“This is advertising that is designed not to look or feel like advertising at all. The one thing we felt we got parents to agree with was that if their children ask them questions about enlisting, they had an obligation to, one, engage, and then two, be informed.” IfsFeelsLooksChildrenTwoAsksFeltParentOne ThingAgreeObligationAdvertisingEnlisting Author:Edward Boches
“I think, one thing that I've really come to appreciate about my parents as I've got older is you know, how wise they really were. As a kid when I was growing up, as any kid, you think you know every thing and I was no different to that. I had different opinions on a lot of different things then them but the way they raised me, in hindsight, they were right.” ThinkingKnowsWayDifferentKidsParentOpinionKnow HowGrowing UpWiseGrowingOne ThingAppreciateRaisedDifferent ThingsHindsightYou Think You KnowDifferent Opinions Author:Tiger Woods
“I say things, like every other parent, that reminds you of your own parents. One thing I do know about being a parent, you understand why your father was in a bad mood a lot.” KnowsFatherParentOne ThingMoodBeing A ParentBad Mood Author:Adam Sandler
“One thing my parents always taught me was to maximize my options.” ParentOne ThingTaught Author:Monica Raymund
“One thing that was very clear to me is that the young people in a place like Annawadi aren't tripping on caste the way their parents are. They know their parents have these old views.” PeopleKnowsWayYoungParentViewsClearOne ThingCastesTripping Author:Katherine Boo
“I think my parents were really smart parents. I think they were, actually, pretty progressive for the time. The one thing that they really wanted me to know is what makes me tick, what I am about, how I approach life. And I think what my parents really wanted for me was for me to be who I am.” ThinkingKnowsWantedParentOne ThingApproachSmartWho I AmProgressiveTickReally Smart Author:Rich Mullins
“There is one thing you and I as parents cannot do, not do we want to do if we really think about it, and that's control our children's will--that spirit that lets them be themselves apart from you and me. They are not ours to possess, control, manipulate, or even to make mind.” IfsThinkingWantMindChildrenSpiritParentOne ThingOur ChildrenIndividualityManipulate Author:Barbara Coloroso
“The one thing my mother instilled in me, well both my parents but specifically my mother - I come from a Muslim country where boys were more wanted than girls so she always made me feel that there is nothing that I couldn't do as well as the boys if not better.” IfsFeelsWellsMadeCountryWantedMotherGirlParentBoysOne Thing Author:Iman Abdulmajid
“Family's the one thing you can't change. You can cover yourself with tattoos. You can get a grapefruit-sized ring going through your earlobe. You can change your name. You can move to a different continent. But you cannot change who your parents were, and who your siblings are, and who your children are.” ChildrenDifferentMovingNamesParentOne ThingOur ChildrenRingsYour ChildrenOver YouContinentsTattooSiblingCan't ChangeGrapefruit Author:Jonathan Franzen
“I don't think ministering requires a religious context. The number one thing is that every parent is extremely worried about their kid. Of course, when a chaplain shows up, that can exacerbate this worry rather than calm it.” ThinkingShowsKidsCoursesParentReligiousNumbersWorryOne ThingCalmWorriedChaplains Author:John Green
“Every day I look for ways to be inspired, to learn and to grow. And trying to be the best for my kids, my husband and my family. One thing I really wanna do is being there for my kids, be part of my siblings and my parents.” WayTryingLooksKidsGrowsParentOne ThingHusbandMy FamilyInspiredBeing The BestMy HusbandSiblingBeing ThereBe InspiredMy Siblings Author:Mia Hamm
“One thing I've learnt is you should never fight it. They're natural emotions and when you try and bottle everything up, that's what can make you depressed. Luckily I have fantastic memories [about my parents] and they really help.” ShouldTryingHelpingFightingParentNaturalMemoriesEmotionOne ThingFantasticBottles Author:Simon Cowell
“My parents gave me a small telescope, then I built my own, and one thing led to another. So thats how I ended up going from being a hobby astronomer to a professional astronomer.” ParentMy OwnOne ThingBuiltHobbiesTelescopesAstronomers Author:Dimitar Sasselov
“It seems to be this hot-bed for these ideas and bringing these groups together. You find that the one thing that everybody has in common, whether they're a teenager who has run away from his parents, or a divorcee who lost her husband, is that they all have in common this feeling of searching for a meaning in their lives.” IdeasFeelingsSeemsRunningTogetherLostParentCommonOne ThingGroupsBedHusbandHotTeenagerRunning Away Author:Brit Marling
“I'm sure that there's frustration that comes with wanting to just have a normal mom. But, I don't really know if they see it as any different than any other problem you might have with a parent. I think everybody can think about one thing that their parents used to do, all the time, that would embarrass you.” IfsThinkingKnowsDifferentProblemMightUsedParentOne ThingMomNormalFrustration Author:Brie Larson
“One thing about having mostly absent parents that I think was perhaps "good" for the development of my intellect/writing is that I was given almost total freedom to read/write/look at whatever I wanted. I wonder a lot about how my past experiences, particularly my negative childhood (home life and being severely bullied/ostracized throughout school) as formed my/my thoughts/my writing, though I should also note those things were far from the only thing that had an impact on me/my writing.” ThinkingShouldWritingLooksHomeWantedSchoolPastGivenParentWonderOne ThingChildhoodDevelopmentNegativeImpactNotesIntellectMy ThoughtsAbsentMy PastBulliedPast ExperiencesHome LifeFreedom To ReadChildhood Home Author:Marie Calloway
“You have to do all you can as a parent to stop your kid from doing all the craziness that's going on in the world. And although I still have music that's saying one thing, I still let them know what it is, and I'm not doing anything in my music that I wouldn't tell my kids about.” KnowsWorldStillsKidsParentOne ThingCraziness Author:Ginuwine