Quotes About Having One Parent

#1. That thing, 'You must stay together for the kids', is out of fashion but is right. It's not arguing parents that children don't like, it is having one parent.

Iain Duncan Smith

#2. I'm well aware that there is no job more important than that of raising a child, but the problem is that it isn't valued.

Paula Hawkins

#3. You might get one job for having a famous parent, but you won't get your second unless you're good.

Linus Roache

#4. Having one child makes you a parent; having two you are a referee

David Frost

#5. My parents, though very loving, were not what one would ever describe as outgoing and therefore when I was young I was quite shy and socially awkward. Having a camera changed all that. It gave me an excuse to go anywhere and approach anybody.

Derek Ridgers

#6. If one is not going to take the necessary precautions to avoid having parents, one must undertake to bring them up.

Quentin Crisp

#7. At the end of your life you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict, or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child or a parent.

Barbara Bush

#8. Nothing's scarier than having a sick child, and one so newly born, and so vulnerable. It's the worst thing for a parent.

Kenneth Oppel

#9. As an analogy one can imagine an intelligent amoeba with a good memory. As time progresses the amoeba is constantly splitting, each time the resulting amoebas having the same memories as the parent. Our amoeba hence does not have a life line, but a life tree.

Hugh Everett III

#10. Parting
One is strong, a child now grown
The other weak, a parent aged
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The strong once feeble
The weak once mighty
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Time, the infinity
has marked them ...

Muse

#11. I'm a really good parent to myself sometimes, and I do things that make me learn and grow.

Fiona Apple

#12. What did my parents say when I told them I wanted to be an actor? 'Be a plumber.'

Samuel West

#13. I looked at the Branson Mo. deal but it's all old people and their parents

Bill Medley

#14. One of the important lessons I learned from my parents is always to respect authority figures like teachers.

Georges St-Pierre

#15. I used to go to church when I was younger. My parents didn't go to church, but my friends all went to church and I loved going to church - I would go every Sunday with somebody. My parents used to think it was funny.

Lisa Rinna

#16. Sadie," he said forlornly, "when you become a parent, you may understand this. One of my hardest jobs as a father, one of my greatest duties, was to realize that my own dreams, my own goals and wishes, are secondary to my children's.

Rick Riordan

#17. Nature makes us buy her presents at the price of so many sufferings that it is doubtful whether she deserves most the name of parent or stepmother.

Pliny The Elder

#18. When you become a parent, you become a superhero. You realize you have more strength, energy and love than is humanly possible.

Kailin Gow

#19. The ideal situation for a parent is one that no one has - having a fulfilling job that requires you to work three days a week. It's better for the parents, because they get to spend time with the children and also have a source of pride and achievement - and income - outside the home.

Tina Fey

#20. Disney features, especially the early ones, were horror movies with cute critters: Greek tragedies with a hummable chorus. Forcing children to confront the loss of home, parent, friends and fondest pets, these films imposed shock therapy on four-year-olds.

Richard Corliss