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John Locke | Parenting Quotes
That which parents should take care of... is to distinguish between the wants of fancy, and those of nature.
Leon R. Yankwich
There are no illegitimate children, only illegitimate parents.
Gore Vidal
Apparently, "conspiracy stuff" is now shorthand for unspeakable truth.




Rachel Trachtenburg
Interviewer: How long do your parents usually let you stay up?
Marcus Manilius
Certis * * * legibus omnia parent.
"I think my parents were bewildered by my oddity." (p3)
Warren Farrell
Our children are better served by speaking not of visitation versus custody, but of parent time.
Colette
It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.
Jane Espenson
Moonlighting was funny, innovative, genre-busting chaos. Also, apparently, unsustainable. Sigh.
Bill Cosby
Parents are not interested in justice — they want QUIET!
Joey Comeau | Parenting Quotes
I never wanted anything to happen to my parents, but a hero needs an origin story.




Edmund Cooper
Behind the apparent unreason there is reason.
Catherine Brechignac
In the labs, the young make things move, and the older ones follow like parents evolving with their children.
Arthur C. Clarke
Belief in God is apparently a psychological artifact of mammalian reproduction.
Erwin Schrodinger
Multiplicity is only apparent, in truth, there is only one mind...
Muriel Spark | Parenting Quotes
Parents learn a lot from their children about coping with life.
Ethan Nadelmann
We won't win until the average parent believes drug reform protects kids better than the war on drugs.
Samuel Johnson
Frugality may be termed the daughter of Prudence, the sister of Temperance and the parent of Liberty.
John D. Rockefeller
I took responsibility early and, like my parents, I was serious.
J. D. Salinger
For joy, apparently, it was all Franny could do to hold the phone, even with both hands.


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