #exhilaration #felt

My parents used to throw great New Year's Eve parties. They invited such an eclectic mix of showbiz people. All those cool people were always hanging out at our apartment. ↗

— Ben Stiller

#always #apartment #cool #cool people #eclectic

I guess you could say I devoted myself so strongly to my music that for awhile I forgot about my family. But I only get one set of parents, and I think I forgot about that for a little while. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#awhile #could #devoted #family #forgot

I decided to pursue music, so I dropped out of school and I told my parents I didn't want any money from them. I got three jobs and I just hit the ground running. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#decided #dropped #got #ground #hit

I don't blame my own parents for the way I grew up, as quite often there is little choice in these issues. ↗

— Peter Garrett

#choice #grew #i #issues #little

I was lucky to have parents who loved me. ↗

— Jean Paul Gaultier

#loved #lucky #me #parents #who

I was raised by my parents to believe that you had a moral obligation to try and help save the world. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#had #help #i #i was raised #moral

I went to church with my grandparents sometimes and I loved it. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#grandparents #i #loved #sometimes #went

My mother, who was professional schoolteacher, was particularly concerned about our formal education and even went so far as to start a private school together with some other parents so that our intellectual needs would be met. ↗

— Robert B. Laughlin

#concerned #education #even #far #formal