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Quotations
 | There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings. — Wolfgang Goethe, 1749-1832, German poet & philosopher 9 likes |
 | Men are what their mothers made them. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher 5 likes |
 | Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr., 1940-2021, American self-help writer 5 likes |
 | Where parents do too much for their children, the children will not do much for themselves. — Elbert Hubbard, 1856-1915, American writer 4 likes |
 | I started life with two great advantages: no money, and good parents. — Margaret Thatcher, 1925-2013, British Prime Minister 4 likes |
 | A Jewish man with parents alive is a fifteen-year-old boy, and will remain a fifteen-year-old boy until they die! — Philip Roth, 1933-2018, American writer 4 likes |
 | Most of us become parents long before we have stopped being children. — Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor 3 likes |
 | The best thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. — John Wooden, 1910-2010, American basketball coach 3 likes |
 | Sometimes I really think people ought to have to pass a proper exam before they're allowed to be parents. Not just the practical, I mean. — Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015, British writer 3 likes |
 | It remains to be seen which program will cause greater societal damage: China's one-child policy or America's one-parent policy. — P.J. O’ Rourke, 1947-2022, American columnist & writer 3 likes |
 | To an adolescent, there is nothing in the world more embarrassing than a parent. — Dave Barry, 1947-, American journalist 3 likes |
 | If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent. — Bette Davis, 1908-1989, American actress 3 likes |
 | I inherited my ability from both parents; my mother's ability for spending money, and my father's ability for not earning it. — Laurence J Peter, 1919-1990, Canadian writer & educator 2 likes |
 | A man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be lost to the world. — Helen Rowland, 1875-1950, American journalist & humorist 2 likes |
 | The only love that I really believe in is a mother’s love for her children. — Karl Lagerfeld, 1933-2019, German fashion designer 2 likes |
 | A king, realizing his incompetence can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma. — Marlen Dietrich, 1901-1992, German-American actress 2 likes |
 | The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them. — Frank A. Clark, 1911-1991, American cartoonist 1 likes |
 | The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men – from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms. |
 | The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. |
| A mother, who is really a mother, is never free. |
 | God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers. |
 | My father represented authority, which meant—to me—that he could not also represent understanding. |
 | Jekyll had more than a father’s interest; Hyde had more than a son’s indifference. |
 | A father’s worst anger against his son is more tender than a son's tender love for his father. |
| Everyone did not become completely themselves until the day their parents died. |
 | No matter how young you are, the day you lose your mother, you suddenly get old. |
 | A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father. |
 | The more boring a child is, the more the parents, when showing off the child, receive adulation for being good parents — because they have a tame child-creature in their house. |
 | Has it ever occurred to you...that parents are nothing but overgrown kids until their children drag them into adulthood? Usually kicking and screaming? — Stephen King, 1947-, American author of horror & fantasy fiction |
 | A good mother is worth hundreds of schoolmasters. |
 | Hold dear to your parents for it is a scary and confusing world without them. |
| A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be. |
Funny Quotes
 | When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them. — Rodney Dangerfield, 1924-2004, American comedian 6 likes |
 | My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense. — Fred Allen, 1894-1956, American comedian 5 likes |
 | My parents didn’t want to move to Florida, but they turned 60 and that’s the law. — Jerry Seinfeld, 1954-, American comedian 4 likes |
Stupid Quotes
 | I’ve said if Ivanka weren’t my daughter, perhaps I’d be dating her. — Donald Trump, 1946-, President of the USA 2 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | We are indebted to our parents for living, but to our teachers for living well. Στους γονείς οφείλομεν το ζην, στους δε διδασκάλους το ευ ζην. — Alexander the Great, 356-323 BC, King of Macedon 16 likes |
 | The prudence of the father is the greatest commandment for the children. Πατρός σωφροσύνη μέγιστον τέκνοις παράγγελμα. — Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 6 likes |
Proverbs
 | One mother achieves more than a hundred teachers. 5 likes |
 | The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world. 2 likes |
Movie Quotes
 | I had a good relationship with my parents. They hit me once in my whole childhood. They started beating me on the 23rd of December in 1942, and stopped beating me in the late Spring of '44. — from the film Bananas (1971) 3 likes |
 | Well, a boy's best friend is his mother. — from the film Psycho (1960) 3 likes |
