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Parental Quotes (page 16)

There is no mode of action, no form of emotion, that we do not share with the lower animals. It is only by language that we rise above them, or above each other - by language, which is the parent, and not the child, of thought. Oscar Wilde
It was sad, the imbalance of it all. Why do kids assume so much from one parent and hold the other to a lower, looser standard? Mitch Albom
It was a hairline crack, one might never have noticed, except for the fact it grew wider and wider, until there was a canyon between them. A child's job, ostensibly, was to grow up. So why, when it happened, did a parent feel so disappointed? Jodi Picoult
Sirius's gaunt face broke out into the first true smile Harry had seen upon it. The difference it made was startling, as though a person ten years younger were shining through the starved mask; for a moment he was recognizable as the man who had laughed at Harry's parents' wedding. J. K. Rowling
Make up your mind to this. If you are different, you are isolated, not only from people of your own age but from those of your parents' generation and from your children's generation too. They'll never understand you and they'll be shocked no matter what you do. But your grandparents would probably be proud of you and say: 'Theres a chip off the old block,' and your grandchildren will sigh enviously and say: 'What an old rip Grandma must have been!' and they'll try to be like you. Margaret Mitchell
I have that hypocrisy of a parent in that I'm like,'Come on, you've got to toughen up at the same time let me take care of that for you. Craig Ferguson
Jodi Picoult quote: "She wondered if this was true of every parent: if, prior to..."
She wondered if this was true of every parent: if, prior to having children, they all used to be someone else. Jodi Picoult
Ayaan Hirsi Ali quote: "Bear true witness, even if it be against yourselves, your..."
...Bear true witness, even if it be against yourselves, your parents or your family. Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Education spending will be most effective if it relies on parental choice & private initiative -- the building blocks of success throughout our society. Milton Friedman
You are putting yourself in serious danger...'I think that I preferred to put myself in serious danger rather than confront my shame. My shame at not having become someone, the shame of not having made my parents proud after all the sacrifices they had made for me. The shame of having become a mediocre nihilist. Marjane Satrapi
Noah Webster quote: "The reasonableness of the command to obey parents is clear to..."
The reasonableness of the command to obey parents is clear to children, even when quite young. Noah Webster
Children, as persons, are entitled to the greatest respect. Children are given to us as free-flying souls, but then we clip their wings like we domesticate the wild mallard. Children should become the role-models for us, their parents, for they are coated with the spirit from which they came- out of the ether, clean, innocent, brimming with the delight of life, aware of the beauty of the simplest thing; a snail, a bud.... Gerry Spence
Alice Munro quote: "You cannot let your parents anywhere near your real humiliations."
You cannot let your parents anywhere near your real humiliations. Alice Munro
Sir Gerald Moore: I was at dinner last evening, and halfway through the pudding, this four-year-old child came alone, dragging a little toy cart. And on the cart was a fresh turd. Her own, I suppose. The parents just shook their heads and smiled. I've made a big investment in you, Peter. Time and money, and it's not working. Now, I could just shake my head and smile. But in my house, when a turd appears, we throw it out. We dispose of it. We flush it away. We don't put it on the table and... Tom Wolfe
This was not a good idea coming home for Christmas. I'm too old. Years ago, coming back from schools or trips, I always expected some sort of new perspective or fresh insight about the family on returning. That doesn't happen anymore-the days of revelation about my parents, at least, are over... its time to move on. I think we'd all appreciate that. Doug Coupland

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