#rents

I didn't spend much time with my parents when I was growing up. ↗

— Michael Reagan

#growing up #i #much #parents #spend

Neither of my parents would ever stand in the way of any of their children speaking their minds. ↗

— Ron Reagan

#children #ever #minds #neither #parents

It is not what we learn in conversation that enriches us. It is the elation that comes of swift contact with tingling currents of thought. ↗

— Agnes Repplier

#contact #conversation #currents #elation #enriches

I never took acting classes, but I knew I could do it based on the skill with which I lied to my parents on a regular basis! ↗

— Ryan Reynolds

#based #basis #classes #could #i

Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore, and that's what parents were created for. ↗

— Ogden Nash

#created #happy #ignore #nothing #parents

As might be supposed, my parents were quite poor, but we somehow never seemed to lack anything we needed, and I never saw a trace of discontent or a failure in cheerfulness over their lot in life, as indeed over anything. ↗

— Albert J. Nock

#cheerfulness #discontent #failure #i #indeed

We hope that the elected officials will respond positively to a ground swell of letters, phone calls, e-mails and visits from parents. The law clearly states that the responsibility for giving a sound basic education to our children lies with New York State. ↗

— Major R. Owens

#calls #children #clearly #e-mails #education

My parents are very hard working people who did everything they could for their children. I have two brothers and they worked dog hard to give us an education and provide us with the most comfortable life possible. My dad provided for his family daily. So, yes, that is definitely in my DNA. ↗

— David Oyelowo

#children #comfortable #comfortable life #could #dad

I wasn't the high-school play queen or anything. And my parents would let not me act until I graduated from college. ↗

— Gwyneth Paltrow

#anything #college #graduated #high-school #i

Luckily my parents were not against my ambition, they've always been very supportive. But they were adamant that I went to university first. ↗

— Archie Panjabi

#against #always #ambition #been #first