“My parents didn't give me any scope to feel sorry for myself. They were just like 'go play with your brother, go climb a tree, go fall off your motorbike, do whatever you want. Don't come crying to us when you get scratched. You've got prosthetic legs - that's very nice.” WantGivingFeelsPlayFallParentNiceTreeCryBrotherGive MeSorryLegsClimbsScopeVery NiceYour BrotherDo Whatever You WantProstheticsMotorbike Author:Oscar Pistorius
“I know my parents are really proud of me, and they think I've become successful, so that's nice, but there's still so much I want to achieve in my life.” ThinkingKnowsWantStillsParentSuccessfulNiceAchieveProudBecoming SuccessfulProud Of Me Author:Teresa Palmer
“Listen, it's not nice to have your mum kill herself, that is difficult. But at the end of the day, it happened a long time ago. My mother was, I hope, not the reason that I have been successful. It's not as simplistic as 'My mum killed herself; I've got to prove myself.' I was very lucky that my parents took an interest in me...” LongHas BeensEndsReasonMotherParentDifficultInterestSuccessfulNiceHappenedLuckyProveLong TimeThe End Of The DayMumLong Time AgoProve MyselfYour Mum Author:Stuart Rose
“My parents were very supportive and always encouraged us. My father was a gentle, nice man. My mother was quite a colourful character and a keen reader who encouraged me to write.” MenWritingCharacterMotherFatherParentNiceReaderGentleSupportiveColorfulNice Man Author:Alexander McCall Smith
“I write a tiny fraction of what I used to write. My only job used to be to just write songs, and that was a really nice job to have, but only a tiny amount of people heard those songs, and I didn't make a living from it, and eventually I begged my parents to let me move back into my room.” PeopleWritingJobsMovingUsedSongParentRoomsNiceHeardAmountLet MeTinyUsed To BeFractionsReally Nice Author:Regina Spektor
“As you get older, it's important to have goals. When you're a kid you have them, but other people can set them for you, such as your parents, your school... so, as you get older it's nice to have your own goals, which don't have to do with being more famous, or being in bigger movies, or making more money. Those things kind of corrupt your soul.” PeopleKindImportantSoulKidsSchoolParentGoalNiceBiggerYour SoulMore Money Author:Dolph Lundgren
“If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.” IfsWantChildrenKidsParentNiceSelf EsteemParentingMy ChildrenYour ChildrenRaising ChildrenNice ThingsChildren And ParentsChildren LearningRaising KidsParent ChildParents And TeachersSpoiled ChildrenWise ParentsParents HomeYoung ParentsOverhearing Author:Haim Ginott
“I had a really nice childhood; I had great parents. I earned my allowance by washing dishes, and in the summer I earned my allowance by working in daddy's garden.” ParentNiceChildhoodSummerGardenDishesDaddyWashingReally NiceAllowanceGreat ParentsWashing Dishes Author:Nikki Giovanni
“Back in the early 1960s, when I was eight or nine. Some neighborhood boys and I saw a disc-shaped, windowless object that hovered, silent, then simply vanished. My parents said, "That's very nice" and ignored it, but I knew what I'd seen, and it was life-changing.” SaidParentBoysSawsNiceObjectsSilentEightNineLife ChangingNeighborhoodIgnored1960sVery NiceDiscs Author:Steven M. Greer
“A lot of long relievers are ashamed to tell their parents what they do. The only nice thing about it is that you get to wear a uniform like everbody else.” LongParentNiceAshamedUniformsYankeesNice ThingsNew York Yankees Author:Jim Bouton
“Everyone knew in the 1950s why a girl from a nice family left home. The meaning of her theft of herself from her parents was clear to all - as well as what she'd be up to in that room of her own.” WellsHomeGirlLeftParentRoomsClearNiceJudgmentTheftDisapprovalNice Family Book:Minor Characters: A Beat Memoir Source: Minor Characters: A Beat Memoir
“I like my parents but they are just not good parents. They are nice enough people. I'm not interested in hurting their feelings.” PeopleEnoughFeelingsParentHurtNiceNot InterestedGood Parent Author:Adam Carolla
“Next-door a baker's apprentice with his wife, an employee in a printing-shop, she has inflammation of the ovaries. Wonder what those two get out of life? Well, first of all, they get each other, then last Sunday a vaudeville and a film, then this or that club meeting and a visit to his parents. Nothing else? Well now, don't drop dead, sir. Add to that nice weather, bad weather, country picnics, standing in front of the stove, eating breakfast and so on. And what more do you get, you, captain, general, jockey, whoever you are? Don't fool yourself.” LifeFirstsWellsTwoCountryLastsFilmNextParentWonderNiceWifeDoorsFrontsFoolEatingStandingAddMeetingsClubsWeatherShopsEmployeeSundayBreakfastCaptainsPrintingApprenticeBakersPicnicsStovesJockeysBad WeatherVaudevilleOvariesEating BreakfastNice Weather Author:Alfred Doblin
“From Mount Hollywood, Los Angeles looks rather nice, enveloped in a haze of changing colors. Actually, and in spite of all the healthful sunshine and ocean breezes, it is a bad place - full of old, dying people, who were born old of tired pioneer parents, victims of America - full of curious wild and poisonous growths, decadent religious cults and fake science, and wildcat enterprises, which, with their aim for quick profit, are doomed to collapse and drag down multitudes of people.” PeopleLooksAmericaScienceParentGrowthBornReligiousNiceDyingColorOceanHollywoodAimVictimTiredProfitCuriousFakeEnterpriseSpiteSunshineLos AngelesCollapseDragMultitudesDoomedCultBreezePioneersPoisonousHazeReligious CultsWildcatsChanging Colors Author:Louis Adamic
“My childhood was really nice. My parents never forced me to do anything; it was always, "If you want to do that, fine." When I told my father I was going to be an actor, he said, "Fine, but study welding just in case."” IfsWantSaidActorsFatherParentCasesStudyNiceChildhoodFineReally NiceWelding Author:Robin Williams
“I've always thought it would be fun to update "Hansel and Gretel." I'd have these white parents in the suburbs with an income of fifty or sixty thousand dollars. Daddy loses his job, and the wicked stepmother says, "We could get along, we could keep our Mastercharge, if you'd just get rid of those shitty kids." Finally the father hires a limo and tells the driver, "Drop 'em off on Lenox Avenue in Harlem at two in the morning." These two little white kids land there. They're menaced. And this supposedly nice black lady says, "Would you like some candy?"” IfsLittlesTwoWould BeKidsJobsFatherFunParentBlackLosesWhiteMorningNiceLandThousandDollarsIncomeFiftyWickedEmsDriversSixtyCandyDaddyAvenuesSuburbsHarlemUpdatesStepmothersLimosHansel And GretelWicked Stepmothers Author:Stephen King
“We're supposed to be civilized. We're supposed to go to work every day. We're supposed to be nice to our friends and send Christmas cards to our parents.” ParentNiceCardsSupposed To BeCivilizedBeing NiceChristmas Card Author:Maurice Sendak
“My first signing was at my hometown independent bookstore and everyone in the world came. It was so nice. My family was there, my parents, everybody I worked with, all my friends. So I had this great first reading with a like hundred people there.” PeopleWorldFirstsReadingParentNiceHundredMy FriendsMy FamilyIndependentBookstoresSigningHometownIndependent Bookstores Author:Sarah Dessen
“When I was a kid my parents used to tell me, "Emo, don't go near the cellar door!" One day when they were away, I went up to the cellar door. And I pushed it and walked through and saw strange, wonderful things, things I had never seen before, like... trees. Grass. Flowers. The sun... that was nice... the sun.” HumorKidsFunnyUsedParentSunSawsNiceWonderfulDoorsTreeStrangeFlowerOne DayGrassWonderful ThingsCellarsEmo Author:Emo Philips
“She got really mad a month ago, because she had e-mailed me a naked picture of herself - which is a nice thing to do - but then I messed up, and I accidentally forwarded that e-mail to both of my parents. Now, my girlfriend is furious, mortified, but I don't even care, 'cause now I have to call up my mother and say 'Mom, I am so sorry - that picture was just for dad.'” HumorCareFunnyMotherCausesParentNiceMomMonthsDadMadSorryNakedThings To DoGirlfriendMailMy GirlfriendNice ThingsFuriousMessed UpI Am So Sorry Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“Lemurs are good parents but they do it in different ways. I originally studied father care. I was very interested in that and we saw that a lot of these animals that lived in pairs and the father wasn't doing anything at all for the first month. But then suddenly, when the baby got to be a certain weight then the dads chipped in and started carrying the babies which was very nice. And then if there was twins or triplets then they helped.” IfsWayFirstsDifferentCareCertainFatherParentAnimalSawsNiceBabyMonthsDadWeightDifferent WaysPairsTwinsVery NiceGood ParentTripletLemurs Author:Patricia Wright
“Thank god, I can't sing because that would be a lot of pressure. But yeah, it's nice doing something different and that's something I really feel like is my own passion. It's also connected. Everything is connected in the entertainment business, so I have the support of my parents because they've been through it all before and they can give me advice.” GivingFeelsI CanDifferentWould BePassionParentMy OwnSupportNiceAdviceGive MePressureYeahEntertainmentConnectedThank GodEntertainment Business Author:Eve Hewson
“I think middle-class people have the biggest trauma if they have nice imagey parents, all smiling and dolled up.” PeopleIfsThinkingParentClassNiceMiddleTraumaMiddle Class Author:John Lennon
“To me 'they lived happily ever after' means to be happy with yourself! My parents always taught me that being happy has to work without Prince Charming. My life is completed without a prince but it's nice of course to have someone who loves you and fights for you.” MeanLife IsFightingCoursesParentNiceLove YouTaughtCharmingHappily Ever AfterEver AfterHappy With YourselfBeing Happy With Yourself Author:Kristen Stewart
“Just in terms of being able to be a professional artist, but also it's nice to not have to dread introductions. "What you do for a living?" It used to be easier just to tell people that I was a magazine illustrator than try to explain that I did comics, but not the kind of comics that they were used to, and no, it's not pornography, etc. And now people even of our parents' generation are familiar with the term "graphic novel," which is kind of amazing.” PeopleTryingKindAbleUsedArtistParentTermNovelNiceGenerationsEasierFamiliarUsed To BeMagazinesEtcDreadPornographyIntroductionGraphicGraphic NovelsIllustrators Author:Adrian Tomine
“People make their life really hard. It was as simple as this: My parents went to church. My grandfather was a bishop. My mom sang in the choir, my dad played the keyboard, and my uncle played the drums. I was into playing the drums, so I played the drums a lot for my uncle, and it got to the point where I was pretty nice at playing the drums. And he let me play every Sunday so, to me, going to church was fun.” PeopleHardPlayFunParentChurchSimpleNiceMomDadLet MeMy DadMy MomSundayGrandfatherUnclesMy GrandfatherBishopsKeyboardsChoirGoing To Church Author:Fetty Wap