“I got into acting in high school mainly because I wasn't doing anything else and started to hit a few bumps in the road. And there was a conference with my parents who said either you find something to do with your time or we will. And so, I don't know why I thought this was the thing to do, but I went to audition for the school play.” KnowsSaidPlaySchoolParentActingHigh SchoolThings To DoAuditionsConferencesBumpsSchool PlaysBumps In The Road Author:Matt Letscher
“When my husband came to my parents' house for the first time, he asked, 'Why is everyone screaming? Why are they so angry?' I said, 'No one's angry. This is just how we communicate.” FirstsSaidHouseParentHusbandFirst TimeAngryCommunicateMy Husband Author:Melissa Rauch
“I was the one that put myself in rehab. I was the one that went to my parents and said, you know, 'I have a problem and I need to take care of it.'” KnowsNeedsSaidProblemCareParentTake CareRehab Author:Nicole Richie
“Kids still can be said to live in their own little world. Even if their parents are helicoptering around them, assigning play dates and so forth, I think they're still living in some sense of their own little perceptual worlds.” IfsThinkingWorldLittlesSaidStillsPlayKidsParentPlay Dates Author:Jerry Spinelli
“Skating was something I really wanted to do; my parents knew nothing about it. They said they'd support me as long as I was trying my hardest and enjoying it.” TryingLongSaidWantedParentEnjoySupportHardestThey SaidSkatingSupport MeTrying My Hardest Author:Kristi Yamaguchi
“God's deepest secrets often miss the wise and prudent and are revealed unto babes. We say, "Children, be like your parents." Jesus said, "Parents, be like your children."” ChildrenSaidChristianJesusParentSecretWiseMissingLike YouOur ChildrenChristian InspirationalYour ChildrenBabePrudent Author:Vance Havner
“Muslims consider the honor of the Prophet Muhammad to be dearer to them than that of their parents or even themselves. To defend it is considered to be an obligation upon them. The strict punishment if found guilty of this crime under sharia, the Islamic law, is capital punishment implementable by an Islamic State. This is because the Messenger Muhammad said, ‘Whoever insults a Prophet, kill him.’” IfsSaidStatesLawFoundParentCrimeHonorPunishmentObligationGuiltyProphetIslamicInsultStrictMuhammadMessengersCapital PunishmentIslamic StateShariaProphet MuhammadIslamic Law Author:Anjem Choudary
“Not long ago someone said I should shorten it to just Emma. But I really, really love my name. From as far as I can remember, my parents have taught me to be really proud of my name.” ShouldLongSaidI CanRememberNamesParentTaughtProudLong AgoEmma Author:Emayatzy E. Corinealdi
“I wanted to be on my own and get out of the house. We were the kind of kids that - we - obeyed our parents. If they said no, you don't ask why.” IfsKindSaidKidsWantedAsksHouseParentMy OwnThey Said Author:Janet Jackson
“Zip codes might be great for sorting mail, but they should not determine the quality of a child s education or success in the future workforce," said Bob Wise, president of the Alliance for Excellent Education and former governor of West Virginia. "With common standards and assessments, students, parents, and teachers will have a clear, consistent understanding of the skills necessary for students to succeed after high school and compete with peers across the state line and across the ocean.” ShouldChildrenSaidStatesMightSchoolParentUnderstandingPresidentLinesCommonQualityClearTeacherWiseStudentsSucceedSkillsOceanStandardsHigh SchoolWestDetermineEducationalFormerCodeExcellentConsistentMailBobGovernorsPeersAlliancesVirginiaAssessmentWorkforceZipsSortingWest VirginiaParents And TeachersAfter High SchoolExcellent Education Author:Bob Wise
“Love involves more than just feelings. It is also a way of behaving. When Sandy said, "My parents don't know how to love me," she was saying that they don't know how to behave in loving ways. If you were to ask Sandy's parents, or almost any other toxic parents, if they love their children, most of them would answer emphatically that they do. Yet, sadly, most of their children have always felt unloved. What toxic parents call "love" rarely translates into nourishing, comforting behavior.” IfsKnowsWayChildrenSaidFeelingsAsksFeltParentAnswersHealingKnow HowBehaviorBehaveToxicTeensTranslateComfortingHow To LoveUnlovedSandy Author:Susan Forward
“What parents said they valued most were discussions with teachers and heads, and what they wanted was more descriptive information in their children's school reports. This is particularly true for primary schools. Parents wanted to know much more than just how their children were doing academically.” KnowsChildrenSaidWantedSchoolParentTeacherInformationPrimariesDiscussionReportsPrimary SchoolSchool Reports Author:Carol J. Adams
“Owing to the imperfection of language the offspring is termed a new animal, but it is in truth a branch or elongation of the parent; since a part of the embryon-animal is, or was, a part of the parent; and therefore in strict language it cannot be said to be entirely new at the time of its production; and therefore it may retain some of the habits of the parent-system. (1794)” MaySaidLanguageParentAnimalEvolutionHabitProductionsBranchesImperfectionStrictOffspringOwing Book:Zoonomia; or, The laws of organic life ... Source: Zoonomia; or, The laws of organic life ...
“But wasn't there some sort of rule that said parents had to be smarter than their kids? It didn't seem fair.” SaidSeemsKidsParentFairsSmarter Book:Out of The Easy Source: Out of The Easy
“My dad was a lovely guy. I had great parents. But he was a conservative shopkeeper, and he said, "Look, I don't know how to help you as an actor, but if you want to be an actor, give it a go for a year. Get a job. And if you don't get a job, then we're going to reevaluate and you're going to go back to school." And I thought that was a fair thing.” IfsKnowsWantGivingYearsLooksSaidHelpingSchoolJobsGuyActorsParentKnow HowDadFairsMy DadConservativeLovelyGreat ParentsShopkeepers Author:John Kapelos
“My young love said to me,'My brothers won't mind, And my parents won't slight you for your lack of kind.' Then she stepped away from me, and this she did say, 'It will not be long, love, till our wedding day.” MindKindLongSaidYoungParentBrotherMy BrotherYoung LoveWedding DayOur WeddingLong Love Author:Padraic Colum
“When Marlee [Matlin] won her Oscar, she said, "and I just want to thank my parents." When I was saying those words for her, I knew my parents were in the audience. I was saying it for her and a little bit for myself, even though I wasn't saying it in sign language and they didn't understand what I was saying.” WantLittlesSaidLanguageBitsParentAudienceLittle BitOscarsSign Language Author:Jack Jason
“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
“I was been raised to believe I was an artist. I believed what my parents said and fulfilled it, like a prophecy.” BelieveSaidArtistI BelieveParentRaisedFulfilledProphecy Author:Ariel Pink
“You know, my parents had a restaurant. And I left home, actually, in 1949, when I was 13 years old, to go into apprenticeship. And actually when I left home, home was a restaurant - like I said, my mother was a chef. So I can't remember any time in my life, from age 5, 6, that I wasn't in a kitchen.” KnowsYearsSaidI CanHomeAgeRememberMotherLeftParentKitchenRestaurantsChefApprenticeshipHome Home Author:Jacques Pepin
“In a recent interview, Michelle Obama said that the Secret Service taught Malia how to drive. In exchange, Malia taught the Secret Service how to throw a party when her parents are away.” SaidParentPartySecretTaughtInterviewsSecret Service Author:Conan O'Brien
“Jeb Bush admitted that he smoked a notable amount of pot in school. He said, 'You would too if your parents had named you 'Jeb.'” IfsSaidSchoolParentAmountPotNotable Author:Conan O'Brien
“On the day I was signed, Mr. Finley, the owner of the Athletics at that time came up to me and said, 'When you were six you ran away from home, and when your parents found you at a nearby lake, you had already caught two catfish and were pulling in a third. Now repeat it back to me.'” SaidTwoHomeFoundParentSixThirdsCaughtRanRepeatsLakesOwnersPullingYankeesAthleticsNew York YankeesAway From HomeFound YouCatfish Author:Catfish Hunter
“I was really blessed with parents who never said I couldnt do anything. And now I reflect as an adult on that, Wow, they never told me no!” SaidParentAdultsBlessedWow Author:Olesya Rulin